Privacy Policy Print

1. Introduction

This policy governs the use and disclosure by MEGAFist of personal information of its users and outlines how its users can access that information.

2. Information that MEGAFist will collect

MEGAFist collects or maintains the following personal information about its users:
a) Name
b) Email Address
This information will be collected with your knowledge and participation.

3. Sensitive information

MEGAFist will not collect information revealing your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, or details of health, disability or sexual activity or orientation, unless compelled to do so by law.

The personal information collected by MEGAFist may be used for the following purposes:
- For distributing information to interested parties on upcoming MEGAfist events.

4. Disclosure of your personal information

Your personal information may be disclosed in the following circumstances:
- To lessen or prevent a serious and imminent threat to an individual's life or health;
- To you or with your consent; or
- For any other purpose authorised by the National Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act - 1988.

Otherwise MEGAFist will use its reasonable endeavours to avoid the disclosure of your personal information, save that aggregated demographic information may be disclosed so long as the information is unable to identify you or any other individual.

5. Accessing your personal information

You can contact MEGAFist to request a copy of your personal information by emailing our Privacy Officer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . We shall attend to your request on a confidential basis within 14 days of the request being received. No fee will be levied for access to information described in clause 2 above.

6. Refusal of access

Access to your personal information may be refused if:
- providing access would pose a serious and imminent threat to life or health of a person;
- providing access would create an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others; - the request is frivolous and vexatious;
- denial of access is authorised or required by law; or
- for any other reason authorised by the National Privacy Principles set out in the Privacy Act - 1988.

7. Data quality

MEGAFist will use its reasonable endeavours to ensure the accuracy and quality of the information collected about you. Should personal information that you know MEGAFist has collected about you change, it is your responsibility to bring the changes to MEGAFist's attention which you may do by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

8. Data security

MEGAFist will endeavour to keep your personal information as secure as reasonably possible. Without limitation, registration information is not accessible over the Internet, but only from a secure password-protected internal workstation. MEGAFist's Internet server utilises a modern Linux-based operating system that is maintained with the latest available security patches and updates.

9. Amendments to Privacy Policy

MEGAFist may amend the terms applying to the use of your personal information at any time, subject to informing you of the amendments by publishing the revised policy on its Web site.

Last Updated ( Friday, 18 April 2008 13:39 )