Your Tiny Home Co, operatng from 61 Harold Place, Peachester QLD 4518, Australia, is commited to protectng your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we manage personal informaton we collect from users of our website and services.
By using our services, you consent to the collecton, handling, and use of your personal informaton as described in this Policy. You also warrant that you have all necessary authorisatons to provide this informaton. We collect and use the data you provide directly, as well as data generated through your use of our services. We may use this data to improve and personalise our oferings, and for lawful advertsing and marketng purposes, in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy is aligned with our obligatons under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protecton) Act 2012, which incorporates the Australian Privacy Principles.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we collect, use, and protect your personal informaton. If you do not agree to any part of this policy, you must cease use of our services.
DEFINITIONS
- Collect: Gather or obtain personal informaton by lawful and fair means.
- Express Consent Consequences: Refers to the lack of redress under the Privacy Act if you allow us to share your informaton with an overseas entty who breaches Australian standards.
- Expressly Informed: You have been clearly informed of the Express Consent Consequences.
- Opt Out: A request to not receive further direct marketng.
- Personal Informaton: Data that identfes or can identfy an individual, including name, email, phone number, address etc.
- Primary Purpose: The main reason we collect personal informaton.
- Reasonable Expectaton: A typical person’s expectaton about how their data will be used.
- Secondary Purpose: Any purpose of use or disclosure other than the primary one.
- Sensitve Informaton: As defned in secton 6(1) of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- Use: Handling of personal informaton by Your Tiny Home Co.
DATA RETENTION
We retain your personal informaton only for as long as is necessary to fulfl the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by law. Afer this period, your data will be securely deleted or de-identfed.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect personal informaton from you when you:
- Register for a membership or promoton;
- Subscribe to updates;
- Fill out any form on our website;
- Contact us via email or phone.
This includes your name, contact details, address, and any other informaton relevant to your membership or partcipaton in promotons.
We may also collect informaton automatcally when you use our website, such as:
- Your browser and device details;
- Your IP address;
- Usage paterns;
- Locaton (with your consent);
- Informaton from cookies and similar technologies.
COOKIES AND TRACKING
Cookies are used to personalise your experience and track actvity on our website. You can manage cookie setngs through your browser. Declining cookies may result in limited functonality of the website.
THIRD-PARTY ANALYTICS
We may use third-party tools to beter understand user behaviour and improve our services. These tools may collect anonymised usage data and use cookies to track behaviour across websites. By contnuing to use our website, you consent to the collecton of this data. You can manage cookie preferences via your browser setngs or opt out through platorms such as Google’s Ad Setngs or Meta Ad Preferences. These tools may collect informaton such as your device type, browser, pages visited, and interactons on our site.
INFORMATION YOU SHARE ON PUBLIC PLATFORMS
If you use public areas of our website, such as forums or comment sectons, or social media platorms, the informaton you share may be visible to others. We recommend avoiding the sharing of sensitve personal informaton in public areas.
INFORMATION SHARING DURING TRANSACTIONS
When you purchase a membership or enter a trade promoton, you may interact with third partes such as payment processors or partner businesses ofering member discounts. We do not store your payment informaton. Transactons are completed through secure third-party gateways.
We are not liable for privacy breaches that occur outside our systems.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal informaton as necessary to:
- Provide you with access to our Services and membership benefts;
- Process transactons and deliver giveaway entries;
- Respond to your enquiries and provide support;
- Comply with our legal obligatons under Australian law; and
- Conduct marketng, research, and analytcs consistent with your preferences and legal rights.
We collect personal informaton only when it is reasonably necessary for our business actvites, as permited by law.
You may opt out of marketng communicatons at any tme by clicking “unsubscribe” in our emails or contactng us.
HOW WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell or rent your personal informaton. We may share it only in the following circumstances:
- With service providers and partners under confdentality;
- With law enforcement if legally required;
- As part of a merger, acquisiton, or business restructure.
ENSURING ACCURACY
We take steps to ensure your personal informaton is accurate and up to date. Please notfy us of changes to your contact details or if you notce any errors.
SECURITY OF YOUR DATA
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your informaton. However, no system is completely secure, and you transmit data to us at your own risk. In the event of a security breach, we may notfy you and relevant authorites as required.
We store your personal informaton on secure servers located in Australia. In some cases, service providers may be located overseas. If data is transferred outside Australia, we ensure it is managed under privacy standards substantally similar to those required under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
We strongly advise not to share banking informaton or passwords with others via our platorm.
USER RIGHTS
You have the right to:
- Request access to the personal data we hold about you;
- Request correcton of your personal data if it is inaccurate or outdated;
- Request deleton of your personal data, subject to legal obligatons;
- Opt out of direct marketng communicatons at any tme;
- Lodge a complaint if you believe your data has been handled improperly.
To exercise these rights, contact us at support@yourtnyhomeco.com. Please include sufcient details to verify your identty. Deleton of data may be subject to legal retenton requirements.
PRIVACY COMPLAINTS
If you have a complaint about the way we handle your personal informaton, please contact us at
support@yourtnyhomeco.com. We will investgate and respond within 30 days. If you are not satsfed with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Ofce of the Australian Informaton Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au.
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our services are not intended for individuals under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If we learn that data from a minor has been collected, we will delete it immediately.
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
In the event of a merger, acquisiton, or sale of the business, your informaton may be transferred to the new owner in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
THIRD-PARTY LINKS
Our site may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practces or content of those sites. Please review their privacy policies before providing any informaton.
NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
We may send notfcatons by email or by postng updates on our website. You may opt out of marketng notfcatons but not service-related communicatons.
OPTING OUT OF INFORMATION SHARING
To request that we do not share your informaton, email support@yourtnyhomeco.com. However, we may stll disclose your informaton if required by law, to protect our legal rights, or to enforce Terms and Conditons.
PHISHING AND SPOOF EMAILS
We will never ask for sensitve informaton like passwords or credit card numbers via email. If you receive a suspicious email appearing to be from us, do not respond or click on any links. Forward it to our support address.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy at any tme. Updates will be posted on our website. Your contnued use of our services consttutes acceptance of any changes.
BREACH OF POLICY
Violatons of this Privacy Policy may result in terminaton of services or deleton of user content. Jurisdicton for any disputes will be in accordance with our Terms and Conditons.
NO RESERVATIONS
By using our website, you fully accept the terms of this Privacy Policy without limitaton.
NO CONFLICT
This Privacy Policy forms part of our Terms and Conditons. In the event of confict with another document, this policy will be interpreted to best refect our legal and ethical obligatons.
CONTACT US
If you have any questons about this Privacy Policy or how we manage your personal informaton, please contact: support@yourtnyhomeco.com