The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SPD) "SPD" is a company established by the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The principal object of SPD is to aid and forward, principally in Australia, the object of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in proclaiming to all Nations the everlasting Gospel.

By using this Site, you agree to the Privacy Policy of the SPD set out below. SPD reviews its Privacy Policy periodically and reserves the right at its discretion, to modify or remove portions of this policy at any time. This page should be reviewed periodically so that you are updated on any changes. SPD recognises the importance of protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information collected about visitors to our sites.

Personally identifiable information about visitors to our sites is collected only when knowingly and voluntarily submitted. For example, we may need to collect such information to provide you with information or a service you have requested.

Sometimes SPD engages in activities with other church related entities with whom personal information is jointly collected or shared. In situations where your information will be shared, it is recommended that you also review the privacy policy of other church related entities.

The other church related entities are listed at the end of this policy.

Personally identifiable information that visitors submit to our sites is used only for the purpose for which it is submitted unless we disclose other uses in this Privacy Policy or at the time of collection.

SPD may use reputable third parties to manage activities available on our sites including, but not limited to statistical analysis and charts. These parties may have access to personally identifiable information submitted by visitors who participate in those activities. Similarly, we may contract with third parties to handle the fulfilment requests for information or services. In such instances, SPD instructs these third parties to use personally identifiable information only for the specific purpose for which it is collected.

Any information posted on bulletin boards and/or communicated in chat areas, or submitted to us becomes public information. While SPD strives to protect and respect your privacy, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you disclose in a chat room or bulletin board.

We may collect certain non-personal information to optimise our Web pages for your computer (ie, the identity of your internet browser, the type of operating system you use, your IP address and the domain name of your Internet service provider). We may use such non-personal information for internal purposes, including but not limited to improving the content of our sites.

SPD may use personally identifiable information in aggregate form - not individual - to improve our sites and make them more responsive to the needs of our visitors. This statistical compilation and analysis of information may also be used by SPD or provided to others as a summary report for advertising or research purposes. An example of a summary report may be "3.000 people visited www.adventist.org.au and 80% accessed the site from Australia and 90% of all visitors used Internet Explorer as their web browser"

Personal information may be disclosed in special situations where SPD has reason to believe that doing so is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone damaging, injuring or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with SPD rights, property, users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. Also SPD may reveal information when it believes in good faith that the law requires it.

SPD strives to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personally identifiable information submitted to its sites, and periodically reviews and updates its security measures in light of current technologies. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. Although SPD strives to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warranty the security of any information you may transmit to us. Once we receive your transmission we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems.

You have the right to request access to and to change personal information SPD has obtained from you at any time. If you have submitted personal information and would no longer like to receive information from us, simply follow the "unsubscribe" directions at the end of any email communication you receive.

Cookies are data that a Web site transfers to an individual's hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Cookies, which are an industry standard used by most Web sites, including those that may be operated by SPD can facilitate a user's ongoing access to and use of a site. They allow us to track usage patterns and to compile data that can help us improve our website. If you do not want information collected through the use of Cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows you to deny or accept the Cookie feature. However, cookies may be necessary to provide you with all website services.