Legal Notices

Disclaimer

Use by you of the information and data contained on the isProcurement Website is at your sole risk.

If you rely on information on the isProcurement Website then you are responsible for ensuring by independent verification its accuracy, currency or completeness.

All linked websites are linked ‘as is and you agree that ISV:

(a) do not sponsor, endorse or necessarily approve of any material on sites linked from or to the isProcurement Website;
(b) do not make any warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any material on sites linked from or to this isProcurement Website;
(c) do not make any warranties or representations that material on other web sites to which the isProcurement Website is linked does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person anywhere in the world;
(d) do not authorise the infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material in other sites by linking the isProcurement Website to those other sites.

If you use automatic language translation services in connection with the isProcurement Website you do so at your own risk.

ISV may review and amend the information and data on the isProcurement Website at any time without notice.

ISV may revise this Disclaimer at any time by updating this posting.

ISV, its agents, officers, employees and contractors:

(a) make no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information and data contained on the isProcurement Website;
(b) make no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy or usefulness of any translation of the information on the isProcurement Website – or of any linked site;
(c) make no representations as to the availability of the isProcurement Website;
(d) accept no liability for any use of information and data contained within either the isProcurement Website, or for any reliance placed by you on such information (including translated information and data);
(e) make no representations, either expressed or implied, as to the suitability of the said information and data for any particular purpose;
(f) accept no liability for any interference with or damage to a user’s computer, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to the isProcurement Website or its use or any site linked to this site.

Email Disclaimer

Information contained in isProcurement e-mail messages (including any attachments) from Independent Schools Victoria Limited (ISV) are for the use of only the intended recipient. The e-mail may contain information that is confidential, may also be the subject of legal professional privilege, or public interest immunity, and/or protected by copyright.

If you are not the intended recipient, then any use, disclosure or copying of this document is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, then please delete the email and notify the sender that you have received the email inadvertently.

The dissemination, distribution or copying of email (including any attachments) by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorised and is prohibited.

While every attempt has been made to ensure that this email (including any attachments) is free from computer viruses or other defects, you should check for the presence of viruses. ISV does not accept liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted.

ISV accepts no liability for the content of email, (including any attachments, and including any computer viruses or other defects), or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. Any views or opinions presented via email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of ISV.

Cookie Policy

ISV Cookie Policy updated – August 2023

What are cookies and how are they used?

Cookies are small files of computer code that, when you visit the isProcurement website, are transferred from the isProcurement website, to your computer and are then stored on your computer. Then, when, at a later time, you return to the isProcurement website, the cookies provide you with a tailored experience – they facilitate the use of passwords, recall and utilise preferences you may have for searching products, and enable transactions. ISV use cookies on our website to make the website easier and quicker for you to use, to make it easier for you to engage in the procurement process online and to navigate our features, and to help inform us on how to improve the website. We do not store any personally identifiable information about you in our cookies, and the cookies that we use cannot be used to harm your computer.

Cookies, Web Beacons, and Similar Technologies

When you visit or interact with the ISV Procurement website, services, applications, tools or messaging, we or our authorised service providers, may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies. ISV use these technologies to provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience, for purposes associated with targeted procurement opportunities or advertising, and to recognise you across devices. The information on this page is provided to help you understand more about these technologies and our Cookie Policy which guides our use of these technologies on our sites and in our services, applications, and tools. Below is a summary of a few key things you should know about our use of such technologies. Our cookies and similar technologies have different functions.

They are either necessary for the functioning of our services, help us improve our performance, give you extra functionalities, or help us to serve you relevant and targeted ads. We use cookies and similar technologies that only remain on your device for as long as you keep your browser active (session) and cookies and similar technologies that remain on your device for a longer period (persistent). You are free to block, delete, or disable these technologies if your device permits so. You can manage your cookies and your cookie preferences in your browser or device settings. Where possible, security measures are set in place to prevent unauthorised access to our cookies and similar technologies.

A unique identifier ensures that only we and/or our authorised service providers have access to cookie data. Service providers are companies that help us with various aspects of our business, such as site operations, services, applications, advertisements and tools. We use some authorised service providers to help us to serve you relevant ads on our services and other places on the internet. These service providers may also place cookies on your device via our services (third party cookies). They may also collect information that helps them identify your device, such as IP-address or other unique or device identifiers.

What are cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies?

ISV use technologies, that are in widespread use throughout the e-commerce industries, and that are small data files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other devices that allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or interact with our sites, services, applications, messaging, and tools.

