Privacy Policy
Protecting your privacy and the confidentiality of your personal information is extremely important to us. This Privacy Policy is for customers of Gemma Stone Pty Ltd (Gemma Stone). Gemma Stone is committed to protecting your privacy when you purchase our products and services and when you use our website.
The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to explain:
Gemma Stone's Privacy Policy applies to personal information collected by Gemma Stone, whether we have asked for the information or not. Gemma Stone is governed by the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Gemma Stone will review this policy regularly, and may update it from time to time. If we make changes, we will post those changes on the privacy page of Gemma Stone's website.
2.1 Why we collect personal information
Gemma Stone collects personal information about you:
2.2 How we collect information
Broadly, there are two types of information or data we collect:
Information that you specifically give us
For example, you may provide information about yourself when you are filling in a form. This type of information may include your home address, business address, telephone number, business telephone number, email address and date of birth. The information that you give us may be:
You may be able to make changes to the information you provided us (for example, if you change your email address) or withdraw the permission you gave us for a particular service. We will make it clear how you do that.
Data we collect that tracks your activity
The data on your use of the Gemma Stone and associated sites may be linked to personal information you have chosen to share with us when you register. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. However, you can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or prompt you before accepting a cookie from the sites you visit.
A cookie is a small information file sent to your computer, mobile or other device when you visit a website. It recognises your device on future visits. These types of files help us remember your visits to the Gemma Stone website, assisting us in improving your site experience as well as ensuring that you see relevant online adverts or offers. Apart from the cookies that help us remember your browsing preferences, language, or search parameters, another type of performance cookies collects anonymous information on how people use the site. We use third party services such as Google AdWords and Analytics to merge this data with other users to enable us to improve how the Gemma Stone site operates. This stored data does not save any personal details that might identify you. This process helps us provide you with an online browsing experience that is more suited to your selections in order to make each visit more tailored. We use these cookies to collect information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests.
Our website does not collect personally identifiable information about individuals except when such individuals specifically provide such information on a voluntary basis
3.1 Disclosure of personal information to third parties
Members of the Gemma Stone may exchange your personal information with other partner business.
so that Gemma Stone may provide an integrated service to its customers. Gemma Stone members may use this information for any of the purposes mentioned in section 2.
Gemma Stone may disclose your personal information to third parties for the following purposes:
In many cases, Gemma Stone imposes contractual restrictions equivalent to those imposed on Gemma Stone under the Privacy Act in respect of collection and use of personal information by those third parties. In some cases, Gemma Stone's ability to impose contractual restrictions is limited. In those circumstances, Gemma Stone will carefully consider the risks to the protection of personal information when entering into arrangements with third parties.
These third parties may be located in Australia or overseas.
We may share your email address and home address with third parties to deliver brochures, videos, information about promotions, news and other information about our website, products, services or special promotions on our behalf.
Gemma Stone may also disclose your personal information (excluding sensitive information about you) to third parties for the purposes of direct marketing Gemma Stone's services including brochures, videos, information about promotions, news and other information about our website, products, services or special promotions.
You will be able to opt-out of direct marketing at any time if you so choose.
Under no circumstances will Gemma Stone sell or receive payment for licensing or disclosing your personal information.
You have the right to request access to personal information that is held by Gemma Stone about you.
You also have the right to request the correction of any of your personal information that Gemma Stone holds. Gemma Stone will take reasonable steps to make appropriate corrections to personal information so that it is accurate, complete and up-to-date. To seek access to, or correction of, your personal information please contact Gemma Stone as follows:
By email : info@gemmastone.com.au
We will never knowingly send you unsolicited commercial electronic messages. More information on the Spam Act 2003 is available from the regulator’s website: www.acma.gov.au/spam
We may use information that we know about your likes and interests to tell you about other Gemma Stone programs, products and services. We may know about your likes and interests because you have provided that information.
Gemma Stone has implemented appropriate physical, electronic and managerial security procedures in order to protect personal information from loss, misuse, alteration or destruction. Gemma Stone regularly reviews security and encryption technologies and will strive to protect information to the fullest extent possible.
We encourage you to be vigilant about the protection of your own personal information when using third party digital services.
Crucially, your credit card details are only stored and transmitted in encrypted form. Unencrypted credit card information is NOT stored on our internet servers. Online credit card payments are currently processed using a third party payment gateway run by shopify or Pay Pal.
If you use your credit card and the transaction is manual rather than electronic, the imprinted record will be stored by Gemma Stone for the period that financial records are required to be retained.
If you have a complaint about the way we handle your personal information, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner by calling them at 1300 363 992, making a complaint online at www.oaic.gov.au or writing to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001.
