We are committed to protecting your privacy and consider the information you choose to share with us personal and confidential. We are subject to the Australian National Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act and the following information outlines how we intend to deliver all the rights and protections that you are entitled to.

1. How is personal information collected?
We collect and store personal information in a secure computer system via our web site (www.dasmonk.com), as well as via personal contact with our staff.

2. What personal information is collected and why?
We collect personal information such as your name, address, and email address. We need this information to allow us to provide you with a newsletter service, and to give you advance notice of upcoming events and discounts. Even if you initially choose to subscribe to our contact service, you may also choose to unsubscribe or resubscribe at a later stage - all you need to do is contact us at mail@dasmonk.com for your particular request.

3. Security of personal information.
We protect the personal information we collect on a secure, encrypted database, which can only be accessed by employees with the highest security clearance. Our employees are required, as a condition of their employment, to treat any personal information held by Das Monk as confidential, and to maintain the confidentiality of that personal information.

4. Will personal information be given to anyone else?
We will not sell or trade personal information about you to or with any third parties. We will only disclose personal information if this is required by law or permitted under the Privacy Act.

5. Non-customer information.
Sometimes, we collect personal information about individuals who are not customers. This will usually arise where we collect the name and business contact details of our clients and business associates. Our policy is to only use personal information collected from non-customers for the main business purpose for which it was collected.

6. Access and correction.
Under the Privacy Act, you have a right to seek access to information that we hold about you. You also have the right to ask us to correct information about you, which is inaccurate, incomplete, or out of date. To provide you with access to personal information about you, we will usually provide you with a print-out of the relevant personal information from our database. If you wish to access the personal information that we hold about you, please set out your request via email, to mail@dasmonk.com. In the interests of protecting the privacy of individuals about whom we hold personal information, we will require that you verify your identity by attaching a copy of a form of photo identification such as a current driver's licence or passport with your written request. For further information about privacy issues and the protection of privacy visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website at http://www.privacy.gov.au.