We (Surf Snow House Xchange) strive to provide a quality service yet we seek to maintain a privacy policy which is in line with the Australian Federal Privacy Commission. Our Internet Privacy Policy governs the manner in which your personal information, which is obtained through the web site, is dealt with by Surf Snow House Xchange. Surf Snow House Xchange’s Privacy Policy should be reviewed periodically by website visitors, so that you are kept up to date on any changes.

Surf Snow House Xchange has the discretion, and reserves the right, to modify or remove parts of this Internet Privacy Policy at any time. This Privacy Policy is in addition to any other terms and conditions that apply to the web site. We do not make any representations about third party web sites that may be related or linked to our web site.

Surf Snow House Xchange acknowledges the importance of protecting the privacy of information collected and retained from our website visitors and, in particular, any private and personal information that is capable of identifying an individual. This is known as "personal information".

Security

Surf Snow House Xchange will take all reasonable steps to protect the personal information you may transmit direct to us or any information from our online products and services. However, when your transmission has been received by Surf Snow House Xchange, we will endeavour to make our best efforts to ensure the information’s security on our systems.

Surf Snow House Xchange’s employees and any contractors who provide services related to our information systems are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information retained by us. However, we will not be held responsible for any events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information.

Surf Snow House Xchange will do its very best to ensure the integrity, privacy and security of personal information submitted to our web site. Surf Snow House Xchange uses the latest, current technology to review and update our security measures. However, data information which is transmitted over the Internet cannot be guaranteed to be totally secure.

Personal Information

Please be assured, that it is our intention that our privacy policy will protect your personal information from being used in any way that does not conform to the applicable Australian privacy laws. Visitors’ personal information, to Surf Snow House Xchange, is collected, and retained, only when intentionally and voluntarily submitted. For example, we may use the information provided by visitors to answer questions or to forward any requests. We sometimes may need to collect or collate information to offer you further service.

Use of Information

All copies of correspondence sent from the web site, which may contain personal information, are safely stored as archives for record-keeping and back-up purposes only. When visitors submit personal information to Surf Snow House Xchange, it is used only for the purpose for which it is submitted, or for such other secondary purposes that are related to the primary purpose, unless otherwise disclosed in this our Internet Privacy Policy, or as disclosed at the time of collection. Surf Snow House Xchange will not disclose, distribute or sell any personal information relating to its members or their personal contact details.

Access to Information

Surf Snow House Xchange will make an effort to implement all reasonable steps to maintain the security of any personal information that we hold, and to maintain its accuracy and keep it up to date. Should you discover that your personal information is incorrect, you may advise us so that we can rectify the error.

Surf Snow House Xchange’s employees and the contractors, who provide services relating to our information systems, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us on behalf of our members.

Disclosure

Third parties may be engaged by Surf Snow House Xchange to provide you with goods or services on our behalf. When this occurs, and in that circumstance, we may disclose your personal information to those third parties so we can meet your request for goods or services.

Surf Snow House Xchange may, in good faith, disclose personal information when we believe that it is a legal requirement of the law to give out such information. Also, Surf Snow House Xchange advises that apart from where you have given your consent (or disclosure is necessary to achieve the purpose for which it was submitted) personal information may be disclosed in the following special situations: if Surf Snow House Xchange has reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to identify or contact or bring legal action against anyone who is wilfully damaging, injuring or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with our rights or property, users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.

Links to other sites

Before disclosing your personal information on any other website, Surf Snow House Xchange advises you to scrutinise the terms and conditions of use of that Web site and to read its privacy statement. Surf Snow House Xchange supplies links to web sites outside of our web site, as well as to third party Web sites. These linked sites are not under our control. Therefore, Surf Snow House Xchange does not accept responsibility for the conduct of companies linked to our website.

Problems or questions

If you require any further information, or have any questions relating to Surf Snow House Xchange Privacy Policy, or should you have a problem or issue, please contact us. Should we, at Surf Snow House Xchange, become aware of any ongoing issue, concerns or problems with our web site, we will take these matters seriously and work to address these problems.

For more information about privacy issues in Australia and protecting your privacy you can go to http://www.privacy.gov.au/. This is the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's web site.