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The Privacy Policy
The Privacy Policy will be updated to include child online safety codes in the near future. For now, please follow these links as they will act as the guide for 'online safety for children when visiting this site'. But, before leaving this site, bookmark (Ctrl D) this page so you can return after reading the information on these other sites. (There are also homework hints listed on these sites too - but don't tell your children - its our secret!)
1/ The first site (http://www.netfamilynews.org) has a wealth of links that are safe for children and families to visit. Click here to visit this site.
2/ The second site (http://www.privacyalliance.org/kidsprivacy), is associated with COPPA (Council of the Better Business Bureau/Children's Advertising Review Unit [US]) that formulates policies to protect children - especially those 13 and under. Click here to visit their site.
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The privacy of individuals is an ongoing concern; especially
when there are reports of internet companies, in the throes of
liquidation, are selling personal information to other companies. This
not only raises issues of trust when giving information over the
internet, but also issues in relating to legal interpretation of what
is deemed 'personal' versus public information.
With
regards to the above, the House of Elrond understands
that privacy is a large concern for many. The House of
Elrond would also like to assure their customers that they do
not rent, sell or lease personal information to third parties; nor
does The House of Elrond rent, sell or lease customer
lists.
However, the House of Elrond,
reserves the right to disclose aggregated information* regarding its
customers and usage of the on-line service to others for various
purposes. An example could be: the number of Australian
visitors (to the site) between 10 am - 12 pm on Thursdays during June,
2000. This type of information is useful when one has an advert or
piece of information that is specifically targeted at Australian
visitors, but is perceived as uninteresting/inappropriate for someone
from another country. Of course, if a person were to be planning to
take up residence in Australia, he/she may be interested in the
information, but will, more than likely, miss seeing the information
due to the targeted audience.
To reiterate, the customer's
name and personal details are given to the House of
Elrond in confidence that there will be no breach of trust and
strict measures are taken to ensure that personal information does
not 'leak' outside the company. It is therefore, understood that the
supplied information is only to be used for customer related
activities between the customer and the House of Elrond.
However, if there has been legal infringement by the customer and the
relevant authorities (Police, CIB etc) request the information to help
them in their investigations, this information will be supplied (but
not for a fee).
Aggregated information* is everybody put together in a group so no individual can be isolated. for example: a group of 10 people who live in the Australia. 2 are female and 8 are male. NO names, addreses, phone numbers, email addresses nor any other personal details are given out - to anyone; unless a law has been breached; but that is a different matter altogether.
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Date uploaded: 26/01/2002
Updates:
Last Update: 15/02/02
Author: JM
Copyright © 2002-2005 JW Miller T/A House of Elrond and http://au.oocities.com/animal_health_clinic. Also www.skybusiness.com/houseofelrond 2000-2002. All rights reserved
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