Privacy Policy

We respect your right to privacy and are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our customers and website visitors.

To provide certain Celebrant Services it may be necessary to collect, store and use sensitive, confidential and personal information/data.

We adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and to the extent applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

If you have any questions or concerns relating to this Privacy Policy, please email hello@thescarlettcelebrant.com 

Please note, we may change this Privacy Policy in the future at any time to our sole discretion and all modifications/changes will be effective immediately. Please review this Privacy Policy from time to time. 

What data/information do we collect about you?

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity had been removed (anonymous data).

We will, from time to time, collect, use, store and transfer personal and non-personal data/information you submit to our website, provided to us directly or indirectly or given to us in other forms. 

We may collect information/data at times, which includes, but are not limited to:

  • Personal Data/Information includes first name, middle name, any given names, last name, identification number, or any other type of information that can reasonably identify an individual, either directly or indirectly.

  • Contact Data includes email address, telephone number and home address.

  • Technical Data includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

  • Usage Data includes information about how you use our website, products and services.

  • Additional Information such as the feedback you may provide, your personal or business affairs, change your consent or email preference, respond to surveys and/or promotions.

  • Marketing and Communications Data includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

  • Any other additional information you provide while interacting with us.

How do we use your personal information?

We mainly use your information, either alone or in combination with other information, so that we can provide, enhance and personalise our Services and related content.

We will use personal information only for the purposes that you consent to. 

Your information may be used and disclosed for, but is not limited to, the following purposes:

  • To provide you with the best user experience possible;

  • Provide you with products and services during the usual course of our business activities;

  • Administer our business activities;

  • To respond to your questions and comments;

  • To communicate with you via a variety of measures including telephone, email, SMS, mail and in-person;

  • Investigate complaints; and

  • To help us develop, customise, deliver, support and improve our Services and content.

If you choose to withhold your personal information, it may not be possible for us to provide you with our services and/or access to parts of our website. 

How is your personal data collected?

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including through:

  • Direct and indirect interactions. You may give us your Identity and Contact data by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by post, phone, email or otherwise. This includes personal and non-personal data you provide when:

    • Apply/requesting our services; 

    • Give us some feedback; and

    • Automated technologies or interactions. 

As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical Data about your equipment, browsing actions and patterns. We can collect this data by using cookies, server logs and other similar technologies. Please see our cookies policy for further details.

Disclosure of your personal information

We may disclose your personal information to comply with legal requirements, such as a law, regulation, court order, subpoena, warrant, legal proceedings or in response to a law enforcement agency request. 

We may disclose your personal information to our employees, insurers, officers, professional advisers, agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as reasonably necessary for the purposes noted in this privacy policy. 

If we disclose your personal information to a third party, we will protect it in accordance with this privacy policy. 

How is your data stored?

It may be necessary for us to maintain some of your data for an extended period of time, as required by Celebrants for performing certain Services.

We will take all reasonable steps to safely and appropriately store your data. Data can be stored in a range of different ways including, but not limited to:

  • Physically; and

  • Electronically.

Data may be stored on a range of electronic devices and electronic applications/programs including third party systems/applications/programs. Devices include, but are not limited to:

  • Ipad/Tablets;

  • Mobile phones; and

  • Laptops.

Data may be stored at a range of physical locations.

Consent and security 

We collect personal and non-personal information from you through a variety of ways, which include but are not limited to, when you interact with us electronically or in person, when you access our website and when we engage in usual business activities with you.

By providing us with personal and non-personal information, you consent to the supply of that information.

The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk. We cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. Even though we take measures to safeguard against unauthorised disclosure of information, we cannot assure you that personal information that we collect will not be disclosed in a manner that is not consistent with this Privacy Policy. 

You may request details of personal information that we hold about you in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), and to the extent applicable the EU GDPR.
If you would like a copy of any information we hold about you or you believe any information we hold is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, misleading or irrelevant, please email us.
We reserve the right to refuse to provide you with information that we hold about you in certain circumstances as per the Privacy Act or any applicable law. 

Website

Our website (“www.thescarlettcelebrant.com” and/or “www.thescarlettcelebrant.com.au”) may from time to time have links to other websites not owned or controlled by us. These links are intended for your convenience/information only and do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites and/or information.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites/businesses. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policies of such websites/businesses. 

Marketing emails

We may send you marketing emails, which you can unsubscribe from by clicking the link at the bottom of the email. We share your contact information with Squarespace, our email marketing provider, so they can send these emails on our behalf.

Confidential notice

Any e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and intended to be accessed only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. No use, copying, disclosure or forwarding of these messages or any attachments is permitted without authorisation. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete or destroy all copies of these messages and any attachments. We do not accept liability in connection with computer viruses or any other defects or consequences that may arise from opening or using messages and any attachments. Unsolicited commercial emails must not be forwarded to the originator of these transmissions. 

Analytics

This website collects personal data to power our site analytics, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, and device.

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website.

  • Your IP address.

This information may also include details about your use of this website, including:

  • Clicks

  • Internal links

  • Pages visited

  • Scrolling

  • Searches

  • Timestamps

We share this information with Squarespace, our website analytics provider, to learn about site traffic and activity.

Cookies

This website uses cookies and similar technologies, which are small files or pieces of text that download to a device when a visitor accesses a website or app. For information about viewing the cookies dropped on your device, visit  The cookies Squarespace uses.

Fonts

This website uses font files from Google Fonts and Adobe Fonts. To properly display this site to you, servers where the font files are stored may receive personal information about you, including:

  • Information about your browser, network, or device

  • Your IP address

For website visitors

This website is hosted by Squarespace. Squarespace collects personal data when you visit this website, including:

  • Information about your browser, network and device

  • Web pages you visited prior to coming to this website

  • Your IP address

Squarespace needs the data to run this website, and to protect and improve its platform and services. Squarespace analyses the data in a depersonalised form.


Last updated: 12 April 2021