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PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: 17 Aug 2024

The protection of your personal information is important to Win for Nature and we are committed to respecting the right to privacy and the protection of personal information.

This document sets out:

By providing your personal information to Win for Nature, you consent to its use, storage and disclosure in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

This policy provides for the way in which Win for Nature may collect, use, store and disclose information. Third party commercial entities and subsidiaries, whether owned or acting on behalf of Win for Nature or an affiliate or not, may be subject to the same privacy laws and may be governed by their own privacy policies. Win for Nature will do the utmost to ensure that personal information is respected and protected.

What Personal Information Does Win for Nature Collect?

Personal Information

Generally, personal information is information or an opinion (including information or an opinion forming part of a database) from which it is possible to determine someone's identity.

The information collected by Win for Nature about a particular person will vary depending on the circumstances of collection. It may include, but is not limited to, a person's contact details (name, email and/or postal address, phone number), date of birth, gender, credit card details, driver licence number, passport number, insurance details, employment history, qualifications or communication history with Win for Nature.

In addition, the personal information collected by Win for Nature may include: credit card or bank account information for subscription and other purchasing purposes, demographic information such as age and gender, and communication preferences for marketing purposes.

Sensitive Information

Sensitive information is a type of personal information that also includes information or an opinion about:

If it is reasonably necessary in the circumstances, Win for Nature may also collect sensitive information such as a person's medical history, nationality, their ethnic background or disabilities.

Win for Nature is required by law to obtain consent when collecting sensitive information. Consent will be assumed to the collection of all sensitive information that is provided to it for use in accordance with this Privacy Policy, unless told otherwise.

How is Personal Information Collected?

Win for Nature collects information from a variety of sources. Information may be collected when you:

Win for Nature may collect data about you relating to your interests and matters that may be of interest to you. In addition, your preferences as to how you prefer to receive communications, i.e. by email, post, telephone, SMS/MMS and door-to-door canvassing, are also recorded depending on which contact channel information you have chosen. Win for Nature collects personal information in order to service your account, understand your offset and subscription preferences, and provide you with relevant communications and marketing materials.

Providing information

Depending on the circumstances, some types of information will be required and others might be optional. If you do not provide some or all of the information requested, this may affect Win for Nature's ability to communicate with you or provide the requested products or services.

By not providing requested information, you may jeopardise your ability to participate in programs, trade promotions or competitions, or apply for employment or volunteer positions with Win for Nature. If it is impracticable for Win for Nature to deal with you as a result of you not providing the requested information or consents, Win for Nature may refuse to do so.

Collection from third parties

Win for Nature may collect information from a Win for Nature Affiliate, or other third party.

How Does Win for Nature Use and Disclose Personal Information?

Use

Win for Nature, and third parties to whom we may disclose personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy, may use your personal information to:

  1. verify your identity
  2. complete background checks
  3. research, develop, run, administer and market programs, activities and other events relating to Win for Nature, membership management, offerings and social or marketing purposes
  4. run trade promotions
  5. research, develop and market products, services, or special offers made available by us and third parties
  6. keep you informed of news and information relating to various Win for Nature events, activities and opportunities via various mediums

Disclosure

Win for Nature may disclose your personal information to a range of organisations which include, but are not limited to:

Win for Nature may share this information with Win for Nature employees for the purposes of marketing, research and analysis. In certain limited circumstances, it may be necessary to share the information with a third party service provider on a confidential basis. When this occurs, we provide only the information that is required to provide the services and strict terms of confidentiality are established. We disclose personal information to third party agents only for a purpose that is consistent with the way we have informed you that we will use the information in this Privacy Policy.

In some circumstances, personal information may also be disclosed outside of Australia. In such circumstances, Win for Nature will use its best endeavours to ensure such parties are subject to a law, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles for fair handling of the information that are suitably similar to the Australian Privacy Principles. Win for Nature may send personal information overseas for the purpose of addressing direct marketing material produced overseas.

