Our Policies

Privacy and Security Policy

Seabird Swimwear

Welcome to Seabird Swimwear!

Seabird Swimwear is a retailer using the internet through its website. We are committed to protecting the personal privacy of our customers, and observe the National Privacy Principles of the Commonwealth Privacy Act 1988.

Questions or comments regarding this Policy should be directed in the first instance to us at Seabird Swimwear by email to sales@seabirdswimwear.com or writing to us at the following address:

Seabird Swimwear, PO Box 6287, Port Macquarie NSW 2444 Australia

COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Soft Edges Pty Ltd (trading as Seabird Swimwear) takes your electronic privacy seriously. If all you want to do is access this web site, no personal information will be collected, but if you wish to order on it then certain information is required to undertake the transaction.
There are two kinds of information that we obtain about you on this website:

Aggregate Information
Aggregate Information is anonymous data, that we use to analyse trends, administer the website, diagnose problems on the website's servers, track user's movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use and to help improve the quality of the web pages on the website. It may be your domain name or your IP address. This information is not connected by us with Personally Identifiable Information.

Personally Identifiable Information
Personally Identifiable Information is any information that personally identifies you. When you become a website member with Seabird Swimwear, we ask you for personal details including name, post code, residential address, email address. Most of this information is for admin purposes only such as goods deliveries, etc. We DO NOT collect and store credit card details.

USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We will not disseminate any Personally Identifiable Information about you for any other purpose without your consent, unless:

• It is required or authorised by law.
• It is to provide you with a service which you have requested.
• It is to implement our terms of service.

We may retain the content of any email that you send to us. Any personally identifiable information contained within those emails, including your email address, will only be used or disclosed in the ways set out in this Policy.

We may use the information you provide to us to tell you about our new products or items of interest via email, as long as you have indicated you do not object to this. You can always opt out of receiving this information by clicking on the appropriate link in emails we send.

DELETING OR MODIFYING PERSONAL INFORMATION

If you've given us personally identifiable information in the past and then have second thoughts or want to update it, contact Seabird Swimwear Customer Service at sales@seabirdswimwear.com, or phone freecall (within Australia) 1800 814 723. Although it is not always possible to remove or modify information in the databases, we will make reasonable efforts to do so. If you've given us information for third parties and we've already passed it on, we cannot delete or change the information.

COOKIES

A cookie is a piece of data stored on your hard drive containing information about your computer. The use of cookies on websites is a common industry standard. Cookies act as unique identifiers, used to distinguish between different members. They can enable us to track and target your interests to enhance your experience on our site. For instance, by setting a cookie on the Website, you would not have to log in a password more than once, thereby saving time while on our site. Websites use cookies to allow access to members only sections. If a user rejects the cookie, he/she may still use the Website. The only drawback to this is that they may not have access to members only areas of the site. We may use cookies when we conduct voting polls, surveys, and contests to limit multiple responses and registrations.

We will never use cookies to retrieve information from your computer that was not originally sent by us to you in a cookie. We do not associate information obtained from cookies with Personally Identifiable Information. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you'd prefer, you can set yours to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. You can also delete cookies from your hard drive at any time. However, it is possible that some parts of the site, such as the shop, will not function properly if you reject or delete cookies.

SPAMMING

Spamming is sending mass unsolicited emails. We do not condone or use spamming in any form. We only ever use 'opt-in' permission to send email messages.

SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Soft Edges has taken reasonable precautions to protect the security of your Personally Identifiable Information which it collects on the website. Unfortunately, there's always a risk involved in sending information through any channel over the Internet and you send information over the Internet entirely at your own risk.

To the extent permitted by law, we will not be responsible for any unauthorised access or use of this information. When you register on this website you will create a user name and password. You can play an important role in keeping your personal information secure, by maintaining the confidentiality of any password and accounts used on the website. If you suspect that someone has your user name and password and you don't want them to have it, please let us know immediately. A few of our employees will have access to your personal information to enable them to perform their jobs and complete the transaction you have requested from us. They are obliged to respect the confidentiality of any personal information held by us.

Credit card details are kept until the transaction you have requested us to make is completed, and then deleted. To provide security of mind when purchasing from Seabird Swimwear on our website, we use a secure server with a current SSL Certificate which encrypts all the information sent from your computer to us. This is to assure you we are a legitimate company which provides a secure environment for making transactions through our website.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY WEBSITES

This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users when they leave our site to read the privacy policies of each and every web site that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy policy applies solely to information collected by this website.

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on the website so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it. If at any point we decide to use personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time it was collected, we will notify users by way of an email. Users will have a choice as to whether or not we use their information in this different manner. We will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected.

ADDITIONAL PRIVACY INFORMATION

If you are interested in obtaining additional information on privacy, you can visit the Australian Federal Privacy Commissioner's website at www.privacy.gov.au.

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