UX.com.au (“UX.com.au”, “we”, “us” or “our”) provides a platform via its website and apps (the “Site”, “website”) to a community of registered users (“users” or “you”). This privacy policy describes how UX.com.au will make use of your information. By providing personal information to us, you understand we will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect your use of this Site or the products and/or services offered on or through it.
Definitions
Refer to these definitions throughout this document
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Content means any material provided by you, including but not limited to data, documents, postings, comments, descriptions, pictures, images, music, video, and any supplementary items.
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Privacy Policy means our privacy policy available here.
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Service/s means features offered on our Website
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Terms and Conditions mean these terms of use which include the Privacy Policy.
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Users mean persons who are registered with UX.com.au.
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We, we, us, our means UX.com.au Pty Ltd (ACN xxx xxx).
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Website means this website.
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You, you or your mean you and any user of the Website or the Products.
Information collected by UX.com.au
We only collect personal information related to our website's purpose. We are able to provide you with a tailored and effective experience thanks to this information.
We only collect personal information that is relevant to the purpose of our website. This information allows us to provide you with a customised and efficient experience. When your register to use a UX.com.au service, we collect information that identifies you, including:
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Name
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Occupation
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Images of you
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Email Addres's
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Telephone Number
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IP Address
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Browser
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Mobile Device ID
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Additional personal information that you provide to us, directly or indirectly, through your use of our Site, associated applications, associated social media platforms and/or accounts from which you permit us to collect information
Information you provide to us
Our website collects your registration and profile data. We collect login information on our servers to make the website faster and more efficient. Additionally, we collect location data to offer a more personalised service.
Any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way is collected and stored by us. Some of our features may not be available if you choose not to provide certain information.
Registeration: You are required to register an account with UX.com.au in order to use certain services. The registration process requires you to provide certain personal information. In registering with us, you agree to the collection of personal information about you for the purposes of providing our services and communicating with you. In registering with UX.com.au you will be asked to provide:
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Name
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Email Address
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Phone Number
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Industry
User Profile: To allow you to express yourself beyond just the information collected during registration, we enable you to provide additional information such as:
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Description about yourself
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Portfolio content
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Education
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Experience
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Achievements & Certifications
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Skills & Interests
Use of personal information
We do not sell your information. We will, however, display publicly available information to other users. Our service may require the sharing of information, and we may share information as required by law.
We may use your personal information in order to:
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Provide you with the products and services you require
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Contact you in relation to special offers, newsletters, information and updates from ourselves or from third parties
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Inform you of upgrades to your use of our services, and the ways the products and services provided to you could be improved
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Bill you for services provided by us to you
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Improve the running and maintaining of our website with regards to your preferences and your needs
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Monitor and address feedback, and complaints
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Help manage and enhance our services
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Allow us to identify our clients and customers
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Communicate with you
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Comply with Government and regulatory authorities as required by law
Your rights and controlling your personal information
You have the ability to restrict, access and correct any of your personal information.
Information from third parties: This Privacy Policy applies to personal information we receive from third parties. The third party providing personal information about another person represents and warrants that they have given consent to the disclosure.
Restrict: It is possible for you to restrict the collection or use of your personal information. If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us using the details below.
Access: We may provide you with details of the personal information we hold about you upon request. There may be an administrative fee associated with the provision of such information. Depending on the circumstances, we may refuse to provide you with personal information we hold about you, as set out in the Privacy Act 1988.
Correction: If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us using the details below. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or out of date.
Complaints: If you believe that we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles and wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take to deal with your complaint.
Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe from our e-mail database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us using the details below or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.
Communications
We will send you emails and push notifications based on your User Profile settings. From time to time, we may send emails to all our users. We also won’t read your UX.com.au messages unless you have been reported for behaving inappropriately.
Email and push notifications: We may send emails containing news, offers, surveys, or promotions pertaining to UX.com.au. Additionally, UX.com.au may send you emails and/or push notifications informing you of activities (such "new connection") that have been taken on the website. Upon gaining your permission, we will send you these alerts. Please go to the "Notifications" section of your account settings and/or follow the "unsubscribe" instructions provided in each email message if you do not wish to receive emails from us. Please go to the "Push notifications" section of your User Profile in the app to stop receiving push notifications. Please be aware that you will always get system communications (such as those about forgotten user passwords) and legal warnings (such as changes to our policies).
UX Chat: You may chat with other UX.com.au users using our UX Chat feature. Although we have the right to monitor the messenger service in accordance with this Policy, we do not get any personal data from the messenger service (except as set forth in this Privacy Policy). You have the option to cease using UX Chat at any moment, as well as ban or report any other users who try to contact you through the service. Any information you reveal or share with other users through UX Chats or other channels is completely your responsibility. Use great caution when disclosing any personal information to other users using UX Chat, and be aware that UX.com.au is not liable for any information you choose to share with other users.
UX.com.au keeps an eye on how the UX Chat is used in order to enhance its offerings, but it does not read the private messages that users send to one another unless that user has been flagged for acting inappropriately in accordance with our Terms of Use. In the event that we get such a report, we will solely investigate the purportedly improper messages to ascertain if they are in violation of our Terms of Use and what steps, if any, we will take to address the behaviour, which may include terminating users. Everyone who uses UX Chat has the option to ban persons they do not want to connect with there and to quit using the service at any moment.
Cookies and Analytics
To remember you, our system will give you a cookie. It's safe. Third-party services that help us analyse how our Site is used also use cookies to collect information about visitors to our Site.
Our Site may use cookies from time to time. Cookie files are text files that are saved in your browser to keep track of your preferences. The cookies themselves cannot provide us with your email address or other personally identifiable information. However, they do allow third parties, such as Google and Facebook, to retarget our advertisements on social media and online media feeds. Personal information you provide to our Site may be linked to data stored in cookies if and when you choose to do so.
Links to other websites
Links to other websites may be found on our website. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such websites.
Our Site may contain links to other websites. We do not have any control over those websites and we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide whilst visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.
Amendments
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time and for any reason. Visit our website frequently so you are informed of our most recent Privacy Statement.
We may, at any time and at our discretion, vary this Privacy Policy by publishing the amended Privacy Policy on our Site. We recommend you check our Site regularly to ensure you are aware of our current Privacy Policy.
For any questions, please Contact us
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Last update: 01 Jan 2023
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