Metahive Disclaimer:
The DFS web site and associated applications is intended for Australian residents and is not a substitute for independent professional advice. Information and interactions contained in the Web site and associated applications are for information purposes only and are not intended to be used to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or symptom. Further, the accuracy, currency and completeness of the information available on the Web site or associated applications cannot be guaranteed. Metahive Pty Ltd, its affiliates and their respective servants and agents do not accept any liability for any injury, loss or damage incurred by use of or reliance on the information made available via or through the DFS platform whether arising from negligence or otherwise. For further information please contact us
Metahive Privacy Policy
In accordance with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Websites issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner, Metahive provides the following privacy statements.
Security of your information
Metahive Pty Ltd seeks to comply with the Information Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (the Privacy Act) in the collection, storage, use and disclosure of personal information in its possession. The Privacy Act provides for specific rights and remedies of individuals in the event of a breach by Metahive of its duties under the act.
Metahive provides a secure environment and a reliable system. However, you should be aware that there may be inherent risks associated with the transmission of information via the internet.
Metahive through its Applications and Web Services has been designed to minimise these risks as much as possible, and provide a secure mechanism when seeking or providing personal information. Metahive does not store or collect any individuals identifiable information.
Some future interactive services on this website may request personal information as part of the provision of the service. Metahive will encrypt all data transmitted between your computer’s web browser and Metahive’s computers when you make use of any of these services. The encryption process used by Metahive will be secure socket layer (SSL). For SSL encryption to work, your browser must support SSL. Freely available browsers that support SSL include Netscape (version 3 or higher) and Microsoft Internet Explorer (version 4 or higher).
Note
: External sites that are linked to the Metahive DFS platform site are outside Metahive’s control and you are advised to review their privacy and security statements when visiting those sites.
Site visit data
Metahive makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:
• the user’s server address
• the user’s top level domain name (e.g. .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.)
• the date and time of the visit to the site
• the pages accessed and documents downloaded
• the previous site visited
• the users geographical location
• the out linked site being referred off to
• the type of browser, operating system and device used.
Metahive will not make any attempt 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.
Cookies
A cookie is a collection of information, usually including a username and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited their site.
Cookies can be ‘persistent’ or ‘session-based’:
• persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and may be used to track your browsing behaviour upon returning to the website from which the cookie was issued
• session-based cookies are short-lived, are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you close your browser.
The Metahive website (http://www.metahive.com.au) uses session cookies during a search query of the website. Our internet service provider has assured us that no cookies are employed on the website except for those associated with the search engine. Website statistics for the Metahive website are generated from the web logs as outlined above under ‘Site visit data’.
Once you have closed your browser, the session cookie set by the Metahive website is destroyed and Metahive does not maintain any personal information that might identify you should you visit our website at a later date.
The Metahive secure website (for use by contracted )clients uses a session cookie to help manage the secure session. This cookie is set when the user logs into Metahive Secure Web Services. Once you have closed your browser, the session cookie is destroyed and Metahive does not maintain any personal information that might identify you should you use Metahive Secure Web Services at a later stage.
Metahive does not use persistent cookies on its websites.
Use of email
At the present time, it is not possible to guarantee the security of email forwarded to the Metahive via the internet. In order to protect your privacy and the privacy of others, we request that you do not send us personal information by email.
Metahive will not forward information of a personal nature by internet email. We will only forward such information by traditional means, such as post, fax or telephone, if appropriate.
If you choose to use internet email to request information, please include a postal address, fax number and/or telephone number. A Metahive representative can then contact you by your preferred method.
Subscription lists
If you subscribe to a mailing list on any of Metahive’s websites, your email address and any other personal information that you might provide will be maintained on our mailing list. The mailing list is hosted by an external service provider. It will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and will not be added to another mailing list without your prior consent, which Metahive will seek through a request in writing. We will not use your email address for any other purpose and will not disclose it without your consent.
No spam
The publication of electronic addresses on this website is for the information of users. Metahive does not authorise the receipt of commercial electronic messages (generally known as spam) at any published electronic address. They are to be used for legitimate correspondence only.