Aussie Wanderlust

1. Introduction

Welcome to Aussie Wanderlust ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

This privacy policy applies to personal data we collect when you use our website, subscribe to our newsletter, contact us, or interact with us in any other way.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

• Identity Data includes first name, last name, username or similar identifier.
• Contact Data includes email address, telephone number, and postal address.
• Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.
• Usage Data includes information about how you use our website.
• Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

3. How We Collect Your Data

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

• Direct interactions. You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email, or otherwise.
• Automated technologies or interactions. As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns.
• Third parties or publicly available sources. We may receive personal data about you from various third parties such as analytics providers, advertising networks, search information providers, and others.

4. How We Use Your Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us
• To fulfill any contract we may enter into with you
• Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests
• Where we need to comply with a legal obligation

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data except for sending third-party direct marketing communications to you via email. You have the right to withdraw consent at any time.

5. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

For more information about the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy.

6. Data Sharing

We may share your personal data with the following third parties:

• Service providers who provide IT and system administration services
• Professional advisers including lawyers, bankers, auditors, and insurers
• Government bodies that require us to report processing activities
• Third parties to whom we may choose to sell, transfer or merge parts of our business or our assets

We require all third parties to respect the security of your personal data and to treat it in accordance with the law. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your personal data for their own purposes and only permit them to process your personal data for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions.

7. International Transfers

We may transfer your personal data to countries outside Australia. Whenever we transfer your personal data outside Australia, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring at least one of the following safeguards is implemented:

• Transferring your personal data to countries that have been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data by the Australian Privacy Commissioner
• Using specific contracts approved by the Australian Privacy Commissioner which give personal data the same protection it has in Australia

8. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties who have a business need to know.

We have put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.

9. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, or other requirements.

10. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including:

• The right to access your personal data
• The right to request correction of your personal data
• The right to request erasure of your personal data
• The right to object to processing of your personal data
• The right to request restriction of processing your personal data
• The right to request transfer of your personal data
• The right to withdraw consent

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

Aussie Wanderlust
42 Beach Road, Bondi
Sydney NSW 2026, Australia
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +61 2 9876 5432

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.

You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.