Modification Date: December 24, 2018
Effective Date: December 24, 2018
Who we are
Our website address is: http://starttravellingaustralia.com.
Hi. Roxy here. Just like you, I care about the use of my personal information online, so it is only fair I provide you with insight into the privacy practices employed here at Starttravellingaustralia.com.
Particular areas of the world now require different privacy disclosures, so please read the entire policy to make sure you understand our practices fully.
We are committed to being transparent when it comes to our privacy practices for Start Travelling Australia Right on Starttravellingaustralia.com (“STAR”). We created this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) to explain our practices so you know what to expect when visiting us or submitting information.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
1. INFORMATION COLLECTION PRACTICES
(a) Categories of Personally Identifiable Information. We collect personally identifiable information from you as follows:
(i) General Contact – If you contact us with a question, we will collect your name and email address so that we can respond to the request.
(ii) Comments – If you submit a comment, we collect your name and email address. You may use an anonymous name.
(iii) Requests To Be Guests – You may submit a request to appear as a guest on the START TRAVELLING AUSTRALIA RIGHT PODCAST (“PODCAST”). When you do so, we ask you for information including, but not limited to, the following:
1. Name
2. Email Address
3. Phone Number
4. Skype ID
6. Questions about your time in Australia and what you have learnt
7. Your budget for your travels
8. Who you may have travelled with and some of their story
9. Struggles you may have incurred
10. Any advice you would like to share
iv) Episode Content – If you are chosen to appear on a PODCAST episode, we will ask you questions about yourself and your Australian Adventure that will be recorded and broadcasted as part of the episode. All episodes are available to the general public as will be any personal information you provide in the episode in question.
(b) Modification or Removal Process. Please contact us if you wish to modify your information.
(c) Privacy Policy Modifications and Updates. We may update and modify this Privacy Policy. If we modify or update the policy, we will post a notice on the Privacy Policy page on Starttravellingaustralia.com for 30 days prior to the change going into effect.
d) Effective Date: The effective date of this new privacy policy shall be December 24, 2018.
(e) Do Not Track Signals. We do not currently honor “do not track” signals issued by browsers or other third party sources.
(f) Third Party Tracking: As a matter of transparency, we’ve decided to disclose to you whether third parties can acquire and track your personally identifiable information through our website. Google and other sites listed below can track you through STAR as we use their services for social media and infrastructure purposes. Google participates in the NIA opt-out program. You can visit this link to terminate most tracking. You can also visit the following sites to read their privacy policies and how they track individuals across the web:
2. COMMENTS
When visitors 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.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
3. 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.
What Additional Information do we Collect?
1. AUTOMATIC COLLECTION
Our servers automatically recognize visitors’ domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. We may also gather anonymous aggregate “traffic data” that does not personally identify you, but that may be helpful for marketing purposes or for improving the services we offer.
2.COOKIES& CONTACT FORMS
We may use “cookies” to store a small piece of data on your computer during your visit to collect information. The cookies are used to gain information on how you locate and interact with STAR.
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.
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.
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.
3. EMBEDDED CONTENT FROM OTHER WEBSITES
Articles 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.
Who we share your data with
1. HOW LONG 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.
2. 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.
3. WHERE WE SEND YOUR DATA
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
4. USE AND SHARING OF INFORMATION
(a) PERSONAL INFORMATION. We will not share personal information you submit to us as part of an inquiry with anyone but our vendors who might accidentally interact with the information. Comments you submit will be viewed by the public via the third-party Disqus commenting platform we use to facilitate comments on STAR. If you submit information as part of a request to appear as a guest on the PODCAST, the personal information will be made available to the public as part of your episode appearance.
(b) ANONYMOUS INFORMATION. We use anonymous information to analyse our traffic. In addition, we may use anonymous IP addresses to help diagnose technical issues with STAR. Traffic and transaction information may also be shared with business partners and advertisers on an aggregate and anonymous basis. Your personal information will not be detailed in this aggregate data.
(c) USE OF COOKIES. We use information obtained from cookies to analyse your use of STAR and to make appropriate adjustments to our business strategies.
(d) DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION. We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (1) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on STAR, (2) protect and defend the rights or property of STAR or the visitors and guests of PODCAST, or (3) act under exigent circumstances to protect the safety of the public or our visitors.
(e) SALE OF INFORMATION. We may sell all or part of STAR in the future. If we do, your personal information will be considered part of the assets sold to the buyer and your personal information will be transferred to the buyer as part of the sale.
(f) DMCA CLAIM DISCLOSURES. We comply with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, better known as the “DMCA”. Should we receive a claim of copyright infringement, we will comply with the safe harbor requirements of the DMCA. Part of that compliance may require the disclosure of your identity if you are either the allegedly infringing party or the party filing the copyright infringement complaint.
5. SECURITY
STAR has reasonable security measures in place such as Secure Sockets Layer protocols to prevent the loss, misuse, and alteration of the information that we obtain from you, but we make no assurances about our ability to prevent any such loss, misuse, to you or to any third party arising out of any such loss, misuse, or alteration. If we suffer a data breach, we will provide notice pursuant to legal requirements.
6. THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
The Site contains links to and interfaces with third party websites and online platforms. These websites and online platforms have established their own privacy policies. You are encouraged to read those documents as we have no control over their provisions and said documents may differ greatly from our privacy practices.
If you have any questions about this Policy, please contact us.
