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Privacy Policy  

Last updated 1st March 2024

General

This is the Privacy Policy of The Beep Australia Pty Ltd (“Us”).

This Privacy Policy describes how We collect, use and disclose personal information. We use personal information to provide and improve this website (“Website”). By Using this Website, You (“You”) agree to the collection, use and disclosure of Your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Personal Information

While Using this Website, 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:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Usage Data

Usage Data

Usage data is collected automatically when Using this Website.

Usage data may include information such as Your device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of this Website that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data (“Usage Data”).

When You access this Website by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit this Website or when You access this Website by or through a mobile device.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We may use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on this Website and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze this Website. The technologies We use may include:

Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your device. 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 parts of this Website. Unless You have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, this Website may use Cookies.

Web Beacons. Certain sections of this Website and Our emails may contain small electronic files known as Web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit We, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).

Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your Web browser. We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

  • Type: Session Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services available through this Website and to enable You to use some of its features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide You with those services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of cookies on this Website.

Functionality Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Administered by: Us
  • Purpose: These Cookies allow Us to remember choices You make when You use this Website, such as remembering Your login details or language preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter Your preferences every time You use this Website.

Tracking and Performance Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Administered by: Third-Parties
  • Purpose: These Cookies are used to track information about traffic to this Website and how users use this Website. The information gathered via these Cookies may directly or indirectly identify You as an individual visitor. This is because the information collected is typically linked to a pseudonymous identifier associated with the device You use to access this Website. We may also use these Cookies to test new pages, features or new functionality of this Website to see how Our users react to them.

Targeting and Advertising Cookies

  • Type: Persistent Cookies
  • Administered by: Third-Parties
  • Purpose: These Cookies track Your browsing habits to enable Us to show advertising which is more likely to be of interest to You. These Cookies use information about Your browsing history to group You with other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and with Our permission, third party advertisers can place Cookies to enable them to show adverts which We think will be relevant to Your interests while You are on third party websites.

Use of Your personal information

We may use personal information for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain this Website, including to monitor the usage of this Website.
  • To manage your account: to manage Your registration as a user of this Website, if applicable.
  • To contact You: To contact You by methods of contact to which you have agreed, including (where applicable) email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
  • To provide You with news, special offers and general information, where You have opted to receive such information from Us.
  • To manage Your requests: To respond to, and manage, Your requests to Us.
  • For other purposes: for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying Usage trends, determining the effectiveness of Our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve this Website, products, services, marketing and Your experience.

We may share Your personal information in the following situations:

  • With service providers: We may share Your personal information with third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of this Website, to show advertisements to You, to help support and maintain this Website.
  • With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
  • With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.

Retention of Your personal information

We will retain Your personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your personal information to the extent necessary to comply with Our legal obligations (for example, if We are required to retain Your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce Our legal agreements and policies.

We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of this Website, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

Transfer of Your personal information

Your information, including personal information, is processed at Our operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state or country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.

We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your personal information will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.

Disclosure of Your personal information

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, We may be required to disclose Your personal information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by regulatory authorities.

We may disclose Your personal information in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation
  • Protect and defend the rights or property of Us
  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with this Website
  • Protect the personal safety of users of this Website or the public
  • Protect against legal liability

Security of Your personal information

The security of Your personal information is important to Us. However, 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.

Analytics

We may use third-party website providers to monitor and analyze the use of this Website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a Web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports Website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of this Website. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

You can opt-out of having made Your activity on this Website available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms Web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Advertising

We may use third-party service providers to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain this Website.

Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this Website. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to Our users based on their visit to this Website or other Websites 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/

Links to Other Websites

This Website may contain links to other websites 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.

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.

Contact Us

If You have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact by email [email protected]