Chris Turner – PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy sets out my commitment to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to me, or otherwise collected by me, offline or online, including through my website www.authorcrturner.com (Site). In this Privacy Policy I, me or my means Chris Turner.
Personal information
The types of personal information I may collect about you include:
• your name;
• your email address;
• details of products and services I have provided to you and/or that you have enquired about, and my response to you;
• your browser session and geo-location data, device and network information, statistics on page views and sessions, acquisition sources, search queries and/or browsing behaviour;
• consent to this Privacy Policy and Website Terms Of Use.
I may collect these types of personal information directly from you or from third parties.
Collection and use of personal information
I may collect, hold, use and disclose personal information for the following purposes:
• to enable you to access and use my Site, associated applications and associated social media platforms;
• to contact and communicate with you;
• for internal record keeping and administrative purposes;
• for analytics, market research and business development, including to operate and improve my Site, associated applications and associated social media platforms;
• to run competitions and/or offer additional benefits to you;
• for advertising and marketing, including to send you promotional information about my products and services and information about third parties that I consider may be of interest to you;
• to comply with my legal obligations and resolve any disputes that I may have.
Disclosure of personal information to third parties
I may disclose personal information to:
• third party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services, including (without limitation) web-hosting and server providers, marketing or advertising providers;
• my employees, contractors and/or related entities;
• my existing or potential agents or business partners;
• sponsors or promoters of any competition I run;
• courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities and law enforcement officers, as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise or defend my legal rights; and
• third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist me in providing information, products, services or direct marketing to you. This may include parties located, or that store data, outside of Australia; and
• third parties to collect and process data, such as [Google Analytics or other relevant businesses]. This may include parties that store data outside of Australia.
By providing me with personal information, you consent to the disclosure of your personal information to third parties who reside outside Australia and acknowledge that I am not required to ensure that those third parties comply with Australian privacy laws. Where I disclose your personal information to third parties, I will request that the third party handle your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
How I treat personal information that is also sensitive information
Sensitive information is a subset of personal information that is given a higher level of protection under the Australian Privacy Principles. Sensitive information means information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information or biometric information.
• Sensitive information includes:
• an individual’s racial or ethnic origin,
• health information,
• political opinions,
• membership of a political association,
• professional or trade association or trade union,
• religious beliefs or affiliations,
• philosophical beliefs,
• sexual orientation or practices,
• criminal record,
• genetic information,
• biometric information that is to be used for certain purposes, and
• biometric templates.
Your rights and controlling your personal information
Choice and consent: Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By providing personal information to us, you consent to us collecting, holding, using and disclosing your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect your use of this Site or the products and/or services offered on or through it.
Information from third parties: If I receive personal information about you from a third party, I will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.
Restrict: You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information. If you have previously agreed to me using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting me using the details below.
Access: You may request details of the personal information that I hold about you. An administrative fee may be payable for the provision of such information. In certain circumstances, as set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), I may refuse to provide you with personal information that I hold about you.
Correction: If you believe that any information I hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact me using the details below. I will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or out of date.
Complaints: If you believe that I have breached the Australian Privacy Principles and wish to make a complaint, please contact me using the details below and provide me with full details of the alleged breach. I will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of my investigation and the steps I will take to deal with your complaint.
Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe from my e-mail database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact me using the details below or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.
Storage and security
I am committed to ensuring that the personal information I collect is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, I have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the personal information and protect it from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.
I cannot guarantee the security of any information that is transmitted to or by me over the Internet. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. Although I take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, I cannot assure you that the personal information I collect will not be disclosed in a manner that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
Cookies and web beacons
I may use cookies on my Site from time to time. Cookies are text files placed in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information. However, they do allow third parties, such as Google and Facebook, to cause my advertisements to appear on your social media and online media feeds as part of my retargeting campaigns. If and when you choose to provide my Site with personal information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.
I may use web beacons on my Site from time to time. Web beacons (also known as Clear GIFs) are small pieces of code placed on a web page to monitor the visitor’s behaviour and collect data about the visitor’s viewing of a web page. For example, web beacons can be used to count the users who visit a web page or to deliver a cookie to the browser of a visitor viewing that page.
Links to other websites
My Site may contain links to other websites. I do not have any control over those websites and I am not responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide whilst visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.
Amendments
I may, at any time and at my discretion, vary this Privacy Policy by publishing the amended Privacy Policy on my Site. I recommend you check my Site regularly to ensure you are aware of my current Privacy Policy.
For any questions or notices, please contact me:
Chris Turner
Email: chris@authorcrturner.com
Last update: 7th June 2020
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