The History Channel understands the importance of keeping your personal information secure and private.
This website (the “WEBSITE”) is operated by FOXTEL Management Pty Ltd, ABN 65 068 671 938, licensee of ‘The History Channel’ (“we”, “our”, “us”) in the territory (Australia and its external territories such as, but not limited to, Norfolk and Christmas Islands, and New Zealand). We are committed to the protection of personal information provided by you to the site.
This Privacy Policy applies to the collection, storage, use and dissemination by us of your personal information (“YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION”). This Privacy Policy has been developed in line with the requirements under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the National Privacy Principles. Access to the contents of this Website is conditional upon you accepting this Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use of the Website. You should read both thoroughly, before using the Website.
This Privacy Policy contains the following information regarding Your Personal Information:
- What happens if we change this Privacy Policy
- What we mean by ‘Personal Information’
- What happens if you leave this website
- How we collect Your Personal Information
- How we store and secure Your Personal Information
- How we use and disclose Your Personal Information
- How we grant access to Your Personal Information
- How we treat children’s privacy
- How you can contact us
- Disclaimer
- How you can find out more Information about Privacy
1. What happens if we change this Privacy Policy
We will review this Privacy Policy periodically and reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify or remove portions of this policy at any time for any reason whatsoever. You should review this page periodically so that you are aware of and satisfied with any such changes. Your continued use of the Website following any amendments is valid confirmation of your acceptance of such changes.
2. What we mean by “Personal Information”
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, Personal Information means information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database), whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual, whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained, from the information or opinion.
3. What happens if you leave this Website
While using this Website you may come across links to other websites not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those websites, because we do not have control over them. This Privacy Policy only applies to this Website, and you should always familiarise yourself with the privacy policies for each website you visit.
4. How we collect Your Personal Information
We collect Your Personal Information for the purpose of enhancing your use of the Website and continually improving the Website for you and other users (the “PRIMARY PURPOSE”).
The information which we collect includes your email address and your name for the purposes of answering your queries if you choose to ‘Contact Us’ via this Website or if you ask us to “Tell a Friend” about our Website.
Some of the information we collect will not personally identify you, but instead allows us to personalise your use of the Website. We obtain this information by our use of ‘Cookies’. Cookies are commonly used by websites on the internet and are a feature usually placed in your hard drive that recognises and identifies your computer. Cookies do not contain any information that personally identifies you and we do not use Cookies in order to obtain such information. Your browser should allow you to refuse Cookies if you choose.
On this Website, we do not collect Your Personal Information for the purposes of direct marketing unless you specifically ask us to do so.
If you do not supply the information required by us in using various functions of this Website, we may not be able to provide you with full access to the Website.
5. How we store and secure Your Personal Information
We will use all reasonable endeavours to maintain the security of Your Personal Information.
We require our staff and service providers to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Information.
We adhere to the requirements set out in the Privacy Act and the National Privacy Principles for storing and securing Your Personal Information.
6. How we use and disclose Your Personal Information
We will use and disclose Your Personal Information for the Primary Purpose.
Where you specifically consent, we may provide information about you to our related bodies corporate, commercial sponsors, advertisers, business partners, program distributors or associates located both in and outside Australia (“OUR PARTNERS”), and we and Our Partners may send you information about our products and/or services. If you provide such consent and subsequently decide that you do not wish to receive information about these products and/or services, please contact us and advise us accordingly. We will use reasonable endeavours to effect your request within 14 days of receipt of our receipt of your request.
We may disclose some information that does not personally identify you to advertisers to provide advertisers with aggregate statistics of people that have seen or linked to their advertisements on this Website. This assists us to improve this Website and to provide the Website and its features to you and other users at no cost.
7. How we grant access to Your Personal Information
We will use all reasonable endeavours to keep Your Personal Information accurate, complete and up-to-date. You may contact us to examine Your Personal Information held by us. We will use reasonable endeavours to provide you with a complete list of Your Personal Information within 14 days of receipt of your request.
You may contact us to amend any of Your Personal Information that is accurate, complete or up-to-date. We will use reasonable endeavours to correct your records, as requested, within 14 days of receipt of this notice.
8. How we treat children’s privacy
All person’s under the age of 18 must obtain the consent of their parents or legal guardians before using this Website or before submitting any information via this Website. We will adhere to this Privacy Policy in respect of any information submitted by minors but the primary responsibility rests on parents and guardians to properly supervise their children’s use of this Website.
9. How you can contact us
You can contact us by writing to The History Channel, 5 Thomas Holt Drive, North Ryde, NSW 2113, Australia.
10. Disclaimer
We will collect, use or disclose information that personally identifies you as set out in this Privacy Policy unless in our opinion we are required by law to protect the rights or property of the channel or any third party, or to avoid injury to any person.
We and this Privacy Policy may be subject to applicable legislation, regulations and codes of practices. To the extent that this Policy exceeds our minimum obligations under Commonwealth and State legislation, this Privacy Policy serves as documentation of our voluntarily self-imposed standards. While we are determined to meet those standards as best we can, to the extent permitted by law, we are not liable if we do not adhere to any of these standards, for any loss, liability, costs, expense or damage arising as a result of us failing to meet any of the voluntarily self-imposed standards in this Privacy Policy.
11. How you can find out more Information about Privacy
If you would like further information about your rights to privacy, please see the Australian Privacy Commissioner’s website or contact the Internet Industry Association.
