Purpose
To inform website visitors of JEPHC that we endeavour to protect the privacy of information collected at our website.
Please note that some of the links on JEPHC connect to other websites. When you leave JEPHC website and enter another website (whether through an advertisement, service or content link), you should be aware that any information you disclose through those sites is not subject to this privacy policy.
JEPHC does not endorse and is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third party websites to which we may link. You should always review the privacy policy for those sites to understand how they treat your personal information. Within our website this privacy policy applies to the information described below.
Policy
The Journal of Primary Emergency Health Care is committed to protecting the privacy of its subscribers. The following information describes how we collect and use information from our website.
Information collected when you visit JEPHC website is recorded:
When you view pages and graphics on our website, the following information is automatically recorded on a log file:
- Time and date of your visit or request
- The internet browser and operating system that you are using
- The page(s) which you have viewed
- The previous page that you visited (referrer)
If you log into a password-protected part of the website, we also record your user name.
Cookies
Cookies are not currently used on the JEPHC website.
Personal Information
Personal information is information about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can be reasonably ascertained from the information. This information will be disclosed to the two organizations responsible for producing JEPHC, Monash University and the Australian College of Ambulance Professionals. If you would like further information about privacy at either of these organizations please click on their respective website links. Your information (including your email address) will not be shared with any other organisations.
How information is used
We will only use the information above, to assist in the effective operation of our website, to improve the design and performance of our content, and to measure content usage by visitors. Information we record is collected only for reporting purposes that enable us to monitor usage and security.
We will also externally investigate and monitor use of our site by individual users if a user's Internet address is associated with:
- Attempts to threaten or violate the operations or security of JEPHC computer networks
- Activities that degrade the performance of JEPHC website or
- Activity that may be related to copyright violation
- Activity that breaches any other law
If advertising is utilized on the JEPHC website, usage statistics may be shared with advertisers for the purpose of demonstrating how many hits their ads have received.
We will not release to advertisers or companies, any information that allows identification of individual users.
Disclosure of information required by law or emergency circumstances
JEPHC may release personal information to third parties to comply with valid legal requirements in such cases as:
- Regulation, search warrant, subpoena or court order
- Where there exists a physical threat to you or others
Where there is a legal duty on our part to disclose your personal information to a third party, we will notify you unless doing so would violate legal proceedings
Disclosure in the context of mergers and acquisitions
JEPHC may disclose personal information to an organization with which it merges, subject to presence of a legal assurance by the organization that it will adequately protect that information from misuse.
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