Privacy Policy

This Policy applies to the services offered by the Committee for Melbourne (CfM) at the www.melbourne.org.au website. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the CfM website. Use of the website is conditional on agreeing to be bound by this Privacy Policy.

Your personal information is important to us – CfM recognises the importance of your privacy and that you have a right to control how your personal information is collected and used. This Privacy Policy is intended to comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

Collecting information about you CfM only collects personal information that you tell us about yourself and information about how you use our website (eg by registering, when we ask for information such as your email address, name, postal address, company, account number and phone number). If you contact us, we may keep a record of that contact. CfM also uses cookies to make your use of our website as convenient as possible. If you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to refuse cookies. This may mean you may not be able to use some of CfM’s online services.

Using and disclosing your personal information CfM uses or discloses information as requested by the operator of your company account, as required by law or if we believe it necessary to provide you with a service you have requested. We may also do so to implement our terms of service, protect the rights, property or personal safety of another user, any member of the public or Committee for Melbourne, or if our assets and operations are transferred to another party as a going concern. We may also send you information and event updates, which you have requested. Therefore we may sometimes share your personal information with a service partner, subject to confidentiality provisions, but will not otherwise disclose it to other companies without your consent.

When we communicate with you We may contact you via email or other address which you provide to us in order to provide you with updated information about our website, contact you in relation to your membership, subscription or events or provide you with other information about our services. If you do not wish to receive this, you may remove your name from our list by emailing us at cfm@melbourne.org.au.

The information we keep about you If at any time you want to know exactly what personal information we hold about you, you can access your record by contacting us at cfm@melbourne.org.au. If your personal information is inaccurate, you can email us at cfm@melbourne.org.au and we will amend it. If you wish to have your personal information deleted, we will take all reasonable and legal steps to delete it.

Storage and security of your personal information CfM will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep any information which we hold about you secure, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. CfM will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your personal information. CfM may use national or overseas facilities to process or back up its information and as a result, may transfer your personal information to our national or overseas facilities for storage. Please notify us immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account by any other internet user or any other breach of security.

Future changes CfM reserves the right to review this Privacy Policy at any time and notify you by posting an updated version of the policy on our website. The amended Privacy Policy will apply between us whether or not we have given you specific notice of any change.

Legal Notice – If you use the Committee for Melbourne™ (CfM) website (Site) you agree to be bound by and abide by the following terms and conditions:

Material The material on this Site (Material) has been compiled for general information purposes only and you should not act or fail to act on the basis of it. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, reliability or timeliness of the Material and are not obliged to update it or correct any inaccuracy which may become known to us.

Access CfM will not be liable if the Site is unavailable for any reason. We may suspend or disconnect your access to the Site during technical failure, for maintenance, if you fail to comply with these terms and conditions or if you do anything which we think may jeopardise the Site.

Intellectual Property CfM (or its licensors) owns all intellectual property rights, including any copyright, trademark rights and patent rights, in the Material. You may download, copy or print reasonable amounts of the Material for your personal, non-commercial use but must not use it in a commercial way (for example, publishing, selling or modifying the Material) without our prior written permission.

Links and Frames Links and frames connecting the Site to other websites are provided for your convenience. They do not mean that we endorse the accuracy or suitability of the material on those websites or the people who contribute to them, or that we authorise infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material on those websites.

Exclusions and Limitation of Liability We exclude, to the maximum extent permitted by law, all warranties (whether express, implied, statutory or otherwise) in relation to the Material or material on websites accessed via the Site. We accept no liability (including for negligence) for any loss or damage you may suffer. However, if a court decides we are responsible for any loss or damage, our liability is limited in any event to resupplying the Material or the reasonable cost of having it resupplied.

Professional Advice The Material does not include or purport to include any legal, financial, accounting, securities, investment or other professional advice and may not take into account your particular circumstances. You should seek independent advice from a qualified professional before acting on any Material or material on websites accessed via this Site.

Entire Agreement These terms and conditions constitute the entire agreement between us, and supersede all prior or inconsistent statements or representations, whether made verbally or in writing.

Governing Law These terms and conditions are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia, and in the event that we have a legal dispute, Victorian courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction.