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PRIVACY POLICY

When using this site, it is expected that you have read and agree to the following Privacy Policy. Please take the time to read our website Terms and Conditions.

This document sets out the privacy policy of the ProLytics Partners, trading as ProLytics Partners ABN 63 471 546 781 relating to the collection, storage and use of ‘personal information’ as defined by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”).

This Privacy Policy also applies to all branches and customers of ProLytics Partners and the wholly owned subsidiaries of the ProLytics Partners and associated registered business trading names, collectively referred to in this policy as “ProLytics Partners”.

What kind of personal information do we collect?

In accordance with the Privacy Act, ‘personal information’ means any information by which an individual could be identified. The personal information collected by ProLytics Partners varies according to the circumstances in which the personal information is collected. This may include, but is not limited to, the collection of the following information:

  • First name, surname, preferred name, post-nominal, address, telephone number, email address, qualification details, education and academic history, work experience and skills, occupation, employer details, awards received and areas of interest;
  • Financial details including credit card numbers, bank account information and subscriptions to publications owned or controlled by ProLytics Partners;
  • Assessment records created when a person applies for a certain job or assessment. This can include Curriculum Vitae (CVs) and Skills Assessments;
  • Details of persons who participate in sponsored seminars, training courses, conferences or other events and programs which are run or managed by ProLytics Partners;
  • The IP address and time stamp of any visit to the ProLytics Partners websites, as well as demographic and technology data related to the use of those websites; and
  • Survey and contact information in relation to attendance at ProLytics Partners (or affiliate) events or activities.

How do we collect personal information?

ProLytics Partners may collect the personal information of clients/members through:

  • The use of, and interaction with, the information and services provided on the ProLytics Partners websites including the authenticated self-service portal environment, linked applications and digital services including online enquiry, feedback or other forms;
  • The use of, and interaction with, the information and services provided on ProLytics Partners campaigns, competitions, events, initiatives or other applications, websites and digital services including online enquiry, feedback or other forms;
  • Interaction and enquiries generated through our social media channels which include Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter;
  • Applications for ProLytics Partners training courses, skills or qualification assessment or payment transaction;
  • Enrolment, registration or attendance at conferences, events or other professional development sessions;
  • Interaction with subsidiary companies and/or the use of products and services;
  • The provision of customer service and support, including dealings with Member Services by telephone, email, or written correspondence;
  • Requests for follow-up information, requests to join a mailing list or to be contacted for further information about ProLytics Partners products or services;
  • Applications for employment with ProLytics Partners;
  • Responses to surveys or research conducted by ProLytics Partners or by third party providers on ProLytics Partners’s behalf; and
  • The process of developing a feature news story for a journal, electronic newsletter, event promotion or online newsroom or other ProLytics Partners website content.

How do we use personal information?

ProLytics Partners will use personal information to provide a particular product or service and to contact members and clients about matters pertaining to client enquiries or enquiries about other ProLytics Partners products and services. This includes (but is not limited to) the following:

  • Assessing employment applications;
  • To customise our website according to your online behaviour and personal preferences;
  • To better understand your needs;
  • To improve our services and products;
  • To consider your employment application;
  • Providing consultancy services and support and for processing payments of applications and assessments;
  • Providing engineering, project portfolio management, analytics and research & training services;
  • Sending marketing and promotion material or electronic communications for products, services or events which members and non-members have requested to receive;
  • Invitations to partake in events, technical seminars, professional development activities and networking activities;
  • Contacting Board, panel and committee members to distribute business papers; and
  • Distributing journals owned or operated by ProLytics Partners.

We may use personal information for purposes related or ancillary to the main reason we collect it, such as:

  • Internal accounting and administration;
  • Regulatory reporting;
  • Providing benefits to members through commercial partners; and
  • Identifying other services that may be of benefit to members/clients (subject to members being able to opt-out of receiving any further such communication).

When a person becomes a member of ProLytics Partners, certain personal information must be collected in order to verify the person’s identity for employment status, verify engineering or project management credentials and ascertain their appropriate employment category, status and interest group. The personal information of employees is stored electronically and accessible by employees with a secure login.

ProLytics Partners will enter into sponsorship and commercial benefit partnership arrangements with third parties from time to time. When we enter into a sponsorship agreement or commercial partnership, we may use personal information to provide members/clients with information about products, services and promotions offered by our sponsors or benefit partners. We will never knowingly provide personal information to third parties without consent and will never sell contact details for commercial benefit.

Social Media

ProLytics Partners holds a number of social media accounts on platforms which include LinkedIn.

ProLytics Partners is bound by the privacy policies of the various social media platforms and does not use those platforms to gather personal information for use in other forms. Where the content on any of our social media accounts is deemed to be in breach of our Privacy Policy, we will take prompt action to address the situation with the person directly or by removing the offending material.

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website. 

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. Once you agree to allow our website to use cookies, you also agree to use the data it collects regarding your online behaviour (analyse web traffic, web pages you spend the most time on, and websites you visit). The data we collect by using cookies may be used to customise our website to your needs.

