Privacy Statement

Simon Jones & Co are 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 Simon Jones & Co website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Simon Jones & Co website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

Simon Jones & Co collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. Simon Jones & Co also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your postcode, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

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

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through Simon Jones & Co public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note:

Simon Jones & Co does not read any of your private online communications.

Simon Jones & Co encourages you to review the privacy statements of websites you choose to link to from Simon Jones & Co so that you can understand how those websites collect, use and share your information. Simon Jones & Co is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on websites outside of the Simon Jones & Co and Simon Jones & Co family of websites.

Use of your Personal Information

Simon Jones & Co collects and uses your personal information to operate the Simon Jones & Co website and deliver the services you have requested. Simon Jones & Co also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Simon Jones & Co and its affiliates. Simon Jones & Co may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

Simon Jones & Co does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. Simon Jones & Co may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, Simon Jones & Co may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to Simon Jones & Co, and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

Simon Jones & Co does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

Simon Jones & Co keeps track of the websites and pages our customers visit within Simon Jones & Co, in order to determine what Simon Jones & Co services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within Simon Jones & Co to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

Simon Jones & Co websites 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 Simon Jones & Co or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of Simon Jones & Co; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of Simon Jones & Co or the public.

Use of Cookies

The Simon Jones & Co website use 'cookies' to help you personalize 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 personalize Simon Jones & Co pages, or register with Simon Jones & Co site or services, a cookie helps Simon Jones & Co to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses and so on. When you return to the same Simon Jones & Co website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the Simon Jones & Co features that you customized.

You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the Simon Jones & Co services or websites you visit.

Security of your Personal Information

Simon Jones & Co secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. Simon Jones & Co secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other websites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

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

Contact Information

Simon Jones & Co welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that Simon Jones & Co has not adhered to this Statement, please contact us at accountant@sjc.com.au. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.

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