Privacy Policy

As at 1 July 2019

Introduction

The Herd Online, a division of Calvett Co Pty Ltd operates www.theherdonline.com.au and www.herdonline.com.au and related products, services, websites, mobile sites and apps (collectively called our “Website”).

This Privacy Policy describes the information we collect in connection with our Website and how we use and disclose it. By providing personal information to us or using our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy then you should not use our Website.

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time by publishing the new Privacy Policy at www.theherdonline.com.au or www.herdonline.com.au Your continued use of our Website constitutes your acceptance of that updated Privacy Policy.

Information gathering

We aim to continually improve the service we offer, and the information we collect allows us to tailor our service to best suit you.

We may collect personal information about you such as name, email address, telephone number, physical address and any other information you provide us. We may also collect non-personal information about you including data relating to your usage of our Website via tracking technologies such as cookies and traffic measurement software.

We may collect information about you from a variety of sources, including when you:

  • register as a user of a particular part of our Website;

  • subscribe for email or other notification services via our Website;

  • contact us with a query (for example by email); and

  • upload material to our Website.

We may also receive information about you from other online and offline sources (including our suppliers, other third parties and publicly available social network information).

How we may use the information collected

The information we collect may be used to:

  • contact you in relation to our Website;

  • ensure that our Website content is presented in the most effective and secure manner for you and for your device and settings;

  • provide you with information about offers, promotions, good or services which we believe may be of interest to you;

  • customise the content you see through our Website including ads;

  • provide technical support;

  • confirm or fulfill a request you have made and provide you with related customer service;

  • facilitate social sharing functionality;

  • monitor or improve the use of our Website;

  • monitor compliance with our Website’s Terms of Use and prevent fraud;

  • generally maintain and develop our relationship with you.

We may not be able to do these things without your personal information.

We may use or disclose information that does not personally identify you for any purpose.

With whom we share your information

We may share your information with our related bodies corporate, service providers or business affiliates.

We may also disclose your personal information:

  • to our customers who have listings or advertisements on our Website (“Advertisers”) and from whom you have requested information by submitting an enquiry;

  • to our suppliers or service providers to enable them to provide, on our behalf, a function relating to our Website;

  • to third parties in the event of any reorganisation, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock; and

  • as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process; (c) to respond to requests from public and government authorities; (d) to enforce our Website Terms of Use; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others; and (g) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

We may also share aggregate information, such as demographics and service usage statistics, with our Advertisers, suppliers or other organisations. When this type of information is shared, the receiving parties do not have access to your personally identifiable information.

We may process your personal information on a server located outside Australia. Further, organisations to whom we may disclose your information may be based outside Australia. For example, we may process your information or disclose your information to entities based in the United States of America.

Links to other websites

Through our Website we may provide links to third party websites, apps, products and widgets. These linked sites, applications and products are outside of our control and we cannot accept responsibility for those third party operators or their collection of information. Before disclosing your personal information on any other website or using any linked apps, products or widgets, we recommend you consider carefully the terms and conditions and privacy policy of the relevant third party operator.

Security

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will take reasonable steps to protect personal information we collect from you from misuse, loss or unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

Cookies

If you do not want information to be collected through the use of cookies or measurement software, your device and/or browser may enable you to delete or ‘turn off’ cookies or some of the measurement software features. However, some or all parts of our Website may not function correctly if such features are disabled.

Access and updating

If you would like to request a copy of this Privacy Policy, to change the personal information we hold about you or to access a copy of your data that we hold, please email admin@theherdonline.com.au We may charge a fee for access if the relevant law allows us to do so.

Contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or your dealings with us, please email admin@theherdonline.com.au

The Herd Online, a division of Calvett Co Pty Ltd

336 Sandgate Rd Albion QLD 4010