Privacy Policy
1. GENERAL STATEMENT
1.1 This website is owned and operated by Ampar International T/AS bubz’N’mumz Asia Pacific, ABN 79 081 227 778.
1.2 We recognise and respect the importance of maintaining the privacy of our visitors and members. Our Privacy Policy outlines how we may use and share personal information that we collect from you through our site and our commitment to protecting your personal information.
2. OUR COMMITMENT TO PRIVACY
2.1 We will always handle your personal information securely and carefully.
2.2 We will only use your personal information with your consent and for the purpose of managing our website and improving our business.
2.3 We will not use your personal information for purposes unrelated to the services we provide, unless first obtaining your consent.
2.4 We will always use fair and lawful means of collecting personal information.
2.5 In most circumstances, we will collect personal information directly from you.
3. SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
3.1 We take steps to protect the personal information we hold against loss, unauthorised access, use, modification or disclosure and against other misuse.
3.2 When no longer required, personal information is destroyed in a secure manner or deleted.
4. WHAT WE COLLECT
4.1 Bubz’N’mumz collects personal information for the purposes of conducting our business as an online retailer of goods and services.
The personal information we collect from you will include information you give us when you:
a. register or subscribe to our Website;
b. complete a transaction with us; and
c. contact us
4.2 The personal information we collect may include:
a. your name
b. your contact details
c. date of birth
d. gender
e. merchandise information (purchases, orders etc),
f. payment details
g. other personal information for the improvement of our service and product offered to you
4.3 You may decide not to provide your personal information to us. In this case, we may not be able to provide you with access to certain information, products, or services.
4.4 We do not store your credit card details in any way; they are secured by 128-bit SSL encryption and transmitted to our payment processing provider.
5. HOW WE COLLECT IT
5.1 We will generally use or disclose your personal information only for the primary purpose for which it was collected; or for a related secondary purpose where you would reasonably expect us to use or disclose the personal information for that secondary purpose. We may otherwise use and disclose your personal information if you have given us consent for the use or disclosure or it is required or authorised by law.
5.2 We may collect personal information from individuals who are not customers of our business but whose personal information is given to us by those individuals via our Website or in the course of a transaction.
5.3 We collect information directly from individuals. When we collect information, we will generally explain to the individual why we are collecting it, who we give it to and how we will use or disclose it or, alternatively, those matters will be obvious from the circumstances.
5.4 Outside of personal information that you enter through our website, we also receive and store certain types of information through the use of 'Cookies', when you interact with bubz’N’mumz via the Internet.
6. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
6.1 Cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are placed on your computer's hard drive through your web browser.
6.2 Most Internet browsers are pre-set to accept cookies. If you prefer not to receive cookies, you can adjust your Internet browser to disable or to warn you when cookies are used.
6.3 We recommend that you leave your cookies enabled as they allow our systems to recognise your browser and provide quicker and easier use of our website.
7. WHY WE COLLECT IT
7.1 We collect personal information for a number of reasons, including to:
a. deliver and improve the products and services that we offer you
b. to complete other transactions with you or on your behalf
c. to protect against fraud or theft
d. to provide offers and promotions that we consider may be of interest or benefit to you
e. to provide you with a premium customer experience
7.2 We will only collect personal information that is necessary for our website and our business.
7.3 We will generally only use your personal information for purposes related to the purpose or purposes for which the information was collected, or where you have consented to the use.
8. WHO WE SHARE IT WITH
8.1 Your personal information will be held by Ampar International T/AS bubz’N’mumz Asia Pacific.
8.2 We take reasonable steps to make sure that the personal information we collect, use and disclose is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
8.3 We do not intend to sell your personal information to other parties. However, we will often need to pass your personal details, such as your name and address, to companies who perform part of our service delivery, for example, organisations such as postal service providers or other agencies that assist us in the conduct of competitions.
8.4 We may otherwise use or disclose your personal information with your consent (or if we have given you notification of the intended use or disclosure and you have not objected to that use or disclosure) or where required or authorised by law, which may include:
a. Emergency situations and assisting law enforcement agencies
b. Accessing and updating your personal information
c. Where we believe that the use or disclosure is reasonably necessary to enforce any legal rights we may have, or is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property and safety of us, our customers, or others.
8.5 An individual may have access to any personal information we hold about them. When requesting such access please identify the precise type/s of information requested.
8.6 If you have any questions or feedback about privacy, or wish to make a complaint, please contact us by email at [email protected]
9. THIRD PARTY SITES
9.1 Our Website may contain links to third party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of any third party websites. We recommend that you review the privacy policy of each website you visit.
10. USE OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA
10.1 We welcome visitors from outside Australia. However, this is an Australian based website and this privacy policy governs the personal information collected at this site irrespective of where you may be located when you visit the site and interact with it. This means your personal information may be stored outside the country in which you are located and any government authorities which have jurisdiction over the website may be entitled to access any personal information provided.
11. CHILDREN
11.1 We will not knowingly collect information from any unsupervised person under the age of 18. If you are under 18 years of age you must not submit any personal information to us unless you have the consent of, and are being supervised by, a parent or legal guardian.
Privacy Policy last updated December 2013