Privacy Policy In this privacy policy, or TA Hook Me Up(This policy sets out how we use your personal information and explains:

What kind of information we collect and how it is collected

How we use the information you provide

Management and security of your information

How you can update your personal information

How you can seek access to the information we hold about you

How to contact us

We may, from time to time, review and amend this privacy policy to take account of new laws and technology and changes to our operations.  Please review this policy periodically to check for amendments.  All personal information held by us will be governed by its most recent policy posted on hookmeup.com.au.

The information and how we collect it

We collect personal information from a variety of sources, including from you, members of the public, advertisers, prospective employees, mailing lists, recruitment agencies, contractors and business partners.

In general, the personal information we collect includes (but is not limited to) name, email address, other contact details and possibly financial information, including credit card information.

We store the personal information you enter on hookmeup.com.au or give to hookmeup.com.au in other ways.  We obtain most personal information through the hookmeup.com.au membership registration process and updates to membership details.  You may also provide information to us when you request or acquire a product or service from us or our related companies, provide a product or service to us, complete a survey or questionnaire, enter a competition, participate in forums or when you communicate with us by e-mail, telephone or in writing (for example if you contact hookmeup.com.au to make a complaint or provide feedback).

We obtain personal information that you provide as part of your hookmeup.com.au member profile, such as age, gender, nationality, interests, marital status, and location.

We also obtain personal information that you otherwise post or transmit on hookmeup.com.au, and personal information provided to us via hookmeup.com.au or otherwise by any other person.

How we use the information

We generally use personal information to:

• Provide you with products or services you have requested (including to post your member profile on hookmeup.com.au and transmit your messages to other members)
• Personalise and customise your experiences on hookmeup.com.au 
• Help us manage and enhance hookmeup.com.au 
• Communicate with you (including transmitting messages from other members)
• Provide you with ongoing information about opportunities relating to hookmeup.com.au  that we believe you may be interested in
• Give you the opportunity from time to time to receive e-mail and 'e-newsletters' from us;
• Investigate any complaints about or made by you
• Investigate you or your hookmeup.com.au account if we have reason to suspect that you are or have been using hookmeup.com.au in breach of the terms and conditions of use of hookmeup.com.au or if we have reason to suspect that you are or have been otherwise engaged in any unlawful activity

 In most cases where we ask you to provide information about yourself, if you do not provide us with that information, we will not be able to provide you with the requested product or service.

You agree that personal information that you provide and/or we obtain as part of your member profile, or that you otherwise post or transmit on any public area of hookmeup.com.au, is non-confidential.  You agree that we will be entitled to use such personal information for any purpose.

How we disclose the information

If we have reason to suspect that you are or have been using hookmeup.com.au in breach of the terms and conditions of use of hookmeup.com.au or if we have reason to suspect that you are or have been otherwise engaged in any unlawful activity and we reasonably believe that disclosure is necessary, for example, for the prevention, detection, investigation, prosecution or punishment of any unlawful activity (including to the Police or any other enforcement body, or your Internet Service Provider or network administrator).

You agree that personal information that you provide and/or we obtain as part of your hookmeup.com.au member profile, or that you otherwise post or transmit on any public area of hookmeup.com.au, is non-confidential.  You agree that we may disclose such personal information to any third party for any purpose.

You agree that we will be entitled to track your activity on hookmeup.com.au, including by making a record of the member profiles that you view, and display such usage information to other members (provided that, in that case, we only ever disclose personal information that you provide and/or we obtain as part of your hookmeup.com.au member profile, or that you otherwise post or transmit on any public area of hookmeup.com.au).

How we treat sensitive information

"Sensitive Information" means information relating to a person's racial or ethnic origin, membership of political bodies, religion, membership of a trade union or professional or trade association, sexual preferences, criminal record and health.

We may use and disclose Sensitive Information only for the purpose for which it was provided or a directly related secondary purpose or as allowed by law unless you have agreed otherwise.

Management and security

We oversee the management of personal information in accordance with the Commonwealth Privacy Act.

We protect the personal information we hold from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure by various means including firewalls, pass word access, secure servers and encryption of credit card transactions.

Updating your information

We endeavour to ensure that the personal information we hold is accurate, complete and up-to-date.  Members of hookmeup.com.au can update their membership information via the website (through the Edit Profile page).  Where personal information is no longer required by us, it will be destroyed or de-identified.

Access to your information

Subject to certain exceptions set out in the Privacy Act, you have the right to seek access to the personal information we hold about you, and advise us of any inaccuracy, at any time.
Members of hookmeup.com.au can access their membership information via the website (through the Profile page) at any time.  If you would like to seek access to personal information we hold about you, please contact us in any of the following ways:
Email: privacy@hookmeup.com.au

If you make an access request, we will ask you to verify your identity and specify what information you require.  We may charge a fee to cover the costs of meeting your request.