Disclaimer
Information provided on this site is current at time of uploading. It is intended as general information only and interested parties should seek their own legal advice.
Privacy Policy
Toowoomba Choral Society considers the protection of privacy to be vital. We endeavour to consistently maintain the security of our website for all visitors and users. This policy outlines how we collect and use personal information.
Other websites may be accessible from our website via hyperlinks. Our privacy policy does not cover or reflect on the procedures of these other websites. It is the responsibility of the visitor/user to evaluate the privacy policy of other websites visited.
Collected Information
To help improve the service we provide through our website, certain information is collected from your browser to this website. This information is collected as statistical information and includes: IP address; browser type; language; and access times. This website also uses cookies (explained in next section) to track pages visited and information accessed within our website. This information is for statistical reference and site analysis only.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small data file that may write to your hard disk when visiting a site. The cookie primarily contains a USER ID that aids in tracking. Cookies can also retain information that you supply to the website. This information assists in maintaining the continuity of your browsing session and enables access to the full use of the website.
Cookies cannot read data from your hard disk or from other cookie files. They can be disabled via your browser, however this may limit your access to all functionalities of a website.
Personal Information
Some functionalities of the website will ask for the voluntary supply of personal information. This information includes:
- name and email address for the purpose of subscribing to our e-newsletter; and
- name, email address, contact details and message for the purpose of assisting you with an enquiry to Toowoomba Choral Society.
Access to and Right to Rectification of Personal Information
To access, update or remove information Toowoomba Choral Society holds about you, contact us directly via phone, email or enquiry form. We wish to ensure information held by us is accurate and up-to-date.
Direct Marketing
Toowoomba Choral Society does not collect information for direct marketing purposes, except where you have given permission by subscribing to our e-newsletter. This information is not sold to other parties and is for the express purpose of our own communication with you. At any time you can opt out by clicking unsubscribe on the e-newsletter that you receive.
Exceptions
Other than the above stated, Toowoomba Choral Society will not attempt to identify users or their browsing activities except:
- in the event of an investigation by law enforcement: or
- where we believe we are required to collect and produce documentation relevant to fulfil obligations to third parties; including statutory organisations under local law.
Information Disclosure
In the course of providing services you request, personal information may be shared with authorities; third parties engaged by Toowoomba Choral Society to provide services to you; to protect intellectual property rights; or to enforce the Terms and Conditions of the website.
Security
The Toowoomba Choral Society website uses WordPress to deliver, store and maintain our website and content. Toowoomba Choral Society puts in place all reasonable measures to protect personal information from loss, prohibited access, misuse, alteration, destruction or unauthorised disclosure.
Copyright Policy
All information contained within this site is protected by Copyright law and is owned by Toowoomba Choral Society or used with permission. It is forbidden to modify, publish, transmit, transfer, sell, reproduce, display or commercially exploit this content without the express written approval of its authors.
The Toowoomba Choral Society Inc. is subject to The Copyright Act (1968) (https://www.legislation.gov.au/Series/C1968A00063). Additional conditions regarding copyrighted protection of materials published or otherwise may be imposed by outside individuals, organisations and entities. It is our responsibility to respect the conditions of these individuals, organisations and entities.
Social Media Policy
The Toowoomba Choral Society invites you to participate on social media by giving us your views, opinions or comments, and acknowledges the use of social media in connecting and engaging with the broader community..
Privacy
As part of the submission process, you agree to your submissions being made public through these avenues immediately. You also agree that your details, including submissions, are transferred and stored outside of Australia (worldwide) and are subject to the relevant Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of the platforms being used as listed below.
The Toowoomba Choral Society as a community organisation is not subject to the Information Privacy Act (2009) QLD (https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/ACTS/2009/09AC014.pdf) but is committed to respecting your privacy. We therefore ask that you respect the privacy of others when posting in our social media channels. We record all information posted and we use that information for record-keeping and for considering and/or addressing any comments made. If you have any concerns or questions, please view our privacy policy.
Acceptable use
Views expressed via The Toowoomba Choral Society’s social media platforms by anyone other than us or our authorised representatives are not the Society’s views and the Society disclaims all liability for any such views, comments, advertising, rich media or other content. All inflammatory, defamatory, commercial, spam and comments- encouraging activities which are illegal in Australia or that are detected as transgressing copyright or intellectual property laws, will be deleted.
We strive to review content on a regular basis. However, there may be times when offensive comments that do not meet Acceptable Use, appear on the page before they can be deleted and reported and may leave the posting party open to disciplinary or legal repercussions.
Facebook is a social networking website privately owned by Facebook, where users can add friends and send messages, update their personal profiles to notify friends about themselves. Additionally, users can join groups, networks and “like pages”. View Facebook’s Privacy Policy (https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/ ) and Terms ( https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms).
Toowoomba Choral Society (https://www.facebook.com/Toowoomba-Choral-Society-169059853148607/?fref=ts)
Toowoomba Contemporary Choral (https://www.facebook.com/contemporarychoral/?fref=ts)
Toowoomba Choral Youth Choir (https://www.facebook.com/Toowoomba-Choral-Society-Youth-Choir-117414541629533/?fref=ts)
Any Associated ‘Closed’ or ‘Secret Groups’.
Any Associated Production Pages created for Cast and Crew for the duration of productions.
Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as “tweets”. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author’s profile page and delivered to the author’s subscribers who are known as “followers”. View Twitter Privacy Policy (https://twitter.com/privacy) and Terms of Service (https://twitter.com/tos).
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website where users can upload, share and view videos. To view the Youtube privacy policy and Terms of Service, please go to www.youtube.com. The Toowoomba Choral Society reserves the right to ask individuals to remove videos if content is in breach of Privacy or Copyright Policies.
Instagram is a photo-sharing website. Users may upload an Instagram image to the Toowoomba Choral Society stream. It must be approved by The Toowoomba Choral Society Inc. before it is shown on our website.
# Tagging and Geotagging
When using #toowoombachoralsociety, geotagging Toowoomba Choral Hall or any associated tag, the user is granting permission for The Toowoomba Choral Society to view, edit, and use materials for promotional reasons.