This website www.sabrinahahn.com.au and www.hortwithheart.com.au and their related pages, including any mobile or other site or application that we may offer (Website), are owned and operated by Sabrina Hahn – Hort with Heart (us, our or we).
We recognise the importance of protecting the privacy of any information capable of identifying an individual (Personal Information) and adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles (AAP’s) in the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 (Cth) which amends the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
By visiting the Website, providing information to us or otherwise using the Website you agree to and accept the terms of our policy as set out below and as may be amended from time to time by us (Privacy Policy), as well as any other terms and conditions on the Website. This Privacy Policy sets out the basis on which we collect, use, disclose and store Personal Information that you may provide to us, including Personal Information provided through or on the Website.
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to modify or remove any of this Privacy Policy, which should be reviewed periodically so you are updated on any amendments.
This Privacy Policy does not cover and we do not make any representations about third party websites (and any information collected thereon) that may be linked to or which you may access or visit from the Website. Those website will have their own privacy obligations to you and you should review the privacy policy on that website. If any such information is disclosed by you to a third party we advise you to examine that third party’s own terms and conditions and its own privacy policy or statement.
1/Collection of Information
Your Personal Information including name, email address, address, telephone numbers and other contact details, along with personal information from your authorised representatives, third parties such as authorities, your employer, other organisations with whom you have dealings, government agencies, credit reporting agencies, recruitment agencies, information or service providers and any publicly available records, is collected by us for the purposes of carrying out our business, providing you our services, as well as the particular purposes listed below. The kinds of Personal Information we collect and hold, and how we collect and hold it, are set out in Section 3 of this Privacy Policy, which also explains how we use it.
If you do not provide your Personal Information to us we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services you have requested.
2/Pseudonyms
You may use a pseudonym in providing Personal Information to us for the purposes of receiving our Newsletter or general information from our website.
If you provide Personal Information about another individual you warrant to us that that individual is aware of the terms of the Privacy Policy and that you have express permission and the authority to provide such Personal Information to us.
3/Use of Information
Personal Information that you provide to the Website is used only for the purpose for which it is submitted or for other secondary purposes related to that purpose, unless we disclose other uses in this Privacy Policy, any other terms and conditions on this Website or we gain your consent to use the information for a secondary purpose.
As part of you using the Website, we may collect Personal Information about you in order for us to provide you with legal services, information, news and surveys and for you to take full advantage of our services. To do this it may be necessary for you to provide certain Personal Information to us to collect, hold and use as detailed below.
Our Services
We may collect your Personal Information to provide you with our services or products. We may collect Personal Information about you, your activities or any related parties from you personally, by telephone, email, written correspondence or from third parties that you authorise to provide us with your Personal Information.
Newsletter Subscription
Subscribing to our Newsletter may involve submitting your Personal Information to us. This information is necessary for us to provide you with the services offered by the Website or the Newsletter, including news and information about the use of our Website. You acknowledge that you have the option to opt out of your subscription by choosing to unsubscribe.
General Enquiries
General Enquiries about our services may involve you providing us your Personal Information. This information is necessary for us to respond to your enquiry.
You agree to us collecting, holding and using your Personal Information for these purposes.
4/Collection by Third Parties
IP Addresses
Our servers and third parties may gather your IP address and browser details, and related information on location, software and ISP, to collect website statistics associated with our Website. This aggregate information may be collated by third parties and provided back to us to assist in analysing usage of the site.
Cookies and Applets
We may use cookies to provide you with a better experience. These allow us to manage your browsing session at our Website and as a way of monitoring user access. This non-personal information related to demographic, behavioural, and usage patterns, cannot be traced to an individual and is analysed to define groups and to group users based on factors such as geography, gender, age, interests and online actions into segments. These segments are used by online marketers and advertisers to deliver relevant and specific marketing messages and content to online users.
Online users can opt-out from this third party preference data collection using either:
- the Online Choices opt-out tool provided at www.youronlinechoices.com/opt-out, where the user can select specific company(s) to stop them collecting this data; or
- changing the computer’s browser settings to block, delete or control the use of all third party cookies. Refer to the computer’s web browser’s “Help” documentation for more information about managing the use of cookies directly through the browser settings.
Please note that this opt-out tool and cookie management via the browser is specific to each computer including each version and type of browser. If an opt-out cookie is deleted from the browser’s cookie files, or if a different computer or browser version or browser type is used, the user will need to repeat the opt-out process.
5/Disclosure of Information
Apart from where you have consented or any disclosure is necessary to achieve the purpose for which Personal Information was submitted, Personal Information may be disclosed in particular situations where we have a reason to believe that doing so is necessary to identify, contact or bring action against anyone who may be damaging, injuring, or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with our rights or property, users, or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities. Also, we may disclose Personal Information when we believe in good faith that the law requires disclosure.
We may engage third parties to provide you with goods and services either on our behalf or directly to you, or to assist us or to assist other third parties in providing you with goods and services. In these circumstances only, you agree to the disclosure of your Personal Information to those third parties in order to meet your request or order for any goods or services.
Unless you have agreed it with us or it is otherwise set out in the Privacy Policy, we will not provide your Personal Information to any other third parties.
6/Holding of Information
We will store Personal Information by holding it in physical form or printed copies, internal database and third party databases or data services for the uses and purposes listed in Clause 3. We will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify Personal Information that is no longer needed for any purpose for which the Personal Information may need to be used. However, some Personal Information may need to be stored as archives for record-keeping purposes.
7/Integrity of Personal Information
We endeavour to take reasonable steps to protect and keep secure, and ensure the security, integrity and privacy of, Personal Information submitted to us, and ensure it is not misused, lost or accessed without authorisation, and to review and update our security measures regularly.
Our employees and the contractors who provide services to us are obliged to keep confidential any Personal Information held by us. However, we will not be held responsible for events arising from unauthorised access to your Personal Information.
8/Access to Information
We will endeavour to take all reasonable steps to keep your Personal Information accurate and up to date. If at any time, you discover that Personal Information held about you is incorrect or if you wish to access your Personal Information, you may apply to us in writing to the address set out at the end of this Privacy Policy to have the Personal Information corrected. You may, upon reasonable request and in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles, access the Personal Information you provide to us in this manner.
9/Links to other sites
We may provide or accept links to web sites outside the Website, as well as to third party web sites. These linked sites are not under our control, and we cannot accept responsibility for the conduct of any parties linked to our Website. Before disclosing your Personal Information on any other website, we advise you to examine the terms and conditions of using that website and its privacy policy or statement.
10/Problems or questions
If we become aware of any ongoing concerns or problems with the Website, we will take these issues seriously and work to address these concerns. If you have any further queries relating to our Privacy Policy, or you have a problem or complaint, please contact us by sending us an email at hello@sabrinahahn.com.au
For more information about privacy in Australia and protecting your privacy, visit the Australian Information Commissioner’s website: http://www.oaic.gov.au/.