Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

This document sets out the privacy policy of The Branded Nation Pty Ltd ABN 99 661 505 335 (referred to in this privacy policy as ‘we’, ‘us’, or ‘our’).

We take our privacy obligations seriously and we’ve created this privacy policy to explain how we store, maintain, use and disclose personal information.

By providing personal information to us, you consent to our storage, maintenance, use and disclosure of personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.

We may change this privacy policy from time to time by posting an updated copy on our website and we encourage you to check our website regularly to ensure that you are aware of our most current privacy policy.

2. Types Of Personal Information We Collect

The personal information we collect may include the following:

  (a) name;

  (b) mailing or street address;

  (c) email address;

  (d) social media information;

  (e) telephone number and other contact details;

  (f) age;

  (g) date of birth;

  (h) credit card or other payment information;

  (i) purchases you make of our products;

  (j) customisations you request of our products;

  (k) information about your business or personal circumstances;

  (l) information in connection with client surveys, questionnaires and promotions;

  (m) your device identity and type, I.P. address, geo-location information, page view statistics, advertising data and standard

         web log information;

  (n) information about third parties; and

  (o) any other information provided by you to us via our website or our online presence, or otherwise required by us or provided by you.

3. How We Collect Personal Information

We may collect personal information either directly from you, or from third parties, including where you:

  (a) contact us through our website;

  (b) receive goods from us;

  (c) submit any of our online sign up forms;

  (d) communicate with us via email, telephone, SMS, social applications (such as Instagram, Facebook or Twitter) or otherwise;

  (e) interact with our website, social applications, services, content and advertising; and

  (f) invest in our business or enquire as to a potential purchase in our business.

We may also collect personal information from you when you use or access our website or our social media pages. This may be done through use of web analytics tools, ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies that allow us to track and analyse your website usage. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, mobile phone or other device and enable and allow the creator of the cookie to identify when you visit different websites. If you do not wish information to be stored as a cookie, you can disable cookies in your web browser.

We use Google Analytics to collect and process data, including when you use third party websites or apps. To find out more see How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps.

4.  Use Of Your Personal Information

We collect and use personal information for the following purposes:

  (a) to provide goods, services or information to you;

  (b) for record keeping and administrative purposes;

  (c) to provide information about you to our contractors, employees, consultants, agents or other third parties for the purpose of

        providing goods or services to you;

  (d) to improve and optimise our service offering and customer experience;

  (e) to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes or enforce our agreements with third parties;

  (f) to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you and for the purpose of

       direct marketing (in accordance with the Spam Act). In this regard, we may use email, SMS, social media or mail to send you

       direct marketing communications.

       You can opt out of receiving marketing materials from us by using the opt-out facility provided (e.g. an unsubscribe link);

  (g) to send you administrative messages, reminders, notices, updates, security alerts, and other information requested by you; and

  (h) to consider an application of employment from you.

  We may also handle your personal information for:

  (i) any purpose for which we receive consent from you for;

  (j) secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use;

  (k) as needed in an emergency or in investigating suspected criminal activity;

  (l) as required under a subpoena, court order or other mandatory reporting requirements;

  (m) it is reasonably necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of a legal claim; or

  (n) any other purpose which is permitted or required under applicable privacy laws.

5. Third Party Service Providers

Our website has been developed and is hosted by Snap Website who may in the course of providing us their services, handle your personal information. You can read their privacy policy here: https://www.snap.com.au/privacy-policy.html.

6. Security

We take reasonable steps to ensure your personal information is secure and protected from misuse or unauthorised access. Our information technology systems are password protected, and we use a range of administrative and technical measures to protect these systems. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.

We may disclose your personal information to cloud-providers, contractors and other third parties located inside or outside of Australia. If we do so, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient deals with such personal information in a manner consistent with how we deal with it.

7. Links

Our website may contain links to other websites. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those linked websites and we suggest you review the privacy policies of those websites before using them.

8. Requesting Access Or Correcting Your Personal Information

If you wish to request access to the personal information we hold about you, please contact us using the contact details set out below including your name and contact details. We may need to verify your identity before providing you with your personal information. In some cases, we may be unable to provide you with access to all your personal information and where this occurs, we will explain why. We will deal with all requests for access to personal information within a reasonable timeframe.

If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us using the contact details set out below and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.

9. Complaints

If you wish to complain about how we handle your personal information held by us, please contact us using the details set out below including your name and contact details. We will investigate your complaint promptly and respond to you within a reasonable timeframe.

If you are unsatisfied with how we handle your complaint, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at:

Address: GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001

Phone: 1300 363 992

Email: enquiries@oaic.gov.au   

Website: www.oaic.gov.au

10.  Contact Us

For further information about our privacy policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:

Email: hello@thebrandednation.com.au

Last updated on 13/09/2022

The Branded Nation Pty Ltd

ABN 99 661 505 335