Updated: August 1, 2006 Information about Privacy on Just Clowning Around
Just Clowning Around is committed to protecting your privacy. You can visit most pages on our site without giving us any information about yourself. But sometimes we do need information to provide services that you request, and this privacy statement explains data collection and use in those situations. This privacy statement only applies to Just Clowning Around; it does not apply to other online or offline Just Clowning Around sites, products or services. Please read the complete Just Clowning Around privacy statement.
Collection of your Personal Information
We will ask you when we need information that personally identifies you (personal information) or allows us to contact you. Generally, this information is requested when you are registering before entering a contest, ordering e-mail newsletters, joining a limited-access area of the site, signing up for an event or training, or when purchasingJust Clowning Around products. Personal information collected by Just Clowning Around often is limited to e-mail address, language, country or location, but may include other information when needed to provide a service you requested. Just Clowning Around collects certain information about your computer hardware and software. This information may include: your IP address, browser type, operating system, domain name, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of Just Clowning Around.
Just Clowning Around also collects information about which pages our customers visit within Just Clowning Around. This site visitation data is identified only by a unique ID number, and it is never linked with personal information unless a user consents as described below. Just Clowning Around uses a registration and authentication service. When you sign in to this areas of this site, you will be asked to provide your e-mail address and a password to sign you in. Top of page
Use of your Personal Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
•To ensure our site is relevant to your needs.
•To deliver services, such as newsletters, events, training or software, that you request or purchase.
•To help us create and publish content most relevant to you.
•To alert you to product launches, special offers, updated information and other new services from
Just Clowning Around, if you so request.
•To allow you access to limited-entry areas of our site as appropriate.
We will merge site-visitation data with anonymous demographic information for research purposes, and we may use this information in aggregate to provide more relevant content. In some limited-entry sections of Just Clowning Around, with your approval, we will combine site-visitation data with your personal information. If you decline permission, we will not merge your personal information with site visitation data.
Just Clowning Around may disclose your personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Just Clowning Around or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Just Clowning Around and its family of Web sites, or (c) act in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of Just Clowning Around employees, users of Just Clowning Around services, or members of the public.
Your information may be stored and processed in or any other country in which Just Clowning Around or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities, and by using this site, you consent to any such transfer of information outside of your country. Just Clowning Around abides by the Australian legal guidelines. Top of page
Control of your Personal Information
When you register, or otherwise give us personal information, Just Clowning Around will not share that information with third parties without your permission, other than for the limited exceptions already listed. It will only be used for the purposes stated above.
Registering also allows you to tell us how or whether you want Just Clowning Around to communicate with you. As you register, you can establish your preferences in the Contact Options sections. There, you can decide what information you want to receive and how you want to receive it. Or you can tell us not to contact you by not creating check marks from the contact option boxes.
Just Clowning Around does not allow other companies to offer our registered customers information about their products and services, for any reason.
Just Clowning Around may send out periodic e-mails informing you of technical service or security issues related to our website. You will not be able to choose to unsubscribe to these mailings, as they are considered an essential part of the service you have chosen. Top of page
Access to your Personal Information
We will provide you with the means to ensure that your personal information is correct and current.
If you register on Just Clowning Around or subscribe to a newsletter, you can review and edit your personal information at in your profile. You will be asked to enter your username and password before viewing your personal information.
At the Profile Center you can:
•View and edit personal information you have already given us at Just Clowning Around
•Tell us whether you want Just Clowning Around to send you marketing information.
•Subscribe, or cancel subscriptions, to newsletters about our services and products.
Some services offered on Just Clowning Around may collect information that is not accessible via your profile. However, in such cases, you can access your personal information by contacting Just Clowning Around as described at the bottom of this statement, or through alternative means of access described by the service. Top of page
Security of your Personal Information
Just Clowning Around is committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal information you provide in computer servers with limited access that are located in controlled facilities. Top of page
Protection of Children's Personal Information
Just Clowning Around is a general audience site and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children. Top of page
Use of Cookies
When someone visits the site, a cookie is placed on the customer's machine (if the customer accepts cookies) or is read if the customer has visited the site previously. One use of cookies is to assist in the collection of the site visitation statistics described above.
We also use cookies to collect information on which newsletter links are clicked by customers. This information is used to ensure we are sending information customers want to read. It is collected in aggregate form and never linked with your personal information.
Web beacons, also known as clear gif technology, or action tags, may be used to assist in delivering the cookie on our site. This technology tells us how many visitors clicked on key elements (such as links or graphics) on a Just Clowning Around Web page. We do not use this technology to access your personally identifiable information on Just Clowning Around; it is a tool we use to compile aggregated statistics about Just Clowning Around Web site usage.
Just Clowning Around also uses cookies in connection with the use of your username and password.
If you choose to not have your browser accept cookies from the Just Clowning Around Web site, you will be able to view the text on the screens, however you will not experience a personalized visit nor will you be able to subscribe to the service offerings on the site. Top of page
Enforcement of this Privacy Statement
If you have questions regarding this statement, you should first contact Just Clowning Around by e-mail.
If you do not receive acknowledgement of your inquiry or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, you should then contact our Sydney office using the contact details at the bottom of this page. Top of page
Changes to this Statement
Just Clowning Around will occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will also revisethe "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. For material changes to this statement, Just Clowning Around will notify you by placing prominent notice on the Web site. Top of page
Contact Information
Just Clowning Around welcomes your comments regarding this privacy statement, please contact us by e-mail, or postal mail. Top of page
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