Please note that cookies don’t allow us to gain control of your computer in any way. They are strictly used to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not so that we can provide a better experience for you.

If you want to disable cookies, you can do it by accessing the settings of your internet browser.

Direct Marketing

ProLytics Partners will use personal information for the purposes of direct marketing where we have obtained express consent to do so.

Where consent has been provided to use personal information, that consent will remain current until we are advised otherwise. Opting out of these communications can be facilitated by updating communications preferences by informing ProLytics Partners by email.

For the purposes of direct marketing we use Remarketing with Google Analytics to advertise online. This means that we collect and store data about traffic on our website to gain information on, for example, the most visited web pages or the most common searches done by members. This information is then used to determine what information, services and benefits are likely to be of most interest to members in direct marketing. This information is not considered personal information because there are no unique identifiers collected, stored or used in the process.

Links to Other Websites

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices. 

Disclosure of personal information to third parties

We disclose high level statistical information to companies that participate in ProLytics Partners client benefits programs. These partnership companies offer special rates or benefits on commercial services such as professional training courses.

ProLytics Partners may disclose personal information to third party conference/training organisers for specific functions and activities.

ProLytics Partners makes certain registers and lists publicly available. This includes the employees details and names of board, editors, various committees and panels. The disclosure is usually limited to names and post-nominals but may, where appropriate and with consent, include contact details.

Also, we may disclose personal information to:

  • third party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services, for example, IT service providers, data storage, hosting and server providers, advertisers, or analytics platforms;
  • our employees, contractors, and/or related entities;
  • our existing or potential agents or business partners;
  • courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities, and law enforcement officers, as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights; and
  • third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in providing information, products, services, or direct marketing to you third parties to collect and process data.

Security of personal information

We are committed to ensuring that the personal information we collect is secure. We take reasonable steps to ensure personal information is protected from risks such as misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, use, destruction, modification or disclosure.

Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that is transmitted to or by us over the Internet. Therefore, the transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. Although we take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, we cannot assure you that the personal information we collect will not be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.

We will keep personal information for as long as it is needed to provide members/clients with products and services. We will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information no longer needed.

Policy Updates

ProLytics Partners reserves the right to amend or modify this privacy policy at any time without prior notice or consent.

For any questions or notices, please contact us at:

ProLytics Partners (ABN 63 471 546 781)

Email: info@prolyticspartners.com

This policy is effective as of 7 May 2022 and was last updated on 7 May 2022.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using this site. By using this site, you agree to these terms and conditions. If you do not agree to these terms and conditions, please do not use this site.

By accessing the website at https://www.prolyticspartners.com, you are agreeing to be bound by these Terms and Conditions, all applicable laws and regulations, and agree that you are responsible for compliance with any applicable local laws. If you do not agree with any of these terms, you are prohibited from using or accessing this site. The materials contained in this website are protected by applicable copyright and trademark law.

The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.

Use of Content; Restrictions; Privacy Statement

Permission is granted to temporarily download one copy of the materials (information or software) on ProLytics Partners’s website for personal, non-commercial transitory viewing only. This is the grant of a license, not a transfer of title, and under this license you may not:

  • modify or copy the materials;
  • use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial);
  • attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any software contained on ProLytics Partners’s website;
  • remove any copyright or other proprietary notations from the materials; or
  • transfer the materials to another person or “mirror” the materials on any other server.

This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions and may be terminated by ProLytics Partners at any time. Upon terminating your viewing of these materials or upon the termination of this license, you must destroy any downloaded materials in your possession whether in electronic or printed format.

You are not authorised to copy or use any software, proprietary processes, or technology embodied or described in this Website.

You will comply with all applicable laws in accessing and using this Website.

You acknowledge that we may use your personal information and data according to our Privacy Policy, which are incorporated herein by this reference. You hereby agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy, including any obligations imposed on you therein.

Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability

The information on this website is provided for general information only and does not constitute professional advice. Before making any decision or taking any action that might affect your finances or business, you should consult a qualified professional advisor.

The materials on ProLytics Partners’s website are provided on an ‘as is’ basis. ProLytics Partners makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property or other violation of rights. Without limiting the foregoing, we do not warrant that this website will be secure, error-free, free from viruses or malicious code, or will meet any particular criteria of performance or quality.

ProLytics Partners does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on its website or otherwise relating to such materials or on any sites linked to this site.

ProLytics Partners will not be liable for any claims or damages whatsoever resulting from use or reliance on information in this site. Your use of this website is at your own risk and you assume full responsibility and risk of loss resulting from your usage, including, without limitation, with respect to loss of service or data. We will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages or any other damages whatsoever, whether in an action of contract, statute, tort (including, without limitation, negligence), or otherwise, relating to or arising out of the use of this website, even if we knew, or should have known, of the possibility of such damages.

In no event shall ProLytics Partners or its suppliers be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data or profit, or due to business interruption) arising out of the use or inability to use the materials on ProLytics Partners’s website, even if ProLytics Partners or a ProLytics Partners authorised representative has been notified orally or in writing of the possibility of such damage.

