Rest assured the Australasian Securities Dealers Association (ASDA) respects and values your privacy.

ASDA is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the ASDA Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the ASDA website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information
ASDA collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. ASDA also collects demographic information such as your ZIP code.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by ASDA. This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by ASDA for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the ASDA Web site.

ASDA encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from ASDA so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. ASDA is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the ASDA group of web sites.

Use of your Personal Information
ASDA collects and uses your personal information to operate the ASDA Web site and deliver the services you have requested. ASDA also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from ASDA and its affiliates. ASDA may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

ASDA keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within ASDA, in order to determine what ASDA services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customised content and advertising within ASDA to customers whose behaviour indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

ASDA Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only 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 ASDA or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of ASDA; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of ASDA, or the public.

Use of Cookies
The ASDA Web site may use "cookies" to help you personalise your online experience. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard disk by a Web page server. Cookies cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalise ASDA pages, or register with ASDA site or services, a cookie helps ASDA to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as contact details, and so on. When you return to the same ASDA Web site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the ASDA features that you customised.

Security of your Personal Information
ASDA secures your personal information from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. ASDA secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorised access, use or disclosure. When personal information is transmitted it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement
ASDA will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. ASDA encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how ASDA is protecting your information.

Contact Information
ASDA welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that ASDA has not adhered to this Statement, please contact ASDA at info@securities.asn.au. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.