Privacy policy
Last updated: February 4, 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how The Social Studio (the "Site", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit, use our services, or make a purchase from shop.thesocialstudio.org (the "Site") or otherwise communicate with us regarding the Site (collectively, the "Services"). For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "you" and "your" means you as the user of the Services, whether you are a customer, website visitor, or another individual whose information we have collected pursuant to this Privacy Policy.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, including to reflect changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, update the "Last updated" date and take any other steps required by applicable law.
The Social Studio Privacy Policy
Your privacy
This Privacy Policy sets out how the Social Studio (we, our or us) manages personal information, including in relation to our website located at https://www.thesocialstudio.org (Website). In this Privacy Policy, personal information means any information or opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonable identifiable, whether true or not, and whether recorded in a material form or not.
Our Privacy Policy sets out matters of which you should be aware regarding the information we may collect about you, our policies on the management of personal information and generally, what sort of information we hold, for what purposes and how we collect, hold, use and disclose that information.
We comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the applicable Australian Privacy Principles under that Act and any other applicable privacy laws when handling personal information.
Consent
By providing personal information to us, you consent to us collecting, holding, using and disclosing your personal information in accordance with and for the purposes specified in this Privacy Policy. You are not required to provide personal information to us. However if you do not provide us with all the information we request, the services we provide to you may be affected.
You are not required to provide personal information to us. However, if you do not provide us with all the information we request, the services we provide to you may be affected.
Information collected
The types of information we collect may include personal details such as your name, address, telephone number or email address.
We collect personal information for the purpose of:
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the provision of our services;
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the general management and conduct of our business; and
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complying with our legal obligations.
We may also use personal information for related purposes that would be reasonably expected by you.
We may collect personal information from you through our Website and when you communicate with us (either by email, telephone, in writing or in person).
We also collect information using 'cookies' to help us improve our service to visitors to our site and tracking the patterns of behaviour of visitors to the Website. Although you can usually modify your browser to prevent cookie use, if you do this, our Website may not work properly for you.
Use of information
We do not use or share Personal Information for any purpose other than for the purpose for which it was collected (or a related purpose) unless you have consented to that other purpose or we are permitted to do so by law.
We may disclose your personal information to our related companies, third parties and service providers who assist us in supplying our products or services or who perform operational, administrative and other related functions on our behalf (including technology and business service providers), and to others in order to comply with our legal obligations.
In all cases, unless you have opted out, you consent to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes in order to tell you about services and offers that we think may be of interest to you. We may contact you by mail, telephone, email or SMS to market our services. We will always give you the opportunity to opt out of receiving any future direct marketing correspondence.
Integrity of personal information
We will take such steps (if any) as are reasonable in the circumstances to ensure that the personal information we collect is accurate, up-to-date, and complete, and that the personal information we use and disclose is accurate, up-to-date, complete and relevant (having regard to the purpose of the use or disclosure). To assist us, please ensure that the information you provide to us is accurate, up-to-date, and complete.
We will also take such steps (if any) as are reasonable in the circumstances to protect the personal information we collect and hold from misuse, interference and loss, and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
If we hold personal information about you that is no longer needed for any purpose for which it may be used or disclosed, we will take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances to destroy or permanently de-identify that personal information.
Access to and correction of personal information
You can request, and we will provide you with access to, any personal information we hold about you (subject to certain legal exceptions). If a legal exception applies and we decide not to provide you with access to any personal information we hold about you, we will advise you of the reasons for our decision.
If we are satisfied that any personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete, out of date, misleading or irrelevant (having regard to the purpose for which it is held) we will take such steps (if any) as are reasonable in the circumstances to correct that personal information. This may include notifying third parties to whom we have disclosed that personal information. If we do not agree that personal information we hold about you is inaccurate, incomplete, out of date, misleading or not relevant you may ask that we attach a statement to this effect to our record.
Please let us know if you have any concerns or complaints about the way we are handling your personal information so we can address them. We will review any complaints and respond to them within a reasonable period of time.
If we are unable to satisfactorily resolve your concern or complaint, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC). To make a query concerning your privacy rights, or to lodge a complaint with the OAIC about how we have handled your personal information, you can contact the Commissioner's hotline on 1300 363 992. The OAIC has the power to investigate the matter and make a determination.
Links to other sites
You may be able to access external websites by clicking on links we have provided. Those other websites are not subject to our privacy standards, policies and procedures. We do not control these websites or any of their content and if you visit these websites, they will be governed by their own terms of use (including privacy policies).
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may, from time to time, amend this Privacy Policy, in whole or part, in our sole discretion. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon the posting of the revised Privacy Policy on the Website. Depending on the nature of the change, we may announce the change on the home page of the Website or by email (if we have your email address). However, in any event, by continuing to access our services following any changes, you will be deemed to have agreed to such changes. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, as amended from time to time, in whole or part, you must not access our services including the Website.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or if you wish to request access to your personal information, correct or update you details or raise any privacy concerns you may have, please contact us at:
The Social Studio ABN 98 376 502 818
Collingwood Yards, Unit 101, 30 Perry Street Collingwood Victoria 3066, Australia
Phone: +61 3 9417 2143
Email: retail@thesocialstudio.org.
Last Updated: February 4, 2025