Copyright and Website Policy
© Copyright 2001-2010.
© Copyright German
Shepherd Dog Association of Western Australia Inc (GSDA of WA) 2001-2010.
Please note the Copyright Notice, Disclaimer, Acknowledgements and Privacy
Policy relating to the use of the information on this website. Users of
this website and webpages contained therein are deemed to have read and
accepted the conditions described in the Copyright Notice, Disclaimer,
Acknowledgements and Privacy Policy.
Copyright Notice.
German Shepherd Dog
Association of Western Australia Inc (GSDA of WA) materials, including
pages, documents and online graphics, are protected by copyright law. Copyright
of GSDA of WA materials resides with the Executive Committee of the GSDA
of WA. Apart from any fair dealing for purposes of study, research, criticism
and review, as permitted under copyright legislation, no part of these
services may be reproduced, re-used or redistributed for any commercial
purpose whatsoever, or distributed to a third party for such purpose, without
written permission from the Executive Committee of the GSDA of WA. Where
permission is granted, you will be offered the option of an access agreement.
Disclaimer.
The GSDA of WA Website
contains a range of data, loaded from many voluntary sources, which have
only limited quality control. The GSDA of WA does not warrant, guarantee
or make any representations regarding the currency, correctness, accuracy,
reliability, or any other aspect regarding characteristics or use of the
information presented in the service. The user accepts sole responsibility
and risk associated with the use and results of GSDA of WA material on
this service, irrespective of the purpose to which such use or results
are applied. In no event shall the GSDA of WA be liable for any special,
indirect or consequential damages or any damages whatsoever resulting from
loss of use, data or profits, whether in an action contract, negligence
or tort, rising out of or in connection with the use or performance of
GSDA of WA materials on this service.
Acknowledgements.
The GSDA of WA Website
endeavours to acknowledge all authors contributions to its content and
in anticipation of that process occasionally not occurring, we unreservedly
apologize for any such omission. All contributions are gratefully received
and sincere thanks goes to those authors.
Privacy Policy.
The GSDA of WA has
a firm commitment to privacy in accordance with the general intent of guidelines
for world wide websites issued by National Authorities, including the Australian
Privacy Commissioner (http://www.privacy.gov.au/). This statement
discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for this
website as follows :
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Information Logged
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Electronic Mail Addresses
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Online, Application, Subscription
and Feedback Forms
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Cookies
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Searches
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Links to other Websites
If you are submitting
personal information over the internet which you wish to remain private,
please note that, while all attempts are made to secure information transmitted
to this website, there is a possibility that information you submit could
be observed by a third party while in transit.
Information Logged.
When you visit this
website, our server logs information which is provided by your browser.
This information is used to create summary statistics which allow us to
assess the number of visitors to the different sections of our website,
discover what information is most and least used, determine technical design
specifications, and help us make our website more useful to visitors. The
information is logged as follows :
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the type of browser you
are using;
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the date and time of your
visit;
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your top level domain
name (for example .com, .net, .gov, .au, .de, .uk, etc);
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the address of the referring
site;
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your server's IP address
(a number which is unique to the machine through which you are connected
to the Internet: usually one of your service provider's machines),
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the address of the pages
accessed and any documents downloaded,
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any information that you
may volunteer to record on our website services.
No attempt will be made
to identify users or their browsing activities, unless disclosure is required
by law or due to a mandatory requirement of a Court, Governmental Agency
or Regulatory Authority. We use the information only for statistical analysis
or systems administration purposes.
Electronic Mail
Addresses.
We will only record
your E-mail address if you send us an E-mail message. It will only be used
for the purpose for which you provide it, and will not be added to a mailing
list unless you request that this be done. We will not disclose it without
your consent.
Online, Application,
Subscription and Feedback Forms.
Some pages of this
website may provide the facility for users to fill out an online form for
the purpose of subscribing to a special service or to provide us with feedback
about our website. We will ask you to provide only enough personal information
to fulfil that purpose. We will record it to facilitate follow up and for
statistical analysis. Only authorized GSDA of WA officers will have access
to this information.
Cookies.
A cookie is an electronic
token that is passed to your browser and your browser passes it back to
the server whenever a page is sent to you. We do not use cookies to collect
personal information or to track your activities.
Searches.
Search terms that you
enter when using our search engine are collected, but are not associated
with any other information that we collect. We use these search terms to
ascertain what people are looking for at our website, and to improve the
services that we provide.
Links to other Websites.
This website contains
links to other websites. The GSDA of WA is not responsible for the privacy
practices of these websites and has no knowledge of whether cookies or
other tracking devices are used on linked websites.
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