Privacy Policy

The Australian Fencing Federation (hereafter "AFF") has a firm commitment to privacy in accordance with the Guidelines for Federal and ACT Government World Wide Web Sites issued by the Australian Privacy Commissioner.

As a general rule, the AFF does not collect personal information about you when you visit the site. You can generally visit the site without revealing personal information, unless you choose to provide such information.

If submitting personal details, or other information over the Internet which you wish to remain private, please note that, while all reasonable attempts are made to secure information transmitted to this website, there is a possibility that information you submit could be observed by a third party in transit.

The information received by the site depends upon what you do when visiting the site.

Database Data

The website contains the AFF Membership Database (hereafter "Database"). The Database records the contact details of members of the AFF, affiliated state associations and associated clubs. Access to this database is restricted to authorised users only.

The Database retains the following information about AFF members and former members:

• Full Name
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Current Address
• Contact Telephone Numbers
• Email Address
• State Affiliation
• Membership Details
• Positions held within the AFF
• Qualifications (Coaching, Refereeing etc.)
• FIE Licence Details

The Database does not contain information about persons who are not and have not been members or affiliates of the AFF.

Access to these details will be restricted as follows:

AFF Webmaster	Full Read/Write
AFF Secretary General	Full Read/Write
AFF CPC Chair	Full Read/Write
Members of the AFF Executive	Full Read/Limited Write
Members of Relevant AFF Commissions	Limited Read/Limited Write
Affiliated State Secretaries	Limited Read/Limited Write (Respective State Data Only)
Club Secretaries	Limited Read/Limited Write (Respective Club Data Only)

The information provided to the AFF will only be used for the purpose of administering the sport of fencing within Australia and Australian fencing overseas. Your details will not be provided to third party organisations or individuals without your express permission.

Site visit data

The web server makes a record of your visit and logs the following information for statistical purposes:

• your server's address;
• the name of the top-level domain from which you access the Internet (for example, .gov, .com, .au, .nz, etc.);
• date and time of the visit to the site;
• the pages accessed and documents downloaded;
• the previous Internet address that directed you to the Australian Fencing Federation website (the referrer).

The AFF will neither identify nor monitor users or their browsing activities, except as directed by authorized law enforcement agencie, or where a government agency exercises a legal authority to inspect the server logs (eg. by warrant, subpoena or notice to produce).

Electronic mail addresses

The AFF will use your email address as a primary point of contact, via an announcements mailing list and other directed mail. You will be able to unsubscribe, at any time, from any announcement mailing lists that the AFF maintains.

The AFF will not disclose your email address to any third party without consent, nor will it use it for any purpose not pertaining to the administration of fencing.

Cookies

A cookie is an electronic token that is passed to your browser and your browser passes it back to the server whenever a page is sent to you. The AFF web server generates a cookie which is used to keep track of the pages you have accessed while using our server. The cookie allows you to page back and forwards through the website and return to pages you have already visited. The cookie exists only for the time you are accessing our server, unless you permit otherwise via checking a checkbox if and when you sign in to the site.

You do not need to have configured your browser to enable the accepting or sending of cookies in order to use this website. Cookies are not used for any other purpose at this website. The AFF does not use cookies to collect personal information.

Links to other sites

This Website contains links to other sites. The AFF is not responsible for the content and the privacy practices of other websites and encourages you to examine each site's privacy policy and make your own decisions regarding the accuracy, reliability and correctness of material and information found.

Contact details

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this website, or your dealings with this website, you can contact the AFF Webmaster via webmaster@ausfencing.org, or via further details on the Contact Us page of the web site.