The specific names and types of the cookies, web beacons, unique identifiers, and similar technologies we use to collect information (e.g. about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions you take on our Services, within our advertising or e-mail content) may change from time to time. In order to help you better understand this Policy and our use of such technologies we have provided the following limited terminology and definitions:

Cookies – Small text files (typically made up of letters and numbers) placed in the memory of your browser or device when you visit a website or view a message. Cookies allow a website to recognise a particular device or browser. There are several types of cookies:
Session cookies expire at the end of your browser session and allow us to link your actions during that particular browser session.
Persistent cookies are stored on your device in between browser sessions, allowing us to remember your preferences or actions across multiple sites.
First-party cookies are set by the site you are visiting.
Third-party cookies are set by a third party site separate from the site you are visiting.
Cookies can be disabled or removed by tools that are available in most commercial browsers. The preferences for each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options.
Web beacons – Small graphic images (also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”) that may be included on our sites, services, applications, messaging, and tools, that typically work in conjunction with cookies to identify our users and user behaviour.
Similar technologies – technologies that store information in your browser or device utilising local shared objects or local storage, such as flash cookies, HTML 5 cookies, and other web application software methods. These technologies can operate across all of your browsers, and in some instances may not be fully managed by your browser and may require management directly through your installed applications or device. We do not use these technologies for storing information to target advertising to you on or off our sites.

We may use the terms “cookies” or “similar technologies” interchangeably in our policies to refer to all technologies that we may use to store data in your browser or device or that collect information or help us identify you in the manner described above.

Your choice and our use of cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies

We offer certain site features, services, applications, and tools that are available only through the use of these technologies. You are always free to block, delete, or disable these technologies if your browser, installed application, or device so permits. However, if you decline cookies or other similar technologies, you may not be able to take advantage of certain site features, services, applications, or tools. You may also be required to re-enter your password more frequently during your browsing session. For more information on how you can block, delete, or disable these technologies, please review your browser or device settings.

Generally, these technologies allow our sites, services, applications, and tools to store relevant information in your browser or device and later read that information in order to identify you to our servers or internal systems. Where applicable, we protect our cookies and other similar technologies to help ensure that only we and/or our authorised service providers can interpret them by assigning them a unique identifier that is designed for interpretation only by us. We do not store any of your personal information on any of our cookies or other similar technologies.

Any personal information that we collect and store through use of these technologies is first obtained through notice and consent: We obtain your consent by providing you with transparent notice of use of the technologies and, to the extent described herein, providing you with the opportunity to make a choice to disable these technologies. Our uses of such technologies fall into the following general categories:

Operationally Necessary. We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies that are necessary to the operation of our sites, services, applications, and tools. This includes technologies that allow you access to our sites, services, applications, and tools; that are required to identify irregular site behaviour, prevent fraudulent activity and improve security; or that allow you to make use of our functions such as shopping-carts, saved search, or similar functions;
Performance Related. We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies to assess the performance of our websites, applications, services, and tools, including as part of our analytic practices to help us understand how our visitors use our websites, determine if you have interacted with our messaging, determine whether you have viewed an item or link, or to improve our website content, applications, services, or tools;
Functionality Related. We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our sites, services, applications, or tools. This may include identifying you when you sign into our sites or keeping track of your specified preferences, interests, or past items viewed so that we may enhance the presentation of content on our sites;
Advertising or Targeting Related. We may use first-party or third-party cookies and web beacons to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests, on our sites or on third party sites. This includes using technologies to understand the usefulness to you of the advertisements and content that have been delivered to you, such as whether you have clicked on an advertisement.

To opt-out of the use of third-party advertising-related cookies and web beacons, see the section ‘Ad Networks and Exchanges operated by authorised third parties’ below. Opting out of our first-party advertising-related cookies, or out of third-party advertising-related cookies and web beacons as described below, does not necessarily mean that you will not see our advertising – only that this advertising will not be targeted to you through the use of first-party or third-party cookies, web beacons or related technologies.

If you would like to opt-out of all other types of technologies we employ on our sites, services, applications, or tools, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as your browser or device permits. Use of these technologies by authorised third-party service providers We may work with third-party companies, commonly known as service providers, who are authorised to place third-party cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies for storing information on our sites or in our services, applications, and tools with our permission.

These service providers help us to provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience. These service providers may use these technologies to help us deliver content and advertising, and compile anonymous site metrics and analytics. These service providers are subject to confidentiality agreements with us and other legal restrictions on their use or collection of any personal information.

