In Ancient Paths: Website Privacy Policy
This website privacy policy explains how we use the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
This website is owned and run by a small family, to support our publishing ventures. We would like to establish an ongoing relationship with those who are interested in our materials.
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- Marketing
- What are your data protection rights?
- What are cookies?
- How do we use cookies?
- What types of cookies do we use?
- How to manage your cookies
- Privacy policies of other websites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
- How to contact the appropriate authorities
What data do we collect?
We collect the following data:
- Personal identification information [Name, email address, phone number (optional), Organisation name (optional)]
- Site access information [IP address of your Internet connection, browser & operating system used to connect with our website, and any external webpage or search terms which brought you directly to our website].
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide us with your data when you:
- Register with us online or place an order for any of our products or services.
- Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on one of our website forms or via email.
- Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.
How will we use your data?
We collect your data so that we can:
- Process your requests and manage your account.
- Provide any necessary after-sales service or support.
- Retain and manage our sales records as required by law.
- Email you (if you opt in for this) with special offers on other products and services we think you might like.
We do not pass on your data to third parties for any purpose (including marketing): except to law enforcement agencies where this is required of us by law.
How do we store your data?
We securely store your data:
- at our Internet partner Bizazz Pty Ltd on their secure servers, and
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for your email address & name:
- on our email software, held on our secure devices which are accessed only by us, and
- (if you requested this) on our Substack account.
We will keep your personal data for up to 5 years after you provided it to us, or for up to 5 years after you last contacted us (whichever is the latest). Once this time period has expired: unless you ask us to retain your contact information, we will delete your data from our website’s server and our mailing lists.
We will keep your website access data for not more than 10 days in webserver logs. Once this time period has expired, your data will be automatically deleted by the server from its logs.
We will keep your website access data in non identifying, aggregated report format for 15 months after you use our website.
Marketing
We would like to send you information about products and services of ours that we think you might like. We won't do this unless you opt in to receive such information.
If you have agreed to receive marketing information, you may always opt out at any time.
If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please click on the unsubscribe button on our marketing emails or click here.
What are your data protection rights?
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request us to complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us:
Or write to us: PO Box 575, Jindabyne NSW 2627, Australia
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed by our website on your browser, to collect standard Internet log information and site visitor behaviour information. When you visit our website, we collect this information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.
For further information, visit https://allaboutcookies.org.
How do we use cookies?
We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
- Retaining data you have entered on a website form, until you’re ready to submit it
- Understanding how you use our website.
What types of cookies do we use?
Our website uses only first-party cookie-like technology, for:
- Functionality – to retain data you have entered on a website form but not yet submitted, for a short period (24 minutes)
- Marketing – to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address.
We store this data for a set time on our website’s server (see above). We view and use this data only in non-identifying reports which combine all our site visitors’ website visitation data.
How to manage cookies
The first time you visit our website on your computer or phone, you will be asked whether you will accept our website cookies. You can choose Yes or No.
You can also set your browser not to accept cookies on all or particular websites. The above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser.
Your browser will retain information about your cookies choice. Our website will access this data on your browser, the next time you visit our site via the same IP address + browser + operating system.
If you block our website’s cookies, some of our website features may not function as a result.
Privacy policies of other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website. So if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
We keep our privacy policy under regular review and place any updates on this webpage. This privacy policy was last updated on 18 August 2023.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about our privacy policy or the data we hold about you, or if you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Or write to us: PO Box 575, Jindabyne NSW 2627, Australia
How to contact the appropriate authority
Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that we have not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact the appropriate authority:
If you are in the EU:
Your country’s Data Protection Authority: https://edpb.europa.eu/about-edpb/about-edpb/members_en
If you are in Australia:
Australian Privacy Commissioner: https://www.oaic.gov.au
Phone: 1300 363 992
We acknowledge that we have adapted some ideas and frameworks from Proton and LegalVision for this privacy policy.