Australian Dental Graduates privacy and security measures are designed to give you the best possible experience, while protecting your data. Any personal information you provide is used for the purpose of receiving our email communications, purchasing our products, market research, or personalising your web experience with Australian Dental Graduates. Our specific privacy policies are outlined below.
The aim of this Policy is to:
Transparently explain what personal data we collect, the reasons why we collect and use it, and how you can control the data you provide.
Explain how providing your personal data to us improves your browsing and shopping experience.
Explain your rights and choices in relation to the personal data we collect, and how we protect your privacy.
YOUR RIGHTS
The General Data Protection Regulation or “GDPR”, introduced in the EU in May 2018, gives certain rights to individuals in relation to their personal data. We have therefore implemented additional transparency and access controls to help users take advantage of those rights. Your rights include:
Request access, correction or deletion of your personal information.
Request that we temporarily or permanently stop processing some or all of your personal data.
Withdrawal of consent – you can withdraw your consent of our collection of your personal data at any time.
Objection – you can object to our processing of your personal information, ask us to temporarily or permanently stop processing some or all of your personal data, or request portability of your personal information.
Complaint mechanisms – you have the right to complain to our Privacy Officer or a data protection agency about our collection or use of personal data.
If you have any questions about your rights or privacy, please contact our Privacy Officer at hutcho@avenuedental.com.au.
If you do not agree with the data practices described in this Privacy Policy, remember it is your decision whether or not to browse or purchase from our sites.
HOW WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION
We collect your information when you subscribe online, make a purchase from our website, enter a competition, contact customer service, or otherwise provide your email address. We gather navigational information about where visitors go on our website in order to optimise your user experience and provide better content. Navigational information is aggregated and not personally identifiable.
THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT
In order to provide the content and information that best serves your interest and to understand your preferences, we may request any of the following information from you; name, address, telephone number, email address, gender, year of birth, fitness goals, physical profile, product interest. We require payment information for any online purchases, however this is processed by our secure third-party payment gateway provider. If you leave comments on our site we collect the data shown in the Comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
HOW WE USE THE INFORMATION
All personal information that we obtain from you is recorded, used and protected by us in accordance with current data protection legislation and this privacy policy. We will primarily use your personal information to provide products and services to you and deliver content that matches your preferences, for example:
Contest, promotion, survey, market research, focus group or other site feature and to provide you with the relevant products or services (for instance to deliver a prize you may have won in a contest);
Email communications about offers and news that may interest you. We only send you this if you have opted-in to receive Australian Dental Graduates email messages by subscribing on our website or ticking the checkbox on our customer order form when making online purchases; and
To analyse visits to the website and learn about the interests of our visitors in aggregate and also on personal level to better understand your interests, so we can improve our services and deliver to you the type of content, features and promotions that you are most interested in.
You will be invited to opt-in to receive emails from Australian Dental Graduates for future news. If you check this box, we will record your email address for the purposes of sending you email communication.
The navigational information allows us to see which areas of our website are most visited and helps us improve the quality of your online experience by recognising and delivering the most desired features and services. Additional non-personally identifiable information (for example, browser version, IP address) may be collected which will provide information regarding the general use of our website.
We will never sell any information about you to anyone. We use cookies only to allow you to use our web site in the most efficient manner.
Graduates TESTIMONIALS AND COMMENTS
We post graduates testimonials and comments on our websites, which may contain personal information such as first name and state of residence. We obtain each graduates consent via verbal confirmation prior to posting the graduates name and testimonial.
DATA RETENTION AND DELETION
We keep your personal data only as long as necessary for legitimate and essential business purposes, such as fulfilling purchases, making data-driven business decisions about new content and products, complying with our legal obligations, and resolving disputes. We keep some of your personal data for as long as you opt-in to receive email and digital marketing.
If you request, we will delete or anonymise your personal data so that it no longer identifies you, unless, we are legally allowed or required to maintain certain personal data, such as:
If there is an unresolved issue relating to your account or order, we will retain the necessary personal data until the issue is resolved;
Where we are required to retain the personal data for our legal, tax, audit, and accounting obligations, we will retain the necessary personal data for the period required by applicable law; and/or,
Where necessary for our legitimate business interests such as fraud prevention or to maintain the security of our users.
If you have subscribed to receive marketing communications from us, we retain information about your marketing preferences for a reasonable period of time to continue to deliver information you have expressed interest in. We retain information from cookies and other tracking technologies for a reasonable period of time from the date the information was created.
