Art.net.au will collect and retain personal information when you become an Art.net.au client, use our contact form or register for our electronic newsletter.

Art.net.au will use Personal Information for the purpose it was collected, which may involve:

* contacting you;
* providing you with the products and/or service requested;
* billing and maintaining your account;
* notifying you about new products or services; and
* improving and tailoring our services and products to suit our clients.

You may contact Art.net.au at any stage and request not to receive unsolicited material.

Art.net.au may disclose Personal Information to third parties in the following circumstances:

* it is necessary in order to provide the product or service you have requested;
* we have your consent to do so;
* we are required to do so by law; or
* authorised information technology consultants and other systems administrators require access in order to maintain an effective recording and accounting system.

In order to provide certain products and services, Art.net.au is required from time to time to submit Personal Information to parties outside Australia. Art.net.au will take reasonable steps to ensure that the Personal Information transferred is not collected, used or disclosed by the recipient for any purpose other than to assist Art.net.au with the provision of products and services to clients.

Art.net.au will take reasonable steps to protect Personal Information against loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure.

Art.net.au will take reasonable steps to ensure that Personal Information is accurate, complete and up to date.

Our approach to privacy adheres to the Australian Government's National Privacy Principles (see http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/npps01.html) contained within the new Privacy Act (see http://www.austliie.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/pa1988108/)

To the extent that our approach exceeds the minimum obligations of Art.net.au under Commonwealth and State legislation, Art.net.au is not liable for any loss, liability, costs, expense or damage arising as a result of Art.net.au failing to meet any self-imposed standards.

If you have a question about our approach to Privacy, or would like to gain access to information we might hold about you, please contact us.