Who we are
Business Author Academy (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the website businessauthortools.com. We are committed to protecting your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
Information Collected
We may collect the following types of personal information:
– Your name and email address (when you subscribe to our mailing list or contact us)
– Usage data such as pages visited, time spent on site, and referring URLs (via analytics tools)
– Device and browser information collected automatically when you visit our site
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
How we use Information
We use your personal information to:
– Send you newsletters, updates, and content recommendations you’ve opted into
– Respond to your enquiries
– Improve our website and content
– Comply with our legal obligations
We will never sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
Cookies and Tracking
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to analyse site traffic and improve your experience. This may include third-party tools such as Google Analytics.
You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies, however some parts of the site may not function correctly as a result.
Writers only: when you log in, this site sets up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Affiliate Links and Third Parties
This website contains affiliate links to third-party products and services. When you click these links and make a purchase, those third parties may collect information about you subject to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These 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 and are logged in to that website.
IP (computer address)
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data/data storage
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Your personal information is stored securely and we take reasonable steps to protect it from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access. Our website is hosted in accordance with industry-standard security practices.
What rights you have over your data
Under the APPs, you have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, and to request corrections if that information is inaccurate. To make a request, please contact us at the details below. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact
help@businessauthortools.com – with a copy to enquiry @ jenniferlancaster . com.au