Who we are
my SABBATICAL (ABN 73151601141, “us”, “our” or “we”) operates this website. Our website address is: https://www.mysabbatical.com.au. my SABBATICAL is an artisan business located in Perth, Western Australia. We may be contacted via our Contact Page.
By visiting our website, purchasing products from us, or submitting comments or reviews, you agree to this Privacy Policy and us handling your personal information as set out by this privacy policy. This policy may change from time to time so please review it.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
The types of personal data we collect through your interaction with us includes, but is not limited to: your name, email address, phone number, postal address, comments, product reviews or any other comments you submit. Examples of how information may be collected from your interaction with us is through product orders, product reviews, social media interaction, subscription to email lists, emailing us or phoning us, participation in promotions or surveys.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website so please review their privacy policies.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics you can review their policy at www.google.com/policies/privacy
Who we might share your data with
Our website and social media is managed by my SABBATICAL. However, we may share your data with essential third party providers engaged only when required: to help us maintain and manage our website and linked social media accounts; financial or legal affairs; website hosting; shipping providers. To comply with any of our obligations under law or to government or regulatory bodies to resolve any complaints or investigations.
We use Square to process your credit card payments and we do not store your credit card information. Their privacy policy can be reviewed here https://squareup.com/au/legal/privacy
How long we retain your data
Customer purchase records and analytics data may be kept for 10 years.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognise and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
You are able to unsubscribe from our emails at any time and if your would like your personal information deleted, please contact us at hello@mysabbatical.com.au.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. If you have a concern or complaint about a breach of your privacy or how we use your information, please contact us at hello@mysabbatical.com.au with the nature of your complaint and we will endeavour to investigate and respond to your complaint in a reasonable time.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Contact information
If you have any privacy-specific concerns, please contact us via our Contact Page.
Updated 31 August 2018.