Who we are

Great Southern Press
Level 15
461 Bourke St
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia

Great Southern Press (referred to as “GSP” or “We” in this Privacy Policy) is a leading producer of B2B magazines and events, with a suite of publications, several partnerships with industry associations, and numerous successful conferences and exhibitions in Australia and around the world.

GSP recognises that your privacy is important to you and we are committed to protecting your personal information.

Our website addresses are:

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

GSP collects both personal information and anonymous information. We collect personal information about you and your interactions with us, for example when you purchase an item from us, register to attend one of our events, or visit one of our websites.

Personal information is collected only from your direct purchases, requests and correspondence, and only after you have consented to GSP using this information by way of accepting this Privacy Policy.

GSP also collects information based on your use of our services. Your web browser automatically provides us with the type of browser you are using, when you visited a GSP website, your top level domain name (for example .com, .gov, .au, etc.), the address of the website that directed you to our websites, your server’s IP address and which pages you viewed.

We will not combine information collected from your browser or device with personal information you have submitted without your prior consent. We only use this information for statistical and internal purposes including improving the functionality of GSP’s websites for our users.

From time to time, GSP will invite you to participate in surveys. These surveys are designed to ensure that our products and services remain as relevant to you as possible. GSP will always advise if the survey is anonymous or if your participation will be linked to you in any way.

Comments & Contact Forms

When visitors leave comments or use contact forms on the site we collect the data shown in the form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from and links to other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.) or link to other sites. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

To improve your experience on our site, we may use ‘cookies’. Cookies are an industry standard and most major web sites use them. A cookie is a small text file that our site may place on your computer as a tool to remember your preferences. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

Our website may contain links to other websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. When you go to other websites from here, we advise you to be aware and read their privacy policy.

Our website uses Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States. Google Analytics does not identify individual users or associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. We use reports provided by Google Analytics to help us understand website traffic and webpage usage.

By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described in Google’s Privacy Policy- external site and for the purposes set out above. You can opt out of Google Analytics if you disable or refuse the cookie, disable JavaScript, or use the opt-out service provided by Google- external site.

GSP also uses interfaces with social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and others. If you choose to “like” or “share” information from this website through these services, you should review the privacy policy of that service. If you are a member of a social media site, the interfaces may allow the social media site to connect your visits to this site with other Personal Information

How we use your data

GSP will use personal information provided to it for our primary purposes and secondary purposes. By agreeing to this policy, you consent to GSP using your personal information for the following:

Primary purposes:

  • Providing you with products and services you have ordered, or contacting you in relation to these orders
  • Answering direct enquiries
  • Informing you of new products and services which may be of interest to you
  • Providing customer service
  • Complying with legal obligations where necessary
  • Allowing us to run our business and perform administrative and operational tasks, such as:
    • training staff
    • developing and marketing products and services
    • risk management
    • systems development and testing, including our websites and other online channels
    • undertaking planning, research and statistical analysis.

Secondary purposes:

  • Billing and account management
  • Improving our products, services and websites
  • Improving our marketing and promotional efforts
  • Improving the accuracy of the personal information we hold

Personal information will not be used for any other purpose without the consent of its provider unless GSP is required by law to disclose that information. GSP may be required to disclose personal information to third parties in order to provide a service that you requested.

In relation to events, GSP may distribute a delegate list to event attendees that contains your full name and company name. GSP will not distribute your contact information without prior permission.

Other than in circumstances such as these, GSP will not disclose personal information provided, such as name, address, email address or telephone number, to any organisation or person outside GSP unless the provider has authorised GSP to do so.

We may also use your personal information to get a better understanding of your needs. Unless you tell us otherwise, we may use this information to bring you products and services which we believe will benefit you and your business. Upon receiving new products and services for the first time, you will be given the option to opt-out immediately of receiving future offerings of the item in question. If you are receiving promotional information from GSP and do not wish to receive this information any longer, emails will contain a unsubscribe link for you to remove yourself.

Who we share your data with

Generally, GSP uses systems located within Australia. However, from time to time your information may be accessed by GSP staff located overseas. We may also exchange your information with third parties, including event management software providers, to whom we outsource certain functions, such as data quality management and technical improvements to our databases.

Where your information is sent overseas, it is likely to be one of the following countries:

  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • India

When your information is sent overseas, GSP will take appropriate steps to ensure data handling and security arrangements are in place in line with Australian privacy legislation.

GSP also hosts white papers and reports on its sites which are produced, distributed or sponsored by third parties. In ordering third party content made available through the GSP network, you are providing permission for GSP to provide your personal information to the sponsor or third party to ensure your order can be fulfilled. GSP will clearly indicate any third party or sponsored items listed on online retail sections across all GSP sites.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Great Southern Press

If you have any questions or concerns with respect to this privacy policy, please contact us using one of the below methods.

