Privacy Policy
YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE CONSTITUTES YOUR AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND BY THIS PRIVACY POLICY.
This Website, including all of its features and content (Website) is a service made available by the Trustee for The Porter Enterprises Trust trading as The School of Retic (ABN 51 524 473 137) and its related entities (Retic Renovation).
This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which The School of Retic collects, uses, maintains and discloses information collected from you.
This Privacy Policy applies when you visit or use the Website and all information, advice, instructions, courses, materials, services and software provided on or through the Website or on any online content that is linked to, or related to, the Website (Content), or receive any service provided by The School of Retic.
This Privacy Policy may be supplemented by additional statements, terms or notices provided to you.
BY USING THIS WEBSITE, YOU AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, DO NOT USE THIS WEBSITE.
1. Your personal information
a) The School of Retic may collect personal information from you when you visit or use the Website and Content, or receive any service provided by The School of Retic (such as enrolling in The School of Retic or a Course offered by The School of Retic, subscribing to a newsletter, or accessing or using activities, services, features, or resources from The School of Retic).
b) The School of Retic may collect personal information about you in a variety of ways, including:
i) directly from your input. This may include personal identification information, account login information, transaction information and other information you provide to us; or
ii) from third-party sources and through automated technologies. This may include information from social networks with your permission, service providers who assist The School of Retic in customising products to a location, businesses who engage in joint marketing activities with The School of Retic, public sources and data suppliers, and automatic collection of information about how you and your device interacts with The School of Retic (through The School of Retic's servers and the use of cookies and other technologies).
c) When The School of Retic collects any of your personal information within the scope of applicable data protection laws, it does so where necessary:
i) to provide services to you, fulfil a transaction with you, or at your request;
ii) for The School of Retic's compliance with applicable law or other legal obligation;
iii) for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest;
iv) to enable The School of Retic's customers to comply with their legal obligations;
v) where applicable, with your consent; or
vi) where necessary to operate The School of Retic's business, protect the security of The School of Retic's systems, customers and users, detect or prevent fraud, or fulfil The School of Retic's other legitimate interests (except where The School of Retic's interests are overridden by your privacy rights).
d) Where The School of Retic relies on your consent to collect personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Where The School of Retic relies on legitimate interests, you may have the right to object to The School of Retic's collection of personal information.
2. How your personal information is used
The School of Retic may collect and use your personal information for any lawful purpose, including:
a) to provide, activate and manage your access to and use of the Website and Content;
b) to process and fulfil a request, order, download, subscription or other transaction;
c) to provide technical, product and other support and to help keep the Website and Content working, safe and secure;
d) to improve customer service and assist The School of Retic to respond to your customer service requests and support needs more efficiently;
e) to personalise your experience. The School of Retic may use information in the aggregate to understand how users as a group use the services and resources provided by The School of Retic;
f) to notify you about changes, updates and other announcements related to The School of Retic's services, including sending you periodic emails and responding to your inquiries, questions, or other requests;
g) to enhance and improve The School of Retic's products, events, and services and to develop new products, services and benefits;
h) to offer you customised content and other personalisation to make The School of Retic's service to you more relevant to your interests and geography;
i) to deliver targeted advertisements, promotional messages, notices and other information related to The School of Retic and your interests;
j) to provide you with promotional messages and other information about products, events and services of The School of Retic, The School of Retic's affiliates and third parties, such as sponsors;
k) to identify usage trends and develop data analysis, including for purposes of research, audit, reporting and other business operations, including determining the effectiveness of The School of Retic's promotional campaigns and evaluating The School of Retic's business performance and ways pursuant to a customer agreement; and/or
l) to comply with The School of Retic's legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce The School of Retic's agreements.
3. Sharing your personal information
a) The School of Retic will not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to others.
b) The School of Retic may share your personal information with The School of Retic's service providers, suppliers, agents and representatives (including but not limited to, payment processors, customer support, email service providers, IT service providers, marketing service providers, research providers, mailing houses and shipping agents) in compliance with this privacy policy and any other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
c) Your Postings may be collected and used by others.
d) The School of Retic will also disclose your personal information if it has a good faith belief that such disclosure is necessary to:
i) meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or other legal obligation;
ii) detect, investigate and help prevent security, fraud or technical issues;
iii) protect the rights, property or safety of The School of Retic, other users of The School of Retic, Website or Content, The School of Retic's employees or others; and
iv) as part of a corporate transaction, such as a transfer of assets to or an acquisition by or merger with another company.
4. Third party content
a) You may find advertising or links to other websites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors and other third parties on the Website or Content.
b) The School of Retic does not control the content or links that appear on these websites and is not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from the Website or Content. In addition, these websites or services, including their content and links, may be constantly changing. These websites and services may have their own privacy policies and customer service policies.
c) Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to The School of Retic, is subject to that website's own terms and policies.
5. Changes to this Privacy Policy
a) The School of Retic may revise this Privacy Policy at any time. If we make any material changes to the Privacy Policy, we will provide notice on the Website or by other means. Any changes will be posted on the Website with an updated revision date. You should frequently check the Website for any changes.
b) You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Privacy Policy periodically and become aware of modifications.
c) Your continued use of the Website following any change to this Privacy Policy will mean that you accept and agree to the changes and you agree to be bound by the current version of the Privacy Policy.
6. Data Retention and Security
a) The School of Retic retains your personal information for as long as necessary to provide services to you, and fulfil the transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with The School of Retic's legal obligations, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting and preventing fraud and abuse, and enforcing The School of Retic's agreements.
b) The School of Retic implements technical and organisational measures to seek to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk to the personal information that The School of Retic processes.
7. Your communication preferences
You can customise and manage your communications preferences and other settings by updating your account features and preferences, by using the "opt-out" mechanisms such as "unsubscribe" or other means provided within the communications that you receive, or by contacting us.
8. Your rights
You may have the right under applicable privacy and data protection laws to request free of charge:
a) access to your personal information;
b) rectification or erasure of your personal information;
c) restriction of The School of Retic's processing of your personal information, or to object to The School of Retic's processing; and
d) portability of your personal information.
As at July 2024