Privacy, Security and Legal Statement.

This is a web site operated by Northside Christian Centre (NCC). Your use of the information, graphics and materials on this site is governed by this Privacy, Security and Legal Statement.

Privacy Policy

At Northside Christian Centre we acknowledge that privacy is very important. We have no intention of selling, sharing or in any way distributing your information to a third party. We intend to protect the quality and integrity of your personally identifiable information. We will make a sincere effort to respond to your requests to correct personal information inaccuracies in a timely manner.

Whenever you seek our counsel, send NCC a donation or pay for events and registrations, there is certain information we need in order to respond to you. We may ask for your name, mailing address, phone number and/or e-mail address. Although we can not guarantee that an outside person or organization couldn't break in and obtain personal information on you. We would like to reiterate, that we have no intention of selling, sharing or in any way distributing your information to a third party. The information collected may include some sensitive information (as defined by the Privacy Act), such as health information or information about your beliefs, relevant to the services or assistance you have requested from NCC. Where practicable, the purpose for which we collect personal information will be made clear at the time of collection. If you do not provide us with certain information we may be unable to provide you with access to some of our services or the assistance you have requested.

Users can generally visit NCC website without revealing who they are or other personal information unless they wish to communicate with us. NCC will not collect any personal information relating to visitors unless they knowingly provide the details.

Access to your information

You can request access to the personal information that NCC holds about you by contacting NCC office. We will provide you with access to your personal information unless we are legally authorised to refuse your request.

If you wish to change personal information that is out of date or inaccurate at any time please contact us. After notice from you, we will take reasonable steps to correct any of your information which is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. If you wish to have your personal information deleted please let us know and we will delete that information wherever practicable.

Security

NCC will take reasonable steps to keep secure any personal information which we hold and to keep this information accurate and up to date. Personal information is stored in a secure server or secure files.

The Internet is not a secure method of transmitting information. Accordingly, NCC cannot accept responsibility for the security of information you send to or receive from us over the Internet or for any unauthorised access or use of that information. We will endeavour to ensure our network, webpage & corresponding technology is secure and updated.

Legal Statement

Any decisions that you make during or after phone calls, chat sessions, conferences, emails, letters or any form of communication with NCC are your own decisions and your must assume full responsibility for them. Any "advice" you feel you are given should be taken as an opinion and not as a directive for you to follow. All public forums, including but not limited to, chat rooms and message boards are made available as resources for our visitors to support each other. Please realise that these forums are not private. Therefore, it is up to you to use discretion in revealing any personal information about yourself. Please remember to be courteous and encouraging to others but also be informed that NCC cannot guarantee that some participants won't be disruptive or harmful to you. NCC will attempt to keep our forums safe by confronting and/or terminating access for visitors who have engaged in inappropriate behaviour or who have been hurtful to others.

NCC makes no representations whatsoever about any other Web sites which you may access through this one. When you access a non-NCC Web site, please understand that it is independent from NCC, and that NCC has no control over the content on that Web site. In addition, a link to a non-NCC Web site does not mean that NCC endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content, or the use, of such web site. It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses and other items of a destructive nature.

NCC believes that your personal information -- including your email and residential addresses -- belongs to you. We collect this type of information when you provide it to us, but we do not rent or sell information concerning our customers to third parties.

IN NO EVENT WILL NCC BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR OTHER CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES FOR ANY USE OF THIS WEB SITE, OR ON ANY OTHER HYPER LINKED WEB SITE, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY LOST PROFITS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF PROGRAMS OR OTHER DATA ON YOUR INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE ARE EXPRESSLY ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Changes to these Policies

NCC may amend these Policies from time to time by having the amended version available on our website at www.northsidecc.org.au