We find it important to have transparency with our customers about your Privacy and the data that products may collect. This Privacy policy explains what happens to any personal data that you provide to us and what we collect from you when you are on our website. This Privacy policy explains what information we collect, how we protect any information you submit to us, and how we use it.

1. What information do we collect?

We (and any subcontractors we engage) agree that we will not at any time disclose any of your confidential information to any third party without your permission. Personal information may be collected from you in various ways, for example:

1.1 Information about your visit to our website

This includes information about your browser, your IP address, your general location as determined from your IP address and provided by your browser, the site from which you come from and the links followed when leaving our site.

1.2 Information collected via online forms

This data includes your name, email address, and any other details asked for and which you provide.

1.3 When you conduct certain actions on our website

For example, when you purchase a product or service we record what you purchased etc. We may collect your name and contact details, details of your subscription to our services, and other information gathered by Facebook and transferred to us, including your address.

2. How is this information used?

We use this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service. In particular for the following reasons:

To supply you services purchased via the website, and to process your payments. For statistical purposes and analysis for management purposes in order to administer the website and improve our services. Internal record keeping and administrative purposes. To inform you about our articles, services, or other related information that we think would be of interest to you, as explained above. To communicate marketing messages, newsletters and details of our business or the businesses of carefully-selected third parties which we think may be of interest to you by post or email or similar technology. You can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you for market research purposes or to customise the website according to your interests. Your information will not be disclosed to any third party unless you have given your consent to such disclosure. You may at any time ask us to refrain from sending you marketing messages by sending us an email. If we send you a newsletter by email you will have the option to unsubscribe at the bottom of the newsletter.

If you would like us to destroy information we hold about you, please let us know. Please note that if you use any of our services which require you to provide personal information, deleting our records may mean that you will need to resubmit it to continue using such services.

We may disclose aggregate statistics about our site visitors, clients and sales in order to describe our services to prospective partners, advertisers and other reputable third parties and for other lawful purposes, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.

2.1 Google analytics

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google. The information is generated by a cookie. The cookie contains data about the use of our website. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of our website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You can read more about Google’s Privacy policy on their website.

2.2 Hotjar

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users experience. For example, how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like etc. This enables us to build and maintain our services with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users behavior and their devices. This includes the device's IP address, captured and stored only in anonymized form. This also includes the devices screen size, device type, browser information, geographic location (country only) and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar’s Privacy policy. You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile and Hotjar’s storing of data.

2.3 Cookies

Cookies are text files stored on your computer, and accessible only to the websites which create them. Our websites may from time to time use cookies and log files for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, to administer the site, to tailor the information presented to a user based on their preferences and to improve user experience. Any information gathered by our use of cookies is compiled on an aggregate, anonymous basis. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, however you may delete or disable cookies by following instructions on how to in your given browser. Please note that you may not be able to take full advantage of a website if you disable cookies. Our website uses cookies to keep you logged in, so disabling cookies may impair your experience of the service.

2.4 Social media

If you share our content through social media, for example on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn those social networks will record that you have done so and may set a cookie for this purpose. In some cases, where a page on our website includes content from a social network, such as a Twitter feed, or Facebook comments box, those services may set a cookie even where you do not click a button. As is the case for all cookies, we cannot access those set by social networks, just as those social networks cannot access cookies we set ourselves.

2.5 Log files

Our systems automatically gather some anonymous information about visitors, including IP addresses, browser type, language and the times and dates of webpage visits. The data collected does not include personally identifiable information and is used, as described above, for statistical analysis, to understand user behaviour, and to administer the site.

3. Changes

We may make changes to this Privacy policy from time to time. If we change our Privacy policy we will post the changes on this page. If the change in our Privacy policy affects the use of your personal information we will use our best endeavours to contact you by email. Continued use of the service will signify that you agree to any such changes.

4. Your acceptance of this Privacy policy

If you do not agree to this Privacy policy, please do not use our website. By using our website, you consent to the collection and use of information by us. Owing to the global nature of the internet infrastructure, the information you provide may be transferred in transit to countries outside the European Economic Area that do not have similar protections in place regarding your data and its use as set out in this policy. However, we have taken the steps outlined above to try to improve the security of your information. By submitting your information you consent to these transfers.

5. How to contact us?

If you have any questions about our Terms and Conditions please contact us via email at info@makeaweb.com.au