Privacy Policy - Spoonbill Press

1. Who we are

This Privacy Policy is owned by Spoonbill Press, which is a Trading Name of Deborah Wirsu (‘Company’, ‘We’ or ‘Us’) and governs the privacy of its users. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of spoonbillpress.com.

This business is registered as a Sole Trader Business in Australia, under tax registration number: ABN: 82 517 547 878.

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors. In this policy, we explain how we collect and handle your personal information.

2. Contact details

Email: info@spoonbillpress.com

Our Data Protection Officer can be contacted using the information above.

3. Data we collect, and why we collect it

3.1 Personal Data

Although we generally only collect personal information supplied by you, on occasion we also collect certain categories of information from other sources.

This website uses third-party providers (e.g. Google, Facebook) to better understand how visitors use this site. This information includes:

Your IP address
Geographical location
Length of visit
Page views
Website navigation paths

When you subscribe to our newsletter, or leave a comment we may collect any of the following information about you:

Your name
Your contact information, including your email address
Geographic and demographic information, such as interests and preferences
Data on how you use this website
Other information relevant to your enquiries
Other information relating to surveys and special offers

3.2 Why we collect this information

Collecting this data helps us to better understand what you are looking for from this company. This helps us improve our products and services, and their delivery to you. We may use this data:

To administer this website and business
To improve the products and services we offer
To contact you in response to an inquiry
To customise the website
To send you promotional emails about services, products, offers and other things we think may be of interest or relevance to you unless you have specifically requested not to receive such promotional material
To contact you via email for market research

We will NEVER supply your personal information to any third party.

3.3 Your password reset

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

3.4 How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize 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.

3.5 Rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, and wish to have your data removed, you can 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.

3.6 Instances where we may be required to disclose your data

Where required to do so by law.
In connection with any ongoing or prospective legal proceedings.
In order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
Where required for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk.

4. 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.

5. Spam detection

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

6. 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.

If you visit our login page, 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.

We will ask you to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this policy when you first visit the website. By agreeing to this policy you consent to our use of cookies.

Users are advised that if they wish to deny the saving and use of cookies from this website onto their computer hard drive they should take necessary steps within their web browser security settings to block cookies from this website.

Please read our dedicated Cookie Policy page.

7. 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.

8. External links

This website endeavours to only include quality, relevant and safe external links, however, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external links mentioned throughout this website. The owners cannot guarantee or verify the contents of external links, and cannot be held liable for any damages or implication caused by visiting such external links.

9. Affiliate link disclosure

Please expect that some [not all] of the links on this website are affiliate links, which means we may receive a small payment as commission if you click through and purchase the product. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. This does not affect the price you pay for the product. If you don’t want to use our links, you can search for the product yourself using your preferred search engine.

10. Security

This website holds your information securely and is protected by SSL or Secure Sockets Layer.

SSL creates an encrypted connection between the server hosting this website and your web browser, allowing for private information to be transmitted without the risk of anyone eavesdropping, tampering with data, or forging messages.

Users contacting this website and/or its owners do so at their own discretion and provide any personal details requested at their own risk. We NEVER share your email address or any personal details with any other party. Your personal information will never be leased, distributed or sold to third parties unless we have your permission or the law requires us to.

11. Contact and communication with you

This website and its owners use any information submitted to provide you with further information about our products and services, or to assist you in answering any questions or queries you may have submitted.

This website may operate an email newsletter program, used to relay general news of interest to our demographic, and inform subscribers about products and services offered by this website.

Subscription to our email Newsletter require ‘double opt-in’ when you subscribe. By confirming your subscription you are giving ‘explicit consent’ and agreeing to be added to our mailing list unless you specifically request not to.

You may Unsubscribe at any time using the ‘Unsubscribe’ link at the bottom of all our emails.

13. Updating your information

Please let us know if the personal information we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

Our contact details can be found at the top of this Privacy Policy.

14. Unsubscribing and the ‘Right to be forgotten’

Any subscriber has the right to ‘Unsubscribe’ from receiving emails and promotions.

In addition, you also have the ‘right to be forgotten’, by requesting the erasure of all your personal data. It is the responsibility of the user to contact the website and data protection officer with this request, upon receipt of which this erasure will be expedited in a timely manner.

This website may contain links to various external social media platforms that the owners participate on. The owners have no control over how any information you place on these social media sites is used. This website will never ask for personal or sensitive information through social media platforms.

This website may use social media sharing buttons which help share web content. Users are advised that using such social media is done at their own discretion and that these social media platforms may track and save your information. This website and owners have no control over the behaviour and actions of social media platforms.

16. Users under the age of 16 years

All information contained on this site is of a General nature, however, services are not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16. If we become aware that a child under the age of 16 has provided us with personal data without parental consent, we will take steps to remove such data. If you become aware that your child has provided us with personal data without your consent please contact us. By using this website and our services you are representing to us that you are over the age of 16.

Policies outlined in this Privacy Policy are designed to comply with the European Data Protection Regulation (EU Law), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

Spoonbill Press does not act in the capacity of data controller in terms of the European Union’s directive on data privacy, the European Data Protection Regulation (EU Law) or the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and does not have the associated responsibilities under EU law.

Spoonbill Press should be considered only as a processor on behalf of its clients and users as to any personal data that is subject to the requirements of EU law.

Except in certain circumstances outlined in this Privacy Policy, Spoonbill Press does not allow any client data to be transferred or otherwise made available to third parties. Third party data controllers may process data on behalf of www.SpoonbillPress.com to facilitate the provision of services to clients.

To contact the Data Protection Officer at Spoonbill Press please use the contact information supplied at the top of this Policy.

By using this website, you consent to our Privacy Policy.

19. Changes to our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be modified at any time, in order to remain compliant with existing laws. Any changes made to this Policy are posted to this page, and the Privacy Policy modification date below is updated.

This policy was last updated on 28 September 2024.