This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their ‘Personally Identifiable Information’ (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information in accordance with our website.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your name, email address, mailing address, phone number or other details to help you with your experience.
We collect information from you when you register on our site or enter information on our site.
We may use the information we collect from you when you register, make a purchase, sign up for our newsletter, respond to a survey or marketing communication, surf the website, or use certain other site features in the following ways:
• To personalize your experience and to allow us to deliver the type of content and product offerings in which you are most interested.
• To improve our website in order to better serve you.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• To quickly process your transactions.
• To follow up with them after correspondence (live chat, email or phone inquiries)
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.
All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to: • Help remember and process the items in the shopping cart. • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.
If users disable cookies in their browser:
If you turn cookies off, Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly.Some of the features that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.
Do we disclose the information we collect to Third-Parties? We sell,trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your name, address,city,town, any form or online contact identifier email, name of chat account etc., screen name or user names, phone number, cookie number, ip address device serial #, unique device identifier, photo, video or audio file of child Personally Identifiable Information.
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en
We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.
Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.
We have implemented the following: • Remarketing with Google AdSense • Google Display Network Impression Reporting • Demographics and Interests Reporting • DoubleClick Platform Integration
We, along with third-party vendors such as Google use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookies) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) or other third-party identifiers together to compile data regarding user interactions with ad impressions and other ad service functions as they relate to our website.
Opting out: Users can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Settings page. Alternatively, you can opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative Opt Out page or by using the Google Analytics Opt Out Browser add on.
CalOPPA is the first state law in the nation to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law’s reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting Personally Identifiable Information from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. - See more at: http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following: Users can visit our site anonymously. Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website. Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy changes: • On our Privacy Policy Page Can change your personal information: • By logging in to your account
We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.
It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking
When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of 13 years old, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States’ consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children’s privacy and safety online.
We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old. Do we let third-parties, including ad networks or plug-ins collect PII from children under 13?
The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.
In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur: We will notify you via email • Other Within 1 year We will notify the users via in-site notification • Other Within 1 year
We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.
The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.
We collect your email address in order to: • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions • Process orders and to send information and updates pertaining to orders. • Send you additional information related to your product and/or service • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.
To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following: • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses. • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way. • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters. • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance, if one is used. • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly. • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.
If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us at • Follow the instructions at the bottom of each email. and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.
• The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has responsibility for privacy regulation at the Commonwealth level.22 • A debtor’s personal information should always be treated with respect. The improper use of a debtor’s personal information may cause that person serious difficulties. • There are legal obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) designed to protect the privacy of a debtor’s personal information. • A debtor’s personal information may be regulated by the Privacy Act in a number of ways. • Personal information means information or an opinion, whether it is true or not, about an individual that can reasonably allow the individual to be identified.23
Information handling by private sector organisations is regulated, in part, by the Australian Privacy Principles (the APPs).24 There are several key obligations around handling personal information: • Personal information (other than sensitive information which is discussed below) must not be collected about an individual unless the information is reasonably necessary for one or more of your organisation’s functions or activities. Therefore, only collect information that is reasonably necessary to recover the debt. For example, do not write down extra information about the debtor from an identifying document just because it might be useful. • Sensitive information must not be collected about an individual unless the individual has consented and the information is reasonably necessary for one or more of your organisation’s functions or activities. Some limited exceptions to this rule apply. Sensitive information includes information or an opinion about an individual’s race or religious beliefs, criminal record, health information, or membership of a professional or trade association. • Personal information must be collected only by lawful and fair means and must be collected directly from the debtor, unless this is unreasonable or impracticable.25 • When the debtor’s information is collected, whether from a creditor or from the debtor, take reasonable steps to let the debtor know: • the identity of the organisation collecting the information and how to contact it • the fact that the organisation has collected information and the circumstances of that collection • the purposes for which the information is collected • the main consequences (if any) for the individual if all or part of the information is not provided • any law that requires the particular information to be collected • the organisations (or types of organisations) to which the organisation usually discloses information of that kind • whether the organisation is likely to disclose the information to overseas recipients • the fact that the debtor may access the information collected • how the individual can complain about a breach of the APPs.26 • Do not use or disclose the information for a purpose other than that for which it was collected unless the debtor has consented to that use or disclosure or another exception applies.27 • Do not use or disclose personal information for direct marketing, unless certain matters are satisfied.28 • Before disclosing personal information about a debtor to an overseas recipient, the collector must take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the overseas recipient does not breach the APPs in relation to that information.29 • Caution should be exercised when leaving messages for the debtor that may be seen or accessed by third parties, for example: • business cards or other documentation should not be left for the debtor in any open manner that would allow a third party to infer the nature of your interest in contacting the debtor • voicemail messages should be phrased so as to avoid a third party inferring the nature of your interest in contacting the debtor • at no stage should contact be made by a debtor’s social media account that would compromise the debtor’s privacy, for example, placing a message for the debtor in a way that would allow anyone other than the debtor to view it.
• take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information being collected is accurate, complete and up-to-date. Before using or disclosing the personal information, having regard to the purpose of that use or disclosure, take reasonable steps to ensure the information is accurate, up-to-date, complete and relevant30
• if personal information is kept for any time, ensure it is secure against misuse, interference or loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure
• if the information is no longer needed for any purpose for which the information may be used or disclosed, or required by law or a court to be retained, take reasonable steps to destroy it or permanently de-identify the record31
• the debtor has a right to access and correct the personal information collected and certain procedures must be followed to facilitate that access or correction.32 ### Rights of third parties
• Collectors also have privacy obligations to third parties who they collect personal information from. Under APP 3, the personal information of third parties may only be collected if this is reasonably necessary for one or more functions or activities of the collector. Third parties must also be advised if their personal information is collected.
• Obligations regarding consumer credit reports
• Part IIIA of the Privacy Act also regulates the handling of personal information contained in consumer credit reports.33 Credit providers should take care what information from a credit report is made available to you to recover a debt and ensure that defaults are only listed if the information is correct. For example, a credit provider should not disclose to an externally contracted debt collector a credit report or any information from a credit report apart from:
• details about the debt to be collected
• information that is reasonably necessary in order to identify the individual. In certain circumstances, this may include the name and addresses of the debtor
• any court judgments or bankruptcy orders against the debtor
• personal insolvency information about the debtor
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.
Project Lounge Australia Pty Ltd 32 Kennedy Tce Paddington Qld 4064 Australia [email protected]
Last Edited on 2018-05-08