Privacy policy

Mustard Seed Small Farm & Photography (ABN: 63 952 590 980) (‘the business’) is committed to providing quality services to you & this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.

We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The APPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure & dispose of your Personal Information.

A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.aoic.gov.au

What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect includes: names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers & payment information.

This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including via correspondence, by telephone, by email, via our website, from other publicly available sources, from cookies & from third parties. We don’t guarantee your privacy across website links or the policy of authorised third parties.

We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients & marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing.

When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information & how we plan to use it.

Third Parties

Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including, but not limited to the following:

· Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and

· Where required or authorised by law.

Security of Personal Information

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse & loss & from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

We may use cookies to store visitor preferences, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, customise Website content based on visitor browser type or other information that the visitor sends.

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.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, & monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account & are logged in to that website.

Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information

We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete & up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records & ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

Corporate Transaction

We may share information in the event of a corporate transaction (e.g. sale of a substantial part of our business, merger, consolidation or asset sale). In the event of the above, the transferee or acquiring company will assume the rights & obligations as described in this Privacy Policy.

Policy Updates

We reserve the right to periodically amend or revise the Privacy Policy; material changes will be effective immediately upon the display of the revised Privacy policy. The last revision will be reflected in the "Last modified" section. Your continued use of the Platform, following the notification of such amendments on our website, constitutes your acknowledgment & consent of such amendments to the Privacy Policy & your agreement to be bound by the terms of such amendments.

If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy, or if you have any general questions about the Site or the information, we collect about you & how we use it, you can contact us via the Contact page on our website or the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Last Modified 20/05/2022