The PCO Association Inc (PCO) is committed to protecting the privacy of its members.

Personal Information
The PCO may collect personally identifiable information such as name, postal address, telephone number, e-mail address, institution affiliation, through various activities of the Association. This personal information is collected and used by PCO for the purpose of facilitating a relationship or providing information to its members.

The PCO website resides behind a firewall and uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer, the industry-standard security protocol used to communicate with browsers) to transmit personal information. Data is strongly encrypted during transmission to ensure that personal information is secure. Industry-standard data encryption techniques are used to protect personal information on PCO computers. SSL-capable browsers typically have a symbol on the browser window to indicate when they are in a secure mode.

E-mail
The PCO does not sell or rent e-mail addresses to other organisations. The PCO may generate e-mail for the following types of communication:

• Notification e-mail to which the individual may subscribe and unsubscribe.
• Transactional e-mail, which is the result of a business transaction initiated with the PCO.
• Relationship e-mail, which is sent as an informational service because of a relationship with the PCO.
• Commercial e-mail, which is sent to promote an PCO service (You may opt not to receive this type of e-mail).
• Correspondence from PCO staff as a result of a communication initiated by a member.
• E-mail that has a provision for opt-out will include instructions on how to do so. All inquiries regarding subscription-based e-mails should be directed to the PCO Member Services Department.

Mailing Lists
Postal mailing list's, comprised of full name and postal address, will not be sold to other organisations.

The PCO may occasionally send informational or promotional materials to members.

The PCO makes every effort to preserve your privacy, but we may need to disclose personal information when required by law.

Non-personal Information
Non-personal information is collected behind the scenes by the PCO web server and is used to compile general website usage statistics or facilitate access to restricted website services. Such information includes:

IP address of computer
Browser-related information
Locations visited on the website
HTTP cookies
IP address

HTTP Cookies
A HTTP Cookie is a piece of data that is stored by your browser in either your computer's memory or on your computer's hard drive. The PCO uses cookies to keep track of user session identity on the website. Services on the PCO website that require a login to an PCO web account require that cookies are enabled.

External Links
The only domain covered by the PCO privacy policy is pco.asn.au The PCO website may contain links to other sites, however, and the PCO is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites.