This privacy policy relates to the website https://kathievanvugt.au, a personal website owned and managed by Kathie van Vugt.
Kathie is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and shall endeavour to use any information that you provide when using this website in accordance with this privacy policy.
This privacy policy explains what information is collected, how any information you submit is protected, and how your information is used.
Kathie may amend this policy from time to time by updating this page. Therefore, it is suggested that you check this page occasionally to ensure you are aware of and are happy with any amendments.
Respecting your privacy
Kathie respects your right to privacy and is committed to safeguarding the privacy of visitors to this website. She adheres to the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Personal information
“Personal information” is information collected via this website or held by Kathie which is identifiable as being about you.
Collection of personal information
When you come to this website certain information may be collected such as information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website. This includes information about your browser, your IP address, your general location as determined from your IP address and provided by your browser, the site from which you come, and the links followed when leaving our site. This information is also collected through cookies.
From time to time, personal information may be received and stored if it is provided directly or when you voluntarily provide information in response to questionnaires or download forms, or to register for newsletters or start or contribute to surveys. You may provide basic information such as your name, email address and any other details asked for and which you provide for this purpose or to enable her to send information, provide updates and respond to your comments or queries.
Additional information may be collected at other times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback, when you provide information about your personal or business affairs, respond to surveys and/or promotions, or communicate or otherwise interact with Kathie.
Use of your personal information
Personal information collected from you may be used to provide you with information, updates and responses to your comments or queries. Kathie may also make you aware of new and additional information on topics of interest. Your personal information may be used to improve this website and better understand your needs.
You may be contacted by a variety of methods including, but not limited to email, telephone, sms or other messaging service.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on this website the data shown in the comments form is collected and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information is required to enable comments to be checked through an automated spam detection service.
An anonymized 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.
Comments made on this website may not be moderated, they are written by visitors to the website and do not represent the views or opinions held by Kathie. Kathie is not responsible for comments made by other people.
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.
Contact forms
Personal information will only be collected from you when you interact with Kathie electronically and when you access this website. Personal information will not be received from third parties.
Cookies
Cookies are text files stored on your computer, and accessible only to the websites which create them.
This website may from time to time use cookies and log files for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, to administer the site, to tailor the information presented to a user based on their preferences, and to improve user experience. Any information gathered by this website’s use of cookies is compiled on an aggregate, anonymous basis.
Cookies are not malicious programs that access or damage your computer. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can choose to reject cookies by changing your browser settings. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
This website may from time to time use cookies to serve relevant ads to website visitors through third party services such as Google Adwords. These ads may appear on this website or other websites you visit.
If you leave a comment on this website your name, email address and website will be saved 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.
Social media
If you share content from this website through social media, for example by following, liking, sharing or re-tweeting it on LinkedIn or Twitter, those social networks will record that you have done so and may set a cookie for this purpose.
In some cases, where a page on this website includes content from a social network, such as a Twitter feed, or LinkedIn comments box, those services may set a cookie even where you do not click a button. As is the case for all cookies, we cannot access those set by social networks, just as those social networks cannot access cookies we set ourselves.
Links to other websites
This site may from time to time have links to other websites not owned or controlled by Kathie. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites. Please be aware that Kathie is not responsible for the privacy practises of other such websites. You are encouraged to be aware, when you leave this website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal identifiable information.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this website 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.
Analytics
This website may use a web analytics service provided by a third party provider. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by that provider on its servers.
The third party analytics provider will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. This information may be transferred to other third parties where required to do so by law, or where such other third parties process the information on the provider’s behalf.
Log files
Our systems automatically gather some anonymous information about visitors, including IP addresses, browser type, language, and the times and dates of webpage visits. The data collected does not include personally identifiable information and is used, as described above, for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, and to administer the site.
Disclosure of your personal information
Your personal information may be disclosed to professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors related to this website insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this policy. Personal information is only supplied to a third party when it is required for the delivery of the website’s services.
Information collected may from time to time be stored, processed in or transferred between parties located in countries outside of Australia. These may include, but are not limited to Singapore, Europe and the USA.
Aggregate statistics about our site visitors may be disclosed in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
How your data is protected
This website is powered by https://wordpress.com/ and hosted by https://www.hostinger.com/ on secure servers based in Singapore. This website uses secure server software (SSL) to encrypt information you input before it is sent to Kathie.
The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. The security of any information that you transmit, or receive via this website or any electronic means cannot be guaranteed. Although measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, have been taken it is not possible to assure you that personal information that is collected will not be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this privacy policy.
Access to your personal information
You may request details of personal information that held about you in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). A small administrative fee may be payable for the provision of information. If you would like a copy of the information, which is held about you or believe that any information held on you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please send a request via the Contact me page.
Kathie reserves the right to refuse to provide you with information held about you, in certain circumstances set out in the Privacy Act.
Complaints about your privacy
You may at any time ask Kathie to refrain from sending you messages by submitting a request via the Contact me page, with the words UNSUBSCRIBE in the comments box.
If Kathie contacts you by email, sms or other messaging service, you can decline to receive further information from her by replying with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line or body text.
If you have any complaints about the privacy practices of this website, please feel free to send in details of your complaint via the Contact me page. Kathie takes complaints very seriously and will respond shortly after receiving notice of your complaint.
Your acceptance of this privacy policy
If you do not agree to this privacy policy, please do not use our site.
By using this website, you consent to the collection and use of your information under the terms of this privacy policy and the types of disclosure covered by this policy.
Owing to the global nature of the internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries outside the Australia that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as set out in this policy.