Privacy Policy
PBL Media Pty Limited (ACN 122 205 065) operates the pblmedia.com.au website on behalf of the PBL Media group, which comprises PBL Media Holdings Pty Limited (and its subsidiaries, including PBL Media Pty Limited) and PBL Media Finance (1) Pty Ltd. For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the PBL Media group is referred to as “PBL Media”.
PBL Media owns a diverse range of media, entertainment and e-commerce businesses and investments. These include:
- a leading free-to-air television broadcaster (the Nine Network);
- a magazine publisher (ACP Magazines Limited);
- a 50% investment in Ninemsn,;
- a majority shareholding in carsales.com.au Limited;
- a one third shareholding in Australian News Channel (Sky News).
PBL Media handles personal information (ie information or opinions about an individual whose identity is apparent or can reasonably be ascertained) when conducting its corporate functions. In doing so, PBL Media strives to comply with the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act).
This Privacy Policy outlines how PBL Media handles the personal information that it collects in a corporate capacity. Also, as PBL Media may collect personal information online through www.pblmedia.com.au (the PBL Media website), this Privacy Policy also describes how we handle the personal information of website users, and our general approach to online privacy issues.
Please note that if you provide personal information directly to any of the media, entertainment and e-commerce businesses owned by PBL Media and listed above (whether through the websites operated by those businesses or otherwise), the privacy policies of those businesses will apply.
For example, ACP Magazines Limited has its own Privacy Policy that explains how it handles personal information (see at http://www.acpmagazines.com.au), and the same applies to the other media, entertainment and e-commerce businesses listed above.
PBL Media’s Privacy Policy is divided into the following sections:
- What kind of personal information does PBL Media collect
- How and why PBL Media collects personal information
- Will your personal information be given to anyone else
- How is your personal information stored
- Your right to seek access and correction
- Online collection of personal and non-personal information
- Additional privacy Information and how to contact PBL Media
1. What kind of personal information does PBL Media collect and how
Acting in its corporate capacity, PBL Media collects personal information in the ordinary course of business from contact people within its shareholders, investors and stakeholders, from its business contacts and from members of the public who make inquiries of PBL Media.
Generally, the personal information collected by PBL Media is limited to business contact information (ie name, work title, business address and contact details), and information that we need to answer inquiries.
However, individuals who request information through the PBL Media website may be asked to provide additional personal information, and this will be explained at the point of collection.
2. How and why PBL Media collects personal information
As indicated above, we collect personal information in order to conduct our corporate functions. Examples follow.
Business contacts: Sometimes, we need to collect personal information from people we do business with. This will usually happen when we collect the name and business contact details of a person who is the contact person in one of our shareholder or investor companies, or in a government agency or a company we deal with, or within one of our contractors or suppliers. We only collect this information in the ordinary course of business so that we can communicate effectively with those organisations going forward.
Website users: if you use the PBL Media website, we may also collect personal information from you (for example, if you e-mail our webmaster with a question about our website).
Our policy is only to use personal information collected from our business contacts or the users of its website for the business purpose for which it was collected (or related purposes that would be reasonably expected) and not for any other purpose. We do not collect personal information that we do not need.
3. Will your personal information be given to anyone else
We will not sell, rent or trade personal information about you to or with others.
Personal information we collect may be disclosed to third parties to whom we outsource specialised functions (such as mailing houses, printing companies, data processors, data analysts and research companies). If so, we take steps to ensure that those contractors:
- comply with the NPPs when they handle personal information about you (regardless of whether they are a small business and would otherwise be exempt from the NPPs); and
- are authorised only to use personal information in order to provide the services or to perform the functions we require.
Otherwise, we only disclose personal information if required to do so by law or if the disclosure is permitted under the Privacy Act.
4. How is your personal information stored
We take physical, electronic and managerial steps to ensure that the personal information we hold is secure from unauthorised access, destruction, use, modification or disclosure. We only permit your details to be accessed by authorised personnel and we educate our staff about their responsibilities under the NPPs.
In striving to ensure that the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our site is maintained to the highest level, PBL Media regularly reviews and updates its security measures in light of current technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure and you need to be aware of this when using our website.
5. Your right to seek access and correction
Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to seek access to personal information which we hold about you (although there are some exceptions to this). You also have the right to ask us to correct information about you which is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date.
If you wish to exercise your right under the Privacy Act to seek access to the personal information that we hold about you, or if you believe that personal information about you is not accurate, complete or up to date, you should contact us and include details of your request for correction. The contact details can be found at the end of this Privacy Policy. However, please note that generally the personal information we hold about you will be information that you have provided us.
If you request, we shall provide access to personal information to which you have a right of access under the Privacy Act. It will assist us to process your request if you can specify the personal information you are seeking access to (eg by providing details of when you provided personal information to us and in what context). We may ask you to pay reasonable costs of responding to your request. Our policy is to consider requests for access or correction within a reasonable time.
6. Online collection of personal and non-personal information
When you visit the PBL Media website it automatically collects other information . For example, for each visitor to our website, our server automatically recognises and stores the visitor’s domain name, but not their email address. However, this will be information that identifies your computer, rather than identifying you as an individual.
Our website also uses cookies. Most web browsers are set by default to accept cookies. However, if you do not wish to receive any cookies you may set your browser to either prompt or refuse cookies but this may mean you cannot access all the features of the website. We use cookies for tracking the statistics about the use of our website. This allows us to improve the layout and functionality of our website. This tracking is conducted in such a way to ensure the anonymity of visitors. The cookie may identify your computer, but it should not identify you.
Our website contains links to other websites for your convenience and information. When you access a website other than www.pblmedia.com.au, please understand that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of that site. We suggest that you review the privacy policies of each site you visit.
7. Additional privacy information & How to contact PBL Media
In keeping up to date with the current environment and regulations, PBL Media may from time to time review and update this Privacy Policy to take account of new laws and technology and changes to PBL Media’s operations. All personal information will be governed by PBL Media’s most recent policy. We will make this Privacy Policy available to anyone who requests it, either at our offices or through our website.
For further information about privacy issues, see the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website at www.privacy.gov.au.
If you have a privacy concern or query, please contact: contact@pblmedia.com.au
The PBL Media Privacy Policy was last updated on 18 June 2007.