Introduction

INParenting is committed to protecting your privacy.

At INParenting we recognise the importance of your privacy and that of your children and family. We abide by the National Privacy Principles. Our policy for the management of personal information is set out in this document. 

We have developed this Privacy Policy to inform you about how INParenting will collect, hold, use, and disclose personal information, how individuals can gain access to personal information held by us and how an individual may inquire about how we deal with personal information. 

Collection of Personal Information

INParenting will only collect Personal Information which is necessary for our business functions and activities, or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.  We will collect Personal Information by lawful and fair means and not in an unreasonably intrusive way. Depending on your relationship with us, this information may include, but is not limited to your name, address, phone number and email address.

When collecting personal information about you which, for the purposes of the Privacy Act is regarded as sensitive information or health information, we will collect that information from you or from third parties only with your consent. 

Sensitive Information

We will only collect sensitive or health information from you or about you with your consent. By supplying sensitive or health information about yourself in writing you will be taken to have given your consent to our collection of that information.

In most instances, when we collect personal information directly from you, we will obtain your consent to use it for our various purposes. When we obtain information from a third party we will usually enlist that third party to obtain consent on our behalf.

Use of Personal Information

INParenting collects, uses and discloses your personal information for a range of purposes. These purposes depend largely upon your relationship with us. We will use personal information for the primary purpose for which it was collected.

Uses of personal information by INParenting may include (but not be limited to): 

• the provision of services and the safe use of our website; 

• the development, maintenance and promotion of INParenting website; 

• evaluating INParenting services, and conducting research. 

• enabling INParenting to communicate with you (by email or otherwise) in connection with membership to our site, participation in the forum, competitions and other interactive offers;

• to be able to provide you with information about INParenting products or promotions;

• to be able to offer you marketing and advertisements which we think you will find interesting

• to ensure that you can access members only areas and the INParenting Forum;

• to fix system errors and for support services;

• to identify you and assist you to subscribe to our services;

• to customise the information you receive from our Site;

• for our research, so that we can improve our products and services and tailor them to better suit your needs;

• to track how the Site is used and to identify popular areas, Internet trends and demographics.


No information that personally identifies you is collected when you simply browse the site.

We will only use personal information beyond the primary purpose where it is related to that purpose or where you consent to the further use. Your personal information is never shared, sold, rented or otherwise disclosed outside the company (except as required for any statutory or legal requirements) in ways different from what is described in this Privacy Policy. We will take all reasonable steps to maintain the security and integrity of your personal information.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Your Personal Information will only be disclosed to other entities (including related entities of INParenting) for the primary purpose(s) for which that Personal Information was collected, or in some circumstances for related secondary purposes. Where we wish to disclose your Personal Information for purposes other than the primary purpose, we will obtain your consent where appropriate and necessary.

We are not required to obtain your consent where:

• the disclosure is required to lessen or prevent a serious and imminent threat to an individual's life, health or safety, or to public health and safety; 
• we suspect fraud or unlawful activity;
• the disclosure is necessary to assist a law enforcement agency; or
• the disclosure is required or authorised by law.

Quality and Accuracy of Personal Information

INParenting will take reasonable steps to ensure that any Personal Information that we use or disclose is complete and current.  If you become aware that any Personal Information we hold is not accurate please advise us in writing to: Oxyblu Media - 65 Hume Street Crows Nest NSW 2065 Australia

Retention and Destruction 

We will only keep your Personal Information on file for as long as it is necessary to fulfill our business needs or legal requirements.  When we no longer require your Personal Information, we will destroy or dispose of it in a secure manner.

Access

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information we collect or use is accurate, complete, up-to-date, protected from misuse and accessed only by authorised personnel for permitted purposes.

If you wish to:

• exercise your legal right to access or correct any personal information which we hold about you; or 

• request removal of your name from our marketing or other records, 

Please contact our Privacy Officer by telephone on 02 8005 6975 or facsimile on 02 4311 2366  or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , or write to PO BOX 6059, West Gosford, NSW 2250, Australia 

Security

IP Addresses

To be able to administrate the website in an efficient and secure manner, we may collect and store IP addresses for a limited period of time. An IP address is a unique number which make it possible to identify a visitor's connection to the Internet and it is automatically reported by your web browser each time you view a website.