This notice is for this website, www.wildflowereditorial.com.au and www.wildflowereditorial.com, owned by Wildflower Editorial, and governs the privacy of those who use it. It explains how we control, process, handle and protect your personal data while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations.

DEFINITIONS:

"I" or "The Website" refers to Wildflower Editorial.

"you", "the user", refers to the user of the Website.

GDPR means General Data Protection Act.

YOUR PRIVACY

At Wildflower Editorial, we are committed to protecting your privacy and the information you may provide to us from time to time. We use the information we collect about you to maximise the services that we provide to you.

We respect the privacy and confidentiality of the information provided by you, and we, at all times, adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles as we detail below in our policy.

You may change your details at any time by advising us in writing via email. All information we receive from our customers is protected by our secure server or, where provided in physical form, is kept in a secured locked storage facility. Our secure server software encrypts all customer information before it is sent to us. Furthermore, all customer data collected is secured against unauthorised use or access. We do not store credit card information on our servers.

PROCESSING OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), we control and process personal information about you electronically.

Lawful basis: Consent

The reason we use this basis: You gave us consent to use your data when you bought or negotiated to buy a product from my website, or you opted to subscribe to my e-newsletter.

We process your information in the following ways: To keep you updated with special offers and news about my books and services and provide you with information on author services (ways we can assist you, the author).

Data retention period: We will continue to process your information until you nominate to unsubscribe from our e-news services.

Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

Lawful basis: Legal obligation

The reason we use this basis: To pay my taxes correctly.

We process your information in the following ways: I must maintain a list of clients with name, address, and purchases for tax inspections in line with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Data retention period: Six years

Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new legal basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

YOUR RIGHTS

Under the GDPR, your rights are as follows.

the right to be informed;

the right of access;

the right to rectification;

the right to erasure;

the right to restrict processing;

the right to data portability;

the right to object; and

the right not to be subject to automated decision-making, including profiling.

DATA SECURITY AND PROTECTION

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies with Mail Chimp in how we store, access and manage that information.

SPONSORED LINKS, AFFILIATE TRACKING & COMMISSIONS

Our website may contain adverts, sponsored and affiliate links on some pages. These are served through our advertising partners.

Clicking on any adverts, sponsored, or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie. We might earn a very small commission from the advertiser or advertising partner, at no cost to you, whether you make a purchase on their website or not.

We use advertising partners in these ways to help generate an income from the website, which allows us to continue our work and provide you with the best overall experience and valued information.

If you have any concerns about this, we suggest you do not click on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links found throughout the website.

STORAGE AND SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We receive and store the information you enter on our website or application or give us in any other way from time to time. You may provide basic contact information such as your name, phone number, address, and email address to enable us to send information or provide you with our services. We may also collect additional information at other times, including but not limited to your health, financial, and other personal information, as well as when you provide feedback, change your content or email preferences, or communicate with us (together “Personal Data”). We, at all times, keep this information secure on protected servers or, in the case of personal information that you may provide physically to us, it is at all times held in secure locked facilities and no access is only provided to persons who have been notified and agreed by you, to perform the services and who have agreed to the terms of this privacy policy.

We will use all reasonable means to protect your Personal Data's confidentiality while in our possession or control. We will not knowingly share any of your Personal Data with any third party other than our service providers, who assist us in providing the information and/or services we provide to you. To the extent that we share your personal information with a service provider, we would only do so if that party has agreed to comply with our privacy standards as described in this privacy policy. Some of our service providers may be overseas and may not be subject to Australian Privacy Laws.

Any non-personal information, communications and material you send to this website or application or us by email or which we obtain from third parties without promises of confidentiality may be kept, used and disclosed by us on a non-confidential basis. Specifically, we will be free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques in such information for any purpose, including developing, manufacturing, or marketing products.

We may use Personal Data collected from you to provide you with direct marketing material, updates regarding our website and information in the form of a newsletter. This will only apply if you have registered or subscribed to such publications by registering your details with us. However, if you wish to cease receiving any such information, you may let us know either by email or unsubscribing at any time, and your request will be actioned immediately.

We only keep Personal Data for one year after any last contact you may have with us. We do not store your Personal Data when it is no longer necessary and regularly securely destroy Personal Data that third parties cannot access. All physical data is shredded and destroyed and/or put in approved security bins to be destroyed by professional security companies employed to manage such material.

COOKIES

A cookie is a small file placed in your web browser that collects information about your web browsing behaviour. The use of cookies allows a website to tailor its configuration to your needs and preferences. Cookies do not access information stored on your computer or any personal information (e.g. name, address, email address or telephone number). Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose to reject cookies by changing your browser settings. However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.

Our website uses cookies to analyse website traffic and help us provide a better website visitor experience. In addition, cookies may be used to serve relevant ads to website visitors through third party services such as Google Adwords. These ads may appear on this website or other websites you visit.

DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION

We may, from time to time, need to disclose certain information, which may include your Personal Data, to comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, warrant, in the course of a legal proceeding or in response to a law enforcement agency request.

Finally, if there is a change of control in one of our businesses (whether by merger, sale, or otherwise), or a sale or transfer of its assets, customer information, which may include your Personal Data, could be disclosed to a potential purchaser under an agreement to maintain confidentiality, or could be sold or transferred as part of that transaction. And finally, we would only disclose your information in good faith and where required by any of the above circumstances.

THIRD PARTIES

We do not and will not sell or deal in personal or customer information. We will never disclose your personal details to a third party except the necessary information required by providers of products or services you have purchased.

We may, however, use in a general sense without any reference to your name your information to create marketing statistics, identify user demands and assist it in meeting customer needs generally. We may also use the information you provide to improve our website and services but not for any other use.

SECURITY

We strive to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of personal information submitted to our website and application is maintained. We periodically update our security measures in light of current technologies.

LINKS

This website and applications owned by Wildflower Editorial may contain links to other websites. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement, or approval of these websites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other websites. We encourage our users to be aware, when they leave our website or application, to read the privacy statements of each and every website or application that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website or application.

CHANGE IN PRIVACY POLICY

As we plan to ensure our privacy policy remains current, this policy is subject to change. At our sole discretion, we may modify this policy at any time, and all modifications will be effective immediately upon our posting of the changes on this website. Please return periodically to review our privacy policy.

If you have any questions or concerns at any time about our privacy policy or the use of your personal information, please contact us via the contact page of this website.

EMAIL MARKETING MESSAGES & SUBSCRIPTION

Under the GDPR, we use the lawful consent basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect specific data about you, as detailed in the "Processing of your personal data" above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an email marketing service provider. We use Mailchimp

Here is their Privacy Policy:

Mailchimp Privacy Policy

They collect:

Your name

Email address

I.P address

Subscription time & date

Facebook Privacy Policy

Instagram Privacy Policy

You can opt-out of receiving emails or ask to see the data we hold for you, or request we remove your data at any time by the following methods:

Unsubscribe at the bottom of the email

Contact us via the contact page of this website.

LAST UPDATED: January 2024