A FEW WORDS ON PRIVACY
We’re a local winery that cares for our customers. We don’t share your information with other parties, and we certainly don’t spam people. Here’s the lowdown on how your information is used.
In short, you’re in safe hands.
How we use your data
At Contentious Character we are committed to the open and transparent management of your personal information, in line with our obligations under the privacy laws and to you as a valued customer. To offer the goods and services we provide in our business as an online retailer, we will need to collect personal information. Personal information is defined as information that can identify you in some way.
This policy sets out how we collect and use personal information, including: how we collect and protect your information; how we use your information; disclosure of information; our compliance with direct marketing and spam laws; offshore disclosure of information; and how you can correct information or complain about our use of your personal information. We will only collect information in accordance with the law, the Australian Privacy Principles and through fair means.
The 13 Australian Privacy Principles can be found at http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-resources/privacy-fact-sheets/other/privacy-fact-sheet-17-australian-privacy-principles
How we collect and protect your data
We only collect personal information with your consent, and which is necessary for our business. We collect this information so we can deliver our goods and services to you, carry on our business and provide you with anything else you might require.
On signing up, and placing an order, we will collect from you: your name, email contact, phone number, address, date of birth; and your credit card details if you select that payment method (we do not store credit card details, only payment tokens via our secure payment gateway Stripe). On signing up, you will have an option to also provide your personal preferences in wines so we can tailor our offers to your needs. At all times you will be able to opt out.
When you visit our website we may automatically collect information about: your computer’s operating system; your computer’s browser type and capability, your computer’s Internet Protocol (IP) Address and geolocation; pages visited on our site, including how you were referred to each page; and web page usage statistics, including the time spent on each web page.
We may record phone calls for customer service training purposes. We will not identify users or their browsing activities except where we are compelled to by law or in accordance with our website Terms and Conditions.
We store this information on secure cloud servers. These servers are protected by best practice cloud security measures which are in place to protect your personal information from loss, unauthorised access, unauthorised use, modification, disclosure or any other misuse.
Use of your personal information
We use your personal information for the purpose of carrying on our business as an online retailer, including securing payment for and delivering your orders and any other related activities that you may expect from us.We also use that information, or for a related secondary purpose where you would reasonably expect us to use the information or where permitted by law. We use the sort of information collected from your computer (mentioned in point 4 of ‘Collecting and looking after your information’) for the purposes of managing our website, improving our business and ultimately delivering better results for our customers. Use of your information will only be made in accordance with Australian Privacy Principle 6.
Disclosure of your personal information
If we do disclose your personal information it will only be for the primary purpose for which it was collected or for a related secondary purpose where you would reasonably expect us disclose the information.
We may disclose your personal information in any other way that is required or authorised by you or the law.
We may disclose your personal information, with consent, for the purpose of carrying on our business as an online retailer and any other related activities that you may expect from us.
Typical situations where your consent will be implied include, but are not limited to disclosure to third parties that provide services such as our payment gateway, marketing, logistic and technology support which are required to fulfil a transaction. In addition, disclosure of your information will only be made in accordance with Australian Privacy Principle 6.
Direct marketing and spam
We will only use your information for direct marketing (advertising, special offers, updates etc) if you have given express or implied consent to receive it.
We will only ever send you direct marketing communications that are consistent with our obligations under Australian Privacy Principle 7 and the Spam Act 2003 (Cth).
We will always make it clear and simple to opt out of these communications and will respond to an opt out request within 5 business days.
There are lots of links that will allow you to opt-out of direct marketing communications on the communications themselves but if they aren’t showing up, for whatever reason, please email info@contenciouscharacter.com.au to request an opt-out.
Your rights to correct or complain
We are only allowed to, and only want to, keep your personal information if it is correct.
At any time you can contact us and seek access to or correction of the personal information we hold about you.
We are contactable by email at
info@contentiouscharacter.com.au
If you wish to complain about a breach of your rights under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) please contact us on the email providing details of your complaint in writing. We will respond to any complaint within 30 days. If you aren’t happy with our response you can complain directly to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at http://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/making-a-privacy-complaint
If you have any questions about privacy, your personal information, direct marketing, spam or our obligations or this policy please contact us at
info@contentiouscharacter.com.au
This Privacy Policy was last updated on January 2017.