This website: www.evolvingempires.com (the “Site”) is owned and operated by Tamyka Cassidy trading as Evolving Empires (“Evolving Empires”, “we”, “our” or “us”).

 

Evolving Empires is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.

 

We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (“Privacy Act”). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.

 

A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au.
 

What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?

 

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses, phone and facsimile numbers.

 

This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including correspondence, telephone, by email, via our website, from other publicly available sources, from cookies and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.

 

We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing.

 

When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.

 

Sensitive Information

 

Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.

 

Sensitive information will be used by us only:

• For the primary purpose for which it was obtained;

• For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose; 

• With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.

 

How we use personal data

 

Data collected on our Site will only be used for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy or indicated on the relevant pages of our Site. We use personal information for many purposes in connection with our functions and activities, including the following purposes: 

 

• provide you with information or services that you request from us; 

• deliver to you a more personalised experience and service offering; 

• improve the quality of the services we offer; 

• internal administrative purposes; or

• marketing and research purposes.

 

We will not use your data beyond what we disclose in this Privacy Policy.

 

Online activity 

Cookies

Evolving Empires website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers the website puts on your device if you allow it. These cookies recognise when your device has visited our website(s) before, so we can distinguish you from other users of the website. This improves your experience and the Evolving Empires website. We do not use cookies to identify you, just to improve your experience on our website(s). If you do not wish to use the cookies, you can amend the settings on your internet browser so it will not automatically download cookies. However, if you remove or block cookies on your computer, please be aware that your browsing experience and our website’s functionality may be affected.

 

Website analytics 

Our website uses Google Analytics to help us better understand visitor traffic, so we can improve our services. Although this data is mostly anonymous, it is possible that under certain circumstances, we may connect it to you.

 

Direct marketing 

We may send you direct marketing communications and information about our services, opportunities, or events that we consider may be of interest to you if you have requested or consented to receive such communications. These communications may be sent in various ways, including SMS and email, in accordance with applicable marketing laws, such as the Australian Spam Act 2003 (Cth). You consent to us sending you those direct marketing communications by any of those methods. If you indicate a preference for a method of communication, we will endeavour to use that method whenever practical to do so. You may opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us at any time by contacting us using the details set out in the Contact Information section below. 

 

In addition, we may also use your personal information or disclose your personal information to third parties for the purposes of advertising, including online behavioural advertising, website personalisation, and to provide targeted or retargeted advertising content to you (including through third party websites).

 

Third Parties

 

Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. 

However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.

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Disclosure of Personal Information

 

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

 

• Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and

• Where required or authorised by law.

 

Security of Personal Information

 

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

 

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

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Access to your Personal Information

 

You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.

 

Evolving Empires will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.

 

In order to protect your Personal Information we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

 

Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information

 

It is important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so that we can update our records and ensure that we can continue to provide quality services to you.

 

Policy Updates

 

This Policy may be amended from time to time in order to maintain compliance with the law and to reflect any changes to our data collection process. We recommend that our users periodically review our Privacy Policy available on our website to ensure that they are aware of any updates.

 

Privacy Policy Complaints and Enquiries

 

If you have any queries or complaints about how we process your personal data, please contact us through the contact methods listed in the Contact Information section so that we can, where possible, resolve the issue. 

If you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner you may contact a supervisory authority. You have the right to directly lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority and can do so by contacting the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

 

Contact Information

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If you have any questions, concerns or complaints, you can contact our privacy officer, Tamyka Cassidy, at:

 

Email: tamyka@evolvingempires.com

Mobile: +61 411 887 263