Your privacy is important to us. It is ANSA’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any data we may collect from you across our website (ansa.org.au), and throughout your engagement with us.
What we collect/request
When you visit our site, we automatically collect analytics and log data from your web browser. This data includes your IP address, browser type and version, time and date, the pages you view, and other details about your visit. While this data is not considered personally identifying, it is possible to use this it in conjunction with other information to identify you.
When you contact us, we ask for some basic information about you, like your name and email address. This information is considered personally identifying. We ask for it specifically to know who we’re talking to.
When we provide a paid service to you, we ask for information about your business and your contact details.
We collect information by fair and lawful means. Where we collect personal- or business-related information, we seek your clear and unambiguous affirmative consent in either implicit (asking you to manually enter the information) or explicit (requiring manual acceptance of relevant terms) form.
How we use your information?
Any information we collect, we use solely for the purposes of providing services and providing support, and understanding our audience. We don’t publicly disclose any data specifics, but may compile and share aggregated and anonymised versions of this information, for example, in business performance reports.
If you are a (current or former) member or customer, we may use your details contact you via our newsletter, keeping you up-to-date on what’s happening at ANSA. You are free to opt out of this correspondence at any time, using the “unsubscribe” link provided in the emails.
Data storage and processing
We retain information about members and customers. This information is stored and processed in Australia, and/or where we and our third-party providers maintain facilities. What we store, we’ll protect within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification. That said, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and cannot guarantee absolute data security.
Third-party access to information
ANSA is supported by third-party providers to facilitate the provision of a transactional website. These include DNS management, web hosting, payment processing (Stripe) and Google Analytics.
We will comply with government and law enforcement requests for data if we believe the requested information is necessary and appropriate for its stated purpose.
We do not otherwise share or supply personal information to third parties. We do not sell or rent your personal information to marketers or third parties.
Cookies
A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can perform certain functions and understand how you use our site. If you do not wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from https://www.ansa.org.au
About this policy
This privacy policy only covers our own collecting and handling of data. We only work with partners and third-party providers whose privacy policies align with ours, however we cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.
At our discretion, we may update this policy to reflect current acceptable practices. We will take reasonable steps to let users know about changes via our website. Your continued use of this site after any changes to this policy will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around data and personal information.
Your rights and responsibilities
As a user of our website, you have the right to be informed about how your data is collected and used. You are entitled to know what data we collect about you, and how it is processed. You are entitled to correct and update any personal information about you, and to request this information be deleted.
You are entitled to restrict or object to our use of your data, while retaining the right to use your personal information for your own purposes. You have the right to opt out of data about you being used in decisions based solely on automated processing.
If you have any concerns or questions about how we handle your data and personal information, feel free to contact us at webmanager.ansa.au@gmail.com.