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We understand how important it is to protect your personal information. This
page sets out our privacy policy commitment in respect of personal information
that you may provide to us. | |
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Our Privacy Policy ensures your right to privacy as we recognise that any
personal information we may collect about you will only be used for the purposes
indicated in our policy. It is important to us that you are confident that any
personal information we collect from you or is received by us will be treated
with appropriate respect ensuring protection of your personal information.
Our commitment in respect of personal information is to abide by the National
Privacy principles for the protection of personal information, as set out in the
Australian Privacy Act and any other relevant law.
When we refer to personal information we mean information from which your identity is apparent. This information may include information or an opinion about you, from which your identity can reasonably be ascertained.
We collect and receive personal information from our customers or from other
business partners in order to conduct our business of running the hotel.
To enable us to maintain a successful business relationship with you, we may
disclose your personal information with other organisations that provide
products or services used or marketed by us.
Where reasonable and practical we will collect your personal information only
directly from you.
To Whom Will We Disclose Your Personal Information?
Were possible, we will inform you, at or before the time of collecting your
personal information, the types of organisations that we intend to disclose your
personal information to. Prior to disclosure of any of your personal information
to another organisation, we will take all reasonable steps to satisfy ourselves
that:
a. the organisation has a commitment to protecting your personal information at
least equal to our commitment; and
b. you have consented to us doing so.
Sometimes we are required or authorised by law to disclose your personal
information. Circumstances in which we may disclose your personal information
would be to a Court or Tribunal in response to a request or in response to a
subpoena.
From time to time we may use your personal information to provide you with
current information about the hotel services being offered by us or any company
we are associated with.
If you do not wish to receive marketing information, you may at any time decline
to receive such information by contacting our office by telephoning a +81 (0) 261 85 4301. We will not charge you for giving effect to your request and will take
all reasonable steps to meet your request at the earliest possible opportunity.
It is important to our relationship that the personal information we hold about
you is accurate and up to date. During the course of our relationship with you
we will ask you to inform us if any of your personal information has changed.
If you wish to make any changes to your personal information, you may contact
us. We will generally rely on you to assist us by informing us if the
information we hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete.
We will provide you with access to the personal information we hold about you.
You may request access to any of the personal information we hold about you at
any time.
To access personal information that we hold about you, use the contact details
specified above. We may charge a fee for our costs in retrieving and supplying
the information to you.
There may be situations where we are not required to provide you with access to
your personal information. For example, such a situation would entail
information relating to an existing or anticipated legal proceeding with you, or
if your request is vexatious. An explanation will be provided to you, if we deny
you access to your personal information we hold.
Business without Identifying You
In most circumstances it will be necessary for us to identify you in order to
successfully do business with you, however, where it is lawful and practicable
to do so, we will offer you the opportunity of doing business with us, without
providing us with personal information.
Where sensitive information is collected, stored, used or transferred about you,
we will only use this information if you have consented, or in the exercise or
defence of a legal claim.
We will take reasonable steps to protect your personal information by storing it
in a secure environment, and when the information is no longer needed for any
purpose for which the information may be used or disclosed, it will be destroyed
or permanently de-identified. We will also take reasonable steps to protect any
personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, modification or
disclosure.
Our Website will be SSL secured by via VeriSign For the protection of our customers, we provide a secure server for those services that contain confidential information. This is encrypted by using Secure Socket Layer Protection (SSL), that was developed so that only the internet recipient should be able to decypher messages addressed to them.
This will significently improve security of data provided by and to our customers.
Further Information You may request further information about the way we manage your personal
information by writing or emailing.
We are constantly reviewing all or our policies and attempt to keep up to date
with market expectations. Technology is constantly changing, as is the law and
marketplace practice.
As a consequence we may change this privacy policy from time to time as the need
arises.
This privacy policy came into existence on 1 July 2010. For further information please email The Ridge. |
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