Your privacy is important to us. To better protect your privacy we provide this policy explaining our online information practices and the choices you can make about the way your information is collected and used. To make this notice easy to find, we make it available from a link positioned on every page of this internet website.

We abide by the National Privacy principles set out in Schedule 3 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("The Act") in handling personal information as we recognise how important privacy is to all Australians.

The terms of this privacy policy apply unless different terms are specified in a form or contract provided to you online or offline.

By using this site, you understand and agree to the terms of this policy. Please note that Slattery Media Group Pty Ltd (SMG) owns thethoroughbred.com.au, aflphotos.com.au, gspimages.com.au and geoffslattery.com.au.

Users of this website may browse anonymously. We do not collect personal information about them.

We collect your personal information in a number of ways including the following:

• when you provide information directly to us by telephone, application forms, order forms or when you submit information to us through our websites (for example, by email or cookies);
• when you advertise with us in your personal name as a sole trader;
• when you nominate yourself or another person to be a contact person responsible for advertising or an agent of the advertiser;
• when you send us a press release or promotional material;
• from publicly available sources of information and
• when legally required to do so.

The personal information we collect is determined by the circumstances detailed above and may include name, title, address, telephone numbers, email addresses, business contact details, credit card details (if you access any of our paid products and services), user names and passwords.

We use personal information to

• verify your identity;
• assist you to subscribe to or purchase our products and services;
• provide our products and services including directory services and advertising (both online and in a printed publication);
• administer and manage those products and services;
• make changes to your profile;
• respond to any queries you may have or feedback you have provided;
• disseminate information about out products and services including information about products and services provided by SMG and its related bodies corporate;
• research and develop our products and services;
• gain an understanding of need of advertisers and other users of the website and
• to maintain and develop our systems and infrastructure (including system upgrades and tests).

If you do not wish to receive marketing communications, you may use the "unsubscribe" instructions included within each email communication. Please keep in mind that, if you choose not to receive marketing communications, you will continue to receive transactional or account communications (for example, confirmation emails and account balance statements).

In the event that our business is transferred to another entity, the new entity would manage the personal information we have, subject to the new entity satisfying us as to its compliance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

When you visit this site, certain kinds of information, such as the website that referred you to us, your IP address, browser type and language, and access times, may be collected automatically as part of the site's operation. We also may collect navigational information, including information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions taken in connection with the site. We gather this information for the purpose of system administration and to assist us to make improvements to our website’s content and functions. The information is not correlated with personally identifiable information and is not sold or released to a third party, subject to any requirement of inspection by a law enforcement agency. In the event of any harvesting of our Directory content, such information may be disclosed for the purposes of dispute resolution.

We do not sell the information we collect. In the course of delivering our products and services our database may be accessible to selected third parties contracted under confidentiality and privacy obligations to assist us with delivery, mailing and printing services; information technology services; billing and debt recovery functions; marketing or market research services. The information may also be shared with our professional advisers including our accountants and lawyers and government agencies and other parties as may be required or allowed by law.

SMG may use cookies on various websites. A cookie is a small text file which our website may place on your computer usually as a means for our websites to remember your preferences and to enable the operation of software on our website such as the login sessions and payment gateway. In some cases cookies may store personal information about you. SMG extends the same privacy protection to your personal information whether gathered by cookies or any other source.

To prevent unauthorised access, maintain data accuracy, and ensure the correct use of information, we have put in place appropriate physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. All credit payments are processed via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encyrption to a secure payment gateway.

You can access all your personally identifiable information that we collect by writing to us. We use this procedure to better safeguard your information. SMG takes all reasonable precautions to ensure that the personal information we collect, use and disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date. You can correct factual errors in your personally identifiable information or advise us of any changes in your personal information by contacting us. To protect your privacy and security, we will also take reasonable steps to verify your identity before making corrections.

To be able to continue to protect your privacy and to conform to changing generally accepted practices we may need to change our notice to comply with future government regulations. We reserve the right to change the terms of this privacy policy at any time. When we make changes, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the policy.

You can contact Slattery Media Group Pty Ltd by emailing askus@satterymedia.com by phone on 61 3 9627 2600 or by mail at Slattery Media Group Pty Ltd AFL House, Ground Floor, 140 Harbour Esplanade, Docklands, VIC,.

Further information on privacy is available at the website of the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner