Privacy statement

You can access and browse the CFA Connect site without disclosing personal information. CFA Connect does not collect or record personal information, other than information you may choose to provide to us by registering an account, creating a profile, and via email or chat tools available on the site. Your username and full name will be displayed in the profile section of the site, which other users can access and view. You are responsible for the accuracy of the personal information that you provide.

If you have emailed us, CFA staff will use contact information collected via your email to respond to your request. We will not disclose your personal information without your consent (by creating an account you agree to have your full name displayed in the profile section of the site, viewable by other users) unless disclosure is required or sanctioned by law. You are entitled to gain access to and/or correct any information that CFA has collected about you at any time.

Technical information

CFA Connect uses the Google Analytics tracking tool to record visits to this site. Google Analytics uses a cookie that collects anonymous traffic data. A cookie is a block of data that is shared between a web server and a user's browser. Cookies give the server information about a user's identity, preferences or past behaviour. CFA will make no attempt to identify visitors to this site. For more information on Google Analytics, visit http://www.google.com/analytics/

CFA Connect also uses cookies to automatically record the following clickstream data, for statistical and system administration purposes only:

• Your server address;
• Your country;
• Your top level domain name (e.g. .com, .au, .gov);
• The date and the time of your visit to the site;
• The pages you accessed and downloaded;
• The address of the last site you visited;
• Your operating system;
• The type of browser you are using;
• Your screen resolution;
• Internal search behaviour.

To the extent that this data could make you identifiable, CFA will not attempt to identify individuals from the records the server automatically generates unless that is necessary to investigate a breach of law or regulation.

We have implemented technology and security policies, rules and measures to protect the personal information that we have under our control from unauthorised access, improper use, alteration, unlawful or accidental destruction and accidental loss. We will remove personal information from our system where it is no longer required (except where archiving is required).