Privacy policy – Dion for Brides

Privacy policy

PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy sets out how we use and protect any information that you give us when you use this website.

  1. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
  1. We manage your information in accordance with the requirements of the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) and the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) which govern how organisations collect, hold, use and disclose personal information. The APPs also give you rights to know what information an organisation holds about you, and a right to correct it if it is wrong. This document describes how we manage any personal information we have collected about you from the Site.
  1. By accessing the Site and entering your details via ‘contact us’, or subscribing to our mailing list or membership, you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
  1. We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes.

What we collect

  1. We may collect the following information:
  • Name and job title;

  • Contact information including email address and phone number;

  • Demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests; and

  • Other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

What we do with the information we gather

  1. We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:
  • Internal record keeping;

  • Contact you to respond to your queries;

  • We may use the information to improve our products and services;

  • Customise the website according to your interests, tailor your experience of our Site and our communications to you;

  • For internal administrative, marketing and planning requirements;

  • We may periodically send promotional emails about our services, new products, special offers, market research purposes or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided;

  • To compile and report statistics, with all the relevant personal and/or proprietary information de-identified prior to the completion of such statistics; and

  • For purposes that are expressly permitted under any agreement with you.

Manner of Collection

  1. We will use reasonable endeavours to only collect information directly from you. If you are disclosing details of another person (for example, where you are subscribing on their behalf), it is your sole responsibility to ensure that that person understands and consents to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information in the manner set out in this policy.

Security

  1. We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
  1. We will take all reasonable steps to protect the information we hold about you from unauthorised access, use and disclosure, however we cannot guarantee that our systems and stored data will be completely free from third party interception or are free from corruption.

Cookies & Site User Experience Tracking

  1. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
  1. We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
    Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
    You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
  1. We may use Google Analytics Advertising products: Remarketing with Google Analytics and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. Google Analytics collects data about our site traffic via Google Advertising cookies and anonymous identifiers. Data collected via these Google products is not linked with any personally identifiable information you submit while on our Site. If you wish to opt out of the Google Analytics data collection, you may do so on Google's Site at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
  1. As is true of most Site and mobile applications, we and, in some instances, our third party tracking-utility partners gather certain information automatically and store it in log files. This information includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data.
  1. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to analyse trends, to administer the Site, to track users' movements around the Site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole.
  1. Technologies such as: cookies, beacons, tags and scripts are used by us and our partners (marketing and development partners), affiliates, or analytics or service providers (online customer support provider, email marketing system). These technologies are used in analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies on an individual as well as aggregated basis.
  1. We may use local storage objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences.
  1. Third Parties, with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity, use LSOs such as HTML5 to collect and store information.

Social Media Features

  1. The Site includes Social Media Features, such as the Facebook Like and Instagram button. These features may collect your IP address, which page you are visiting on our Site, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. Social media features and widgets are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our Site. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

Links to other websites

  1. Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

Controlling your personal information

  1. You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
  • Whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes;

  • If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing us at info@dionforbrides.com.au and;

  • Click the ‘unsubscribe’ link attached to any relevant promotional email.
  1. We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so, or as otherwise outlined in this policy.
  1. We will retain your information for as long as your subscription is active or as needed to provide you services. We will retain and use your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
  1. From time to time, we will also disclose your personal information (on a confidential basis) to agents and others that we use in the ordinary operation of our business, such as account and billing, shipping and fulfilment, marketing and promotion, user experience research and surveys, Site hosting and support and maintenance. We will only disclose your information to the extent required for the limited purpose of the third party providing services contracted to us so that we may service you. 
  1. We may also disclose aggregated data (in a form that does not identify you individually) to our advisors for the purposes of conducting market and user experience analysis.
  1. If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the following address and we will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect:

    Dion for Brides
    468 Fitzgerald Street
    NORTH PERTH. WA. 6006

    info@dionforbrides.com.au

If you have any concerns

  1. If you have any concerns about how we handle your personal information or require further information regarding this privacy policy, please contact us at info@dionforbrides.com.au

  2. This document represents our policy as at 01 May 2021. We may change this document from time to time to reflect changes to our information practices. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the e-mail address specified in your account) or by means of a prominent notice on this Site prior to the change becoming effective. We encourage you to regularly review this statement to inform yourself of any amendments.