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Our Privacy & COPPA Policies:

Preamble:

This privacy policy statement has been created to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses the type of information gathered by BestPrac.Org, to what use any information gathered will or may be put, and the safeguards against misuse of information to which BestPrac.Org is fully committed.

What information does BestPrac.Org collect? &
How is this information used?

1) Web Server Logs:

Standard web server logs record in a manner which does not identify individual users basic, standard internet traffic protocol data. This includes the IP number and/or domain name of visitors to the web site, and related information such as the date and time that IP address accessed files on our web server. It may also record the IP number or domain name of the referring web site. (ie, the site from which the visitor clicked a link which led them to the BestPrac.Org domain.) In the event of referrals originating from search engines, in some cases the 'search string' used by the visitor at that search engine may sometimes also be forwarded by the search engine and be recorded by the BestPrac.Org web server. None of the information collected by the web server logs personally identifies visitors. Email addresses are not collected or logged by our standard web server logs.

Use:

Web server log information is used or can be used for a number of purposes. These include:

Identifying in broad terms the geographic reach of visitors to the web site. This may assist in designing the site and presenting it in a manner most suitable for the visitors.

Identifying the web pages or files most or least accessed by visitors. This assists in knowing the type/s of information which visitors are most, or least, interested in finding at the BestPrac.Org website, and according provides useful information for further developing the site to cater for the interests of visitors.

Monitor potential abusers, such as visits by spam bots, hackers, or other types of abusers. Any such cases of abuse identified may lead to BestPrac.Org passing on an abuse report to the ISP or other upstream service supplier of the abuser. Although our web log information does not personally identify the abuser, the combination of IP address and time and date from our logs enables the ISP or other service provider of the offender to compare it to their log records, and identify the abuser. Such information and action is not routinely passed back to BestPrac.Org, though in extreme cases we reserve the right to take legal action to compel that service provider to provide to us the identity of the abuser so that civil or criminal actions can be pursued against the perpetrator.

Web server log information is also used to monitor the stability and security of the web server, and to monitor its proper functioning.

We presently outsource the management of our web server logs to Google Analytics. Accordingly, at least theoretically, Google Analytics also has access to these non-personally-identifying, generic web server datum.

2) Newsletter Subscription Records:

At this point in time, BestPrac.Org does not offer a newsletter or ezine via subscription. Accordingly, no information is collected from users for this purpose.

We may at a future point in time reconsider offering a confirmed-opt-in ezine / newsletter subscription. Prior to doing so, this section of our Privacy Policy will be modified to reflect any change.

Use:

Not applicable at this time. If and when the policy changes, this section shall be updated accordingly.

3) Private Inwards Emails:

Emails received by the BestPrac.Org domain, including those sent using the web-based contact form found on this site, are treated as strictly confidential. They are never shared with outside parties without the direct and specific permission of the originator.

We reserve the right to reply in a contextually relevant manner to emails (including contact form correspondence) sent to us.

Although we may retain copies of email correspondence received, any personally identifying information is kept confidential and shall not be put to any use not specifically authorized by the sender. For example, we will not add you to any mailing list without your confirmed consent.

There may be two exceptions to this policy on the privacy of Private Inwards Email.

Spam or other abuse - we reserve all rights to report any abuse, including sending copies and personally identifying information, to service providers, government agencies, net abuse newsgroups and similar forums. We furthermore reserve the right to share it with our debt collection agency, any Court and legal advisers in accordance with our Special Notice To Spammers.
We will cooperate with Police, Courts of Law and other law enforcement and government agencies when legally required to do so.

4) Cookies:

BestPrac.Org uses cookies for benign purposes. In conjunction with the web server analytical services provided by Google Analytics (as described above in Section 1), cookies are used to identify whether a visitor has previously visited the BestPrac.Org website or is a first-time visitor. It does so without personally identifying who that visitor is. Visitors may choose to configure their web browsers to reject cookies from the BestPrac.Org site if they wish. The site fully functions for visitors who prefer to reject cookies from BestPrac.Org.

5) Affiliates:

BestPrac.Org does not have any affiliates, nor offers an affiliate program. We do not envisage ever having an affiliate program. According we have nothing to disclose in relation to privacy matters associated with affiliates.

6) Direct Product Sales Records:

BestPrac.Org does not offer any products of its own for sale. Accordingly we receive no personally identifying information and have nothing to disclose in relation to this matter.

In the very unlikely event that BestPrac.Org does in the future offers a product or products for sale, this Privacy Policy will be updated with appropriate disclosures and declarations.

7) Indirect Product Sales Records:

BestPrac.Org does not act as an affiliate for any 3rd Party affiliate programs for product sales. As a matter of policy, we never will.

We do, however, offer advertising space on our web pages. The advertising space is currently outsourced through Google Adsense, so BestPrac.Org never has direct contact with any advertiser.

While advertising agencies and their advertisers to which we show web-based advertisements may receive certain personally identifying information from product purchasers, it is not usual practice that any such information is in turn provided to BestPrac.Org.

More commonly, mere statistical aggregate data is provided, devoid of any personally identifying information.

If there are ever any exceptions where an advertiser or advertising agency does, for whatever reason, provide us with personally identifying information, we warrant to keep it confidential, not provide it to any 3rd party unless legally required to do so, and shall not make use of such information ourselves, other than for mere statistical purposes.

8) External Links:

The BestPrac.Org website contains links to other websites. BestPrac.Org is not responsible for the privacy policies, contents, security issues of such websites

8) COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Protection Act:

The BestPrac.Org website abides by the United States COPPA as discussed on the FTC website. In fact, we voluntarily choose to maintain a higher standard than required by this law (even though, as an Australian based site, BestPrac.Org is not under US FTC jurisdiction). Whereas COPPA requires parental permission for the collection of personal information for anyone twelve years of age or under, BestPrac.Org requires anyone submitting personal information to be at least sixteen years of age

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