Fivestar Zone: Privacy Policy
General
At “Fivestar Zone”, we respect your need for online privacy and protect any personal information that you may share with us, in an appropriate manner. We use “HTTPS” protocol to provide an enhanced level of security for our users. Our practice with respect to use of your personal information is as set forth below in this Privacy Policy Statement. As a condition to use of “Fivestar Zone” Services, you consent to the terms of the Privacy Policy Statement as it may be updated from time to time. This Privacy Policy Statement applies exclusively to www.fivestar.zone.
If you have an unresolved privacy or data use concern that we have not addressed satisfactorily, please contact us by filling the contact us form on www.fivestar.zone.
“Fivestar Zone” complies with the legal framework of Australia, as set forth by the Australian laws regarding the collection, use, and retention of personal data. Any dispute relating to the usage of www.fivestar.zone, its terms and its Privacy Policy shall be governed by Australian laws, and the courts at Adelaide shall have exclusive jurisdiction to try and decide any dispute arising out of such usage terms and Privacy Policy.
“Fivestar Zone” has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Principles of notice, choice, onward transfer, security, data integrity, access, and enforcement.
- Children's Online Privacy Protection
“Fivestar Zone” does not knowingly collect personal information from users who are under 13 years of age. - Information Recorded and Use:
Personal Information
During the subscription Process, we request for your name and email address. You may also be asked to choose a unique username and a password, which will be used solely for the purpose of providing access to your user account. Your name and email address will be used to inform you regarding new services, releases, upcoming events and changes in this Privacy Policy Statement.
“Fivestar Zone” will have access to third party personal information provided by you as part of using “Fivestar Zone” Services. This information may include third party names, email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses and will be used for servicing your requirements as expressed by you to “Fivestar Zone” and solely as part and parcel of your use of “Fivestar Zone” Services. We do not share this third party personal information with anyone for promotional purposes, nor do we utilize it for any purposes not expressly consented to by you. When you elect to refer friends to the website, we request their email address and name to facilitate the request and deliver a one time email. Your friend may contact us at Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε. to request that we remove this information from our database.
We post user testimonials on our website. These testimonials may include names and other personal information, and we acquire permission from our users prior to posting these on our website. “Fivestar Zone” is not responsible for the personal information users elect to post within their testimonials.
Usage Details
Your usage details such as time, frequency, duration and pattern of use, features used and the amount of storage used will be recorded by us in order to enhance your experience of the “Fivestar Zone” Services and to help us provide you the best possible service.
Contents of your User Account
We store and maintain files, documents, to-do lists, emails and other data stored in your user account at our facilities in Australia. In order to prevent loss of data due to errors or system failures, we also keep backup copies of data including the contents of your user account. Hence, your files and data may remain on our servers even after deletion or termination of your user account. We may retain and use your personal information and data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our rights. We assure you that the contents of your user account will not be disclosed to anyone and will not be accessible even to employees of “Fivestar Zone” except in circumstances specifically mentioned in this Privacy Policy Statement and Terms of Services. We also do not scan the contents of your user account for serving targeted advertisements.
Payment Information
In case of services requiring payment, we request credit card or other payment account information, which will be used solely for processing payments. Your financial information will not be stored by us except for the name and address of the cardholder, the expiry date and the last four digits of the Credit Card number. Subject to your prior consent and where necessary for processing future payments, your financial information will be stored in encrypted form on secure servers of our reputed Payment Gateway Service Provider who is beholden to treating your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy Statement. We may also undertake the services of Payment Service Providers, like PayPal, Stripe, and Such other Payment Service Providers to process your payment, in that case, your personal details and payment details shall be governed by the Terms & Privacy Policy of such Payment Service Providers and Fivestar Zone shall not be responsible in any way, Whatsoever, in case of any breach of such Terms & Privacy policy.
Visitor Details
We use the Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, referring URL, files accessed, errors generated, time zone, operating system and other visitor details collected in our log files to analyze the trends, administer the website, track visitor's movements and to improve our website. We link this automatically-collected data to other information we collect about you. - Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
We use temporary and permanent cookies to enhance your experience of our “Fivestar Zone” Services. Temporary cookies will be removed from your computer each time you close your browser. By selecting ‘keep me signed-in’ option in “Fivestar Zone” Services, a permanent cookie will be stored in your computer and you will not be required to sign-in by providing complete login information each time you return to our website. If you have turned cookies off, you may not be able to use registered areas of the website. We tie cookie information to your email address when you elect to remain logged in, so as to maintain and recall your preferences within the website.
Technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by “Fivestar Zone” and our partners [such as reseller partners], affiliates, or service providers [such as analytics service providers]. These technologies are used in analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
We use Local Storage Objects to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your Web browsing activity use LSOs to collect and store information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing LSOs. - Behavioral Targeting/ Re-Targeting
We partner with third parties to manage our advertisements on other sites. Our third party partners may use technologies such as cookies to gather information about your activities on this site and other sites in order to provide you advertising based upon your browsing activities and interests. If you wish to not have this information used for the purpose of serving you interest-based advertisements, you may opt-out. However, you will continue to receive generic advertisements on other websites that display advertisements. - Links from our website
Some pages of our website contain external links. You are advised to verify the privacy practices of such other websites. We are not responsible for the manner of use or misuse of information made available by you at such other websites. We encourage you not to provide personal information, without assuring yourselves of the Privacy Policy Statement of other websites. - Federated Authentication
You can log in to our site using federated authentication providers such as Facebook Connect. These services will authenticate your identity and provide you the option to share certain personal information with us such as your name and email address to pre-populate our sign up form. - With whom we share Information
We may need to share your personal information and your data to our affiliates, resellers, service providers and business partners solely for the purpose of providing “Fivestar Zone” Services to you. The purposes for which we may disclose your personal information or data to our service providers may include, but are not limited to, data storage, database management, web analytics and payment processing. These service providers are authorized to use your personal information or data only as necessary to provide these services to us. In such cases “Fivestar Zone” will also ensure that such affiliates, resellers, service providers and business partners comply with this Privacy Policy Statement and adopt appropriate confidentiality and security measures. We will obtain your prior specific consent before we share your personal information or data to any person outside “Fivestar Zone” for any purpose that is not directly connected with providing “Fivestar Zone” Services to you. We will share your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this Privacy Policy Statement. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal information regarding visitors and users with our business partners and advertisers. Please be aware that laws in various jurisdictions in which we operate may obligate us to disclose user information and the contents of your user account to the local law enforcement authorities under a legal process or an enforceable government request. In addition, we may also disclose personal information and the contents of your user account to law enforcement authorities if such disclosure is determined to be necessary by “Fivestar Zone” in our sole and absolute discretion for protecting the safety of our users, employees, or the general public. If “Fivestar Zone” is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of its business or assets, you will be notified via email and/or a prominent notice on our website of any change in ownership or uses of your personal Information, as well as any choices you may have regarding your personal Information. - How secure is your Information
We adopt industry appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures, as well as physical security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of your personal Information, username, password, transaction information and data stored in your user account. Access to your name and email address is restricted to our employees who need to know such information in connection with providing “Fivestar Zone” Services to you and are bound by confidentiality obligations. - Your Choice in information Use
In the event we decide to use your personal information for any purpose other than as stated in this Privacy Policy Statement, we will offer you an effective way to opt out of the use of your personal information for those other purposes. From time to time, we may send emails to you regarding new services, releases and upcoming events. You may opt out of receiving newsletters and other secondary messages from “Fivestar Zone” by selecting the ‘unsubscribe’ function present in every email we send. However, you will continue to receive essential transactional emails. - Accessing, Updating and Removing personal Information
Upon request, we will provide you with information about whether we hold any of your personal Information. Users who wish to correct, update or remove any personal information including those from a public forum, directory or testimonial on our site may do so either by accessing their user account or by contacting “Fivestar Zone” Customer Services at Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.. Such changes may take up to 48 hours to take effect. We respond to all enquiries within 30 days. - Investigation of Illegal Activity
We may need to provide access to your personal information and the contents of your user account to our employees and service providers for the purpose of investigating any suspected illegal activity or potential violation of the terms and conditions for use of “Fivestar Zone” Services. However, “Fivestar Zone” will ensure that such access is in compliance with this Privacy Policy Statement and subject to appropriate confidentiality and security measures. - Enforcement of Privacy Policy
We make every effort, including periodic reviews to ensure that personal information provided by you is used in conformity with this Privacy Policy Statement. If you have any concerns regarding our adherence to this Privacy Policy Statement or the manner in which personal information is used for the purpose of providing “Fivestar Zone” Services, kindly contact “Fivestar Zone” Customer Support Services at Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.. We will contact you to address your concerns and we will also co-operate with regulatory authorities in this regard if needed. - Notification of Changes
We may modify the Privacy Policy Statement upon notice to you at any time through a service announcement or by sending email to your primary email address. If we make significant changes in the Privacy Policy Statement that affect your rights, You will be provided with at least 30 days advance notice of the changes by email to your primary email address. You may terminate your use of “Fivestar Zone” Services by providing “Fivestar Zone”, a notice by email within 30 days of being notified of the availability of the modified Privacy Policy Statement if the Privacy Policy Statement is modified in a manner that substantially affects your rights in connection with use of “Fivestar Zone” Services. Your continued use of “Fivestar Zone” Services after the effective date of any change to the Privacy Policy Statement will be deemed to be your agreement to the modified Privacy Policy Statement. You will not receive email notification of minor changes to the Privacy Policy Statement. - Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy Statement, please contact us at Αυτή η διεύθυνση ηλεκτρονικού ταχυδρομείου προστατεύεται από τους αυτοματισμούς αποστολέων ανεπιθύμητων μηνυμάτων. Χρειάζεται να ενεργοποιήσετε τη JavaScript για να μπορέσετε να τη δείτε.. We shall respond to all inquiries within 30 days of receipt upon ascertaining your identity.
Processor Disclosure
This certification covers our collection, use and disclosure of information we collect through our website www.fivestar.zone and through “Fivestar Zone” Services. The use of information collected through “Fivestar Zone” Services shall be limited to the purpose of providing the “Fivestar Zone” Services to you.
“Fivestar Zone” acknowledges that you have the right to access your personal Information. “Fivestar Zone” has no direct relationship with the individuals whose personal data it processes. If you are an individual user of “Fivestar Zone” Services, you can directly contact “Fivestar Zone” to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data. In other cases, an individual who seeks access, or who seeks to correct, amend, or delete inaccurate data should direct such query to his data controller who may be a customer of “Fivestar Zone” Services. If requested to remove data, we will respond within a reasonable time frame. We will retain personal information we process on behalf of our customers for as long as needed to provide “Fivestar Zone” Services to our customers. “Fivestar Zone” will retain personal information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
“Fivestar Zone” may transfer personal information to third party service providers that help us in providing the “Fivestar Zone” Services. Transfers to subsequent third parties are covered by the provisions in this Privacy Policy Statement regarding the notice and choice and the service agreements with you.