Collection, maintenance, use and disclosure of personal information is governed by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

By visiting www.sino.com.au, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. We collect information about you in the following ways:

Voluntarily Provided Information
When you register for our free company updates, you voluntarily provide information about yourself. We will use that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, unless you notify us to the contrary. We also collect other information that you voluntarily provide, e.g., through responses to surveys, questionnaires, and the like.

How we use information we collect
We may use your registration information and other voluntarily submitted information, including Personal Information, in the following ways:

- To enable us to process and verify subscriptions.
- To provide our editors with information that is useful in developing new features and services for our users.
- To enable us to develop and improve the features, content, and services available through the site.
- To enable us to use aggregate information in a number of ways to improve the site, its content and services.
Except as set forth in this policy statement, we will not disclose to unaffiliated companies any information we gather from you which could be used to identify or contact you ("Personal Information"). We may share Personal Information within the Sino Group, and may disclose it to others if required to do so by law.

In the following limited circumstances, we may release Personal Information to third parties:

- To comply with applicable legal requirements such as a law, regulation, search warrant, subpoena, discovery request, or court order.
- We may provide information about you to third parties that does not allow you to be identified or contacted ("Aggregate Information"). For example, we might inform third parties regarding the number of users of our site and the activities they conduct while on our site. Depending on the circumstances, we may or may not charge for this information.

How to gain access to information we hold about you
You can contact us if you would like details of your personal information which we may hold about you, or if you would like us to correct it. To ensure the integrity and safety of personal information, Sino will only disclose such information if our internal procedures are satisfied. Depending on the nature of your request, we may ask you to complete a personal information request form. In certain cases, we may charge a fee for this service, but we will inform you at the time.

Our contact details are: info@sino.com.au or you can write to us at:

Sino Securities International Limited
Level 3, 43-51 Queen Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia

Links to other sites
This website contains links to other websites. This policy only applies to this website. Sino is not responsible for the privacy practices or contents of any other website.

Changes to this policy

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by posting revisions to our site. Your use of the site constitutes acceptance of the provisions of this Privacy Policy and your continued usage after such changes are posted constitutes acceptance of each revised Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or any revised policy, please exit the site immediately.

© Sino Securities International Limited. Last revised: 15 October 2003.