Privacy
Privacy Policy and Consent to Use of Data
Important:
by submitting personal data manually or in electronic form to Wandering Folk
Pty Ltd and/or by using our website you give your consent that all personal
data that you submit may be processed by us in the manner and for the purposes
described below.
Introduction to Privacy Policy
This
Privacy Policy describes the current policies and practices of Wandering
Folk Pty Ltd (“Wandering Folk”) with regard to Personal Data
collected by us from you directly and/or through www.WanderingFolk.com
(“Website”). The term “Personal Data” refers to personally identifiable
information about you, such as your name, e-mail address or mailing address and
telephone number.
Notification of Changes to this Policy
We
continually improve our methods of communication and add new functionality and
features to this Website. Because of these ongoing changes, changes in the law
and the changing nature of technology, our data practices will change from time
to time. If and when our data practices change, we will (as soon as
practicable) post the changes on this Website to notify you of the changes. We
encourage you to check this page frequently.
What information do we collect?
You
may use this Website to register to receive additional information or services
from us. We store the information you give us manually or electronically in our
databases. When you register, we ask you for contact information like your
name, postal address and e-mail address.
Use of Personal Data
We
will process your Personal Data in order to promote our products and services.
We will use your personal data to develop the Website to include more material
that you may like, and to introduce new features. We process your Personal Data
only for specific and limited purposes. We ask only for data that is adequate,
relevant and not excessive for those purposes. When we ask you for Personal
Data, we tell you the purposes for which we will process that data. Such
purposes include the following: -
We may contact you occasionally to inform you of new products and
services that we will be providing.
We may use your Personal Data for marketing purposes and market
research.
We may use your Personal Data internally to help us improve our
services.
We may us your Personal Data for any purposes which you agree to in
connection with a specific promotion (for example, where you enter a
competition run by us, we will tell you how we will use your Personal Date
submitted in your entry, if it differs from the General Privacy Policy).
It is your choice
If
you do not wish to receive information from us and want to be removed from our
standard mailing list, please e-mail us at care@wanderingfolk.com
Anonymous Data Collected through this Website
We
collect anonymous information about the use of our Website. For example, we use
technology to track which pages of our Website our visitors view and to compile
statistics about our visitors and their use of our Website. We use technology
to track how often hyperlinks are used and which pages on our Website our
visitors choose to view.
Cookies
Cookies
by themselves cannot be used to discover the identity of the user. A cookie is
a small piece of information that is sent to your browser and stored on your
computer’s hard drive. Cookies do not damage your computer. You can set your
browser to notify you when you receive a cookie. This enables you to decide if
you want to accept it or not. Cookies tell us which parts of the Website you
visit and how long you spend on each page. In order to collect the anonymous
data described in the preceding paragraph, we may use temporary cookies that
collect the first level domain name of the user (for example, if your e-mail
address is “jane@bigmail.com,” the cookie collects the “bigmail.com” portion of
your e-mail address) and the date and time you accessed this Website. We also
use your IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer
our Website. An IP address is a numeric code that identifies your computer on a
network, or in this case, the Internet. Your IP address is also used to gather
broad demographic information, such as determining how many of our visitors are
from outside Australia.
Disclosure of your Personal Data
We
do not share, sell or distribute your Personal Data with unrelated third
parties, except under these limited circumstances: Personal Data may
occasionally be transferred to third parties who act for us for further
processing in accordance with the purposes for which the data was originally collected
or for purposes to which you have subsequently consented. For example,
sometimes a third party may have access to your Personal Data in order to
handle mailings on our behalf. We may share or transfer the information in our
databases to comply with a legal requirement, for the administration of
justice, to protect your vital interests, to protect the security or integrity
of our databases or this Website, to take precautions against legal liability,
or in the event of our sale, merger, reorganization, dissolution or similar
event. We may share or transfer the information in our databases for marketing
purposes with our associated or subsidiary companies. Where appropriate, before
disclosing Personal Data to a third party, we contractually require the third
party to take adequate precautions to protect that data.
Data Integrity and Security
We
strive to maintain the reliability, accuracy, completeness and currency of
Personal Data in our databases and to protect the privacy and security of our
databases. We keep your Personal Data only for as long as reasonably necessary
for the purposes for which it was collected. Our servers and our databases are
protected by industry standard security technology, such as network address
translation and password protection. The employees who have access to Personal
Data have been trained to handle such data properly and in accordance with our
security protocols and strict standards of confidentiality. Although we cannot
guarantee against any loss, misuse, unauthorized disclosure, alteration or
destruction of data, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences. Link to
other Websites
This
Website may contain hyperlinks to Websites that are not operated or supervised
by us. This privacy policy will not apply to information collected on those
sites, so we urge you to review any privacy policy posted on any site you visit
before using the site or providing any Personal Data about yourself.
Transfer of Data Abroad
We
may, from time to time, transfer your Personal Data to our office in the
Australia. If the level of privacy protection in any such country does not
comply with recognized international standards, we will ensure that data
transferred are adequately protected and that the transfer of data to third
parties in such countries is made pursuant to a contract or other measures
providing adequate protection. The Internet is made up of a large number of
international connections. In visiting this Website, the various communications
may result in the transfer of information across international boundaries. By
visiting this Website and communicating electronically with us, you consent to
these transfers.
Company Registration Particulars
Registered
Office: Wandering Folk Pty Ltd, 4A/11 Banksia Drive, Byron Bay NSW
2481. ABN 25 626 892 126