Privacy Policy

Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd understands and appreciates that you, as an Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd website visitor, are concerned about the confidentiality and security of information that Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd may collect about you.  Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd is committed to providing you with a range of investment resources and information on our services within a secure and confidential on-line environment.   Our privacy statement sets out:

• what information we may collect from you;
• how your information may be used or disclosed;
• the security of any information you provide;
• cookies:  what are they and how are they used on this site;
• acceptance and changes to Privacy Statements;
• how you may access and correct your information;  and
• how you can contact us.

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

The information that we collect about you will depend on the functions that you use within Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd.  We will not collect any information that identifies you as an individual unless you knowingly provide it to us.  Any personal information you supply will be used only in accordance with this Privacy Statement.  If you browse on this site, read or download information, our system will record the date and time of your visit, the pages viewed, and information downloaded.

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION

Any information we collect from you via this site may be made available to (or used by) your adviser, any member of Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd ("Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd" also means Alpha Broking), or any entity carrying out functions on behalf of the Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd for:

• the purpose of enabling Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd to provide products, services or information to you in accordance with your requests or reasonable expectations;
• the purpose of enabling Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd to ascertain whether or not it has other services or products which may foreseeably meet your needs, and to notify you about these;
• the purposes of enabling Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd research, planning, product development, risk assessment, risk modelling and marketing;  and
• any other purpose required by or to the extent permitted by law.

We will only disclose personal information to third party entities carrying out functions on behalf of Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd on a confidential basis.  You should note that information we collect from you may also be disclosed to third parties if that disclosure is required (or to the extent permitted) by law.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd takes reasonable steps to preserve the security of personal information it collects via this site.  Access to our website is open to the general public, and no area of the website is "password protected".  To ensure your browser is compatible with our site, your browser software should have been purchased or upgraded within the last twelve months.  Upgrades are available through the relevant website www.netscape.com or www.microsoft.com.

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed as totally secure.  Accordingly, although Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd strives to protect such information, Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from our online products or services, and you do so at your own risk.  Once we receive your transmission, we take reasonable steps to preserve the security of information on our own system.  From time to time this site may contain links to other web-sites, and Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of these web sites.

COOKIES

A cookie is a small data file placed on your computer by the Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd server.  A cookie contains information about your visit to this site.  When you visit this site again, our server will look for the cookie and structure itself based on the information provided.  A cookie identifies your computer to our web server when you visit our site.  We do not use the cookie to store personal information about you.  It is recommended that you turn off any cookie warnings in your browser before using this site, otherwise you may not be able to use the full functionality of this site.

ACCEPTANCE AND CHANGES TO PRIVACY STATEMENTS

You acknowledge and accept that your use of our site indicates your acceptance of the site terms and conditions of use of this Privacy Statement.  This Privacy Statement may change from time to time, so please check back occasionally.  Any information collected after an amended Privacy Statement has been posted on this site will be subject to the amended Privacy Statement.

ACCESS AND UPDATING OF INFORMATION

You are able to access and update the personal information that we hold about you at any time.  To amend personal information that Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd holds, you should contact your adviser.

HOW YOU CAN CONTACT US

If you have any questions or feedback about this statement or any privacy issues concerning Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd, please contact the Privacy Officer, Alpha Equities and Futures Ltd, Level 8, 1 Collins Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 at any time in writing, or send an email to the Compliance Department.

March 2009