Privacy Statement
In line with the principles of the Privacy Amendment (Private Sector) Act 2000 Australian Hardboards is committed to privacy and will take all necessary measures to guard data carefully. This Privacy Statement has been developed to assist external parties to be aware of the nature and use of personal information that may be collected when they visit a web site belonging to our company. This policy should be read in conjunction with the Privacy Statement available on each company internet or intranet site.

Collection of Information
When a user browses our web site our Internet Service Provider makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes.

· Your server address
· Your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, .nz etc)
· The date and time of your visit to the site
· The pages you accessed and documents downloaded
· The previous site you have visited
· The type of browser you are using.

Personal information such as your name, telephone number, facsimile number, e-mail address, postal or street address can only be collected after a user activates an identified button provided on each web page. Once a user has "clicked" onto this button we will have deemed that consent has been given to collect and use personal information.

Any user who does not wish to transmit information via our web site may forward information through other channels i.e. postal services or facsimilie. Alternate contact details can be found the relevant our web home page.

Information Security
While Australian Hardboards undertakes all reasonable steps to protect personal information from loss, misuse or unauthorised access, no guarantee can be given that information sent over the internet is 100% secure.

Access of a User's personal information
A user is generally entitled to access personal information that is held by Australian Hardboards Limited. If they believe that the information is not accurate, complete, or up-to-date, a request can be made to the Privacy Officer to have the information amended.

Use of information collected
Personal information that has been collected will only be used for the purposes for which it was intended unless it is in the public interest to do so or as required by law. Personal information will not be utilised for any secondary purposes without your consent.

From time to time, we may wish to carry out a voluntary survey for feedback. Before collecting survey results, we will advise a user of the purpose of the survey and provide the facility to enable them to exit the survey at any time.

Cookies
A cookie is a message given to a Web browser by a web server, which it stores for later use. The next time you go to the same Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the web server. Cookies do not personally identify users and you can elect to turn off this feature by using your browser preference options.

Contact our Privacy Officer
Please contact the Australian Hardboards Limited Privacy officer on for further information on our web site and design practices. Information within this Privacy Statement is current at the time of issue. Australian Hardboards Limited reserves its right to amend this Privacy Statement at any time.