Privacy Policy of The Zoo Health & Fitness

The Zoo Health & Fitness respects the privacy and rights of its visitors and members and no effort is made to identify individuals without their knowledge or consent. We maintain a strict “no-spam” policy. The privacy of all The Zoo Health & Fitness visitors and members is paramount. Therefore, it is the policy of The Zoo Health & Fitness (us, we, our, The Zoo Health & Fitness) that all personal information collected on or by our website shall be subject to the following principles:

• Electronic information - information collected and held electronically shall be afforded the same protection as non-electronic information;
• Collection of personal information - the collection of personal information shall be limited to and consistent with the requirements of the Web site program or activity;
• Use of personal information - individuals shall be informed as to why information is being collected and how it will be used;
• Disclosure of personal information - disclosure of information shall be limited to the purpose for which it was collected unless otherwise authorised by law;
• Access to personal information - individuals shall be allowed a reasonable opportunity to obtain access to their personal information and to ensure that it is correct; and
• Security precautions - reasonable precautions shall be taken to ensure the security of personal information.

What information is collected automatically?
The following information is collected and stored automatically from all users accessing all areas of the The Zoo Health & Fitness website:

•  The Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you connect from a school's or university's domain) and Internet Protocol (IP) address from which you access our site;
• The type of hardware, browser and operating system used to access our site;
• The date and time you access our site;
• The number of bytes of data transmitted during your visit;
• Transaction and routing information to and from your computer;
• The pages you visit; and
• If you linked to our site from another Web site, the address of that Web site (URL).

This information is generally classed as “anonymous usage statistics” and used for purposes such as assessing what information is of most interest to users and system enhancements. Most websites have some form of anonymous usage statistics system. The Zoo Health & Fitness use the Urchin 5 web analytics system, provided by our web host.

What about personal information provided to The Zoo Health & Fitness?
Personal information is provided to The Zoo Health & Fitness during the registration as a member and when contact is made by a visitor or member when contacting us via email, participating in a competition or using the “contact us” form.

We consider any information that could reasonably be used to identify you as "personally identifying information." This may include, but is not limited to:

• Your name;
• Your address;
• Your email address;
• Your password;
• Bank account information;
• Credit card information;
• Telephone number;
• Any combination of data that could be used to identify you such as birth date, postal/zip code and gender; and
• Any graphical or visual representation of you.

As The Zoo Health & Fitness is based in Australia, all personal information provided or volunteered by a user or member is protected by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), which provides strict penalties for the misuse of this information.

Public Disclosure
The Zoo Health & Fitness will not, except for reasons stated below, disclose to third parties the private information of any user or member. The circumstances under which The Zoo Health & Fitness will disclose such personal information are when:

• permission has been granted by the visitor or member;
• where the information is considered public information under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), ), and is not otherwise protected from disclosure by applicable State, Federal or International laws;
• it is required to cooperate with interception orders, warrants, subpoenas, court orders or any other legal process, that The Zoo Health & Fitness determines in its sole discretion to be valid and enforceable; and
• it is necessary to provide to a law enforcement agency when the contents are inadvertently obtained by The Zoo Health & Fitness and appear to pertain to the commission of a crime.

Cookies
Some pages and areas on the The Zoo Health & Fitness website use cookies to store information. Cookies are text files stored on your computer to enhance the usability of a particular website. They can tell a website if you have visited before and can pass short bits of information from the website back to itself the next time you visit. Any information, including personal information, which you choose to provide at a website, may be stored in a cookie. Your web browser can be configured to refuse cookies or to notify you when a Web site attempts to send you a cookie. Cookie files can also be found and deleted from your computer's hard drive. For more information on configuring you web browser to block cookies, see the documentation included with your browser.

Security
The Zoo Health & Fitness has instituted security measures to protect the information and systems that we maintain. These measures are designed to ensure that this service remains available to all visitors and members by blocking unauthorised access to our systems and preventing corruption of data, thus providing reasonable protection of personal information in our possession.

Disclaimer
The Zoo Health & Fitness website may contain links to or data from, other websites. When linking to, and browsing another website, this Privacy Policy no longer applies. Some information provided to The Zoo Health & Fitness is stored by our web host, Ilisys Web Hosting. All information stored by Ilisys Web Hosting on behalf of the The Zoo Health & Fitness is also subject to their Privacy Policy, which can be found at http://www.ilisys.com.au/explore/ilisys/privacy-policy/.

The Zoo Health & Fitness reserves the right to change our privacy policy at any time without notification or warning. Any changes to this privacy policy will be posted at this privacy policy page, and it is the responsibility of our visitors and members to check for updates of our policy.