Privacy Policy
Updated 8th February 2024
In this Privacy Policy, ‘us’ ‘we’ or ‘our’ means “TouchCart Pty Ltd” ACN 663 513 737. We are committed to respecting your privacy. Our Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, store, and disclose your personal information.
By providing personal information to us, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and any other arrangements that apply between us. We may change our Privacy Policy from time to time by publishing changes to it on our website. We encourage you to check our website periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
Personal information includes information or an opinion about an individual that is reasonably identifiable. For example, this may include your name, age, gender, postcode, and contact details. It may also include financial information, including your credit card information, as well as information about your interactions with our service and any preferences you have expressed.
Google User Data Disclosure
Our use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
What personal information do we collect?
We may collect the following types of personal information:
a. name;
b. mailing or street address;
c. email address;
d. telephone number and other contact details;
e. credit card information;
f. your device ID, device type, geo-location information, computer and connection information, statistics on page views, traffic to and from the sites, ad data, IP address, and standard web log information;
g. details of the products and services we have provided to you or that you have inquired about, including any additional information necessary to deliver those products and services and respond to your inquiries;
h. any additional information relating to you that you provide to us directly through our website or app or indirectly through your use of our website or online presence or through other websites or accounts from which you permit us to collect information;
i. information you provide to us through customer surveys; or
j. any other personal information that may be required in order to facilitate your dealings with us.
We may collect these types of personal information either directly from you or from third parties. We may collect this information when you:
a. register on our website;
b. communicate with us through correspondence, chats, email, or when you share information with us from other social applications, services, or websites;
c. interact with our sites, services, content, and advertising; or
d. invest in our business or inquire as to a potential purchase in our business.
In addition, when you apply for a job or position with us, we may collect certain information from you (including your name, contact details, working history, and relevant records checks) from any recruitment consultant, your previous employers, and others who may be able to provide information to us to assist in our decision on whether or not to make you an offer of employment or engage you under a contract. This Privacy Policy does not apply to acts and practices in relation to employee records of our current and former employees, which are exempt from the Privacy Act.
Why do we collect, use, and disclose personal information?
We may collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information for the following purposes:
a. to enable you to access and use our website and services;
b. to operate, protect, improve, and optimize our website, business, and our users’ experience, such as to perform analytics, conduct research, and for advertising and marketing;
c. to send you service, support, and administrative messages, reminders, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and information requested by you;
to send you marketing and promotional messages and other information that may be of interest to you, including information sent by, or on behalf of, our business partners that we think you may find interesting.
e. to administer rewards, surveys, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored or managed by us or our business partners.
f. to comply with our legal obligations, resolve any disputes that we may have with any of our users, and enforce our agreements with third parties;
g. to consider your employment application;
h. to manage and respond to user inquiries, feedback, and complaints.
In addition to the purposes listed above, we are dedicated to maintaining the highest level of transparency regarding the collection and use of our users' data. Specifically, we utilise Google Analytics to gather insights on how our services are used, such as page views, traffic flow, and user engagement, which enables us to enhance our platform and offer a better user experience. We ensure that our users are fully informed about the nature of the data accessed through Google Analytics and how it is utilised within our platform. Consent is explicitly obtained from our users before any data collection occurs, respecting their privacy and preferences at all times. We believe in empowering our users with clear information about their data, providing them with the control to manage their preferences effectively.
Do we use your personal information for direct marketing?
We and/or our carefully selected business partners may send you direct marketing communications and information about our website and services. This may take the form of emails, SMS, mail, or other forms of communication, in accordance with the Spam Act and the Privacy Act. You may opt-out of receiving marketing materials from us by contacting us using the details set out below or by using the opt-out facilities provided (e.g., an unsubscribe link).
To whom do we disclose your personal information?
We may disclose personal information for the purposes described in this privacy policy to:
a. our employees and related bodies corporate;
b. third-party suppliers and service providers (including providers for the operation of our websites and/or our business or in connection with providing our products and services to you);
c. professional advisers, dealers, and agents;
d. payment systems operators (e.g., merchants receiving card payments);
e. our existing or potential agents, business partners, or partners;
f. our sponsors or promoters of any competition that we conduct via our services;
g. anyone to whom our assets or businesses (or any part of them) are transferred;
h. specific third parties authorized by you to receive information held by us; and/or
i. other persons, including government agencies, regulatory bodies, and law enforcement agencies, or as required, authorized, or permitted by law.
Disclosure of personal information outside Australia
We may disclose personal information outside of Australia to third-party service providers such as Google, Facebook, and Stripe.
When you provide your personal information to us, you consent to the disclosure of your information outside of Australia and acknowledge that we are not required to ensure that overseas recipients handle that personal information in compliance with Australian Privacy Law. We will, however, take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas recipient will deal with such personal information in a way that is consistent with the Australian Privacy Principles.
Using our website and cookies
We may collect personal information about you when you use and access our website.
While we do not use browsing information to identify you personally, we may record certain information about your use of our website, such as which pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, and the internet protocol address assigned to your computer.
We may also use ‘cookies’ or other similar tracking technologies on our website that help us track your website usage and remember your preferences. Cookies are small files that store information on your computer, TV, mobile phone, or other devices. They enable the entity that put the cookie on your device to recognize you across different websites, services, devices, and/or browsing sessions. You can disable cookies through your internet browser, but our websites may not work as intended for you if you do so.
We may also use cookies to enable us to collect data that may include personal information. For example, where a cookie is linked to your account, it will be considered personal information under the Privacy Act. We will handle any personal information collected by cookies in the same way that we handle all other personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Security
We may hold your personal information in either electronic or hard copy form. We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, and loss, as well as unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. We use a number of physical, administrative, personnel, and technical measures to protect your personal information. For example, we ensure your credit card information is stored only on our 3rd party supplier Stripe, who securely encrypts data on disk with AES-256. However, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information.
Links
Our website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. Those links are provided for convenience and may not remain current or be maintained. Unless expressly stated otherwise, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of, or any content on, those linked websites, and have no control over or rights in those linked websites. The privacy policies that apply to those other websites may differ substantially from our Privacy Policy, so we encourage individuals to read them before using those websites.
Accessing or correcting your personal information
You can access the personal information we hold about you by contacting us using the information below. Sometimes, we may not be able to provide you with access to all of your personal information and, where this is the case, we will tell you why. We may also need to verify your identity when you request your personal information.
If you think that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to ensure that it is corrected.
Making a complaint
If you think we have breached the Privacy Act, or you wish to make a complaint about the way we have handled your personal information, you can contact us using the details set out below. Please include your name, email address, and/or telephone number and clearly describe your complaint. We will acknowledge your complaint and respond to you regarding your complaint within a reasonable period of time. If you think that we have failed to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, we will provide you with information about the further steps you can take.
Contact Us
For further information about our Privacy Policy or practices, or to access or correct your personal information, or make a complaint, please contact us using the details set out below:
TouchCart Pty Ltd
Mailing Address: PO Box 5013 Edmondson Park NSW 2174
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +61 02 8999 7258
Effective Date: 21st March 2023