COOKIES
A cookie is a small removable data file that is stored by our web browser on our computer. Cookies allow you to place an order on our website and allow us to enhance and personalise your online browsing and shopping experience. For example, we use cookies to:
remember the items in your shopping cart;
recognise you when you return to our website; and
analyse visitor behaviour.
You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings.
We also work with other companies who use tracking technologies to serve ads on our behalf across the internet. These companies may collect non-personally identifiable information about your visit to our website and your interaction with our communications, including advertising. For more information, please see our Cookies Policy below.
All marketing emails you receive include links to Unsubscribe, should you wish.
OPT OUT / UNSUBSCRIBE
You may request to stop receiving communications from Australian Dental Graduates at any time. You can choose to cancel emails by clicking the “Unsubscribe” link that is provided at the bottom of all email correspondence.
SECURITY
We are committed to protecting our users’ personal data and implement industry-standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption to protect the confidentiality of your personal information. All payments are processed by our secure third-party payment gateway provider. We do not collect or store your credit card or financial details are never stored by our website. Your password protects your user account, so we encourage you to use a unique and strong password, limit access to your computer and browser, and log out after completing your session.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may occasionally make changes to this Policy. Any changes will be posted on this page, and if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice by sending you email notification.
Please therefore make sure you read any such notice carefully.
CONTACT DETAILS
If you have any further questions about the privacy and security of your information or anything in this privacy policy, please contact us.
hutcho@avenuedental.com.au
Natasha Hutchinson is the data controller for the purposes of the personal data processed under this Policy.
Policy Last Updated: December 2019
COOKIES POLICY
Australian Dental Graduates (australiandentalgraduates.com) places small data files called cookies on your computer or device (such as smartphones or tablets) when you use the site. This is standard practice for all websites. Cookies enable us to deliver a better quality user experience and some collect information about browsing and buying behaviour.
By using and browsing Australian Dental Graduates website, you consent to cookies being used in accordance with our policy. If you do not consent, you must disable cookies or refrain from using the site.
Australian Dental Graduates does have relationships with carefully-selected and monitored suppliers who may also set cookies during your visit to be used for remarketing purposes – in other words to show you different products and services based on what you appear to be interested in.
If you would like to opt out of cookies, most web browsers will provide the option to turn off or disallow cookies. How you do this depends on the web browser you are using. Instructions for disabling cookies can usually be found in the browser’s ‘Help’ menu.
If you would only like to Opt out of Google’s ad settings please click here.
It’s important to note that if you only disable third party cookies, you will not be prevented from making purchases on our websites but refusing the cookies we have used via your web browser will mean that you are unable to make transactional purchases on our website. You may also find that the functionality of many other websites and services will be affected.
We’re giving you this information as part of our initiative to comply with recent legislation, and to make sure we’re honest and clear about your privacy whilst visiting Australian Dental Graduates website.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
This website uses cookies to collect information. They are used to ‘remember’ when your computer or device accesses this website.The cookies are essential to the effective operation of our website and to enable to you shop with us online. Cookies are also used to tailor the products and services offered and how they are advertised to our customers, both on this website and elsewhere.
INFORMATION COLLECTED
Some cookies are used to collect information about browsing and buying behaviour by people who access this website via the same computer or device. This information is about the pages viewed, the products purchased and way the site is navigated. We do not use cookies to collect or record information on individual users’ name, address or other contact details.
Australian Dental Graduates website is able to use cookies to monitor individual customer browsing and purchasing behaviour but third parties are not able to identify customers using cookies.
WHO SETS THE COOKIES?
The cookies stored on your computer or other device when you access this website are set by or on behalf of theAustralian Dental Graduates.
Cookies may also be set by third parties who participate with us in marketing programmes. The most important such third parties are Google. Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) helps to analyse the use of this website and improve customer experience on our website. None of these third parties collect any personal data from which they would be able to identify individual customers.
WHAT ARE COOKIES USED FOR?
The main purposes for which cookies are used are:
For technical purposes essential to effective operation of website, particularly in relation to online transactions.
To enable Australian Dental Graduates website to collect information about the browsing and shopping habits and activities of customers, including to monitor the success of campaigns, competitions etc.
For the exhaustive list of cookies we collect, please see the List of cookies we collect section.
HOW DO I DISABLE COOKIES?
If you want to disable cookies you need to change your website browser settings to reject cookies. How to do this will depend on the browser you use. Please refer to your individual browser for guidance on how to disable cookies on their systems.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I DISABLE COOKIES?
This depends on which cookies you disable, but in general the site may not operate properly if cookies are switched off. If you only disable third party cookies you will not be prevented from making purchases on this site. If you disable all cookies you will be unable to complete a purchase on this site.