Privacy Policy
WE TAKE YOUR PRIVACY SERIOUSLY. YOU HAVE RIGHTS IN RELATION TO YOUR PRIVACY AND HOW OTHER PEOPLE USE AND HANDLE YOUR DATA.
Your privacy is important to us, which is why we’ve created this Privacy Policy which describes how your personal information is collected, used and shared when you visit or make a purchase from Respectfully Melbourne via our website located at www.respectfullymelbourne.com.au (‘the Site’). This statement describes:
- What personal information we collect;
- How we use your personal information;
- How we share the information we collect;
- How we transfer your information internationally; and
- How you can access and control your information.
Definitions
In this Privacy Statement:
- Any reference to ‘Company’, ‘us’, ‘we’ or ‘our’ means Respectfully Melbourne;
- Gift Recipient means an individual that you gift one of our products to by making a purchase through the Site;
- Personal Information means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person and includes both Device Information and Order Information.
How do we collect non-Personal Information?
When you visit our Site, we collect non-Personal Information from you, including which sections of the Site are most frequently visited, how often, and for how long. This data is always used as aggregated, non-Personal Information. We may analyze this non-Personal Information and release it to third parties in an aggregated form.
How do we collect Personal Information?
Like many websites, when you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information through the use of “cookies”, web beacons, device identifiers, pixels, and other technologies including information about your web browser, IP address, and time zone. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as ‘Device Information’.
We collect Device Information using the following technologies:
- “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier;
- “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps;
- “Web beacons”, “tags” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.
When you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect the following information (which includes Personal Information) from you:
- Your name;
- Email address;
- Phone number;
- Credit card information (we don’t have access to your actual credit card details and we don’t store your credit card details as this information is handled by our payment gateway);
- Billing address;
- Gift Recipient’s name;
- Gift Recipient’s delivery address, (together, the ‘Order Information’).
How do we use Personal Information?
We use the Order Information that we collect to fulfil any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations). Additionally, we use this Order Information to:
- Communicate with you;
- Communicate with the Gift Recipient to troubleshoot any delivery problems;
- Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
- When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
We use the Device Information that we collect to:
- Screen for potential risk and fraud;
- Improve and optimise our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns); and
- Recognise you across different services and devices.
For European residents - Subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), being Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases to process personal information:
- Where you have given your consent;
- Where the processing is necessary to perform a contract that we have with you, for example when you purchase our products; and
- Our legitimate business interests, such as improving and developing our products and services and marketing new features or products.
You may at any time refuse to provide the Personal Information that we request. However, this may limit or prohibit our ability to provide our products and services to you. You may withdraw your consent for us to process your Personal Information at any time by contacting us in accordance with our ‘Contact us’ section below.
Sharing Personal InformationRespectfully Melbourne will only use or disclose your personal information as permitted under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (http://www.privacy.gov.au). We only share your Personal Information with third parties that meet the data privacy conditions described in this Privacy Statement. These third parties help us use your Personal Information, as described above, and include:
- Logistics providers, so that we can fulfil our delivery service;
- Product tracking and marketing platforms, communications platforms, and contractors who we engage to help process Personal Information and other data;
- Government third parties, including government agencies, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies as required, authorised, or permitted by law; and
- A third party that acquires or intends to acquire Respectfully Melbourne or its assets.
Sharing your personal Information
We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above. For example, we use Shopify to power our online store--you can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy. We also use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site -- you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Behavioural advertising
As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
You can opt out of targeted advertising by using the links below:
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads
- Google: https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous
- Bing: https://advertise.bingads.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/policies/personalized-ads
Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.
Do not track
Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.
Your Personal Information may be transferred to third parties, including persons and businesses outside your home country, including in the United States of America and other countries where the privacy laws may not be as protective. These transfers are made to assist us in providing you with our products and services and/or to improve the products and services we offer you. When we transfer information to countries other than your own, we take reasonable steps to ensure that the recipients of such information do not breach the applicable privacy laws, such as the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and, where appropriate, the GDPR, by entering into contractual arrangements with such third parties.
Voluntary disclosure of Personal Information
We may make available on our Site, or link to, certain opportunities for our customers and other users to share information online (e.g., on message boards). Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose Personal Information online, that information becomes public and can be collected and used by others. We have no control over, and take no responsibility for, the use, storage, or dissemination of such publicly-disclosed Personal Information. By posting Personal Information online in public forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from third parties.
Changing or deleting your Personal Information
You may access, review, update, rectify, or delete your Personal Information by contacting us. We will respond to all requests within 30 days. Please note that deleting your Personal Information may limit our ability to provide the service to you. We may limit or reject your request in certain cases, including without limitation where the burden or expense of providing access would be disproportionate to the risks to your privacy in the case question, where the rights of other persons would be violated, or as required by law. If you need further assistance regarding your access and control of your Personal Information, please contact us.
Security
We follow generally accepted industry standards to protect the Personal Information submitted to us, both during transmission and once we receive it (including encryption and password protection). Each of our employees is aware of our security policies, and your information is only available to those employees who need it to perform their jobs. However, no method of transmission over the Internet using industry-standard technology is 100% secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.
Data Retention
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information, and other personal information you have provided, for our records because we need this information to operate the accounts you have with us, to deliver our products and services to you, and for the other purposes set out in the ‘How do we collect Personal Information?’ section. We will retain this information unless and until you ask us to delete this information.
Minors
We do not knowingly advertise or collect Personal Information from any individual under the age of 18. If we later find out that we have collected Personal Information from an individual under the age of 18, we suspend and remove this Personal Information immediately. If you are the parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at the address below to request deletion.
Changes to Privacy Statement
We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Statement at any time to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. If we make material changes to this Privacy Statement, you will be notified via email (if we have your contact information) or otherwise in some manner through our services that we deem reasonably likely to reach you. Any modifications to this Privacy Statement will be effective upon our publication of the new terms and/or upon implementation of the new changes to our services (or as otherwise indicated at the time of publication). In all cases, your continued use of our services or Site after the publication of any modified Privacy Statement indicates your acceptance of the terms of the modified Privacy Statement.
GDPR
If you are a resident of the European Union for the purposes of the GDPR, then in addition to what is set out above, the following applies to you. Respectfully Melbourne is a data controller and processor for the purposes of the GDPR and by your consenting to this Privacy Statement Respectfully Melbourne is able to process your Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Statement. In providing our products and services to you, we may make use of a number of automated processes using your Personal Information and your activity on our Site as tracked by us, in order to provide optimised services to you.
In addition to your rights set out above, you may:
- Update or rectify any of the Personal Information we hold about you, in the manner described in the ‘Changing or Deleting your Personal Information’ section above;
- Withdraw your consent to our use of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Statement. This can be done by contacting us directly, using the details set out in the ‘Contact us’ section;
- Request that we provide you with a copy of the Personal Information we hold about you in a portable and machine-readable form or share your Personal Information with a nominated third party. This can be done by contacting us directly, using the details set out in the ‘Contact us’ section. If you are unhappy with our data practices, you also have a right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by email at hello@respectfullymelbourne.com or by phone on 0409653452.
Further information about the application of the Privacy Act can be found at the website of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner at http://www.privacy.gov.au
This Privacy Policy is effective from 29 July 2024. As this Privacy Policy is updated from time to time, to obtain a copy of the latest version at any time, contact Respectfully Melbourne by telephone or email as set out above.
