NIRVANA SOUND PRIVACY POLICY
At Nirvana Sound Pty Ltd, we recognise the importance of your privacy and understand your concerns about the security of the personal information you provide to us. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, nirvanasound.com (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
This Privacy Policy sets out our commitment to protecting the privacy of your personal information that we collect through our site or directly from you.
You providing us with personal information indicates that you have had sufficient opportunity to access this Privacy Policy and that you have read and accepted it.
If you do not wish to provide personal information to us, then you do not have to do so, however it may affect your use of this Site or any products and services offered on it.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. You will be required to read and accept this Privacy Policy when registering your warranty. Please contact us if you have any questions.
THE AUSTRALIAN PRIVACY ACT
We comply with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) as contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The APPs detail how personal information may be collected, used, disclosed, stored and destroyed, and how an individual may gain access to or make complaints about the personal information held about them.
WHO ARE WE?
This website is owned and operated by Nirvana Sound Pty Ltd, a limited company registered in Australia whose registered address is Unit 2, 11 Friars Road, Moorabbin Vic 3189, Australia.
WHAT DOES THIS POLICY COVER?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOLD
“Personal information” is information or an opinion about an identified individual, or about an individual who is reasonably identifiable.
The kinds of personal information that we may collect and hold from you or about you include: your name, email address, address, phone numbers and details about the product that you have registered under our warranty policy.
When you browse the Nirvana Sound Site or contact us electronically, we may also record geographical tagging, cookies and statistical data. This may include your IP address, date and time of your visit, pages visited and information downloaded and type of browser used to access the Site.
We use this information to help us to make decisions about maintaining and improving our Site and online services.
A “cookie” is a small text file which is placed on your computer by our webpage servers when you access our Site. The purpose of a cookie is to help analyse web traffic and to allow our Site to respond to you when you return to our site. Cookies are also used to enhance the secure use of our Site.
Cookies are frequently used and in themselves do not identify the user, just the computer used. You can choose if and how a cookie will be accepted by configuring your preferences and options in your browser. If you decide not to display cookies you may not experience optimum performance of our Site.
While our Site may contains links to other websites with the exception of our related entities, those websites are not subject to our privacy standards, policies and procedures. We recommend that you make your own enquiries as to the Privacy Policies of these third parties and we are in no way responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. If we receive your personal information from third parties, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy.
HOW WE COLLECT AND HOLD PERSONAL INFORMATION
We aim to collect personal information only directly from you, unless it is unreasonable or impracticable for us to do so. For example, we collect personal information from you or about you from information you submit to us, emails, telephone calls with us and from your activity on our Site.
WHY WE COLLECT, HOLD, USE AND DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION
We collect, hold, use and disclose personal information from you or about you where it is reasonably necessary for us to carry out our business functions and activities. For example, we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information as necessary to provide our services to you.
If we do not collect, hold, use or disclose your personal information, or if you do not consent, then we may not be able to answer your enquiry, complete the transaction you have entered into, or provide the services that you have contracted us to provide.
We collect and use the personal information for purposes including to contact and communicate with you, for internal record keeping and for marketing. Where we use your personal information for marketing and promotional communications, you can opt out at any time by notifying us. Opt out procedures are also included in our marketing communications.
We do NOT use or disclose your personal information for other purposes, however where we to wish to we will obtain your consent.
We may also disclose your personal information to third parties (including government departments and enforcement bodies) where required or permitted by law.
HOW WE HOLD AND STORE PERSONAL INFORMATION
Your personal information is held and stored on paper, by electronic means or both. We have physical, electronic and procedural safeguards in place for personal information and take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal information is protected from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorized access, modification and disclosure:
- Data held and stored on paper is stored in lockable offices and in secure premises.
- Data held and stored electronically is protected by internal and external firewalls, limited access via file passwords, and files designated read-only or no access.
- Data held and stored “in the cloud” is protected by internal and external firewalls, limited access via file passwords and files designated read-only or no access. We also require our IT contractors and other third parties to implement privacy safeguards.
- Where we disclose personal information to third parties (including contractors and affiliated businesses located locally and overseas), our contractual arrangements with them include specific privacy requirements.
- Our staff receive regular training on privacy procedures.
HOW CAN YOU ACCESS YOUR DATA?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by us (where such data is held). Under the APPs no fee is payable and we will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact us for more details at info@nirvanasound.com
DESTRUCTION AND DE-IDENTIFICATION
We will retain your personal information whilst it is required for any of our business functions, or for any other lawful purpose. We use the following secure methods to destroy or to permanently de-identify your personal information when it is no longer needed:
- Paper records are shredded or destroyed securely.
- Electronic records are deleted from all locations, to the best of our ability, or encrypted and/or placed beyond use.
OVERSEAS DISCLOSURE
We do not disclose your personal information to overseas recipients.
REQUESTS FOR ACCESS AND CORRECTION
We have procedures in place for dealing with and responding to requests for access to, and correction of, the personal information held about you.
In most cases, we expect that we will be able to comply with your request. However, if we do not agree to provide you access or to correct the information as requested, we will give you written reasons why. Please see contact us for further information.
To assist us to keep our records up-to-date, please notify us of any changes to your personal information.
COMPLAINTS AND CONCERNS
We have procedures in place for dealing complaints and concerns about our practices in relation to the Privacy Act and the APPs. We will respond to your complaint in accordance with the relevant provisions of the APPs. For further information, please contact us.
GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION
We comply with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) as contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
You have the following rights under the APPs:
- to correct or change your personal information.
- to request that we delete your personal data unless we are required or permitted to hold it by the relevant law.
- to request that your personal data is transferred to a third party.
- to limit the personal information we hold about you.
- to object to your personal information being used in a certain manner. We will comply with your request unless we are otherwise permitted or required by law.
- to access your personal information and enquire what information we hold about you.
- to request further clarification regarding the treatment of your data; and
- to make a complaint. Our response will be in accordance with our Terms and Conditions.
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CONTACTING US
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at info@nirvanasound.com, or by post at P. O. Box 1425, Moorabbin Vic 3189, AUSTRALIA. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data we hold about you.
CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
Nirvana Sound Pty Ltd
info@nirvanasound.com
Feb 2020