Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22 September 2019
We are ReviewTube, reachable at [email protected]
About this policy
The specific legal obligations of ReviewTube when collecting and handling your personal information are outlined in the Privacy Act 1988 and in particular in the Australian Privacy Principles found in that Act. We will update this privacy policy when our information handling practices change. Updates will be publicised on our website.
ReviewTube (“us” or “we”) respects the privacy of the visitors to its Website, the homepage of which is located at www.reviewtube.com.au (“Website”). This Privacy Policy is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding the collection, use and disclosure of any Personal Information and Anonymous Information you submit to us through our Website.
“Personal Information” is information about you that is personally identifiable to you, like your name, address, email address, or phone number, as well as other non-public information that is associated with the foregoing. “Anonymous Information” means information that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Information does not permit the identification of individual persons. We collect and use Personal Information and Anonymous Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
User Consent
By submitting Personal Information through our Website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy and you expressly consent to the processing of your Personal Information according to this Privacy Policy.
Your Personal Information will be processed by us in Australia where it was collected, as well as transferred to and processed in other countries (where website servers may be located, such as United States) where privacy laws regarding processing of Personal Information may be less stringent than the laws in Australia.
What information do we collect about you?
Information collection and use
We collect information about you through our website www.reviewtube.com.au. Collection of information happens in the following ways:
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the website, 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 anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on the website you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit the website login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set 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.
Embedded content from other websites
The website includes embedded content from 3rd party sites such YouTube (e.g. videos and images). 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.
How do we use the information we collect?
The Personal Information we gather from you helps us learn about visitors to the Website, our customers and potential customers. We use this information to provide the Services to you, to better tailor the features, performance and support of our products and services, and to offer you additional information and opportunities.
Information you give to us
We will use this information:
- To carry out our obligations arising from any memberships or licence contracts entered into between you and us and to provide you with the information, products and services that you request from us;
- To provide you with information about any brands or associated goods and services we may offer you from time to time;
- To notify you about changes to our service;
- To notify you of upcoming events you may be interested in that relate to products or services you have inquired about;
- To ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
Information we collect about you
We will use this information:
- To administer the website and for internal operations, including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
- To improve the website to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer;
- As part of our efforts to keep our the website safe and secure;
- To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising to you;
- To make suggestions and recommendations to you and other users of the website about goods or services that may interest you or them.
Information we receive from other sources
We will combine this information with information you give to us and information we collect about you. We will use this information and the combined information for the purposes set out above (depending on the types of information we receive).
Who might my data be shared with?
Information collected on the Site may be shared with
We may share the information we collect to help detect and prevent potentially illegal acts, violations of our policies, fraud and/or data security breaches; and to guide decisions about any potential ReviewTube products, Site, applications, services, tools, and communications. We will use this information to send you marketing communications and you will have the opportunity to opt-out in email communications. We will only transfer your Personal Data to any third party suppliers if and to the extent we are permitted to do so by law or if you have provided your prior consent.
Service Providers and Other Third Parties.
We may disclose your information to service providers under contract who help with our business operations (such as, but not limited to, fraud investigations, software development, email delivery, marketing communications, bill collection, payment processing, and site analytics and operations).
Other Entities with your Consent.
Other third parties to whom you explicitly ask us to send your Personal Data (or about whom you are otherwise explicitly notified and consent to when using a specific service). On the website, you may have opportunities to express interest in or register for other services. If you do, we will provide your Personal Data to those third parties, or parties working on their behalf, to implement your request. When you interact with our Site through social media sites, plug-ins or other applications, depending upon your privacy settings, this information may become public on the Internet. We cannot prevent further use of this information. You can control what data you share through privacy settings available on some social media sites. Please refer to those 3rd party sites’ privacy policies and terms of use to learn more about their privacy practices, which we do not control.
Legal
We may also disclose your personal information as required by law, such as to comply with a subpoena or other legal process, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with such legal process, or to protect our rights, protect your safety or the safety of others, investigate fraud, or respond to a government request. We will inform you separately of any such transfer either before the transfer or at the latest after there is no risk of impairment of the purpose of the planned transfer.
Change of Control: New Owners.
We may share your information with other business entities, should we plan to merge with or be acquired by that business entity. Should such a combination occur, we will make reasonable efforts to request that the new combined entity follow this Privacy Policy with respect to your personal information. If your personal information would be used contrary to this policy, we will request that the new owner provide you with prior notice. We will inform you separately of any such transfer and ask you for your consent (if required) either before the transfer or at the latest after there is no risk of impairment of the purpose of the planned transfer.
Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
A cookie is a text-only string of information that a website transfers to the “cookies” file of the browser on your computer’s hard disk in order that the website can remember you when you return for another visit to the site. A cookie contains the name of the domain from which the cookie originated, how long the cookie will remain active, and a randomly generated unique number to track pages you have visited. Every time you visit our site, we send you a cookie in order to track traffic to our site.
Cookies may be used to enable the personalization features of our site (you can recall recently-viewed pages, and have information that you have previously provided be filled in automatically instead of having to fill in registration questionnaires every time), and to compile anonymous aggregate data that allow us to determine how visitors use our site and help us improve our offerings on the website.
We may use session cookies (temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site) and persistent cookies (remain in your browser for a longer period of time, depending on the “lifetime” of the cookie) on this website.
If you prefer not to receive cookies while browsing our website, you have the ability to accept or decline cookies by modifying the settings in your browser, although you may not be able to take full advantage of the ReviewTube website if you do so. In particular, you may be required to accept cookies in order to complete certain actions on our website. You do not need to have cookies turned on, however, to use/navigate through many parts of our website, except access to certain of ReviewTube web pages that require a login and password.
Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information (What will be the effect of this on the individuals concerned?)
We offer you choices regarding the collection, use and sharing of your Personal Information.
When you receive promotional communications from us, you may indicate a preference to stop receiving further communications from us and you will have the opportunity to “opt-out” by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the communication you receive or by contacting us directly (please see contact information below). Despite your indicated preferences, we may send you communications regarding the services we provide to you, such as transaction reports, notices of new Website releases, and notices regarding changes to the Website or App, updates to our Privacy Policy, or other policies.
You may change any of the Personal Information in your account by sending an email to us at the email address set forth below.
Regarding Children
We do not intentionally gather Personal Information about visitors who are under the age of 13.
Other Sites
Our provision of a link to any other website or location is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such other website or location or its contents. We have no control over, do not review, and cannot be responsible for these outside websites or their content. Please be aware that the terms of our Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites.
Notice to EEA Residents
If you are located in the European Economic Area and you interact with our Site or provide Reason Street Personal Data over the website then your Personal Data may be transferred to the United States and Australia. You consent to the collection and/or processing in the United States and Australia of your personal information and tracking technologies/cookies as described in this Policy. Be informed that the United States and Australia may not be in the list of countries that the European Commission considers adequate to the protection of Personal Data. If data is processed in the European Economic Area, you may be entitled to request information from us regarding your Personal Data stored by us and to have your Personal Data corrected, deleted or blocked by us in accordance with applicable laws.
Contact Us
If you want to contact us, please use the following contact information. When you do so, please tell us the name of the website or application which you are contacting us about.
By email at:
[email protected]