We value your privacy and this Privacy Policy demonstrates how we are committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information.
Information is obtained in many ways including through our website www.dancingpig.com.au, via email, or social media.
Providing us with personal information indicates you have accessed and read our Privacy Policy and you have 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.
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
Personal information is defined as details that are used to identify an individual and also use to make contact with them. Examples include your name, phone number, email address etc.
The primary reason for collecting and storing your personal information is so that we can contact you, post your comment, send you an email, put you on our mailing list or for email marketing. You have the opportunity to unsubscribe from our post and email marketing lists at any time. During the time of collection we will advise you why we are collecting the information upon request.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
We collect you name and email adress along with any infromation you may include when you fill out our contact form or send us an email.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
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, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
We may disclosure your personal information collected to relevant third parties or when required by legal authorities. We will never sell or rent your personal details to third parties.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Sensitive Information
Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
Sensitive information will be used by us only:
• For the primary purpose for which it was obtained
• For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose
• With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.
Where we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Third Parties
In most cases we will collect information directly from you. In the case where information is collected from a third party we will take every reasonable step to ensure the information is accurate and kept up to date and that you’re made aware of our privacy policy.
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements
Dancing Pig is devoted to provide a good customer service experience to all of our users and visitors. Our privacy policy outlines our responsibilities in relation to collecting and storing your personal information which adheres to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act) as well as the National Privacy Principles (NPP) that became effective from the 21st of December 2001.If you’d like to obtain a copy of the National Privacy Principles please visit The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner’s website located at www.privacy.gov.au.
Additional information
We reserve the right to amend our privacy policy at any time without notice. You can view these amendments by visiting this page when required or via email upon request.
If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact us at:
Email: admin@dancingpig.com.au