At Babysitters R Us, we are committed to protecting your privacy. When you deal with us either as a result of a direct approach or in response to an advertisement, you are doing so with the knowledge that we will only use your personal information for the purpose of matching you with a suitable babysitter or supplying you with newsletter updates of our service – if you choose.
Babysitters R Us does not out sources management of its website and databases to external contractors.
What Information Do We Collect? How Do We Use It?
Personal information includes your contact details, children’s details, previous placement history and previous contact history.
You may voluntarily sign up to be informed about certain offers, news or employment opportunities. For this service we need only an e-mail address, which we use to send the information you requested.
Customer traffic patterns and site usage are monitored to help us develop the design and layout of our site.
How we collect your personal information:
We obtain most of our information from you directly such as:
When you submit an application or fill out our forms,
Each time we have contact with you, and
We may ask to collect particular personal information about you.
If we have not already done so, when or before we collect information, we will take reasonable steps to inform you of:
The purpose for which the information is collected,
Where applicable, any law requiring information to be collected, and
The main consequences if all or part of the information is not provided.
How Does Babysitters R Us Protect Customer Information?
Babysitters R Us is dedicated to ensure that private information such as personal particulars or credit card details are stored and destroyed in a manner which protects the information from misuse, loss, unauthorized access, unauthorized modification, and unauthorised disclosure.
The only reason Credit Card details are requested by Babysitters R Us is to pay for booking fees for services performed.
Records of non-electronic Credit Card payments and relevant details are required to be stored for twelve (12) months for archive purposes. These are stored in a secure and protected manner such as locked filing cabinets After twelve (12) months from the last transaction, the documents containing credit card details will be destroyed in a secure manner. Examples of destruction in a secure manner include shredding, pulping or disintegration of paper files or fire.
Personal Information supplied in hard copy including any notes taken by Babysitters R Us about you during registration are stored in a secure and protected manner such as locked filing cabinets.
What About "Cookies"?
"Cookies" are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Our cookies do not contain any personally identifying information. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser to prevent that.
Will Babysitters R Us sell the Information it Collects to Outside Parties?
Babysitters R Us does not sell, trade or rent your personal information to others.
Your personal information may be disclosed to:
Our babysitters,
Any person with lawful entitlement to obtain the information.
Your consent to the above disclosures is taken to have been given when you submit your personal information to Babysitters R Us. Your consent allows us to disclose or use your information for any reasonable purpose related to your booking of a sitter as contemplated by this Privacy Statement. Further, as we have a public interest duty to co-operate with law enforcement agencies and to prevent any threat to life, health or safety of any person, we may have to disclose your personal information for such purposes.
If for any reason you decide not to provide certain personal information, we may be restricted in our ability to place a babysitter with you.
Babysitter R Us may provide aggregate statistics about our customers, sales, traffic patterns, and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
In Summary
Babysitters R Us is committed to protecting your privacy. We use the information we collect on the site to register you as a client and to match babysitters to your needs. We do not sell trade or rent your personal information to others.
Your Acceptance of This Policy
By using this site and providing us with your information, you agree to babysittersrus.com.au Privacy Policy as set forth in this document. If you do not agree to this Policy, you are not granted the license to use this site or any of the services provided and please do not use our site. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Policy at any time. Please check this page frequently for changes. Your continued use of the babysittersrus.com.au site means you accept those changes in effect as of the date and time of your latest usage. You can e-mail us with any further questions you may have at babysittersrus@bigpond.com
Last modification date of these terms was: 30th December, 2009
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