Brilliant Co (“we”, “us”, “our” or “Brilliant Co”) recognises and values the protection of your personal information. We are aware of our obligations under the Privacy Act 1988(Cth) and we will ensure that we fulfil our obligations under that Act.
We also recognise that you may have concerns about our collection of your personal information via our website, which is located at www.brilliantco.com.au (“the Website”) and how we may use that information.
We have implemented this Privacy Policy in order to inform you about how we will collect, store, use your personal information and under what circumstances we may disclose your personal information.
Please note that this Privacy Policy forms part of the Brilliant Co Terms of Use document, which is displayed at the bottom of the Website.
Specific terms applicable to marketplace sales
Information we collect from you
From time to time, we may ask you to supply personal information such as your name, address, date of birth, telephone number or e-mail address. However, under no circumstances will we request or collect any information from you that may disclose your:
Political, religious or philosophical beliefs or affiliations;
Health and sexuality;
Racial or ethnic origin; or
Criminal convictions.
We may also conduct surveys or market research and may seek other information from you on a periodic basis. These surveys will provide us with information that allows improvement in the types and quality of services offered to you, and the manner in which those services are offered to you.
Personal information via the Website
Most commercial websites use ‘cookies’, which are pieces of information that websites send to the browser and are stored in the computer hard-drive. Cookies make using the Website easier by storing information about your preferences on the Website. This allows the Website to be tailored to you for any of your return visits. Cookies will not identify you personally.
If you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter your security settings on your web browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. However, by disabling the cookie function in your web browser you may impede your ability to use parts of the Website.
SMS Marketing:
By opting in to our SMS messages, you agree to receive promotional and marketing messages from us. We will only send you SMS messages that are relevant to our products and services, and we will never share or sell your personal data to any third-party organizations. We take the security of your personal information seriously, and we will always comply with relevant data privacy laws and regulations. You have the right to opt-out of SMS marketing messages at any time by replying STOP to any message that you receive from us. If you have any questions or concerns about our SMS marketing practices, please contact us at support@brilliantco.com.au.
Your option not to provide your personal information
Providing us with your personal information is absolutely optional, and whenever it is optional for you to provide us with your personal information, we will make this clear to you. When you provide us with your personal information, you are consenting to our storage, use and disclosure of that information as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
We may from time to time run competitions or offer additional benefits to you and we may ask you to provide us with your personal details for these purposes. Providing us with this information is absolutely optional to you. However if you do not provide your personal information to us we may not be able to contact you or give you access to the additional benefits.
You may opt out of these additional communications at any time and can do so by emailing us.
Use and disclosure of your personal information
Your personal information, including your e-mail address, will be used for the following primary purposes:
- To process and finalise orders made via the Website;
- To offer you giveaways and vouchers;
- To ensure the proper functioning of the Website; and
- To assist Brilliant Co with our marketing, planning, product development and research requirements.
We will not use or disclose (or permit the use or disclosure of) personal information that could be used to identify an individual member in any circumstances except:
To ensure the proper functioning of our business and the Website in relation to the person in question (for example, to confirm your acceptance of our Terms of Use, or to seek your views on the operation of the Brilliant Co business and the Website in order to improve it);
- To communicate promotional offers and special events to you;
- To avoid risks to health and safety of an individual or society at large;
- Where the law requires us, or authorises us to do so; or
- Where you have given express consent to us for a prescribed purpose.
We will not sell, distribute, rent, licence, disclose, share or pass your personal information onto any third parties, other than those who are contracted to us to keep the information confidential whether subject to a statute or a scheme which imposes similar restrictions to the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) regarding the handling of personal information. However, we may share your personal information with our related entities and/or businesses.
Terms of Use
We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information collected from you is accurate, up to date, complete and stored in a secure environment and accessed only by our authorised personnel.
Please note that no information transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, we will endeavour to protect your personal information as best as possible but we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk.
By using our website, you agree to allow third parties to process your IP address, in order to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie which gets automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this in order for the selected currency to remain selected and consistent when browsing our website so that the prices can convert to your local currency.
Unsubscribing from our e-mail database
To unsubscribe from our e-mail database, please send an e-mail to support@brilliantco.com.au with “UNSUBSCRIBE” typed into the subject line of the e-mail.
Accessing, correcting and updating your information
You have the right to access the information that you provide to us.
If you wish to access or modify any personal information that you have provided to us, please contact our Privacy Officer at support@brilliantco.com.au
Contacting us
If you have any concerns or questions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us at support@brilliantco.com.au
We reserve our right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time and without notice to you. For further information about privacy, please refer to the Australian Privacy Commissioner’s website www.privacy.gov.au.
Privacy Policy last updated on 23rd Apr 2020.
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