The Australian Naturist, which wholly owns and operates the New Naturists website, respects your privacy. This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) describes how we use and protect your information on newnaturists.com, as well as to any other online and mobile websites, and applications operated by The Australian Naturist (“New Naturists,” “The Australian Naturist,” “us,” “we,” “our”), unless a different policy is provided for a particular site or application.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By using our website, you accept and agree to this Privacy Policy and to the collection and use of your information as described hereunder. In addition, you accept and agree to our Terms of Service, which are integral with this policy.
The Information We Collect
New Naturists collects information from you in order to provide certain services and online functionality and to continually improve our service to all readers. Some information we collect may be personally identifiable information (PII)---for example, your name, phone number, email address, or other data points that uniquely identify you as an individual. We also automatically collect some non-personal information that defines your website interactions .
We do not sell, rent, or share your PII with third parties, such as advertisers or business partners, except with your consent and as explicitly described in this Privacy Policy. Although we may share aggregate traffic data (which incorporates your website usage data) with third parties, they cannot identify or contact you based on the data we share.
Information that we automatically collect, such as website traffic and usage data (what browser software you use, the IP address from which you access our site, from where you arrived at the site, and when you access the site) is generally not personally identifiable and is used in aggregate as an analytical foundation for our improvement of the quality and utility of our website.
Controlling PII Collection
You always have an option for whether (or not) to give us PII. We collect this information directly through forms for website registration, newsletters, and promotional offers. You might also volunteer PII through community interactions, such as forum interactions, comment forms, and private messaging. In all of these cases, you actively and explicitly submit your information and must agree to our terms of service, inclusive of this Privacy Policy, to do so. If you do not want us to have or store your PII, do not submit it. Please note, however, that ecommerce and community functions that require PII for user validation, authentication, and security may become unavailable to you.
Controlling Automated (Non-Personal) Data Collection
Like many websites, we use browser “cookies” to track your interactions with the site and enable service continuity over various site sections and multiple interactions. A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer. Session cookies are unique temporary identifiers that allow us to recognize you (and prevent others from impersonating you) during a single “session” of interaction with our site. These cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies store information about your interactions with the site and remain on your computer after you close your browser. We use cookies to help us to identify you as an account holder and to optimize your experience on our website. Also, we will use cookies to monitor and maintain information about how you use our Site.
Most Web browsers accept cookies automatically. Through browser settings your can delete cookies manually or automatically. If you decline to accept or delete cookies, certain features of this Site will be unavailable to you.
Third-party companies that advertise on our Site might also assign their cookies to you. We do not control or prohibit the use of third-party cookies and are not responsible for how third parties control or use your information.
Some website pages or emails may contain a small graphic image, called a “web beacon,” that allows us to monitor and collect limited information, such whether and when you opened an email or webpage and the IP address of your computer. We use and may share this data in aggregate to analyze how well our site and content meets reader needs, and to inform marketing campaigns. We do not share individual information collected by web beacons.
“Email to a Friend” Feature and Social Buttons
Many articles and departments include a recommend or “email a friend” feature, by which you complete and submit a form with your own and your friend's email address. We do not store or save the email addresses you submit via this form, and you will not receive emails or other communications from us or our sponsors as a result of having used this feature. Additionally, the form is protected against use for mass “spam” mailings. Beyond this, however, we cannot and do not control how people use the form. Email sent through “email a friend” forms are solely the responsibility of the sender.
Social sharing buttons for Facebook, Google +1, and Twitter are included on every page of the site. These buttons allow you to easily tell members of your social network on third-party websites about content you like and find interesting on our website. We do not track any third-party account or personally identifiable information associated with the use of these social-media functions.
Information Security
We diligently protect the safety of your PII and take commercially reasonable steps to protect the security of your sensitive information. Collection and transmission of PII and financial information is done through encrypted connections with your Web browser; specifically a 128-bit Security Socket Layer (“SSL”) protocol. Additionally, we encrypt login information stored in our databases, and we do not retain credit card or financial-account data that could allow third parties to perpetrate fraud---if, despite our best efforts, our data were to be compromised.
