Privacy

In this policy, “us”, “we”, or “our” means Nissan Car Club Incorporated (NCCA), operators of this website.

We are bound by the National Privacy Principles contained in the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988 (subject to any exemptions that apply to us under that Act).

We may, from time to time, review and update this privacy policy, including taking account of new or amended laws, new technology and/or changes to our operations. All personal information held by us will be governed by the most recently updated policy.

Our Aim

It is our aim to protect the information provided by members and guests of the NCCA and to provide a safe and secure on-line experience. Our website is used to gather information supplied by our members and guests, and the information gathered is intended to provide a secure area of interaction between the club and members/guests. Information collected is only available to club officials for the purpose of administering the club and club events.

Information we collect

The personal information we collect falls into four categories: contact details, click trails and activity history.

Contact details are collected as supplied by you from time to time. We do not personally store usable credit card information.

Click trails record the paths taken by visitors through the website. This information is generally recorded against IP address, and may be possible to correlate by computer.

Activity History consists of orders, enquiries, votes submitted via the website, or offline contact you have with us such as phone calls.

How we collect your personal information.

Nissan Car Club Australia Inc. may collect personal information from the membership application form, the Contact Us form and other online registration forms used for events (e.g. Crew/Guest Sign On Form, Official Registration Form and Official Sign On Form).

Use of these services/forms is entirely up to each individual and by using these forms you acknowledge that you are voluntarily submitting any information provided on the forms to NCCA and consent to the uses indicated in this document.

Click trails are recorded by our servers as each request reaches the website. This includes but is not limited to:
-The type of browser you are using
-The date and time of your visits
-Your IP address
-The address of the website that referred you to ours
-The addresses of pages accessed and any documents downloaded

Click trails can be correlated over time by the use of ‘cookies’ as outlined in this document. In most cases click trail data is not directly individually identifiable.

Why we collect it and how we use it

We collect your personal contact details and activity history:
-To respond to requests or queries you raise
-To confirm your identity
-To fulfil orders made by you
-To keep you up to date with news, special offers, and other marketing information you have opted-in to receive.

How we use your information

We will use the information you provide to us to enable us to facilitate communication and tracking of any interaction initiated by a person using our website.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties, and you consent to us disclosing your personal information to third parties, under the following circumstances:
-When explicitly authorised to do so by yourself at the time you supply the information
-As required or authorised by any applicable law
-As required for processing of credit card payments by Internet Payment Gateways and Merchant Facilities.
-As part of any investigation by us into you or your activity on our website (including to your Internet Service Provider or network administrator)
-If we have reason to believe that you have committed a breach of any of our terms of use or have been otherwise engaged in any unlawful activity and we reasonably believe that disclosure is necessary (including to the Police or any other enforcement body, or to your Internet Service Provider or network administrator)
-To lessen or prevent a serious threat to a person’s health or safety
- For event related information collected by NCCA, this information will be shared only with members of the event directing team, as appointed by the committee of the NCCA. You may be contacted by members of the directing team for relevant communication only.
- Information provided on event sign on forms may also be shared with Motorsport Australia (motorsport.org.au) when requested, as our events all run under the delegated authority from Motorsport Australia.
- For membership information collected by NCCA, this information is stored securely in a membership database and is accessible only by the committee of the NCCA.

Cookies

Cookies are electronic tokens containing small amounts of information that are passed between a web browser and server. They are used to maintain session state between pages or to retain information between visits if you return to the website at a later time.

We use cookies to correlate passive activity tracking data as well as to authenticate supply of information such as enquiries or registrations, to minimise malicious or spam traffic.

We also use cookies to retain authentication details where you may have previously logged in to the website for any purpose using a username and password.

Opting In and Out

You may opt out from the correlation of passive activity data by turning off cookies in your browser. Please note however that disabling cookies may result in a reduction of available functionality on our site including but not limited to the loss of the ability to use some features of the website.

When you supply us with your email address or phone number you may be asked to opt in to communication by those means.

You will be given the opportunity to opt out from receiving further communications from us in accordance with this policy each time we send you information for which you have opted in. This comes in the form of an ‘unsubscribe’ link, generally in the footer and/or header of each email.

If you receive any communication purporting to be connected with us or our products or services that you believe has been sent to you other than in accordance with this policy, or in breach of any law, please contact us immediately.

Information Management and Security

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information we hold is not lost, misused, or inadvertently provided to unauthorised third parties, including by means of firewalls, password locking, truncation of credit card data, encryption of data in transit, and secured servers.

You acknowledge that the security of communications sent by electronic means cannot be guaranteed. You provide information to us via the internet at your own risk. We cannot accept responsibility for misuse or loss of, or unauthorised access to, your personal information where the security of information is not wholly within our control.

You agree that we are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of any third party and that the collection and use of your information by third parties may be subject to separate privacy and security policies.

If you suspect any misuse or loss of, or unauthorised access to, your personal information, please contact us immediately.