This Privacy Policy applies to the services offered by Global Surf Industries ("GSI").
Personal information is important.
GSI is committed to safeguarding personal privacy. It recognizes that individuals have a right to control how their personal information is collected and used. Providing personal information is an act of trust and it is taken seriously. Unless given consent to do otherwise, GSI will only collect and use personal information as set out below.Collecting personal information.
GSI will not collect or monitor any personal information about an individual without their consent. The only personal information collected is what has been provided voluntarily.
When a product is purchased or through marketing activities (online, in a store, over the telephone etc.), personal information may be requested (such as name and address) in order to service product, provide upgrades or updated information, and advise of other GSI products, which may be of interest. No one is obligated to provide personal information. However, failure to do so may result in GSI being unable to sell you products and/or provide certain services including after sales services.
GSI's policy for collecting personal information from children under the age of 13 is to seek the permission of a parent or guardian for the collection of this information.
Use of tracking technologies
GSI uses tracking technologies such as cookies or web beacons to make use of the website and services as convenient as possible. Cookies are pieces of information that a web site transfers to a computer's hard disk for record keeping purposes. Web Beacon is a technical method that sends information related to the access to websites, when you browse websites, open or preview an HTML-formatted email. Most web browsers are set to accept tracking technologies such as cookies or web beacons. These tracking technologies do not themselves personally identify users, although they do identify a user's browser. These tracking technologies allow GSI to monitor the items an individual may want to purchase as they move through the shopping site, and to record how many people are using the different parts of the site. It is possible to set the browser to refuse tracking technologies such as cookies or web beacons, however, this may limit the services provided by GSI's web site.
Using and disclosing your personal information
Personal Information will be used for the following primary purpose:
Eg:
- To fulfil obligations under any sale and purchase contract and/or any other contract between the individual and GSI.
- To render services related to GSI business such as warranty or after sales services.
- To provide information about products, service and/or special offers.
- To obtain opinions or comments about products and/or services.
- To record statistical data for marketing analysis.
For the purpose described above, information may be shared with GSI group companies either in Australia or overseas. Also, in order to operate the web site or deliver a service, personal information may also be shared with a service provider, a non-GSI group company.
GSI and GSI group companies recognize the trust with which individuals provide personal information, and such information will not be used or disclosed for any other purposes without consent, except in exceptional cases when disclosure may be required by law or is necessary to protect the rights or property of GSI, any GSI group company, or any member of the public, or to lessen a serious threat to a person's health or safety.
- Contact by GSI
GSI may contact individuals using the information which was provided by them in order to:
- Provide information that may be of interest about upgrades, new GSI products, special offers and other matters that may be of interest.
- To send newsletters.
GSI does not send advertising information without obtaining prior consent. If an individual receives communications from GSI which they do not wish to receive, they may remove their name from the database by contacting GSI on the customer enquiry number Australia 1300 368 428 or USA 1 877 474 6503. Please allow 14 days for this request to be processed.
Individual's right of access
Individuals have the right to review their information that may be recorded on the GSI database. Information may be reviewed by contacting GSI on the customer enquiry number Australia 1300 368 428 or USA 1 877 474 6503.
Changing and deleting the information we have about you Information contained on the database may be amended by contacting GSI on the customer enquiry number Australia 1300 368 428 or USA 1 877 474 6503. In the same way, a request may be made to delete personal information, and all reasonable steps to delete the information will be made, except where it is required for legal reasons. Deletion of information may result in GSI being unable to sell products directly and/or provide certain services including after sales services.
Storage and security of personal information
GSI will endeavor to take all reasonable steps to keep secure any personal information recorded, and to keep this information accurate and up to date. The information is stored on secure servers if in digital format, or in locked areas if in hardcopy format: these repositories are protected in controlled facilities. In some cases these facilities may be overseas. GSI employees and data processors are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by GSI. However, security of communications over the Internet cannot be guaranteed, and therefore absolute assurance that information will be secure at all times cannot be given. GSI will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorized access to personal information.
GSI and links to other web sites
GSI provides links to web sites outside of the GSI site. These linked sites are not under the control of GSI, and GSI is not responsible for the conduct of companies linked to the GSI web site, nor for the performance or otherwise of any content and/or software contained in such external websites.
Problems or queries
Queries relating to the Privacy Policy, or any problems or complaints may be directed to the Web Master by calling the customer enquiry number Australia 1300 368 428 or USA 1 877 474 6503.
