we take privacy seriously

Your privacy is particularly important when you're visiting a health related website, and even more so when interacting with it (for example by sending email or entering details via the website).

It is important that you know that there is no such thing as absolute privacy when you surf the web. We believe that there never will be. In response to this fact, we'd like you to learn a little more about privacy and the internet (we've provided some information below), and then read our Privacy Policy.

Why is there no such thing as absolute privacy on the internet? Here are a few examples, but there are others:

1. Many sites keep track of user's surfing habits. These 'user statistics' log your IP address (a unique number that every internet user has), pages you visit, browser you use and often the country you are in.
2. Many sites use 'cookies' to personalise your visit. A cookie is simply a few lines of text stored on your computer. What it contains varies, but it could include your email address, name, as well as a username and password. When you revisit a site, the site reads the cookie and uses that information to personalise your visit (for example by displaying the message 'Welcome back, John' on the page. Shopping carts, which store your purchases are another example).
3. Employers may monitor your email and surfing habits. In this situation, it's not the wider internet community that you risk your privacy with, but your employer as well as others that has access to those records.
4. A site can also store information to monitor how often you visit.
   

Without a Privacy Policy, you cannot be sure what else that site may do with your information. It may sell your email address to other companies who then bombard you with advertisements.

As mentioned, the reality is that absolute privacy cannot be guaranteed. If you're concerned about your privacy, you should look for and understand the privacy policy of the sites you visit. The purpose or intended use of any information that is gathered by the site should be fully disclosed.

If you're asked to provide personal information of any kind to a website that does not have a Privacy Policy clearly displayed, then don't.
If you have any reservations about disclosing personal information of any kind over the internet, then don't.

Privacy Policy of Sports Medicine New Zealand

We have created this privacy statement in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy.
The following discloses information gathering and dissemination practices for our website, www.sportsmedicine.co.nz

Your IP address may be used to gather broad demographic information, but is not used to identify you in any way.

Some pages on our site may use cookies. We do not use cookies for any purpose other than to improve the functionality of our site for you. The information contained in cookies stored on your computer is not used for any other purpose and is not accessible by any other websites.

Our site may contain links to other sites. Sports Medicine New Zealand is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such Web sites.

Our site uses forms for you to communicate with us. We collect the contact information you provide (like email addresses), and some demographic information so that we can be sure we know who you are.

Your contact information is used to get in touch you if necessary. You have the option to decline an email response to your message. We store any information that you provide us through our site securely, and do not make it available to any other parties.

If you are a member, your details are stored on a database on our webserver. Measures are in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of this information. You are able to view details we hold about you at any time, and alter some of these details.

Email communication

We may keep copies of emails you (and we) send. You also need to be aware that your email may be processed by our Administrative staff.

Security

This site has security measures in place to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under our control. Transmission of email communication from your browser does not use SSL to encrypt your message.

Information stored is never provided to any other parties.

Contacting us

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Web site, you can contact us directly here.