Warning! Zero Tolerance Spam Policy South Burnett Online not only maintains an internal anti-spam policy. We also have a Zero Tolerance policy towards any individual or company foolish enough to spam us. We refuse to do business with any person or company who spams us - permanently. We also vigorously pursue the people responsible and take every step lawfully allowed to have their dial-up account and website terminated. In addition, we forward spams to relevant law enforcement officials and (where local laws permit) seek the prosecution of the people responsible. Anyone tempted to indulge in this odious marketing practice should note that spam is now regarded as a breach of the Terms of Service of all reputable ISP and web hosting companies and cause for immediate disconnection upon receipt of proof (generally the complete spam email with full headers). In addition., spam was outlawed by the European Community in December 2001; is now illegal in several states of the USA; and will become illegal in Australia - and punishible by fines of up to $1 million per day - in March 2004.

Our Site Policies South Burnett Online is a responsible member of the Internet community and we value all our online visitors highly. To ensure that you always find your visits and interactions with us as pleasant and rewarding as possible, we've put the following policies in place. They cover the key issues of privacy, spam, security and copyright.   Our Privacy Policy South Burnett Online respects the privacy of all our visitors and we conform to the principles laid down in Australia's Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 In practice, this means that if we obtain any personal information about you, that data will not be used or disclosed unless one or more of the following apply: you've provided your consent you'd expect the information to be disclosed it's in accordance with this Privacy Policy we believe that use or disclosure is necessary where we suspect fraud or unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in the use or disclosure is required or authorised by law we believe the use or disclosure is necessary for the operation, development or administration of South Burnett Online or services provided by South Burnett Online we believe that the use or disclosure is necessary to assist a law enforcement body or national security body in the performance of its functions; or we reasonably believe it's necessary to prevent any serious and imminent threat to any person's life, health or safety or the general public's health or safety. We do not resell or remarket personal data and the only information we actively collect about visitors to any of our web sites is raw statistical log data which does not (and cannot) identify individuals. In addition, any emails that you send us are held in strict confidence between you and us. We will not forward any email correspondence to third parties without your express consent and approval. South Burnett Online itself does not use cookies. However, advertisers on our web site may use cookies, web beacons or other tracking devices in order to serve ads that are related to the interests of our visitors. If you have any questions about privacy that we haven't answered here, please feel free to email us and simply ask. We'll respond to your concerns promptly. You can also ready more about your rights to privacy on the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's web site.   Our Anti-Spam Policy South Burnett Online has a strict anti-spam policy in place. Spam (unsolicited promotional email) has reached plague proportions on the Internet. It's rapidly become a blight that: irritates millions of people around the world each day wastes enormous amounts of time, bandwidth and other resources is gradually making email unusable as a communication medium We refuse to have anything to do with it. So do all our SBO Mall merchants. If you subscribe to any South Burnett Online mailing list you will only receive legitimate news in any newsletters emailed out to you. In addition, newsletters will be infrequent (usually monthly, quarterly or bi-annual) and you'll be able to unsubscribe from any newsletter at any time by following the simple instructions attached to each newsletter. Further, if you elect to unsubscribe from any newsletter service your data will be destroyed when you do so. South Burnett Online will instantly terminate the account of anyone associated with us who spams. We invite you to report any suspected instances of spam to us for immediate attention.   Our Security Policy South Burnett Online and all SBO Mall merchants who retail products or services on their web sites conform to the Australian Federal Government's good online retailing principles, Australian consumer law and the laws of the state of Queensland. Our SBO Mall merchants are all real-world brick-and-mortar businesses who are very serious about extending their services to you 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. All merchants who sell products online do so through secure SSL ecommerce servers which operate on Unix-based technologies. You can also order from our merchants by mail, by phone, by fax or in person if you prefer. While shipping and delivery terms and costs may vary from one merchant to the next (depending on the nature of their business) you'll find that all our merchants have policies in place which substantially mirror our own. They also have mechanisms in place to handle ordering, delivery and product returns in the unlikely event you're dissatisfied with your purchase or experience any problems. Again, we invite you to email us if you ever have any conflict with one of our SBO Mall merchants that you can't resolve. We'll look into the matter ourselves on your behalf.   Our Copyright Policy Finally, all material which appears on South Burnett Online is either directly copyright to us or copyright to others but used either under licence or with permission. South Burnett Online respects copyright and other intellectual property rights. Where we're given permission to use the work of others this is always disclosed with full source attribution. We also defend our own copyrights at law. So be fairly warned. Anyone who: attempts to use any graphical or textual materials from any of our web sites and/or the web sites of our clients; or who attempts to copy and/or imitate our original ideas or systems; or who attempts to pass themselves off as having some association with us that they do not can expect to find serious trouble entering their lives. We've had to adopt this policy because - unfortunately - several people and companies have attempted to do some or all of these things since we commenced operations. They apparently did this in the belief that we either wouldn't act against them or that their actions would go unnoticed. Neither of these assumptions was correct.

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