Phone: +61 3 9248 5100
Office Hours: Between 9am and 5pm AEST Monday to Friday
Email: privacy@gs-press.com.au

In writing:
Privacy Officer
Great Southern Press
Suite 1, Level 3
169 – 171 Victoria Parade
Fitzroy VIC 3065
Australia

Complaints

If you have a concern about your privacy, you have a right to make a complaint and we’ll do everything we can to put matters right.

To lodge a complaint, please get in touch with us using the contact details provided above. GSP will review your complaint and endeavour to resolve it immediately.

We acknowledge every complaint we receive and provide contact details of the investigating officer. We keep you updated on the progress we’re making towards resolving your issue.

Usually, it takes only a few days to resolve a complaint. However, if we’re unable to provide a final response within 30 days, we’ll contact you to explain why and discuss a timeframe to resolve the complaint.

Additional information

How we protect your data

GSP takes all reasonable steps to keep any information that it possesses about you is secure. We encourage you to play an important role in keeping your personal information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of any passwords and account details used on our websites. It is your sole responsibility to maintain such confidentiality and GSP will not be liable for any damage, loss or expense suffered due to such disclosure.

What data breach procedures we have in place

GSP has extensive monitoring and will protect all data as outlined in this policy.

GSP will inform users and appropriate regulators where data breaches occur.

What third parties we receive data from

You may be added to our systems where appropriate from various organisations such as industry associations and event organisers. Their terms should indicate when collecting your information but is not the responsibility of GSP. Where possible we will ensure contacts have the ability to opt-in once their data is received by us and as per this policy all communications will include a link to unsubscribe and remove data.

Direct marketing

You consent to GSP using and/or disclosing any personal information collected from you for direct marketing purposes, whether collected via telephone, the website, or otherwise, but subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Unless otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy and in accordance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy Act), GSP retains the right to use and disclose your personal information for direct marketing purposes:

  • that has been collected from you in circumstances where:
    • you have provided consent to do so; or
    • it is within your Reasonable Expectations; or
    • where it is impracticable to obtain your consent;
  • that has been collected from any third party in circumstances where:
    • you have provided consent to do so; or
    • it is impracticable to obtain your consent.
    • In each direct marketing communication, we will include:
    • a statement appearing on the relevant piece of marketing material notifying you of your right to Opt Out from further direct marketing communications; and
    • simple means for you to opt out of receiving further direct marketing communications of that kind.

Should you choose to opt out, we will stop using your personal information for direct marketing purposes.

GSP will not use your sensitive information for direct marketing purposes.

Online Store

We collect information about you during the checkout process on our store.

What we collect and store

While you visit our site, we’ll track:

  • Products you’ve viewed: we’ll use this to, for example, show you products you’ve recently viewed
  • Location, IP address and browser type: we’ll use this for purposes like estimating taxes and shipping
  • Shipping address: we’ll ask you to enter this so we can, for instance, estimate shipping before you place an order, and send you the order!
  • We’ll also use cookies to keep track of cart contents while you’re browsing our site.

When you purchase from us, we’ll ask you to provide information including your name, billing address, shipping address, email address, phone number, credit card/payment details and optional account information like username and password. We’ll use this information for purposes, such as, to:

  • Send you information about your account and order
  • Respond to your requests, including refunds and complaints
  • Process payments and prevent fraud
  • Set up your account for our store
  • Comply with any legal obligations we have, such as calculating taxes
  • Improve our store offerings
  • Send you marketing messages, if you choose to receive them

If you create an account, we will store your name, address, email and phone number, which will be used to populate the checkout for future orders.

We generally store information about you for as long as we need the information for the purposes for which we collect and use it, and we are not legally required to continue to keep it. For example, we will store order information for 7 years for tax and accounting purposes. This includes your name, email address and billing and shipping addresses.

We will also store comments or reviews if you choose to leave them.

Who on our team has access?

Members of our team have access to the information you provide us. For example, both Administrators and Shop Managers can access:

  • Order information like what was purchased, when it was purchased and where it should be sent, and
  • Customer information like your name, email address, and billing and shipping information.
  • Our team members have access to this information to help fulfil orders, process refunds and support you.

Payments

We accept payments through PayPal. When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to PayPal, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.

Please see the PayPal Privacy Policy for more details.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  1. General

1.1 between Great Southern Press Pty Ltd CAN 005 716 825 (“GSP”) and the Applicant referred to in the Credit Application (“Customer”) are those set out in these Terms and Conditions as amended from time to time and those, if any, which are implied and which cannot be excluded by law (“Terms”).

