Privacy Policy
This policy describes how Bee Wild Outside (BWO, we, us, or our) collects, manages, stores uses, and discloses your personal information. It contains the broad privacy framework within which we operate, and should be read in conjunction with any:
supplementary privacy policies; and
implementation procedures,
that we introduce or vary from time to time.
If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not provide us with your personal information.
DEFINITIONS
To explain some of the terminologies which commonly appear in this policy:
Information and records
Information and records may be in electronic or hard copy form. This policy does not extend to information or records that are publicly available, or that would constitute an “employee record” as defined by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act).
Personal information
Personal information is information or an opinion that identifies you, or from which your identity can be reasonably ascertained (irrespective of whether the information or opinion is true or not, and regardless of the form in which it is recorded).
Sensitive information
Sensitive information is an important type of personal information relating to your:
biometrics;
criminal record;
genetics;
health;
membership of political association;
member of a professional or trade association;
membership of a trade unionl
philosophical beliefs;
political opinions;
racial or ethnic origin;
religious beliefs or affiliations; or
sexual orientation or practices.
HOW DOES BWO COLLECT AND HOLD PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We collect personal information in a number of ways, including:
• directly from you, via email, telephone, post, when you purchase our services, participate in our promotions or competitions, register as a user of our website or when you join one of our clubs or programs, in person, via our website or by forms that you complete and submit to us; and
• from third parties to whom you make payments in connection with our services, or to whom you provide personal details in connection with the receipt of marketing materials. This includes third parties who you authorize to provide us with personal information.
Sometimes it is not practicable or reasonable to obtain personal information from you. In those circumstances, we may collect the personal information from third parties. If this occurs, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the collection, and why it was necessary and reasonable in the circumstances.
Cookies
Our website uses ‘cookies’ to improve your browser experience. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded and stored onto your computer’s browser directory when you visit a particular website. By using our website you consent to our use of cookies.
Cookies are used to track the pages and services you visit on our website and to ensure that you are able to move freely across our website without the need to re-enter information that you have already provided.
We use cookies to collect information including:
• your computer’s IP address and other technical information;
• the date and time at which you access our website and the duration of your visit;
• the pages and content that you viewed during your visit; and
• the type of browser you are using.
It is possible to disable cookies by adjusting your Internet browser’s setting, such that it refuses cookies. However, our website may not function correctly in the event that your browser refuses cookies. For an optimal browsing experience, we recommend that you allow the use of cookies.
Personal information
We will only solicit and collect personal information if:
• it is reasonably necessary in order for us to provide our services and conduct our functions and activities; or
• we are permitted to do so by law.
Sensitive information
We will only solicit and collect sensitive information if:
• we have your consent, and it is reasonably necessary for us to collect sensitive information to enable us to carry out relevant functions or activities; or
• we are permitted to do so by law.
WHAT TYPES OF PERSONAL INFORMATION DOES BWO COLLECT AND HOLD?
Depending upon how you interact with us, we may collect the following types of personal information from you:
• your name, gender and date of birth;
• your email address;
• your occupation, job title and place of business;
• the technology you use to access our services;
• your residential and postal address;
• telephone numbers;
• government related identifiers, such as tax file numbers;
• your bank account or financial details.
You may refuse to provide personal information to us. However, if you exercise this right of refusal, it may affect our ability to meet our obligations to you or to a third-party agency.
You may also deal with us anonymously or by using a pseudonym. However, if you do so, we may be prevented from providing you with accurate or useful information, and you may not be able to access our full range of services.
WHY DOES BWO COLLECT, HOLD, USE AND DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION?
We may collect, hold and use your personal information for a number of reasons including:
• to provide information in relation to our services, including those we consider may be of interest to you in the future;
• to administer and manage processes that are key to our operations, such as processing orders for our services;
• to create an online user profile for you to access our services;
• to determine your eligibility for certain types of offers, goods or services that may be of interest to you;
• to answer your queries, provide you with information you may have requested and generally conduct dealings with you; and
• to comply with legislative or other legal requirements.
We may disclose your personal information for a number of reasons including:
• to identify you and verify your age, identity and financial information;
• to provide our services to you or the organization that you represent,;
• to improve our website and the services that we provide;
• to communicate with you; and
• for other purposes which are related, or directly related (in the case of sensitive information), to the purpose for which your information was initially collected.
We may disclose your personal information to:
• our related parties;
• other companies or individuals that assist us to provide our services, or to administer our internal operations. This includes:
o electronic transactions/payment service providers, to process orders for our services.
There are also a limited number of circumstances in which the Privacy Act permits the use or disclosure of your personal information, without your consent. An example of this is where the use or disclosure is necessary to prevent a serious and imminent threat to any person’s life, health or safety or a serious threat to public health or safety.
USE OF THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE
As at July 18 2020, our website uses the following services and technologies that are supplied by third parties:
Square Space
Mailchimp
Google Analytics
Click Funnels
Stripe
Paypal
Your personal information may be collected directly by the third-party providers of the above mentioned services and technologies, when you input personal information via our website. You should review the privacy policies of third parties who provide those technologies, to ensure that you are satisfied with the manner in which they collect, manage, store, use and disclose your personal information. Except where we state otherwise in this policy, those third parties’ dealings in your personal information are not subject to our control and we are not sponsored, affiliated or associated with those providers.
DIRECT MARKETING
We may collect, store and use your personal information to market our services to you, where you have provided your implied or express consent for us to do so. Consent may be implied when you have purchased services from us, joined one of our clubs or programs, entered into a competition or promotion conducted by us, where you have subscribed to receive information from us or where you have enquired about services that we provide.
You may always opt out of receiving marketing material by contacting us directly, using the details provided on our website, or using the method that is provided in any of our electronic marketing communications to you.
We will not disclose your personal information to a third party for the purposes of marketing a third party’s products or services to you, without your consent.
CROSS-BORDER DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
Personal information submitted on this website will be stored on the Cloud (that is, the internet). To assist BWO to store and access your personal information on the Cloud, BWO may store your personal information with, or allow it to be accessed by, overseas third parties who provide:
• software and maintenance services for the Cloud;
As those third parties are situated, and store content, offshore (including in jurisdictions such as US, Canada, Australia, UK, New Zealand, Philippines), your personal information may be transmitted, disclosed, stored or accessed to and from overseas jurisdictions.
If you submit your personal information on this website, you are consenting to the transmission, disclosure, storage and access of your personal information by third parties in overseas jurisdictions. In that respect, APP 8 which ordinarily obliges BWO to take reasonable steps to ensure that overseas recipients of your personal information do not breach the APPs (except APP 1) will not apply.
Please note that if any of those overseas recipients handle your personal information in a manner which is inconsistent, or does not comply, with the APPs:
• to the maximum extent permitted by law, BWO will not be accountable under the Privacy Act for any resulting loss or damage that you may suffer;
• to the maximum extent permitted by law, you will not be able to seek redress against BWO under the Privacy Act;
• the overseas recipient may not be subject to any privacy obligations at all, or to any principles similar to the APPs;
• you may not be able to seek redress against the overseas recipient in their jurisdiction; and
• in holding your personal information, the overseas recipient may be subject to foreign laws which compel their disclosure of your personal information to other parties, such as overseas government authorities.
MORE INFORMATION
If you have any questions or require further information, please contact us by e-mail at alex@beewildoutside.com