PRIVACY POLICY
BitCatz.io
1.
We respect your privacy
(a)
BitCatz.io respects your right to privacy and is
committed to safeguarding the privacy of our customers and website visitors.
This policy sets out how we collect and treat your personal information.
(b)
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).
(c)
"Personal information" is information
we hold which is identifiable as being about you. This includes information
such as your name, email address, identification number, or any other type of
information that can reasonably identify an individual, either directly or
indirectly.
(d)
You may contact us in writing at Level 2 23
Foster Street, Surrey Hills, New South Wales, 2010 for further information
about this Privacy Policy.
2.
What personal information is collected
(a)
BitCatz.io will, from time to time, receive and
store personal information you submit to our website, provided to us directly
or given to us in other forms.
(b)
You may provide basic information such as your
name, phone number, address and email address to enable us to send you
information, provide updates and process your product or service order.
(c)
We may collect additional information at other
times, including but not limited to, when you provide feedback, when you
provide information about your personal or business affairs, change your
content or email preference, respond to surveys and/or promotions, provide
financial or credit card information, or communicate with our customer support.
(d)
Additionally, we may also collect any other
information you provide while interacting with us.
3.
How we collect your personal information
(a)
BitCatz.io collects personal information from
you in a variety of ways, including when you interact with us electronically or
in person, when you access our website and when we engage in business
activities with you. We may receive personal information from third parties. If
we do, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy.
(b)
By providing us with personal information, you
consent to the supply of that information subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
4.
How we use your personal information
(a)
BitCatz.io may use personal information
collected from you to provide you with information about our products or
services. We may also make you aware of new and additional products, services
and opportunities available to you.
(b)
BitCatz.io will use personal information only
for the purposes that you consent to. This may include to:
(i)
provide you with products and services during
the usual course of our business activities;
(ii)
administer our business activities;
(iii)
manage, research and develop our products and
services;
(iv)
provide you with information about our products
and services;
(v)
communicate with you by a variety of measures
including, but not limited to, by telephone, email, sms or mail; and
(vi)
investigate any complaints.
If you withhold your personal information, it
may not be possible for us to provide you with our products and services or for
you to fully access our website.
(c)
We may disclose your personal information to
comply with a legal requirement, such as a law, regulation, court order,
subpoena, warrant, legal proceedings or in response to a law enforcement agency
request.
(d)
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.
5.
Disclosure of your personal information
(a)
BitCatz.io may disclose your personal
information to any of our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisers,
agents, suppliers or subcontractors insofar as
reasonably necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy.
(b)
If we do disclose your personal information to a
third party, we will protect it in accordance with this privacy policy.
6.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for
the European Union (EU)
(a)
BitCatz.io will comply with the principles of
data protection set out in the GDPR for the purpose of fairness, transparency
and lawful data collection and use.
(b)
We process your personal information as a
Processor and/or to the extent that we are a Controller as defined in the GDPR.
(c)
We must establish a lawful basis for processing
your personal information. The legal basis for which we collect your personal
information depends on the data that we collect and how we use it.
(d)
We will only collect your personal information
with your express consent for a specific purpose and any data collected will be
to the extent necessary and not excessive for its purpose. We will keep your
data safe and secure.
(e)
We will also process your personal information
if it is necessary for our legitimate interests, or to fulfil a contractual or
legal obligation.
(f)
We process your personal information if it is
necessary to protect your life or in a medical situation, it is necessary to
carry out a public function, a task of public interest or if the function has a
clear basis in law.
(g)
We do not collect or process any personal
information from you that is considered "Sensitive Personal
Information" under the GDPR, such as personal information relating to your
sexual orientation or ethnic origin unless we have obtained your explicit
consent, or if it is being collected subject to and in accordance with the
GDPR.
(h)
You must not provide us with your personal
information if you are under the age of 16 without the consent of your parent
or someone who has parental authority for you. We do not knowingly collect or
process the personal information of children.
7.
Your rights under the GDPR
(a)
If you are an individual residing in the EU, you
have certain rights as to how your personal information is obtained and used. BitCatz.io
complies with your rights under the GDPR as to how your personal information is
used and controlled if you are an individual residing in the EU
(b)
Except as otherwise provided in the GDPR, you
have the following rights:
(i)
to be informed how your personal information is
being used;
(ii)
access your personal information (we will
provide you with a free copy of it);
(iii)
to correct your personal information if it is
inaccurate or incomplete;
(iv)
to delete your personal information (also known
as "the right to be
(v)
to restrict processing of your personal
information;
(vi)
to retain and reuse your personal information
for your own purposes;
(vii)
to object to your personal information being
used; and
(viii) to object
against automated decision making and profiling.
