At Hotel Evaluations (ABN 85 274 930 191) (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au), we recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of all information provided by our subscribers and users. Our commitment to enhance our relationship with our subscribers and users of our Web site necessitates the collection of some personal information. Your privacy is important to us. We want to make your experience on the Internet enjoyable and to foster your trust in eCommerce as a whole. The following information describe the policies and procedures for the collection, use and dissemination of personally identifiable information about our subscribers and users.

COLLECTION

Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au) obtains personally identifiable information only where the information is relevant to our relationship with a subscriber or user or to assist us in creating a relationship with a subscriber or user. We obtain personally identifiable information about subscribers or users, directly from that subscriber or user, primarily in the course of providing them with products, information and services. Part of our collection of personally identifiable information is conducted through the use of cookies (small pieces of information that a Web site places on your computer hard drive), in order to track usage patterns and to compile data that will help Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au) to improve its Web site and/or services (“Data”). The cookies do not contain personally identifiable information.
Our web site is hosted on an Internet server at destra Business which may automatically record details about any computer used to access our web site. This may include the IP address, domain name, browser type, the date and the time of access and details of the information downloaded. These details are not capable of identifying you and are used solely for statistical analysis and research on usage patterns to improve this web site.
You can obtain a copy of destra Business’s privacy policy by visiting their web site at http://web-hosting.destra.com/

SUBSCRIBER REGISTRATION

When you become a PRAISE^®Rating.com.au subscriber you provide your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, a unique login name (Username), password, and password validation. This information is collected on the subscriber registration form or in "My Profile" for several reasons including: (1) personal identification; (2) to allow us to contact you for customer service, if necessary and (3) to make product improvements to PRAISE^®Rating.com.au. In addition, your e-mail address is collected to send you an e-mail message confirming your new subscriber registration.

USE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We use personally identifiable information only in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. Personally identifiable information is available only to our employees, agents and contractors who have a business reason to have access to such information. Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au) may be required to disclose personally identifiable information by law or compulsory legal process. Under no circumstances will we sell your individual personal information to any third party, however in some circumstances, Data which DOES NOT identify any individual user, may be given or sold in aggregate.

SURVEYS AND CONTESTS

From time-to-time our site may request information from users via surveys or contests. The requested information typically includes contact information (such as name and address), and demographic information (such as Post/Zip codes). Contact information will be used to notify the winners and award prizes. Survey information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of this Web site. Users personally identifiable information is not shared with third parties unless we give prior notice and choice. Though we may use an intermediary to conduct these surveys or contests, they may not use subscribers or users personally identifiable information for any secondary purposes.

SECURITY

Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au) uses reasonable administrative, technical, personnel, and physical measures to safeguard personally identifiable information in its possession against loss, theft, and unauthorised use, disclosure or modification. Any information that we store about you is protected from unauthorised access through the use of firewalls, secure passwords and sign in processes.

ACCESS, CORRECTION AND DELETION

Whenever possible, Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au) shall permit subscribers and users, the right to see their personally identifiable information that Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au) has collected from them, in order for them to correct any information that may be incorrect and or to instruct it to delete the information from its files.

COMPLIANCE

Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au) shall take all appropriate steps to ensure compliance with this Privacy Policy. If for whatever reason, you feel that we have not lived up to our Privacy Policy or if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this Web site or your dealings with Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au), please contact us.

LINKS

This Web site contains links to other sites. Please be aware that we, Hotel Evaluations (PRAISE^®Rating.com.au), are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our subscribers and users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each and every Web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this Web site. Other web sites are not subject to our privacy standards, policies and procedures. You will need to contact or review those web sites directly to ascertain their privacy standards, procedures and policies.

GENERAL

We reserve the right, at any time, to modify this Privacy Policy, in order to reflect changes in the law, self-regulatory initiatives and technology. If you require further information as to privacy in Australia and your rights to privacy, please go to www.privacy.gov.au .