No website, Internet transmission, computer system, or wireless connection is completely secure. We cannot and do not ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and we do no guarantee that unauthorized access or disclosure, hacking, data loss or other breaches will never occur. You use our website at your own risk, and we urge you to actively secure your own information. Use unguessable passwords; don't share, publish, or display your username or password; and log out of the website when you leave it. When you register to use privileged features of our website, such as shopping carts and community member accounts, you accept responsibility for any use of the Site accomplished through the unique account that we create for you.
How and When We May Share Your Information
We may provide information to select outside companies under the following circumstances:
Third parties providing services on our behalf: We may engage third parties to perform services in connection with the operation of our business; for example: (a) distribution of marketing and promotional material; (b) website evaluation and analytics; (c) magazine, newsletter or other subscription fulfillment; (d) data collection, storage, management, analysis and, where applicable, cleansing, and (e) any other services designed to assist us in maximizing our business potential. These third parties may have access to information about visitors to our Site, including personal information, to the extent that it supports defined services and functions. We generally require third-party service providers to protect and keep confidential all shared information.
Investigations and security: We may release information about our users, including personal information, when legally required to do so, at the demand of governmental authorities conducting an investigation, in response to a subpoena or other legal process, or to verify or enforce compliance with the policies governing our Site and applicable laws. We may also disclose user information whenever we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of our website users and community members, ourselves, and/or our sponsors, partners, and/or customers.
Aggregate information: We may disclose non-identifying, aggregated user statistics to third parties for a variety of purposes, including describing our services to prospective sponsors. Examples of such non-personal information include the number of users who visited this Site during a specific time period, clicked on an ad or promotional link, or purchased a specific product through our website.
Promotions and surveys: If you choose to enter a contest, engage in a promotional offer, or submit a survey that requires the submission of PII and is offered by us in conjunction with a third party, we may share your PII with that third party, as permitted in the official rules for the contest. In the case that contest rules are inconsistent with this privacy policy, we will require your explicit acceptance of extraordinary PII uses. Survey data, such as Flash Polls, that you submit without completing a submission form may be shared in the aggregate; however we will not share your PII with third parties.
Sponsored communications: In order to receive New Naturists Newsletters, you must submit some PII including your email address, postal code, and demographic profile. We may share this information in aggregate with newsletter sponsors, in order to help them deliver more relevant advertisements to you. Sponsors cannot identify or contact you directly based on the aggregate information we give them. We may also broker offers for you to receive communications directly from advertisers or other third parties. By opting to receive such messages, you explicitly request that we share your email address with the offer sponsors or other specified third parties.
Our Commitment to Children’s Privacy
We specially protect the privacy of children. We do not knowingly collect or maintain information from individuals under 13 years of age, and no part of our Site is structured to attract anyone under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 13, you may not use this web. If you are aware of anyone under the age of 13 using this website, please notify us. Upon confirmation, we will make every effort to terminate that individual's account and delete their PII from our databases.
Third-Party Privacy Practices
Once you elect to share your contact information with a third party, we cannot control and accept no liability for your communications or interactions with the third parties.
Our website may include links to other third-party websites and services. Inclusion of a link does not express or imply our endorsement or sponsorship of third-party content, services, or products. We expressly disclaim any statements or assertions made on third-party websites, and deny all liability associated with any use of third-party websites.
Consent to Processing
This website is operated across international borders. By using our website, participating in any of our services, and/or giving us your information, you consent to the collection, transfer, storage and processing of your information in United States and Australia. Additionally, your information may be transmitted through servers associated with global communications networks. In such cases, by using this site, you are subject to liberties and restrictions on the collection, transfer or storage of your information, as defined by by the laws of countries through which your information is transmitted. We cannot and do not control the information policies on network servers in any country.
Revisions to Privacy Policy
This is the most current version of our Privacy Policy and supersedes all previous versions. From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy, at our our sole discretion. In such events, we will revise the “modified” date printed at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to frequently review this Privacy Policy for revision. In any case, whenever you interact with or submit information through the Site, you consent and agree to the Privacy Policy posted on our website at the time of your interaction.
Choice of Law
This Privacy Policy, including all revisions and amendments thereto, and any disputes arising from or relating to this Privacy Policy or your use of our website, are governed by the laws of State of New South Wales Australia, without regard to any conflict or choice of law principles that would require application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
Questions about This Privacy Policy
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