Any other contractual terms of the Customer (whether upon the Customer’s order or elsewhere) which are contrary to or inconsistent with these Terms shall not apply nor shall they constitute a counter-offer. By receiving delivery and/or supply of all or a portion of the goods, materials and/or parts and/or labour and/or services supplied by GSP under these Terms (“Services”), the Customer shall be deemed to have accepted these Terms and to have agreed that they shall apply to the exclusion of all others.

1.2 Stipulations on advertising orders that differ from the above conditions, rates or stipulations are not considered binding unless expressly acknowledged in writing by the publisher.

  1. Credit Terms

2.1 Payment is due on or prior to fourteen (14) days from the date of invoice rendered in respect of the supply of the Services unless otherwise stated in writing by GSP. GSP may charge liquidated damages at a rate equivalent to two percent (2%) in excess of the rate of interest for the time being fixed under Section 2 of the Penalty Interest Rates Act 1983 if payment is not received by the due date. A settlement rebate may apply if the account is settled within the terms, and further discount may apply if advertising is prepaid, and the amounts of such discounts will be advised by GSP from time to time.

2.2 No agency commissions shall be payable in the event of the agreed credit terms being exceeded.

2.3 GSP’s express or implied approval for extending credit to the Customer may be revoked or withdrawn by GSP at any time.

2.4 GSP is entitled to set-off against any money owing to the Customer amounts owed to GSP by the Customer on any account whatsoever.

2.5 Any payments received from the Customer on overdue accounts will be applied first to satisfy interest which may have accrued, second to reasonable expenses and legal costs referred to in Clause 2.5, and then to principal.

2.6 The Customer is liable for all reasonable expenses (including contingent expenses such as debt collection commission) and legal costs (on a full indemnity basis) incurred by GSP for enforcement of obligations and recovery of monies due from the Customer to GSP.

  1. Quotations and Pricing

3.1 Prices charged for Services will be according to a current quotation for those Services. Otherwise, they will be determined by GSP by reference to its standard prices in effect at the date of delivery (whether notified to the Customer or not and regardless of any prices contained in the order). GSP will use its best endeavours to notify the Customer of price changes but bears no liability in respect of this.

3.2 Any quotation by GSP shall not constitute an offer. Quotations will remain valid for fourteen days from the date of the quotation.

3.3 Any quotation, acceptance of quotation, purchase order or other document which requires signature may be signed in electronic form, and such signature shall be binding upon the person affixing that signature.

3.4 All payments are to be made in Australian dollars unless otherwise agreed in writing. If an account is paid in currency other than Australian dollars, GSP reserves the right to charge a 5% surcharge to cover administration and currency conversion costs.

  1. Provisions Relating to the Advertising

4.1 GSP reserves the right in its absolute discretion to refuse any request for advertising, and may make acceptance of any request conditional upon receiving a satisfactory credit assessment of the Customer, or upon receiving pre-payment.

4.2 All advertisements are accepted and published by GSP upon the warranty by the Customer that is authorised to publish the entire contents and subject matter of the advertisement, and the Customer will release and indemnify GSP and hold it harmless against any and all claims of loss or damages resulting from claims or suits based upon the contents or subject matter of the advertisements, including without limitation any claim or suit for defamation, breach of privacy, plagiarism or breach of copyright.

4.3 In the event that GSP does not receive artwork or copy by the deadline, GSP reserves the right to repeat a previous advertisement of the same or smaller size, or not to publish the advertisement, and the Customer will remain liable as if the advertisement had been published.

4.31 All advertisers who have placed a booking for an insert within a magazine mailing will be provided with a pre-prepared A4 shipping docket by the publisher which must be attached without modification to each package shipped to the publisher’s mail house. Failure to attach the shipping docket may result in the advertisers insert not being distributed, should this occur the advertiser will remain liable for the full amount of the booking and the publisher shall not be liable to return or replace the inserts nor provide compensation for the inserts.

  1. Returns, Cancellations and Claims

5.1 No cancellations or partial cancellation of an order by the Customer shall be accepted by GSP unless it has first consented in writing to such cancellation or partial cancellation and unless a cancellation charge has been paid which, as determined by GSP, will indemnify GSP against all loss, without limitation.

5.2 Cancellation of an advertisement with respect to an issue is not accepted after the deadlines published in the magazine’s media kit. Cancellation by the advertiser or agent of any portion of a contract nullifies all rate and/or position protection for the remainder. Additionally, as a multiple insertion booking entails benefits with regard to both price and position, such bookings may not be cancelled after the deadline of the first issue to include the booking without payment of 25 per cent of the cost of remaining advertisements in the multiple insertion booking.

