Privacy policy

The Women's Art Register (W.A.R.) is committed to protecting the privacy of our end users by endeavouring to provide a safe and secure online environment at womensartregister.org. The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform you, as a user, about what kinds of information we may gather about you when you visit womensartregister.org, how we may use that information, whether we disclose it to anyone and the choices you have regarding our use of, and your ability to correct, the information. Please note that this policy applies only to womensartregister.org, and not to other companies’ or organisations’ websites to which we link.

INFORMATION ABOUT ALL USERS AND VISITORS

In general, our site automatically gathers certain usage information such as the numbers and frequency of visitors to womensartregister.org. We only use such data in the aggregate. This aggregate data helps us determine how much our customers use parts of the site, so we can improve our site and provide content that appeals to as many people as possible. For example, womensartregister.org uses cookies that tell us how and when pages in our site are visited, and by how many people. These cookies do not collect personally identifiable information and we do not combine information collected through these cookies with other personally identifiable information to tell us who you are. 

INFORMATION ABOUT YOU

We may specifically ask for information about you when you sign up to our newsletter, or when you order W.A.R. products such as membership. We will need certain information—such as name, billing address, email—in order to provide that service or product to you. We may also use that information to let you know of additional products and services about which you might be interested. You can choose not to receive such information at any time by using the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email. We also may use cookie technology in order to improve your experience, including to remember your preferences or customised settings when you use womensartregister.org and to authenticate your access to your personal information.

SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. When your personal information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your personal information. However, most of the personal information is or will be stored in files in secure recordkeeping systems (hard copy and electronic) which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your personal information may be disclosed in the following circumstances:

  • Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; or

  • Where required or authorised by law.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may access the personal information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your personal information, please contact us in writing. In order to protect your personal information, we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

It is important to us that your personal information is up to date. We will take reasonable steps to make sure that your personal information is accurate and complete. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

PAYMENTS

We accept payments via credit card (through the Stripe payment platform) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). When processing payments, some of your data will be passed to Stripe, including information required to process or support the payment, such as the purchase total and billing information.

W.A.R. PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

If we decide to change the privacy policy for womensartregister.org, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information and whether we will disclose it to anyone. If you have questions regarding this statement, please contact us directly.

PRIVACY POLICY ENQUIRIES

Please send all enquiries to:

Women's Art Register
415 Church Street
RICHMOND VIC 3121
hello@womensartregister.org