Privacy Policy for Avon Wildcare

Effective Date: 20 January 2025

Avon Wildcare (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website https://avonwildcare.com.au/ (the “Site”) or interact with us.  

Information We Collect:

We may collect the following types of personal information:

• Information you provide directly: This includes information you provide when you contact us (e.g., name, email address, phone number, message), make a donation (e.g., name, contact details, payment information), volunteer (e.g., name, contact details, skills, availability), or subscribe to our newsletter (e.g., email address).
• Automatically collected information: When you visit our Site, we may automatically collect certain information about your device, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring website, pages viewed, and the date and time of your visit. We may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect this information.  
• Information from third parties: We may receive information about you from third parties, such as donation platforms, social media platforms, or others if you use them.  

How We Use Your Information:

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiries: We use your contact information to respond to your questions, requests, and feedback.  
• To process donations: We use your payment information to process your donations and provide you with donation receipts.
• To manage volunteers: We use your volunteer information to assess your suitability, communicate with you about volunteer opportunities, and manage volunteer activities.
• To send you communications: With your consent, we may send you newsletters, updates, and other promotional materials about Avon Wildcare. You can opt out of receiving these communications at any time.
• To improve our Site: We use automatically collected information to analyze how our Site is used and to identify areas for improvement.
• To comply with legal obligations: We may use your personal information to comply with applicable laws and regulations.

Disclosure of Your Information:

We may disclose your personal information to the following third parties:

• Service providers: We may share your information with service providers who assist us with website hosting, data analysis, payment processing, email marketing, and other services. We ensure these providers are bound by confidentiality obligations.  
• Legal authorities: We may disclose your information to legal authorities if required by law or to protect our legal rights.
• Other organizations: We may share your information with other organizations if we have your consent to do so.

Data Security:

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no data transmission over the Internet is completely secure.  

Access and Correction:

You have the right to access and correct your personal information. If you would like to access or correct your information, please contact us.  

Changes to this Privacy Policy:

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post any changes on our Site.  

Contact Us:

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: info@avonwildcare.com.au