Information provided on this website does not necessarily reflect the official views of ProLytics Partners but may reflect the views and/or opinions of our members, other individuals or organisations to facilitate open, informed debate on topical issues.

In no event will ProLytics Partners, or its suppliers, partners, or licensors, be liable (including for any third-party products or services purchased or used through our Services) with respect to any subject matter of the Agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) or for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data. ProLytics Partners shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond its reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

Third-party services: terms and conditions

Certain links on this website may lead to websites, resources or tools maintained by third parties over whom we have no control, including, without limitation, those maintained by other entities or individual personnel of such entities (“Content”). ProLytics Partners has not reviewed all the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the Contents of any such linked site. Without limiting any of the foregoing, we make no express or implied representations or warranties whatsoever regarding such websites, resources and tools, and links to any such websites, resources and tools should not be construed as an endorsement of them or their content by us.

We are not responsible for any harm resulting from anyone’s access, use, purchase, or downloading of Content, or for any harm resulting from third-party websites. You’re responsible for taking the necessary precautions to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content.

Any Content that’s for sale through any of our Services is the seller’s sole responsibility, so you must look solely to the seller for any damages that result from your purchase or use of Content. We are not a party to, and will have no responsibility or liability for, any communications, transactions, interactions, or disputes between you and the provider of any Content. Please note that additional third-party terms and conditions may apply to Content you download, copy, purchase, or use.

If you use any Third-Party Services, you understand that:

  • Third-Party Services aren’t vetted, endorsed, or controlled by ProLytics Partners.
  • Any use of a Third-Party Service is at your own risk, and we won’t be responsible or liable to anyone for Third-Party Services.
  • Your use is solely between you and the respective third party (“Third Party”) and is governed by the Third Party’s terms and policies.

Some Third-Party Services may request or require access to your data — or to your visitors’ or customers’ data — through things like pixels or cookies. If you use the Third-Party Service or grant them access, the data will be handled in accordance with the Third Party’s privacy policy and practices, which you should carefully review before you use any Third-Party Services. Third-Party Services may not work appropriately with our Services and we are not be able to provide support for issues caused by any Third-Party Services.

Note: If you have questions or concerns about how a Third-Party Service operates or need support, contact the Third Party directly.

Intellectual Property

Unless identified otherwise, all intellectual property contained in or downloadable from the Website is owned by or licensed to ProLytics Partners (“Intellectual Property”).

The Intellectual Property includes, but is not limited to, all audio, video, photos, designs, layout, texts, images, techniques, logos and trade marks as displayed on the Website.

Except for the purposes of viewing the Website, the Intellectual Property may not be reproduced, transmitted, adapted, distributed, sold, licensed, modified, published or stored by you, unless with the copyright holder’s prior written consent.

Where ProLytics Partners has made use of another person’s Intellectual Property, ProLytics Partners has done so with the owner’s consent. You acknowledge that such Intellectual Property is also protected by laws relating to copyright, trademarks, designs and other intellectual property and must not be imitated in whole or in part on other websites.

Accuracy of materials

The materials appearing on ProLytics Partners’s website could include technical, typographical, or photographic errors. ProLytics Partners does not warrant that any of the materials on its website are accurate, complete or current. ProLytics Partners may make changes to the materials contained on its website at any time without notice. However, ProLytics Partners does not make any commitment to update the materials.

Feedback

We love hearing from you and are always looking to improve our Services. When you share comments, ideas, or feedback with us, you agree that we’re free to use them without any restriction or compensation to you.

Modifications

ProLytics Partners may update, change, or discontinue any aspect of our Services at any time. Since we’re constantly updating our Services, we sometimes have to change the legal terms under which they’re offered. ProLytics Partners may revise these terms of service for its website at any time without notice. By using this website, you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these terms of service.

It is your responsibility to be aware of any such revised Terms and Conditions by checking this webpage. Your continued use of this Website following changes to these Terms and Conditions constitutes your agreement to the revised Terms and Conditions, so if you disagree with the changes in the new terms, you should stop using our Services.

Governing Law

These terms and conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Australia and you irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.

The above disclaimers and limitations of liability are applicable to the fullest extent permitted by law, whether in contract, statute, tort (including, without limitation, negligence) or otherwise.

Additional Terms

If any portion of these Terms and Conditions is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then (i) in that jurisdiction it shall be re-construed to the maximum effect permitted by law in order to effect its intent as nearly as possible, and the remainder of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect, and (ii) in every other jurisdiction, all of these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless ProLytics Partners, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all losses, liabilities, demands, damages, costs, claims, and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of or related to your use of our Services, including but not limited to your violation of the agreement or any agreement with a provider of third-party services used in connection with the Services, Content that you post, and any ecommerce activities conducted through your or another user’s website.

ProLytics Partners (ABN 63 471 546 781)

Email: info@prolyticspartners.com

This policy is effective as of 7 May 2022 and was last updated on 7 May 2022.