(c)
Please contact us at any time to exercise your
rights under the GDPR at the contact details in this Privacy Policy.
(d)
We may ask you to verify your identity before
acting on any of your requests.
8.
Hosting and International Data Transfers
(a)
Information that
we collect may from time to time be stored, processed in or transferred between
parties or sites located in countries outside of Australia. These may include,
but are not limited to Australia, USA, Ukraine and Croatia.
(b)
We and our other group companies have offices
and/or facilities in Australia, USA, Ukraine and Croatia. Transfers to each of
these countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, these include one
or more of the following: the use of standard data protection clauses adopted
or approved by the European Commission which you can obtain from the European
Commission Website; the use of binding corporate rules, a copy of which you can
obtain from BitCatz.io's Data Protection Officer.
(c)
The hosting facilities for our website are
situated in Australia, USA, Ukraine and Croatia. Transfers to each of these
Countries will be protected by appropriate safeguards, these include one or
more of the following: the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or
approved by the European Commission which you can obtain from the European
Commission Website; the use of binding corporate rules, a copy of which you can
obtain from BitCatz.io's Data Protection Officer.
(d)
Our Suppliers and Contractors are situated in
Australia, USA, Ukraine and Croatia. Transfers to each of these Countries will
be protected by appropriate safeguards, these include one or more of the
following: the use of standard data protection clauses adopted or approved by
the European Commission which you can obtain from the European Commission
Website; the use of binding corporate rules, a copy of which you can obtain
from BitCatz.io's Data Protection Officer.
(e)
You acknowledge that personal data that you
submit for publication through our website or services may be available, via
the internet, around the world. We cannot prevent the use (or misuse) of such
personal data by others.
9.
Security of your personal information
(a)
BitCatz.io is committed to ensuring that the
information you provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised
access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and
managerial procedures to safeguard and secure information and protect it from
misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification and
disclosure.
(b)
Where we employ
data processors to process personal information on our behalf, we only do so on
the basis that such data processors comply with the requirements under the GDPR
and that have adequate technical measures in place to protect personal
information against unauthorised use, loss and theft.
(c)
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. Although we take measures to
safeguard against unauthorised disclosures of information, we cannot assure you
that personal information that we collect will not be disclosed in a manner
that is inconsistent with this Privacy Policy.
10.
Access to your personal information
(a)
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 the information which we hold about you or believe that any information we
hold on you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant
or misleading, please email us at admin@BitCatz.io.
(b)
We reserve the right to refuse to provide you
with information that we hold about you, in certain circumstances set out in
the Privacy Act or any other applicable law.
11.
Complaints about privacy
(a)
If you have any complaints about our privacy
practices, please feel free to send in details of your complaints to admin@BitCatz.io.
We take complaints very seriously and will respond shortly after receiving
written notice of your complaint.
12.
Changes to Privacy Policy
(a)
Please be aware
that we may change this Privacy Policy in the future. We may modify this Policy
at any time, in our sole discretion and all modifications will be effective
immediately upon our posting of the modifications on our website or notice
board. Please check back from time to time to review our Privacy Policy.
13.
Website
(a)
When you visit our website
When you come to our website
(https://BitCatz.io), we may collect certain information such as browser type,
operating system, website visited immediately before coming to our site, etc.
This information is used in an aggregated manner to analyse how people use our
site, such that we can improve our service.
(b)
Cookies
We may
from time to time use cookies on our website. Cookies are very small files
which a website uses to identify you when you come back to the site and to
store details about your use of the site. Cookies are not malicious programs
that access or damage your computer. Most web browsers automatically accept
cookies but you can choose to reject cookies by changing your browser settings.
However, this may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website. Our
website may from time to time use cookies to analyses website traffic and help
us provide a better website visitor experience. In addition, cookies may be
used to serve relevant ads to website visitors through third party services
such as Google AdWords. These ads may appear on this website or other websites
you visit.
(c)
Third party sites
Our site
may from time to time have links to other websites not owned or controlled by
us. 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 BitCatz.io 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.
Date: 1st
January 2022