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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 01 July 2022

Buzz A Geek is concerned about your privacy, and the information that you provide us. We use this information to support you and your business.

Buzz A Geek (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the http://www.buzzageek.com.au/ website (the “Service”).
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service.

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our terms and conditions.

Information Collection and Use

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you.

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to, your email address, name, phone number, postal address, other information (“Personal Information”).
The purpose for which we collect personal information is to provide you with the best service experience possible on the Service and for our internal business purposes that form part of normal business practices.

Some provision of personal information is optional. However, if you do not provide us with certain types of personal information, you may be unable to enjoy the full functionality of the Service.
Buzz A Geek is concerned about your privacy, and the information that you provide us. We use this information to support you and your business

We collect the following information;

Your name, and/or business name
Your physical and postal address information
Your email address
The type of business you are in (if applicable)
Your contact details; phone, mobile, fax, and email address

We use this information for the following purposes, among others;

Scheduling new appointments, rescheduling, or future reoccurring appointments
Raising invoices, and the sending of these invoices by electronic means
Sending clients promotional emails, or annual reminders of our services
Allow for clients to pay their invoices on our web site

We shall not spam you with unnecessary communication (by any electronic method), and if you so wish, we can remove you from out mailing lists through the “unsubscribe” feature at any time.

We shall promise the following;

Never sell or share your information to third parties
The customer can opt out of any electronic/postal communications at anytime.

Log Data

We collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, and the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.

In addition, we may use third party services such as Google Analytics that collect, monitor and analyse this type of information in order to increase our Service’s functionality.

These third party service providers have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive.

We use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.
However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

DoubleClick Cookie

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google’s use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other web sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/

Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Compliance with Laws

We may disclose personal information in special situations where we have reason to believe that doing so is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against anyone damaging, injuring or interfering (intentionally or unintentionally) with our rights or property, users or anyone else who could be harmed by such activities.

We will disclose your Personal Information where required to do so by law or subpoena or if we believe that such action is necessary to comply with the law and the reasonable requests of law enforcement or to protect the security or integrity of our Service.

Data Security

The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

In order to prevent unauthorized access, and the accuracy of information, we ensure the correct usage of this information; by putting in place the necessary electronic, physical, managerial policies and procedures in place.

We do not store credit card details on our website or any back end system. All credit card information is passed securely onto Merchant Warrior without being stored in our databases. Merchant Warrior stores encrypted card data for a period of 3 years from the date of the last transaction. Merchant Warrior is dedicated to providing secure solutions and environments to its customers.

The PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of security standards which Merchant Warrior adheres to in order to maintain the highest level of security and protection for its client information.

Merchant Warrior has the highest level of PCI DSS Compliance and is audited regularly to ensure that its high level of security and customer protection is maintained. For further reading please head over to the Merchant Warrior website.

Information transmitted via our website is secured by an SSL certificate namely True BusinessID with EV SSL as provided by GeoTrust.

Access and Correction

Australian Privacy Principle 6 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) allows you to get access to, and correct, the personal information we hold about you in certain circumstances. If you would like to obtain such access, please contact us on the details set out above.

Please note that the access and correction requirements under this Privacy Policy operates alongside and do not replace other informal or legal procedures by which an individual can be provided access to, or correction of, their personal information, including the requirements under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).

Complaints

Australian Privacy Principle 1 of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) allows you to make a complaint about any alleged breaches of privacy.

In order to lodge a complaint with us, please contact us using the details above with the following information:

Your name and address;

Details of the alleged breach of privacy; and
URL link to the alleged breach of privacy (if applicable).

Please allow us 30 days to investigate your complaint, after which we will contact you immediately to resolve the issue.

Retention of Information

We retain information for as long as required, allowed or we believe it useful, but do not undertake retention obligations.

We may dispose of information in our discretion without notice, subject to applicable law that specifically requires the handling or retention of information.

You must keep your own, separate back-up records

Payment Gateway

Merchant Warrior is Australia’s Best Internet Payment Gateway. Enabling customers to process online credit card payments directly with their bank in seconds. A worldwide payment solutions provider that provides a first class service for website payments for your business.
https://www.merchantwarrior.com/pciCertification
Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 18.

If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us.

If we become aware that we have collected Personal Information from children under 18 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers or replace it with the Personal Information of the Children’s parent or guardian.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our website.

Consent

You warrant that you are able to give consents under Australian Law or, in the event that you do not have the capacity to give consent, you warrant that your guardian or attorney is able to give any consent required under this Privacy Policy on your behalf.

You hereby expressly and voluntarily grant your informed consent to us to deal with your personal information in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy. Should you retract your consent, please contact us.

If you retract your consent, you acknowledge and agree that failure to provide certain types of personal information may not give you access to the full functionality of the Service.

Contact Us

if you have any questions about this Privacy Policy please contact us

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