Bidgigs Privacy Policy
Updated October 1, 2019
At Bidgigs, we take online privacy seriously, and we respect the concerns of our community of users.
We describe our privacy practices in Bidgigs.com.au "Privacy Policy" regarding information we collect through our site Bidgigs and its affiliated sites or partner (collectively, the "Site).
Thus enabling you to make informed decisions about how you share information you visit or use the site, as well as your rights in determining what we do with the information that we collect or hold about you.
UNDERSTANDING HOW WE COLLECT INFORMATION ON BIDGIGS
INFORMATION YOU MAY CHOOSE TO PROVIDE US
We may collect information, including personal data, directly from you if you choose to provide that information. For example, you may provide us with your name and contact information (such as an email address), date of birth, or other details of that nature, when you sign up for your registration on the site or chat, dispute resolution, or contact us.
Private information
You also may choose to provide personal data about yourself when you participate in Private message discussions with other users on the site. Please be aware that the information you post on the message box may be copied, viewed, or captured by anyone who visits the site. Therefore you should avoid posting sensitive personal data that you would not want to be available to the public.
Public message
We completely prohibited for sharing personal information on our open public platform, Message text box, Review, Newsletter, Blog, Profile, License, Badge, etc. that can be viewed to members of the public.
Automatic Data Collection
When you access the site, our third-party partners and we (Bidgigs.com.au) may automatically collect certain information about your visit using tools such as cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies.
Collection of data may also include IP address, operating settings characteristics, browser, system settings, computer or mobile used, unique identifiers, and the clickstream.
Our third-party partners or ourselves may combine the information
that we collect automatically, including information you choose to provide.
Cookies are small files that websites and other online services use to store information about users on the users' computers. This site may use cookies (such as HTTP and HTML5 cookies and Flash cookies), as well as other types of local storage. For more information about cookies, you may visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. See the section below regarding Your choices to learn more about how you may limit or disable cookies on your computer. If you choose to disable cookies, that could affect certain features of the site that use cookies to enhance their functionality.
To manage our automatic data collection, we may place tags (often referred to as "web beacons") on pages on the site or in emails we send to you.
Web beacons are small files that link web pages to particular web servers and their cookies. They monitor the activity of users at a website for Google web analytics or page tagging. Counting also the number of visitors and analyzing how many users are navigating around the site. Monitoring emails open rate, how many emails are opened, and which articles or links are viewed by visitors.
HOW WE MAY USE INFORMATION, WE COLLECT
We may use the information gathered on Bidgigs for various purposes, including the purposes listed below. For example, if you are to contact us with a question and provide your email address, we would use the email address you provided to respond to your inquiry. Also, we use the information we collect from you and through the site to:
- Provide products and services you request (such as when you sign up to receive our email newsletters)
- Respond to requests, questions, and comments, and provide other types of user support
- Offer your products and services via marketing communications, or direct you to portions of this site or other websites, that we believe may interest you
- To serve advertising, content, and offers to you based on your interests and online activities, from third parties or us
- Communicate about, and administer your participation in, events, programs, contests, and other reward offers or promotions
- Carry out, evaluate, and improve our business (which may include developing new features for the site; analyzing and enhancing the user experience on the site; assessing the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising; and managing our communications)
- Perform data analytics regarding usage of the site (including market and customer research, trend analysis, financial analysis, and anonymization of personal data)
- Guard against, identify, and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims, and other liabilities
- Comply with applicable legal requirements, law enforcement requests, and our company policies.
HOW WE MAY SHARE INFORMATION
Our agents, vendors, consultants, and other service providers may have access to the information we collect through the site to carry out work on our behalf. Those parties are subject to confidentiality obligations and are restricted from using personal data collected through the site for purposes other than to provide the requested assistance. Besides, we may share information:
- With our affiliates for internal business purposes;
- If we are required to do so by law, regulation, or legal process (such as a court order or subpoena)
- In response to requests from government agencies, such as law enforcement authorities, including to meet national security requirements
- If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss, or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal activity
- Concerning analytics and statistical information, to inform advertisers about the nature of our user base
- in the event, we sell or transfer all or a portion of our business or assets (including a reorganization, dissolution, or liquidation).
- In such an event, we will seek to provide you with commercially reasonable notice, e.g., via email and or notice on our website, of any change in ownership, incompatible new uses of your personal information, and choices you may have regarding your personal data; and
- With your consent or at your discretion.
DATA RETENTION AND ACCESS
We will retain your personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes it is kept, such as to enable you to use the Website and your products or to provide services to you. In some instances, we may retain data for more extended periods to comply with applicable laws (including those regarding document retention), resolve disputes with any parties, and otherwise as necessary to allow us to conduct our business. All personal data we retain will be subject to this Privacy Policy and our internal retention guidelines.
We respect your control over your information and, upon request, we will seek to confirm your identity and whether we hold or are processing information that we have collected from you. You also have the right to amend or update inaccurate or incomplete personal information, request deletion of your personal information, or request that we no longer use it. Under certain circumstances we will not be able to fulfill your request, such as if it interferes with our regulatory obligations, affects legal matters, we cannot verify your identity, or it involves disproportionate cost or effort, but in any event, we will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and provide you an explanation. To make such a request of us, please email us at https://www.bidgigs.com.au/contact-us
YOUR CHOICES
Unsubscribe from emails. To unsubscribe from a particular newsletter, click the "unsubscribe" link at the bottom of that email newsletter. If you would like to globally opt-out from all Bidgigs email campaigns, please send an email with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line.
When we send newsletters to subscribers, we may allow advertisers or partners to include their messages in our newsletters, or we may send newsletters on their behalf.
We may disclose your opt-out choices to third parties so that they can honor your preferences following applicable laws.
HOW WE PROTECT PERSONAL DATA
We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. That said, it is not possible to guarantee the security of information transmitted online, and you assume some risk about the security of information you provide through any website, including this site. If you have a data security inquiry, you may contact us.
LINKS FROM Bidgigs TO OTHER WEBSITES
On this site we may provide links to other websites that are controlled by third parties. Linked websites may have their privacy notices or policies, which we strongly suggest you review. We are not responsible for the content, usage terms, or privacy policies of websites that we do not own or control.
For questions about this Privacy Notice or our privacy practices, please contact us at
https://www.bidgigs.com.au/contact-us
Under the Privacy Act 1988 and the 13 Australian Privacy Principles.
