AussieShots Academy Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how AussieShots Academy, located at Level 17, 68 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia, collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our website, aussieshots.com, and our services. At AussieShots Academy, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This policy outlines our practices regarding your data and how we ensure its confidentiality and integrity.

1. Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our website and services, including:

• Personal Information: This includes your name, email address, postal address, phone number, and any other information you voluntarily provide when you register for an account, purchase a course, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us.
• Payment Information: When you make a purchase, we collect payment information, such as your credit card details or PayPal account information. This information is processed securely by our payment processors and is not stored on our servers.
• Usage Data: We automatically collect information about your interactions with our website and services, such as the pages you visit, the courses you access, the time and date of your visits, the links you click, and your IP address.
• Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our website and services, including the device type, operating system, browser type, and unique device identifiers.
• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior and preferences. You can control cookies through your browser settings.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• Providing and Improving Our Services: We use your information to provide you with access to our courses, personalize your learning experience, and improve the functionality and performance of our website and services.
• Processing Transactions: We use your payment information to process your purchases and provide you with receipts and invoices.
• Communicating with You: We use your contact information to send you important updates, announcements, newsletters, and promotional materials. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
• Analyzing Usage: We analyze usage data to understand how users interact with our website and services, identify trends, and optimize our content and offerings.
• Protecting Our Rights and Interests: We may use your information to detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, and other illegal activities, and to enforce our terms of service and other agreements.

3. Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. These measures include:

• Encryption: We use encryption to protect sensitive data during transmission and storage.
• Access Controls: We restrict access to personal information to authorized personnel only.
• Regular Security Assessments: We conduct regular security assessments and audits to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.
• Secure Payment Processing: We use reputable payment processors that comply with industry standards for data security.

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies, such as web beacons and pixels, to collect information about your browsing behavior and preferences. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website.

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and enable you to access its features.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as the pages you visit and any errors you encounter. This information helps us improve the performance and usability of our website.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the website to remember your preferences and provide enhanced features, such as personalized content and language settings.
• Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to your interests and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies, but doing so may affect your ability to use certain features of our website. For more information about cookies and how to manage them, please visit our Cookies Policy.

5. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services to support our website and services, such as:

• Payment Processors: We use payment processors to securely process your payments.
• Analytics Providers: We use analytics providers to track and analyze website traffic and user behavior.
• Email Marketing Providers: We use email marketing providers to send you newsletters and promotional materials.
• Cloud Storage Providers: We use cloud storage providers to store and manage our data.

These third-party services may have their own privacy policies and data collection practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services to understand how they collect, use, and share your information. AussieShots Academy is not responsible for the privacy practices of these external websites or services.

6. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with:

• Service Providers: We share information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing and improving our services. These service providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify.
• Legal Authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or legal process, or if we believe it is necessary to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes without your explicit consent.

7. Your Rights

You have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
• Correction: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you.
• Deletion: You have the right to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
• Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Portability: You have the right to receive your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and to transmit it to another controller.

To exercise your rights, please contact us at privacy@aussieshots.com. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable law.

8. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we no longer need your personal information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

9. Children's Privacy

Our website and services are not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@aussieshots.com. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under the age of 13 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete the information as soon as possible.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable law. We will post any changes to this Privacy Policy on our website and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information. Your continued use of our website and services after the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

AussieShots Academy
Level 17, 68 Pitt Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Email: privacy@aussieshots.com
Phone: +61 7 9997 4244

This Privacy Policy is effective as of October 26, 2023.

Policy authored by: Amelia Stone, Data Protection Officer, AussieShots Academy.