Gallery Gondwana is strongly committed to protecting your privacy while interacting with our website.

Gallery Gondwana is subject to the NSW Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act (1998).

The following Web Privacy Statement sets out how Gallery Gondwana will deal with personal information related to the content and use of its website.

Collection of information

Automatic logging of information [site visit data]

IP addresses are used to administer the website and to diagnose problems. An IP (Internet Protocol address) is the address of a computer. We use it to track your session, with the information used for statistical purposes eg. numbers and frequency of visitors to the website.

When you visit our website to read pages or download information, the following information is automatically collected - the user's server address, the user's top level domain name (eg .com, .gov, .au etc), the date and time of the visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous referring site visited and the type of browser used. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities except in the unlikely event of an investigation, where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect the Internet Service Provider's logs.

This site visit data is anonymous information, aggregated for analysis, with identifiable characteristics removed: this aggregate data may be provided to other people. Recording usage patterns helps us to identify popular areas of our site, and helps us work to improve and develop the site.

For security reasons, we use software programs to monitor network traffic and identify unauthorised attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. It is a criminal offence to interfere with computers or data.

Collection of personal information

Gallery Gondwana collects personal information (name, email address or postal address) when you provide it to receive specific Gallery services. This information is stored in secure Gallery databases. The information will be used only for its intended purpose, or directly related purpose, as stated on the pages or forms where you submit it, and will not be added to a mailing list, unless this is the purpose for which you have provided the information. The information you provide will not be used for any other purpose without your consent.

Certain personal information may be required eg name, email address, billing address, credit card number, to provide a service or product to you. This information may also be used to inform you of additional related artworks and services which may interest you. You can choose not to receive such information. We may ask for your comments but it is your choice as to whether you respond or not.

If you submit 'add your name' to say you would like to receive information on the Gallery or ones of its programs or activities, your personal information will be added to the appropriate mailing list.

Cookies

Cookies are small files that a website can store on a user's computer and are used for keeping the "state of a user session" i.e. remembering who you are from a page requesting information to supplying it. The cookies that are used by Gallery Gondwana website do not collect any personal information and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information to tell us who you are.

We use cookies to measure certain visitor patterns, including areas of the website you have visited. This research is used to help us understand user habits, so the website can be improved.

If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust your Internet browser to refuse cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. Refusal will make some parts of our website inaccessible, unusable, or behave strangely.

Disclosure

The Gallery may be required on occasion to disclose your personal information to third parties eg if required by law or to provide the service you requested. For example, in purchasing products online, the Gallery will need to disclose personal information to third parties in order to bill and deliver your products. Other than these occasions, we will not disclose your personal information for any other purpose unless you have authorised us to do so.

Under no circumstances will Gallery Gondwana sell or receive payment for licensing or disclosing your personal information.

Names and email addresses of Gallery staff appearing on this website are provided with their knowledge and assent.

External links

This site contains links to other sites. Gallery Gondwana is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Gallery Gondwana monitors content regularly but if you encounter any message which you consider offensive or in breach of our conditions, please alert us immediately.

E-commerce

Gallery Gondwana uses 128 bit encryption in areas where payment is required.

If you do not wish to place your order on the Internet, the option of faxing or mailing your order is offered.

Your details and order information will only be used to fulfil your order and to advise on the status of your order.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect against loss, misuse and alteration of information under our control. However no data or email transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. We do our best to ensure the security of our site.

Credit card information is among the most sensitive data collected. The Gallery uses 40 bit encryption to minimise the risk of unauthorised use of such information (a 128 bit browser may indicate a 128 bit certificate instead of 40 bit).

If you do not wish to use the Internet, Gallery Gondwana can be contacted by telephone, fax or mail

Alice Springs
43 Todd Mall, Alice Springs, NT, 0870, Australia
Tel: +61 8 8953 1577 Fax: +61 8 8953 2441

or

Sydney
7 Danks Street, Waterloo, NSW, 2017
Tel: +61 2 8399 3492 Fax: + 61 2 9310 1873