If You are Located In the EU
1. What Personal Data Do We Collect From You?
Personal data is information that can be used to identify you such as your name, IP address, and email address. As a business, we collect personal data from you in a number of ways including:
(1.) Opt-In To Email Course: Your name and email address.
(2.) Waiting List: Your name and email address.
(3.) Start Travelling Australia Right Supporters: You name, email address, billing information and payment source.
(4.) Submitting Questions: Your name, email address, and question.
(5.) Join our Community: Your name and email address, Facebook add.
(6.) Podcast Guest: Your name and email address.
(7.) Transaction: You name, email address, billing information and payment source.
2. What Is The Purpose of Processing Your Personal Data?
We collect the information above for the following purposes.
(1.) Opt-In To Email Course: To provide you with information on the course in question and the topic in general.
(2.) Waiting List: To let you know when a course or service opens or is closing.
(3.) Start Travelling Australia Right Supporters: To share your stories with future travellers so they can set themselves upright for the future with your advice and wisdom.
(4.) Submitting Questions: To answer questions you might have for us.
(5.) Join our Community: To send you messages regarding Facebook updates and community involvement.
(6.) Podcast Guest: To share your stories with future travellers so they can set themselves upright for the future with your advice and wisdom.
(7.) Transaction: To process a purchase you make with us.
3. What Legal Basis Do We Have For Collecting and Processing Your Information?
Websites must have a legal basis for collecting information from individuals located in the European Union. Our legal basis for each of the ways we collect information from you is as follows.
Please note where consent forms the basis, you can withdraw consent at any time by contacting Roxanne Prophet or opting out of any email message using the “unsubscribe” link.
(1.) Opt-In To Email Course: We will ask for your consent first.
(2.) Waiting List: We will ask for your consent first.
(3.) Start Travelling Australia Right Supporters: We will ask for your consent first.
(4.) Submitting Questions: We have an allowed legitimate interest in providing a response to your questions and need to use your data to do so. We will not use the data for other purposes.
(5.) Join our Community: We will ask for your consent first.
(6.) Podcast Guest: We will ask for your consent first.
(7.) Transaction: We will collect your information as part of a legal contractual transaction.
“Legitimate interests” for processing your personal information exist where you submit the information with an expectation that it will be processed and there is no undue impact on you.
If you disagree or have questions, please contact Roxanne Prophet at roxy@starttravellingaustralia.com and we will cease the processing of your data under this legal basis.
4. Who Has Access To The Data We Collect?
We process and access to the data we collect from you. However, we use third parties to assist us with processing your personal data including the following categories of recipients:
Financial transaction processors (processing your payments)
Customer service communication platform
Contest and survey platform
Email communication manager
Marketing funnel providers
Website management services
Website design and programming services
These third parties have signed a contract with us in which they are prohibited from utilizing, sharing or retaining your personal data for any purpose other than we dictate.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
This site uses cookies and similar technologies to track particular aspects of you and other people who visit us. This tracking is done to provide us with information on how people move about the site, what is of interest to them and what is not, how our marketing is performing, and incidental items such as what percentage of users access the site from a personal computer versus a mobile phone. You may block most cookies by adjusting your browser settings as well as responding to the cookie consent notice that appears when you visit this site.
6. How Long Do We Keep Your Data?
We keep your personal data for different periods of time depending on the reason it was gathered in the first place.
(1.) Opt-In To Email Course: 36 months
(2.) Waiting List: 24 months
(3.) Start Travelling Australia Right Supporters: Until asked to be removed by contributor or content becomes out of date.
(4.) Submitting Questions: Five years
(5.) Join our Community: Until asked to be removed by contributor or content becomes out of date.
(6.) Podcast Guest: Until asked to be removed by contributor or content becomes out of date.
(7.) Transaction: Four years for tax audit purposes.If a legal claim arises involving your data, we will store and disclose that data until the matter has resolved.
7. Your Right To Ask For Corrections, Erasure, And Export Of Your Data.
You have the right to control your personal data. Specifically, you have the following rights:
The right to be informed: We are informing you now with this policy.
The right of access: We’ll provide you with the data we have about you.
The right to rectification: Request we fix incorrect data about you.
The right to erasure: Request we erase certain data about you.
The right to restrict processing: Ask us to restrict certain type of processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability: Ask us to provide your personal data we have for export.
The right to object: Object to how we use your data.
Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling: We don’t profile you, but keep in mind you have this right with other sites.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact Roxanne Prophet at roxy@starttravellingaustralia.com with your request.
8. Your Right To Withdraw Consent
Although this is mentioned above, we want to emphasize that wherever we’ve asked for your consent to collect or process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent. If you receive email messages from us, you can use the “unsubscribe” link in each message to withdraw consent and stop the mailings. Alternatively, you can contact Roxanne Prophet at roxy@starttravellingaustralia.com with your request.
9. Privacy Concerns, Contacting Us, Complaints.
You can contact Roxanne Prophet at roxy@starttravellingaustralia.com with your request with any questions or requests you have about these policies or your personal data. If, after contacting us, you feel a privacy issue has not be resolved, you have the right to file a complaint with a Supervisory Authority such as the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland.
Data Controller
Representative: Roxanne Prophet
Starttravellingaustralia.com
PO BOX 7013, Bondi Beach, NSW 2026, AUSTRALIA
You can also send correspondence by traditional mail to Starttravellingaustralia.com , PO BOX 7013, Bondi Beach, NSW 2026 AUSTRALIA