Website Privacy Policy

This notice is to inform you about the policies for collection and use of personally identifiable information on the website www.australia2018-2022.com.au and any related websites which link directly to this privacy policy (collectively, the FFA Bid Site).

The FFA Bid Site is operated by Football Federation Australia Limited (FFA). The website www.australia2018-2022.com.au/store.aspx (“the Online Store”) is operated by Velocity Brand Management (VBM), for and on behalf of FFA. For the purposes of this policy as it relates to the Online Store, any and all references to FFA will be deemed to include and encompass VBM. Other websites which are linked to our site may have different policies. Please review the privacy policy notices on those sites for details.

From time to time FFA may modify this Privacy Policy. FFA will post the updated Privacy Policy at www.australia2018-2022.com.au/privacy.aspx and it will take effect immediately or on a date which is nominated in the posting. Your ongoing use of the FFA Bid Site after the changes take effect signifies your agreement to the updated Privacy Policy and our updated Agreement. You are responsible for checking this Privacy Policy regularly for changes. If you disagree with changes that are made to the Privacy Policy, you may terminate your membership as provided in the Terms and Conditions.

Collection of information

FFA does not collect personally identifiable information about you on this site without your knowledge, and all such information is collected directly from you.

FFA does not collect personally identifiable information about you on this site without your knowledge, and all such information is collected directly from you.

FFA collects personal information such as your name and email address when you register to become a member of the FFA Bid Site. As part of your personal profile you may also choose to post additional information such as your date of postcode, interests, favorite moments, groups with which you are affiliated and other content such as photographs and videos. This additional information is posted at your sole discretion. You should be aware that any information posted on your profile or any public forum can be accessed by the public. FFA will be able to access your additional profile information at all times.

FFA may also collect personally identifiable information such as your phone numbers, mailing address, credit card details or other information about yourself in order for you to purchase content from the FFA Bid Site, to subscribe for streaming services, to participate in competitions, contests, sweepstakes, chat rooms, to be added to the list to receive e-mail updates on football related events or to conduct other transactions on the site. You are not required to provide FFA with this information but, if you choose not to, you may not be able to participate in some of the activities on this FFA Bid Site.

FFA may collect information about gift recipients in order to fulfill the gift purchase. The information collected about gift recipients will not be used for marketing purposes.

FFA may receive and store click-stream data and other information about visits to the FFA Bid Site which may be combined with personal information you have provided. This information may be used to analyse and improve the FFA Bid Site experience.

FFA recommends that minors ask their parents for permission before sending any information about themselves to anyone over the Internet.

You are responsible for all actions taken with your email and password, including payments to FFA. Therefore FFA recommends that you do not disclose your password to any third parties.

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Use and disclosure of information

FFA uses the information it collects from you to allow you to receive correspondence, share content with other FFA Bid Site users and show your support for FFA’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup. The information may be used to personalise your site experience, to administer contests, promotions, surveys or other features of the FFA Bid Site or to learn more about site visitors.

On each e-mail you receive, you are given the opportunity to unsubscribe, and in some cases, to change your preferences. When you unsubscribe, your e-mail address will be removed from that mailing list.

For competitions conducted on this site, FFA uses the personal information you provide for the purpose of contacting you if you win a prize and sending the prize to you. FFA does not use contact information contained in competition entries for any purpose other than as expressly stated in the competition terms and conditions. For further information about how we handle entries to a particular contest, please consult the contest rules.

FFA will share your personal information in the following ways:

1. within FFA;
2. with third parties to the extent necessary to allow you to participate in site activities, for example:
   1. to send you a prize that you have won in a contest on the site;
   2. where FFA is acting as agent for third parties with whom you are transacting;
   3. where FFA holds promotions in conjunction with other companies and you opt in to being contacted by its promotions partner (FFA will not give your details to the promotions partner unless you have opted in);
3. with its service providers, agents and contractors in order to provide the site activities to you.

If FFA shares your information with service providers, agents, or contractors, it will require these parties to protect your information in the same way it does.

FFA may access or disclose your personally identifiable information without notice or your consent, in order to:

• protect the safety and security of users of the FFA Bid Site or members of the public, including acting in urgent circumstances;
• comply with the law or legal process, including subpoenas, warrants or notices to produce documents from law enforcement authorities in the context of the potential commission of criminal offences involving the violation of the FFA Bid Site Terms of Use; or
• protect the rights and property of FFA, its business partners, other users or the public.

FFA reserves the right to transfer your personal information in the event that the ownership of the FFA Bid Site are transferred to third party.

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Other Information Collectors

Except as otherwise expressly discussed in this Privacy Policy, this document only addresses the use and disclosure of information FFA collects from you. To the extent that you disclose your information to other parties including other FFA Bid Site users, different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the personal information you disclose to them. To the extent that FFA uses third party advertisers, they adhere to their own privacy customs and policies. Since FFA does not control the privacy policies of third parties, you are subject to the privacy policies of that third party. FFA encourages you to find out more information before you disclose your personal information to others.

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Accuracy and Security

FFA tries to keep the information it collect from you as current as possible, and it take steps to maintain the security of your personal information and to prevent unauthorised access to it by those who do not have a legitimate need for it.

You have a right to access most of the information held about you by FFA, and also the ability to correct or update any of this information held about you by FFA at any time. Please use the Feedback Page to submit your enquiries for access to the information FFA holds about you. FFA may deny your request in some circumstances, but if it does this it will tell you why.

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Use of cookies

The FFA Bid Site uses cookies. Cookies are pieces of information that a site sends to your computer while you are viewing the site. Cookies work in combination with content within the site itself to capture and remember information. For instance, cookies are used to remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to track your activity and understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity. This enables FFA to provide you with services or to improve your site experience. FFA may also use cookies to provide it with aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that it can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.

FFA may contract with third-party service providers to assist it in serving cookies, however, they will not be permitted to use the information collected except to help FFA conduct and improve its business.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. If you turn cookies off, you may not have access to many features that make your site experience more efficient and some of our services may not function properly.

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How to contact us

If you have any questions in relation to this Privacy Policy, you can write to FFA’s Privacy Officer at Level 22, 1 Oxford St, Darlinghurst NSW 2010, Australia or send an email to: privacy@footballaustralia.com.au.

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