1. PRIVACY POLICY

    1. Dogs Run Free Pty Ltd (ACN 645 293 992) is a business registered in Australia (the Company) and is committed to keeping your information safe and secure in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the PrivacyAct) and the Australian Privacy Principles contained therein, and any applicable State or Territory law governing your data collection or privacy. By engaging the Company's services or using the Company's website and mobile application (the Services), you are giving consent to the Company for the use of your private information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.
  2. COLLECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

    1. The Company may collect and use the following kinds of information:

      1. information about your use of the website or Services (including your IP address; browser type, version and language; operating system; device name or identification number; location; pages viewed while browsing the website or Services; page access times; "cookies"; and referring website address); and
      2. information about your personal details (including name; phone contact details; address information; email; profile picture, driver's license detail; and payment information).
    2. Information about your personal information may be collected from you in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to:

      1. when you register for the Services;
      2. when you interact with the Company electronically or in person;
      3. when you apply for a job or provide us services (as an employee or contractor);
      4. access our office or systems;
      5. when you access the Company's website or Services; and
      6. when the Company provides products and/orServices to you.
  3. USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

    1. The Companymay use your personal information in relation to its business, including but not limited to:

      1. enable your access to the website;
      2. track usage and measure traffic statistics of the website;
      3. supply to you the products and/or Services that you purchase or request as a customer;
      4. receive and/or access information from third party providers for the provision of our products and/or Services to you;
      5. contact you regarding your use of the products and/or Services offered by the Company;
      6. contact you in relation to comments, complaints, enquiries or dispute resolution;
      7. collect payments from you;
      8. to improve our goods and services;
      9. to verify your identity;
      10. to consider you for a job with us (whether as an employee or contractor) or in the context of other relationships with us;
      11. to address any issues or complaints that we or you have regarding our relationship;
      12. communicate with third party providers or associate parties with respect to the provision of the Services; and
      13. send you marketing communications.
    2. The Company will not disclose personal information about you, unless it is required, incidental or otherwise related to the primary purpose of providing Services to you or a third party for which you have consented to by engaging the Company's Services or by using the Company's Services. However, the Company may disclose your personal information to its business partners who can assist them to provide Services to you as a customer or to maintain its products or systems. This includes but is not limited to providing personal information to:

      1. our employees and related bodies corporate;
      2. our contractors and other third parties that provide goods and services to us (including website and data hosting providers, and other suppliers);
      3. our accountants, insurers, lawyers, auditors and other professional advisers and agents
      4. payment system operators or credit reporting bodies;
      5. if you are an individual contractor to us or a prospective employee, to our related companies and HR related service providers (e.g. for outsourced payroll processing);
      6. any third parties necessary to verify your information (e.g. referees or ID verifiers);
      7. in the event that we or our assets may be acquired or considered for acquisition by a third party, that third party and its advisors;
      8. third parties that require the information for law enforcement or to prevent a serious threat to public safety; and
      9. otherwise as permitted or required by law.
    3. The Company, in its sole discretion, may disclose your personal information if it is required to do so by law or legal process, including:

      1. in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights (including but not limited to debt recovery, credit rating services, and employment related matters);
      2. as required or authorised by law; or
      3. to the extent required to permit the Company to investigate suspected fraud, harassment or other violations of any law, rule or regulation, our policies, or the rights of third parties or any other suspected conduct the Company deem improper.
    4. The Company may also use your personal information to protect the copyright, trademarks, or other intellectual property or legal rights, property or safety of the Company, the Website, and its customers or third parties.
    5. If there is a change of control in our business or a sale or transfer of business assets, we reserve the right to transfer to the extent permissible at law our user databases, together with any personal information and non-personal information contained in those databases. This information may be disclosed to a potential purchaser under an agreement to maintain confidentiality. The Company uses reasonable effort to only disclose personal information in good faith and where required by any of the above circumstances.
  4. SECURITY, ACCURACY AND RETENTION

