Privacy refers to information that we at Hops gather about you and the use that we make of it in the course of our business.
Hops collects personally identifying information only during promotions, specials and site membership registration. In addition, information is collected in certain portions of the site in which guests specifically and knowingly provide such information along with content submissions, community postings (i.e., chat or bulletin boards), and suggestions. Hops may use such information for editorial and feedback purposes (to the extent that is explained when guests provide the information). In the event Hops plans to post any such information on a site, guests are provided prior notification of such posting and can decline from having such information posted.
No information should be submitted to or posted at www.hops.net.au by children 16 years of age or under without their parent's or guardian’s consent.
Unless otherwise disclosed during collection, Hops does not provide any personally identifying information, regardless of its source, to any third party for any purpose whatsoever.
No information collected from children 16 years of age or under is used for any marketing or promotional purposes whatsoever, either inside or outside www.hops.net.au without parental permission.
Guests' e-mail addresses are never posted on www.hops.net.au
At Hops we recognize that families are concerned about privacy and especially about the privacy of their children online. Hops its staff, contractors, and others who help us operate our Web site follow this policy on privacy and fair information practices for online activities.
Information submitted at the time of any form of registration by a guest who is over 16 years of age may be used for marketing and promotional purposes by Hops. Hops does not share this information with other companies. If a guest objects to such use for any reason, he/she may stop that use at any time by written request. The request should be sent to:
Hops Sportswear Pty Ltd
PO BOX 5385
MORDIALLOC 3195
MELBOURNE, VICTORIA
AUSTRALIA
What are cookies? Cookies are pieces of information that a Web site transfers to an individual’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes while at the site. Cookies make Web-surfing easier by saving your passwords, purchases, and preferences for you. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and you’ll find cookies at most major Web sites.
Hops does not use information transferred through cookies for any promotional or marketing purposes, nor is the information shared with any third parties whatsoever. Hops does not use cookies to identify individuals or to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent in a cookie.
Cookies help make Hops better by showing how and when guests use the site. They do not, however, gather user specific information about persons who use the site. Many content improvements and updates are based on such data as total number of visitors and pages viewed. This statistical information is most easily tracked with cookies.
Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you’d prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies. However, it is possible that some areas of the site will not function properly if you do so.