5.3 All complaints, claims, or notification of incomplete Services, or Services that do not comply with the Customer’s purchase order must be submitted by the Customer to GSP in writing within seven (7) business days of the date of the invoice rendered for the supply of the Services. Otherwise, the Customer shall be deemed to have accepted the Services and shall not refuse to pay for the Services on the basis that they were incomplete, or do not comply with the Customer’s purchase order.

  1. Privacy Act 1988 (“Privacy Act”)

To enable GSP to assess the Customer’s application for credit, the Customer authorises GSP:

6.1 To obtain from a credit reporting agency a consumer or commercial credit report containing personal information about the Customer and its guarantors pursuant to Section 18K(1) of the Privacy Act; and

6.2 To obtain a report from a credit reporting agency and other information in relation to the Customer’s commercial credit activities, and

6.3 To give to a credit reporting agency information including identity particulars and application details AND in accordance with Section 18N(1) of the Privacy Act the Customer authorises GSP to give to and obtain from any credit provider named in the accompanying credit application and credit providers that may be named in a credit report issued by a credit reporting agency information about the Customer’s credit arrangements. The Customer understands that this information can include any information about its credit worthiness, credit standing, credit history or credit capacity that credit providers are allowed to give or receive from each other under the Privacy Act. The Customer understands that information can be used for the purposes of assessing its application for credit (Section 18L(4) Privacy Act), assisting it to avoid defaulting on its credit obligations, assessing its credit worthiness and notifying other credit providers and credit reporting agencies of a default by it under these Terms.

  1. Notification

The Customer must notify GSP in writing within seven (7) days of:

7.1 Any alteration of the name or ownership of the Customer.

7.2 The issue of any legal proceedings against the Customer.

7.3 The appointment of any provisional liquidator, liquidator, receiver, receiver manager or administrator to the Customer.

7.4 Any change in the ownership of the business name of the Customer. The Customer agrees that it shall be liable to GSP for all Services supplied to the new owner by GSP until notice of any such change is received.

  1. Warranties

8.1 No warranties except those implied and that by law cannot be excluded are given by GSP in respect of Services supplied. Where it is lawful to do so, the liability of GSP for a breach of a condition or warranty is limited to the repair or replacement of the Services, the supply of equivalent Services, the payment of the cost of repairing or replacing the Services or acquiring equivalent Services, as determined by GSP.

8.2 The Customer acknowledges and warrants that it has relied on its own skill and judgment or, alternatively, on the skill and judgment of tradesmen and professional advisers retained by it to provide advice and assistance on the suitability of the Services for specific purposes and procedures and, in this respect, shall indemnify GSP from and against any suit, claim, demand or compensation which, but for these Terms, the Customer may have had against GSP.

8.3 The Customer warrants to GSP that it is purchasing Services as the principal and not as an agent.

8.4 GSP will not be liable for any loss or damage however occasioned by the failure of any advertisement to appear from any cause whatsoever, nor does it accept any liability for errors in any advertisement published or for failure to appear on a specific date.

  1. Force Majeure

GSP shall be released from its obligations in the event of national emergency, war, prohibitive governmental regulation or if any other cause beyond the control of the parties renders provision of the Services impossible, where all money due to GSP shall be paid immediately and, unless prohibited by law, GSP may elect to terminate the Agreement.

  1. Equitable Charge

The Customer as beneficial owner and/or registered proprietor now charges in favour of GSP all of the Customer’s estate and interest in any real property (including but not limited to any applicable land owned by the Customer named or described as the Customer’s Street Address in the Credit Application if applicable) (”Land”) to secure payment of accounts rendered by GSP to the Customer for the delivery and/or supply of the Services including interest payable on these accounts and costs (including legal costs on a full indemnity basis) incurred by GSP and including the costs to prepare and lodge a Caveat against the Land and to remove the Caveat.

  1. Failure to Act

GSP’s failure to enforce or insist upon the timely performance of any term, condition, covenant or provision in these Terms, or GSP’s failure to exercise any right or remedy available under these Terms or at law, or GSP’s failure to insist upon timely payment of monies when due or to demand payment of any charges or fees which accrue or any extension of creditor forbearance under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of any subsequent default or a waiver of GSP’s right to demand timely payment of future obligations or strict compliance with the Terms.

  1. Legal Consultation

12.1 These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted according to the laws of Victoria and GSP and the Customer consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the Courts of Victoria.

12.2 Notwithstanding that any provision of the Terms may prove to be illegal or unenforceable pursuant to any statute or rule of law or for any other reason that provision is deemed omitted without affecting the legality of the remaining provisions and the remaining provisions of the Terms shall continue in full force and effect.