In Australia, privacy is regulated by the Privacy Act 1988, the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012 and associated regulations (Privacy Laws). The Privacy Laws include the Australian Privacy Principles.
This policy has been adopted by Dessi Sandi Photography, and also applies to its related entities (we/us/our). We recognise the importance of your privacy, and this policy explains how we comply with the Privacy Laws when collecting, holding and using information about individuals.
Under the Privacy Laws, “personal information” is information or an opinion about an individual who is identified or is reasonably identifiable.
Personal information will be “sensitive information” if it relates to things such as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union, sexual preferences or practices, criminal record or health information. Generally, we do not collect sensitive information, and will only do so with your consent.
Examples of information that may be collected include (but are not limited to) your name, physical address, email address, telephone number, date of birth, tax file number, financial position, credit history, your feedback about our products or services.
We will only collect information that is reasonably necessary for, or is directly related to, our activities or functions. We might collect personal information about you if you are an individual and:
We will collect information directly from you in person, over the telephone, by email or through our websites. If it’s unreasonable or impractical to collect the information directly from you, we may collect it from third parties that you’re dealing with including selling agents, finance brokers and lawyers. In those cases, we will notify you if you may not be aware that the information has been collected.
Generally, we will use your personal information for one or more of the following reasons:
Generally, we only use personal information for the purposes for which it was collected (as explained above). However, we may disclose personal information about you to:
We shall only disclose your information to third parties where that party demonstrates the same level of commitment to your privacy as we do.
If you do not wish to receive direct marketing material from third parties, you are able to withdraw your consent at any time by notifying us in writing at the address below.
We are not likely to disclose personal information to overseas recipients, and will only do so for a permitted purpose and in accordance with the Privacy Laws.
If the personal information you provide to us is incomplete and/or inaccurate, we may be unable to effectively provide our goods or services. However, you are not obliged to provide us with any personal information.
If you access our websites, we may collect additional personal information about you in the form of your IP (Internet Protocol) address and domain name.
Also, our websites use cookies. The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and to prepare customised web pages for them. Cookies do not identify you personally, but they may link back to a database record about you. We use cookies to monitor usage of our websites and to create a personal record of when you visit our websites and what pages you view so that we may serve you more effectively.
We store your personal information in different ways, including in paper and in electronic form. The security of your personal information is important to us. We take all reasonable measures to ensure that your personal information is stored safely to protect it from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure, including electronic and physical security measures.
You may access the personal information we hold about you, upon making a written request. We will endeavour to provide you with access to the information requested within 30 days. We may charge you a reasonable fee for processing your request.
We may decline a request for access to personal information where the Privacy Laws require us to do so.
If, upon receiving access to your personal information or at any other time, you believe the personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, please notify us immediately. We will take reasonable steps to correct the information so that it is accurate, complete and up to date.
Our websites may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of linked web sites and so linked web sites are not subject to this policy or our privacy procedures.
If you believe we have breached the Privacy Laws, or you have any other complaint, query or concern about this policy or the way in which we have handled your personal information, please contact us as follows:
Dessi Sandi Photography
Email address: admin@dessisandi.com
Telephone: 0402 179 190
We will investigate your complaint and provide you with a response, usually within 30 days. If you aren’t satisfied with our response, you should contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
More information
For more information about privacy in general, you can visit the website of OAIC at www.oaic.gov.au.