Privacy Policy & Other Terms
Who we are
Values Australia is based in Sydney and operated by an Australian ABN registered business. The business also provides web hosting and web design. The servers are based in Texas USA. This website address is: https://valuesaustralia.com
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
The personal data we collect are the name and email address of visitors who contact us and comment on blog posts. People who contact us may choose to provide other information.
We use the data only to deliver services that have been requested or to contact people who have contacted us. Using a contact form or submitting a comment is taken to be your active consent to use the information you have provided to provide the services described above.
Comments
Any blog comments you wish to make can be made using the comments form on ay post. We receive your comments by email and a moderator will determine whether to include them. You are deemed to be the independent publisher of any comment that you make on the Values Australia platform.
Media
You may choose to send images or other media to us for use in a web site. You should avoid uploading media with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. We will not use copyrighted media.
Contact forms
Basic personal data is captured when you submit a contact form. This information is held for as long as the website exists or until you request us to delete it. We use it only to ensure that you are a real person or to contact you in order to perform agreed actions. We do not use the information for marketing purposes.
Cookies
We do not personally install cookies on your browser. However, various websites and browsers (e.g. Chrome, Opera, Safari, Edge, Firefox) may automatically install cookies for various reasons such as enhancing your browsing experience. Cookies may last for a single visit, a day or a year, or longer. You can control the use of cookies through the security settings on your browser.
Embedded content from other websites
Embedded content from other websites should behave in the exact same way as if you had visited the other website. Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account with that website. We advise you to always consider whether to interact with embedded media.
Analytics
Our website collects anonymous aggregated data on visitor numbers and page views. We use these data to improve our service to visitors and for no other purpose.
Who we share your data with
We do not share any personal data with anyone.
How long we retain your data
Your data from contact with us is retained for as long as you permit us to retain it. If you wish us to delete your data it will be removed immediately.
What rights you have over your data
Your data belong to you. If you have contacted us you can request a file of the data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. (This does not include any data we may be legally obliged to keep.)
Where we send your data
We do not send your data to anyone anywhere.
Your contact information
Your contact information is security protected. If you have any concerns you can contact us.
How we protect your data
The website is protected under an encrypted secure socket layer (SSL) which protects all user information. All private information is held only in digital form and is never printed or converted into unprotected formats.
What data breach procedures we have in place
If a data breach were to occur our policy is to immediately shut down the website, and to alert any potentially affected visitors and appropriate authorities. (This has never been necessary.)
What third parties we receive data from
We do not receive data about users from third parties, including advertisers (if any).
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
We do not engage in any way in automated decision making.
Terms etc.
By using this website you agree to abide by the following terms and any terms which we may stipulate from time to time and which may be amended without notice.
When you visit and/or use this website your use without immediate withdrawal is taken as agreement; you are assumed to have read, understood and agreed to these terms below.
1. You are free to use the service at any time. We do not and will not charge fees for any ordinary usage of the site.
2. We may from time to time offer services which attract a fee. This will be clear and fair to visitors. You will always be free to decline any such offer without penalty. Purchase of any service will never be a prerequisite of ordinary use of the website.
3. By visiting the site you agree that you do so on your own recognisance, by your own choice, and you accept responsibility for your personal choice, your response to and experience of the site.
4. You will not engage in any action of any kind in, on, or in respect of the website which is contrary to law in your country of citizenship or current domicile, or to Australian law.
5. You will not post any comment or other statement which promotes insurrection, violence, or assault, whether physical or otherwise, is contrary to or endangers public safety or public interest, or is bullying, emotional violence, denigration, or threats, or any other negative text.
6. You will not promote lies, disinformation, falsehoods, baseless rumours, conspiracy theories of any kind, or assert as fact any speculation which is not strongly supported by legally provable evidence, and you will not attempt to promote frauds to users or to Values Australia.
7. You will not use the site in any way to promote your own business or offerings.
8. You will not attempt to spam or scam the website, its ownership or other users.
9. You will not—within or in any way referencing the website, or persons connected to or mentioned in it in any way—engage in any activity which is, or has the potential in our view to be, considered to be vilification, or to be slanderous, defamatory, or libellous.
10. You will not take any action of any kind which threatens, may threaten, or endangers, or may place in legal jeopardy, the website, the business, or the integrity, livelihoods, reputations of Values Australia, or those persons connected to it or engaged in the website in any way and any relevant others.
11. Your right to free speech is valued and protected but is limited—by Australian Law and the Constitution of Australia (sections 7 and 24)—to political discussion.
What we do if visitors or others contravene these Terms, or act, or are suspected of acting, unlawfully on the website or elsewhere against the interests of Values Australia or the public interest.
If you contravene any of these terms we reserve the right, at our own discretion, and depending on the nature and seriousness of the contravention, any and all of the following: to alert you, to warn you, to block you, to report you, and/or to take legal action against you.
We will protect our interests and the public interest from unlawful acts or activities contrary to the Terms on the website or elsewhere from any action that might compromise the integrity of Values Australia and its owners. We may inform appropriate authorities (including law enforcement, web hosting companies and internet registrars) and may provide information held by us to assist in the identification of a perpetrator. We will provide requested information if required to do so by a lawful authority.
We reserve the right to take any required legal action against any actor or actors (whether or not visitors to the website) who threaten to, attempt to, or in fact do, or may, harm the interests of Values Australia, and/or any others who may be harmed collaterally, and we may seek any or all actions and means of redress, reparation, damages, and punitive damages.