    1. It is important that you advise the Company of changes to your personal information that you have provided to the Company as it is essential that your personal information is accurate, complete, and up-to-date in order for the Company to provide Services to you.
    2. The Company will take commercially reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure. However, The Company is not liable for any unauthorised access to this information.
    3. If you request that the Company delete any of your personal information, the Company will make reasonable efforts to delete that personal information within 28 days of the request. However, the Company will maintain any personal information needed for the purposes of providing our Services to you, other customers, or third parties, to protect its rights or interests, and where the Company is not required to retain that information by law. Any such request must be made to [email protected].
    4. The Company will take commercially reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer needed for the purposes of providing our Services to you and where the Company is not required to retain that information by law.
  5. ACCESS AND CORRECTION

    1. You are responsible to ensure that the information you provide to the Company is accurate, complete and up-to-date.
    2. By request, you may contact the Company and ask to know what sort of personal information is held about you, for what purposes, and how it is collected, held, used and disclosed.
    3. By request, you may access your personal information by contacting the Company at 1.03, 29-31 Lexington Drive, Bella Vista, NSW 2153 or [email protected]. The Company reserves the right to charge a reasonable administration fee for this access.
    4. The Company in its sole discretion, may consider that there is a sound reason under the Privacy Act, Freedom of Information Act or other relevant law to withhold personal information, or not make the requested changes.
  6. IDENTIFIERS AND ANONYMITY

    1. You acknowledge that the Company retains, collects and maintains your personal information for statistical analysis purposes (whether for commercial or non-commercial purposes). You agree that the Company may share, distribute and/or transfer information which you have provided to the Company to third parties, after that information has been de-identified.
  7. SENSITIVE INFORMATION

    1. Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual's racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.
    2. Sensitive information will be used by the Company only:

      1. for the primary purpose for which it was obtained;
      2. for a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose;
      3. with your consent; or
      4. where required or authorised by law.
  8. TRANS-BORDER DATA FLOWS

    1. The Company may use cloud services, and as such, its servers may be located in Australia or overseas and you acknowledge, agree and understand that your personal information may be transferred and stored in Australia and other foreign jurisdictions which the cloud services may direct the data to be stored. You agree for us to transfer your information into foreign jurisdictions for the purposes of providing you with the Services.
    2. In addition to the above, the Company will transfer personal information to someone who is in a foreign country where:

      1. the Company reasonably believes that the recipient of the information is subject to a law, binding scheme or contract which effectively upholds principles for fair handling of the information that are substantially similar to the Australian Privacy Principles;
      2. the individual consents to the transfer;
      3. the transfer is necessary for the performance of a contract between you and the Company, or for the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken in response to your request;
      4. the transfer is necessary for the conclusion or performance of a contract concluded in your interest between the Company and a third party;
      5. all of the following apply:

        1. the transfer is for your benefit;
        2. it is impracticable to obtain your consent to that transfer; and
        3. if it were practicable to obtain such consent, you would be likely to give it; or
      6. the Company has taken reasonable steps to ensure that the information which it has transferred will not be held, used or disclosed by the recipient of the information inconsistently with the Australian Privacy Principles.
  9. COMPLAINTS

    1. As a valuable customer, if you have any complaints in relation to this Privacy Policy or privacy practice, please feel free to contact the Company via [email protected].
    2. A complaint should identify whether it is about:

      1. the collection of personal information;
      2. the use of personal information;
      3. the disclosure of personal information;
      4. the security or storage of personal information;
      5. the accuracy of personal information;
      6. a refusal to give access to or provide about their personal information; or
      7. a refusal to change or delete personal information.
    3. The Company values your opinions and takes complaints very seriously. Upon receiving written notice of your complaint about privacy, the Company will respond in a timely manner to advise you of the outcome following its enquiring into the same. You will also be invited to respond to its outcome. If a response is received, the Company will assess your response and advise if it has changed its view. If you are unsatisfied with the final outcome, the Company will advise further options including, if appropriate, making a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
  10. OPTING-OUT OF DIRECT MARKETING

    1. The Company aims to give you a highly personalised experience when using the Website and the Services. In order to do so, the Company may use your personal information to send you advertisements to your email address. If you decide you do not want to receive these emails containing advertisements, you can request to unsubscribe from the mailing list by clicking 'Unsubscribe' at the bottom of the email.
  11. COOKIES

