PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy sets out how Kayleen West uses and protects any information that you give when using this website.

Kayleen is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should she ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Kayleen West may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 05/05/2018.

WHAT WE COLLECT

We may collect the following information:

• name and job title
• contact information including email address
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences and interests
• other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our content, products and services.
• We may periodically send promotional emails about new posts, products, special offers or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address which you have provided.
• From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes. We may contact you by email, phone, fax or mail. We may use the information to customise the website according to your interests.

SECURITY

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online, both here on the site as well as services we use for collecting email addresses & other data.

HOW WE USE COOKIES

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:

• whenever you are asked to fill in a form on the website, look for the box that you can click to indicate that you do not want the information to be used by anybody for direct marketing purposes
• if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing me via my contact page.

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

1. Personal Data.

We may use your Personal Data to:

• Provide the Services;
• Resolve disputes, calculate and collect fees, and troubleshoot problem
• Encourage a safe online experience and enforce our policies;
• Customize your experience and analyse usage of, improve and measure interest in, and inform you about the Services;
• Provide you with information that may affect your use of the Services;
• Communicate marketing and promotional offers;
• Provide customer service, including receipts;
• Develop new products; and

1. Non-Personal Data.

We may use your Non-Personal Data for any purpose, including, but not limited to:

• Measuring traffic patterns;
• Understanding demographics, customer interest, and other trends among users;
• Providing, improving, and modifying the Services; and
• For promotional and marketing purposes.

You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 1998. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please contact me via my contact page.

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.

 

COPYRIGHT

All content (unless otherwise specified) on kayleenwest.com.au is protected by Australian copyright law, international conventions, and other applicable laws.  All materials contained on this website are the intellectual property of the blog owner. By commenting on this blog, you agree to hand over copyright of the text to the blog owner to use in any manner. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.
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This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me, Kayleen, the blog owner. For questions about this blog, please contact me via my contact page.

This blog may accept forms of cash advertising, sponsorship, paid insertions or other forms of compensation. The compensation received may influence the choice and timing of content, topics or posts made in this blog. That content, advertising space or post will be identified as paid or sponsored content in accordance with FTC disclosure rules.

As a rule, I am only interested in writing sponsored content on topics I am passionate about or a product useful to my visitors. Even though I may be compensated to provide an opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics I will always give my absolute honest opinion.

Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer, provider or party in question. I cannot be held liable for any damages incurred while using this website or products I’ve linked to.  Links to other websites are provided for convenience and information only. When you click on a link to another website, you may be leaving my website.  The presence of a link on my blog may not mean that I endorse, authorize or sponsor the linked website, or that I am affiliated with that website’s owners or sponsors.  I am not responsible for and assume no liability for the content or presentation of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any changes or updates to such sites.

Should I participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program; an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. Amazon Affiliates, a third-party system, uses cookies to serve advertisements and links to products on Amazon.com.  You may read more about Amazon Affiliates and their Operating Agreement here.

Shoud I use some third-party advertising companies to serve ads on this blog at some stage, these companies may use aggregated information from cookies or other means (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other Web sites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. You should always check the privacy policy of a third-party website you may be redirected to. E.g. Google AdWords.

If you subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog by email, or comment on a post your email it may be stored by me. I hate spam as much as you so and will NEVER share emails with a third party. You may unsubscribe at any time. This blog does not share any personal information with third parties nor do I store any information (other than email, see previous statement) about your visit to this blog other than to analyse and optimize your overall reading experience through the use of cookies.

I am not responsible for the republishing of the content found on this blog on other Web sites or media without permission. This privacy policy is subject to change without notice.

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