Policy as at: 28 February 2021
Hello from the Beyond the Bay team! You’ve clicked to read more about our privacy policy. This stuff may be a bit boring to you, but it your privacy is really important to us - so we want you to know how we’re using your personal information.
By using this website, we do collect information and want to tell you about the ways in which we use it.
We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?
Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses, phone and facsimile numbers.
This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including by email, via our website, from cookies, and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties. We collect information from you when you, for example, subscribe to a newsletter, fill out a form or enter information on our site.
We collect information to:
To better suit your needs and to offer you relevant product and services;
To improve our website in order to better serve you;
To occasionally send emails regarding the website. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time.
Third Parties
Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.
Disclosure of Personal Information
Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:
• Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and
• Where required or authorised by law.
Security of Personal Information
Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.
When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.
Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information
It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.
Other Privacy Terms and Conditions
Gathering your personal data: Like most blogs, Beyond The Bay may collect and store your information upon visiting our website so we can analyse our content performance and improve your overall experience here. This type of information includes your browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of your visit. Beyond the Bay also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
Voluntarily submitted data: There may be times that you leave a comment on a blog post, subscribe to our e-newsletter, or input some other data into our website. This could include your name, email address and or/website URL. This is required to improve your experience on our website and will not be shared or sold to third parties.
Cookies we use: You probably would have heard of cookies by now. They are are small data files stored on your browser by the website to help provide you with a more customised, personalised experience. Beyond the Bay does use cookies, and you will be notified through a pop-up box about this. Feel free to turn off cookies at anytime by changing your browser settings. If you wish to disable the use of cookies or customise your cookie preferences, most browsers allow you to do this by clicking the “Help” tab of the menu bar.
More on Cookies:
Third-party cookies are commonly used in advertising and analytics, and they are created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels etc. may be placed on Beyond the Bay to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize Google AdSense’s placement of ads.
Google and Squarespace Analytics: We collect various data for the purposes of analytics, such as Squarespace and Google Analytics. This information may include your location, time you spent on the website, which pages you clicked and others. These Analytical programs do not capture any personal information.
Our E-Newsletter: Beyond the Bay utilises the Squarespace e-newsletter functionality from time to time. This is an opt-in function, where you can opt-in and choose to receive communications from us. You can opt-out and cease communications from us at any time.
Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to manage all third-party advertising on Beyond the Bay. Google AdSense places advertisements on our pages, sometimes depending on your cookies. You can find out more about Google AdSense here.
Privacy Policy Updates
This Policy may change from time to time at Beyond the Bay’s discretion at no notice. Our Privacy Policy will always be available to read, so feel free to check in at any time to read the latest, most updated version of our policy.
Privacy Policy Complaints and Enquiries
If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at: contact@beyondthebay.co or asherxmanagement@outlook.com.