Austin Business Services (“us”, “we”, or “our”) owns and operates austinbiz.com.au (“Site”). This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which we collect, use, maintain and disclose information collected from users (each, a “User”) of the Site. By using the Site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
What personal data we collect and how it is used
Personal Identification Information
We may collect personal identification information from Users in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when Users visit our site, fill out a form, and in connection with other activities, services, features or resources we make available on our Site. Users may visit our Site anonymously. We will collect personal identification information from Users only if they voluntarily submit such information to us. Users can always refuse to supply personally identification information, except that it may prevent them from engaging in certain Site related activities.
Non-Personal Identification Information
We may collect non-personal identification information about Users whenever they interact with our Site. Non-personal identification information may include the browser name, the type of computer and technical information about Users means of connection to our Site, such as the operating system and the Internet service providers utilised and other similar information.
Use of Information while using the Site
We may use your information to display the content on the Site correctly, to personalise the website content and to enhance the User experience.
Communications
We may use your Personal Information to contact you to reply to your enquiries. With your permission, we may also send you newsletters, marketing or promotional materials, if you have opted in.
Comments
When Users leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Web Browser Cookies
Our Site may use “cookies” to enhance User experience. User’s web browser places cookies on their hard drive for record-keeping purposes and sometimes to track information about them. User may choose to set their web browser to refuse cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If they do so, note that some parts of the Site may not function properly.
Comment Form Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. Cookies are stored on your computer or device. You can clear browser cookies at any time.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
User Account Cookies
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. Cookies are stored on your computer or device. You can clear browser cookies at any time.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded Content Cookies
Pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Google, Bing & Facebook Analytics Data
Just like most other websites, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
Who we share your personal data with
We do not share or sell your personal data or information.
For how long do we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For Users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
We reserve the right to update our Privacy Policy at any time. We recommend you check our Privacy Policy periodically. At the time of any update to our Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us or by placing a prominent notice on the home page of our website. Your continued use of the Site after any update to this Privacy Policy on this page will be deemed as your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the updated Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
For further information about our Privacy Policy or any other matter you may contact us from our contact page – click here.