You may encounter cookies and tracking technologies from our third-party service providers, including but not limited to”

Facebook to provide advertising services through Facebook’s advertising and marketing platforms (e.g., Audience Network, Website Custom Audiences) and other social networking plug-ins or marketing tools, and
Google to provide advertising services through Google’s advertising and marketing platforms (e.g., DoubleClick for Publishers, Google DoubleClick AdX Service, Adwords).

Facebook and Google may use the personal information that they have collected about you on our sites pursuant to their own privacy policies (Facebook Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation and Google Privacy Policy: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/).

With the exception of the use of such technologies by our service providers or other authorised third-parties, we do not permit any third-party content on sites (such as item listings, member-to-member communications, classified listings, comments, reviews, etc.) to include or utilise any cookies, web beacons, local storage, or similar technologies for tracking purposes or to collect your personal information for their own purposes.

If you believe a listing or other third-party content might be collecting personal information or using tracking technologies on one of our sites, please report it to support@isprocurement.com.au

Ad networks and exchanges operated by authorised third parties

We may use third parties, such as advertising networks and exchanges, to allow us to serve you advertisements. These third-party ad networks and exchange providers may use third-party cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect information. They may also collect your device identifier, IP address, or identifier for advertising (IDFA). The information that these third parties collect may be used to assist us in providing you with more relevant advertising that we serve on our sites or elsewhere on the web, and as described above. Third party cookies are covered by the third-parties’ privacy policy.

For more information on third-party advertising-related cookies and how to opt-out of them, please visit the following third party website: www.youronlinechoices.eu.

How to manage cookies utilised by isProcurement

If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how.

Accepting or deleting cookies in your Web browser

Each type of Web browser has its own way of managing cookies. The information below provides instructions for managing cookies on the browsers listed below to implement the features of the isProcurement website properly, check that your Web browser is set up to accept cookies, be familiar with how your Web browser manages cookies, including how to delete cookies.

Most cookies are session cookies that are automatically deleted from your hard drive once you end your session (that is, once you sign out or close your browser window). Some cookies allow web sites to identify you when you return. Without the cookie file, web sites you visit like Gumtree will treat you as a new user each time you return. You should only need to delete cookies if you receive the message saying that your browser is rejecting cookies.

Internet Explorer Edge

To accept cookies Click the three-dot More Actions button on the top right Click on Settings Click View Advanced Settings (scroll down to the bottom of the menu)
Click the dropdown arrow under the Cookies field Under Cookies, select to either don’t block cookies (default),

Block only third party cookies :To delete cookies Open the Settings Menu, Locate Clearing Browsing Data, Check: cookies and saved website data, cached data and files Restart the Browser

Mozilla Firefox

To accept cookies From the Tools menu of your browser’s Task Bar, select “Options” and then “Options” again. (On a Mac select Firefox from the top menu and click “Preferences”). Click the Privacy icon. Choose “Use custom settings for history” from “Firefox Will…” drop-down menu. If you would like to accept cookies from all sites, tick “Accept cookies from sites” and click “OK”, If you would like to choose which site to accept, tick off “Accept cookies from sites” and click “Exceptions”. Enter “gumtree.com.au” in the “Address of web site” box. Click “Allow” then click “Close”.

To delete cookies From the Tools menu of your browser’s Task Bar, select “Options” and then “Options” again. (On a Mac choose “Preferences”). Click the Privacy icon. Choose “Use custom settings for history” from “Firefox Will” section. Click “Show Cookies”. Type a website address in Search box. Select cookie(s) you would like to delete and then click “Remove Cookie”.

Google Chrome

To accept cookies (PC) Click the “Customise and Control” menu (located on top right-hand side). Click “Settings” and then “Show advanced settings…” Click “Content settings…” Select “Allow local data to be set (recommended)”. Click Ok. To accept cookies (MacOSX) Click Chrome menu and select “Preferences”. Click “Under the Hood” Click “Content settings…” Select “Allow local data to be set”.

To delete cookies, select wrench icon in top right-hand corner. Click Tools and select “Clear browsing data…” Select a timeframe that you’d like to delete in the drop-down menu beside “Obliterate the following items from”. Make sure “Delete cookies and other site and plug-in data” is selected.  Click “Clear browsing data”.

Apple Safari

To accept cookies, select Preferences. Click on the Security Icon (a lock). Under “Block cookies” click “Never”.
To delete cookies, select Safari from the top menu and select Preferences. Click the security icon (lock). Under “Cookies and Other website data,” click the “Details…” button. Click the Remove All button, or you can limit cookies by selecting Only from sites you navigate to.