Gaming

Win for Nature, as the promoter of trade promotions, collects personal information in order to assist us to process trade promotion entries, and to improve our products and services. We or a third-party engaged by us may contact you (including by phone, email or SMS) to let you know about promotions which may be of interest to you. We may also share your information with other persons or entities that assist us in providing our services, running trade promotions (including administering the trade promotion or distributing prizes). We may also disclose your personal information in accordance with these terms and conditions if you are a prize winner or finalist.

If you would prefer us not to disclose your information to a third-party, or you wish to change your communication preferences, please contact us as per the contact details in this document.

Direct marketing

We will assume consent to use non-sensitive personal information to provide you better services and for marketing purposes (including disclosure of such information to service providers).

Every person whose data is collected by Win for Nature has the option to refuse e-mail, SMS or posted offers. You may do this by the opt-out procedures included in any communication from us (information relating to the option to unsubscribe from those communications may be retained). If you are still not satisfied at the communication you are receiving, you can also write to us via the contact details below.

Other disclosures

In addition, Win for Nature may also disclose personal information to an enforcement body when reasonably necessary, or to lessen or prevent a threat to an individual or public health or safety. These disclosures will be with your express or implied consent, or when required or authorised by law.

Cookies on the Win for Nature Websites

Win for Nature uses password protocols and encryption software to protect personal and other information we receive when a service is requested and/or paid for on-line. Our software is routinely updated to maximize protection of such information. All credit card transactions are secured using 128 Bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Encryption.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored within your internet browser by the websites that you visit. In a similar way to many other websites, Win for Nature places cookies on your device to understand more about your visit and help us to enhance your experience.

How Does Win for Nature Use Cookies?

Cookies are used for various aspects of functionality such as learning more about how you arrived at our website and to store your preferences so you don't have to enter them each time you visit. We also use cookies to manage functions such as secure access areas, multi-step forms and polls.

Some cookies are essential and others are non-essential. See below for the types of cookies we use and the functionality they support.

Cookie Types That Win for Nature Uses:

Essential Cookies

These are cookies that our website needs in order to function and if they are not accepted by you, parts of the site may not be usable. Examples of where these cookies are used include: link to the number of tickets you have chosen, to anonymously determine when you are signed in, and to determine your country to ensure we can sell to you.

Third Party Cookies

Aside from setting cookies ourselves, we also allow carefully-selected third parties to set cookies during your visit to our website. These organisations provide us with information on how you use Win for Nature websites. They may also use cookies to promote our newest products and latest offers to you on other websites based on your activity at Win for Nature websites. For example, you may see products that you viewed at Win for Nature websites presented on other websites as you move around the internet. Some of our partners will use your location to provide more relevant messaging.

Read on to learn how to disable these cookies should you wish to switch this feature off.

Analytics Cookies

We use various Google Analytics to allow us to study, and then improve, how customers interact with our website – this is known as website analytics.

Analytics cookies allow us to understand more about how many visitors we have to the website, how many times they visit Win for Nature websites and how many times a user viewed specific webpages within our site. Although analytics cookies allow us to gather specific information about the pages that you visit and whether you have visited Win for Nature websites multiple times, we cannot use them to find out details such as your name or address.

How Can I Manage My Cookies?

If you do not want to accept cookies from Win for Nature websites, you can change your browser settings so that cookies are not accepted. If you choose to do this, please be aware Win for Nature websites may no longer function as intended. Some functions (e.g. the shopping cart) may not work at all if you disable cookies in your browser.

How Can I Turn My Cookies Off?

All popular browsers allow you to amend your cookie settings so that cookies are no longer enabled across all websites that you visit.

Resolving Privacy Issues and Complaints

Any issues, questions or complaints in relation to the collection, use, disclosure, quality, security of and access to your personal information may be made by email by using the subject line "Attention: Privacy Officer" and emailing to hi@winfornature.au.

If we are unable to resolve your complaint, or you are unhappy with the outcome, you can contact the Office of Australian Information Commissioner via its enquiries line 1300 363 992 or website http://www.oaic.gov.au/ to lodge a complaint.

For further information on Win for Nature's management of personal information, please contact Win for Nature.

Win for Nature may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time.

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