Privacy Policy

What information do we collect?

We only collect information from you when you register:

  • as a susbscriber to our newsletters
  • to attend an event hosted by the Bus Industry Confederation or the Australian Public Transporte Industrial Association
  • to respond to feedback or survey forms.

When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name, e-mail address, company name, mailing address, phone number or credit card information. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.

What do we use your information for?

Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:

  • To personalize your experience
    (your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
  • To improve our website
    (we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
  • To improve our membership services
    (your information helps us to more effectively respond to your membership requests and support needs)
  • To process transactions
  • To send periodic emails
    The email address you provide for, will only be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your subscription or registration status.

Your information, whether public or private, will not be sold, exchanged, transferred, or given to any other company for any reason whatsoever, without your consent, other than for the express purpose of delivering the service requested.

Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, please email communications@bic.asn.au to have your address removed from our system.

How do we protect your information?

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you register or enter, submit, or access your personal information.

We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential.

After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will be kept on file in order to process renewals and future orders.

Do we use cookies?

Yes (Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the sites or service providers systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information

We use cookies to help us remember and process your registrations or subscriptions. It also helps us to understand and save your preferences for future visits.

If you prefer, you can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies via your browser settings. Like most websites, if you turn your cookies off, some of our services may not function properly.

Do we disclose information to outside third-parties?

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless required to do so for the purposes of providing a service to which you have registered or subscribed. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. 

Your consent

By using our site, you consent to our privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page.

Contacting us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.

communications@bic.asn.au
+61 2 6247 5990