Bicycling Australia is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Bicycling Australia Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the Bicycling Australia website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Bicycling Australia collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Bicycling Australia also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by Bicycling Australia. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by Bicycling Australia for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the Bicycling Australia Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Bicycling Australia public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: Bicycling Australia does not read any of your private online communications.

Bicycling Australia encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from Bicycling Australia so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. Bicycling Australia is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the Bicycling Australia and Bicycling Australia family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

Bicycling Australia collects and uses your personal information to operate the Bicycling Australia Web site and deliver the services you have requested. Bicycling Australia also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Bicycling Australia and its affiliates. Bicycling Australia may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Bicycling Australia does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Bicycling Australia may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Bicycling Australia may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Bicycling Australia, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Bicycling Australia does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Bicycling Australia keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within Bicycling Australia, in order to determine what Bicycling Australia services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Bicycling Australia to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Bicycling Australia Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Bicycling Australia or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Bicycling Australia; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Bicycling Australia, or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Bicycling Australia Web site use "cookies" to help you personalize your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Bicycling Australia pages, or register with Bicycling Australia site or services, a cookie helps Bicycling Australia to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Bicycling Australia Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Bicycling Australia features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Bicycling Australia services or Web sites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Bicycling Australia secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Bicycling Australia secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

Bicycling Australia will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. Bicycling Australia encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how Bicycling Australia is protecting your information.

Contact Information

Bicycling Australia welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Bicycling Australia has not adhered to this Statement, please contact Bicycling Australia at ian@bicyclingaustralia.com. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.