Privacy Policy
1. We respect your privacy
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ARTIE Academy respects your right to privacy and is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our students, families, volunteers, supporters, partner schools and website visitors. We adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This policy sets out how we collect and treat your personal information.
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"Personal information" is information we hold which is identifiable as being about you.
2. Collection of personal information
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ARTIE Academy will, from time to time, receive and store personal information you enter onto our website, provide to us directly or give to us in other forms.
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You may provide information such as your name, phone number, address and email address to enable us to respond to enquiries, provide updates, process registrations, or deliver our programs and services. We may collect additional information when you provide feedback, complete forms, respond to surveys or promotions, or communicate with our team.
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Additionally, we may collect any other information you provide while interacting with us.
3. How we collect your personal information
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ARTIE Academy collects personal information from you in a variety of ways, including when you interact with us electronically or in person, when you access our website, complete online forms, register for programs or volunteer opportunities, or communicate with us. We may also receive personal information from third parties where authorised or required. If we do, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy.
4. Use of your personal information
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ARTIE Academy may use personal information collected from you to provide information, updates, programs and services. We may also use your information to improve our programs and services, respond to enquiries and better understand the needs of the communities we support.
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We may contact you by telephone, email, SMS or mail.
5. Disclosure of your personal information
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We may disclose your personal information to our employees, officers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or contractors where reasonably necessary to provide our programs and services.
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We may disclose personal information where required to comply with a legal obligation, including a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, warrant or law enforcement request.
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We may also use your personal information to protect the copyright, trademarks, legal rights, property or safety of ARTIE Academy, https://www.artie.net.au/, our students, families, volunteers, supporters or third parties.
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Information we collect may from time to time be stored, processed or transferred to service providers located outside Australia.
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If there is a change of control or transfer of organisational assets, we reserve the right to transfer our user databases, together with any personal and non-personal information contained within them, where permitted by law. Any such transfer will be subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations.
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By providing us with personal information, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy. Where we disclose your information to third parties, we will request that they handle your information in accordance with this Policy.
6. Security of your personal information
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ARTIE Academy is committed to ensuring the information you provide is secure. We have implemented suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard personal information against misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
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The transmission of information over the internet is undertaken at your own risk. While we take reasonable steps to protect personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of information transmitted to or from our website.
7. Access to your personal information
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You may request access to the personal information we hold about you in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). If you believe any information we hold is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date, please contact us at artie@fogs.com.au.
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We reserve the right to refuse access in certain circumstances permitted under the Privacy Act.
8. Complaints about privacy
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If you have any concerns or complaints about our privacy practices, please contact us at artie@fogs.com.au. We take privacy complaints seriously and will respond as soon as reasonably practicable.
9. Changes to this Privacy Policy
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ARTIE Academy may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will take effect immediately upon publication on our website. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
10. Website
10.1 When you visit our website
When you visit https://www.artie.net.au/ we may collect certain information such as your browser type, operating system, referring website and pages visited. This information is collected in an aggregated form to help us improve our website and services.
10.2 Cookies
Our website may use cookies to improve your browsing experience and analyse website traffic. Cookies are small files stored on your device that help us recognise returning visitors and understand how our website is used.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, however you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Please note that doing so may affect the functionality of parts of our website.
We may also use trusted third-party services, such as Google Ads, to display relevant advertising.
10.3 Third-party websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites for your convenience. These websites are not owned or controlled by ARTIE Academy, and we are not responsible for their privacy practices or content. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.
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