    1. The Company uses cookies, web beacons and measurement software (the Cookies) on the Website and the Services to:>

      1. store details about your use of the Website to provide you with a personalised experience tailored to you, for example remembering your preferences and greeting you by name;
      2. analyse Website traffic, trends and reporting statistics to improve the Website and Services;
      3. provide you with targeted marketing communications; and
      4. provide you with relevant advertisements when you visit the Website through third party services, such as Google Ads, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Facebook Sponsored content.
    2. You may reject or delete the use of Cookies through the settings on your browser or mobile settings.
  12. THIRD PARTY SITES

    1. The Website may from time to time have links to other websites not owned or controlled by the Company. These links are meant for your convenience only. Links to third party websites do not constitute sponsorship or endorsement or approval of these websites. Please be aware that the Company is not responsible for the privacy practises of other such websites. We encourage our users to be aware, when they leave our website, to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personal identifiable information.
  13. MISCELLANEOUS

    1. Waivers

      1. In limited circumstances, the Company may allow you to waive application of this Privacy Policy. A waiver of this Privacy Policy must be in writing and signed by the Company. The Company anticipates that the waiver of this Privacy Policy would only be in exceptional circumstances, and the Company encourages that you consider the circumstances leading to the waiver request prior to submitting such a request.
    2. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

      1. This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. In the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Privacy Policy, you agree that the exclusive venue for resolving any dispute shall be Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  14. VARIATION TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY

    1. This Privacy Policy is available online via www.sniffspace.com.au.
    2. The Company reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time, for any reason, and without any notice, by posting a revised version on its website. Any changes to this Privacy Policy will become effective when the Company posts the revised Privacy Policy on the website. Your use of the website following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
    3. This policy was last modified on 26 November 2020.
  15. CONTACT

    1. Please contact the Company if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy.

      Email: [email protected]

  16. Sniffspace Mobile Application Privacy Policy

    1. This Privacy Policy outlines how Sniffspace ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you use our mobile application ("App"). We are committed to safeguarding your privacy and complying with the Australian privacy laws, including the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

      By using the App, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

    2. Information We Collect

      1. Post Notifications: The App may request permission to send you notifications. These notifications may include updates, promotions, and other relevant information. You can control these notifications through your device settings.
      2. Access Coarse Location and Access Fine Location: The App may request access to your device's location. This enables us to provide location-based services such as finding nearby spaces. Your coarse and fine location data may be collected anonymously and used to enhance your user experience. You can control location access through your device settings.
      3. Internet Usage and Access Network State: The App requires access to the internet to function properly. We collect information about your internet connection to ensure a stable and reliable experience. This information is used to diagnose technical issues and improve the App's performance.
      4. Read External Storage and Write External Storage: The App may request access to your device's external storage to store and retrieve certain data, such as images, videos, or other content that you choose to upload or download within the App. This access is necessary for the App to function seamlessly.
      5. Camera Use: The App may request access to your device's camera to enable features that involve capturing and sharing images or videos. This access is required for you to use the camera functionality within the App.
      6. Pet Information: If you use the App for pet-related services, we may collect information about your pets, including their names, breeds, and any health-related information you choose to share.
    3. How We Use Your Information

      1. Notifications: We use notification permissions to send you updates, alerts, and relevant information related to the App. You can manage these notifications in your device settings.
      2. Location Information: Your location data, when collected, is used to provide you with location-based services, such as finding nearby places of interest. This data may also be used for analytics and improving the App's features.
      3. Internet Usage and Network State: We use information about your internet connection to ensure the App functions properly, diagnose technical issues, and improve the user experience.
      4. External Storage: Access to external storage is used to facilitate the storage and retrieval of user-generated content within the App.
      5. Camera Use: Camera access is necessary for you to use the App's camera-related features, such as uploading photos or videos.
    4. Data Sharing and Security

      1. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. We take reasonable steps to protect your data, but please understand that no transmission method or electronic storage is 100% secure.
    5. Children's Privacy

      1. The Sniffspace App is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.
    6. Changes to this Privacy Policy

      1. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes through the App or other means.

        By using the Sniffspace App, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
    7. Contact Us

      1. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding your personal information or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].
        By using the Sniffspace App, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.