PCPowerPlay and nextmedia are committed to respecting our users’ privacy and security. However, we do collect and use various bits of information about you through your use of the site, to enhance your enjoyment of our service:

1. Personal Data - (names and addresses etc) through which it is possible to identify you. You will always know when this data is being collected by completing a form where required.

2. Aggregated Statistical Data - all other non-personal information that relates purely to generic statistics such as traffic flow and demographics. It is not possible to identify you through this data.

Personal Data

PCPowerPlay will only collect, use and transfer your Personal Data if you have consented to that collection, use and transfer, except in circumstances where it is necessary to conform to legal requirements; protect and defend our rights or property; or to protect the interests of other users.

This data is collected through Registration Forms.
On submitting the Registration Forms you give your consent to PCPowerPlay as follows:
· collecting the information that is on the Registration Form, and information about your movements around and use of the site;
· using that information to contact you with relevant material, for example about your use or potential use of the site; transferring that information to other nextmedia companies (subsidiaries or affiliates), and to those companies contacting you with other relevant material, for example about your use or potential use of other nextmedia owned or managed sites;

You can withdraw your consent at any time by emailing the PCPowerPlay producer on producer@next.com.au or using the 'unsubscribe' function with in e-newsletters we send to you.

On occasion we may collect Personal Data in other ways – e.g. through competition entry forms or other occasional services.

Aggregated Data

Other non-personal information will be collected and used by PCPowerPlay and may be transferred to third parties. Any such statistical or demographic information will not include personal details through which you could be identified. In addition to non-personal information given on your Registration Form, information is automatically collected about traffic around the site. This is also only used in aggregate form and no individual user will be identified.

Cookies

PCPowerPlayuses "cookies" to speed up access to the site (it bypasses checking the registered user database) and to enhance your experience of the site by customising it according to your interests. A cookie is a small piece of information sent from nextmedia to your computer to help us to identify you quickly. It is possible for you to disable these cookies by changing your browser settings, but this may slow down or prohibit access to parts of the site.

Security

Security is paramount to PCPowerPlay in respect of your data. We use a variety of software to ensure appropriate security and encryption.