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Privacy Collection Notice 

 

Dr Amy Manuel trading as Making Friends with Feelings (ABN 41 688 451 836)] ("MFWF", "we", "us", "our") provides digital content that contains general information about your emotional needs, and skills to meet emotional needs (Content). We may need to collect certain personal information to process payments and provide you with access to the Content, and respond to your queries.  If you chose not to provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to process your payment, provide you with access to the Content, or respond to your queries.

 

We may collect the following personal information directly from you :

 

  1. identifying information such as your name, phone number, billing address, and email address.

Sharing your personal information

 

We may disclose your personal information to a third party for the purpose of providing you with access to the Content, processing payments, managing our business, or to comply with our legal obligations.  These third-party entities may be overseas.

 

We may disclose your personal information to third parties such as organisations we contract with to provide services on our behalf (e.g. software suppliers), financial institutions, legal and regulatory bodies (as required by law), professional advisers or anyone to whom our business is sold.

 

Direct marketing

 

We will not use your personal information for direct marketing purposes.

 

Our Privacy Policy

 

More details about the ways in which we handle your personal information are set out in our Privacy Policy below. It includes information about how you can request access to or seek correction of your personal information held by us and how to lodge a complaint regarding the handling of your personal information. For any questions or concerns, you can contact our privacy officer:

 

Email: privacy@makingfriendswithfeelings.com.au

 

By clicking "Agree", you agree that:

  1. You have read and understood our Privacy Policy and this Privacy Collection Notice.

  2. You consent to us collecting, using and disclosing your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Collection Notice.

  3. You accept the Terms and Conditions.

 

Privacy Policy

At Making Friends with Feelings (us, we), vendor and creator of Fvck Feelings (the Content), we prioritize your privacy and the security of your information. This Privacy Policy explains how our website, it's administrators, and the host provider wix.com (the Service), accesses, collects, uses, and shares user data. The service uses your personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to collection and use of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

 

1. Types of Personal Data Collected

1.1 Information you Provide

We may access, collect, and use the following personal and sensitive data:

          Name 

          Email Address

Billing Address

Phone number

You can update your account information any time under settings. If you have any difficulties updating your information you can contact support@makingfriendswithfeelings.com.au.

Additionally, the Service may collect anonymous information, like Google Analytics data, even if you don’t directly provide personal data.

The Service automatically collects certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the content. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use the Service and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of the Service, and for internal analytics and reporting purposes by the Service.

1.2 Information we get from your App use

The service gathers data on how you access and interact with the content, including analyzing operating systems and identifying your preferred content sections.

In addition to the data outlined in 1.1 (Name & email address), we only have access to the progress you have made on the units within the Content (i.e., if you have marked them as complete).

 

2. How we use your Information

Unless you explicitly allow us otherwise, we only collect, store and process the information you share for you to use the Service. This information is treated confidentially.

Your personal data is used to identify you, contact you if necessary, and generate receipts. Your data is securely stored by wix.com, the website service provider, for the purpose of providing you access to the content.

Making Friends with Feelings does not engage in email or text marketing.

 

3. Third Party Sharing

We share your information with third parties only for the purpose of providing you with access to the content. Third party services are used to process payment.

3.1 Financial Information

Payments are processed through Stripe or PayPal. Your financial information, used to purchase the content, is provided to these third parties based on your payment choice. You can access Stripe’s Privacy Policy here and Pay Pal’s Privacy Policy here.  We, nor the Service, store credit card details. We have access to your purchase history to issue receipts, provide access to the content, and for accounting purposes.

3.2 Personal information and App use

Wix.com, our service provider, has access to the data we hold to enable you to access our products and services. You can find their Privacy Policy here.

The Service may use your data to identify and fix issues with the Service, and to uncover any unlawful use. The Service follows the law and may share information with authorities for legal reasons:

(i) To prevent, investigate, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to physical safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Service, or any other agreement related to the Service, or as otherwise required by Law.

(ii) To conform to legal requirement, or to respond to lawful court orders, subpoenas, warrants, or other requests by public authorities (including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

Personal information may also be shared with a company that acquires our business or the service provider’s business, whether through merger, acquisition, bankruptcy, dissolution, reorganization, or other similar transaction or proceeding.

 

4. Cookies

The Service uses cookies to store session information, help you sign up, protect your data, and offer a personalised experience. When cookies are used, no personally identifiable information is collected.

You have the freedom to decide if your browser uses cookies. Temporary cookies identify visits, while permanent cookies recognise users for personalised settings.

 

5. Analytics

The Service uses Google Analytics to enhance the experience of the content. It uses codes (Cookies) stored on your device to analyse your interaction. This data, including your IP address, is sent to Google servers, Google uses this information to evaluate website usage, create reports, and offer additional services. Your IP address is never connected with other data from Google.

You can manage Cookies in your computer settings, but it may limit some website functions. By using the Service website, you agree to Google processing your data. You can refuse data sharing by using a deactivation add-on for browsers.

 

6. Facebook Plugin

The Service website uses Facebook plugins as a sign up option. If you interact with these plugins, your browser connects with Facebook servers. If you’re logged in, Facebook can link your visit to your account. The Service can’t control Facebook’s data collection. If you use this option, you should review Facebook’s data protection information here.

If you are a Facebook account holder, you can prevent data collection by not signing up with Facebook on our website. Your data, if you choose Facebook signup, will be stored by wix.com. Facebook’s privacy rules apply to this process.

 

7. Security

We and the Service employ various security measures to keep the Service safe from unauthorised access or data loss. Eg., two-step authentication, passwords, and physical security measures. While the Service conducts regular checks, complete protection is challenging. Your account access relies on your personal password, so keep it confidential. Always log out and close the browser window if accessing the App on shared computers.  

If you forget your password, you can contact support@makingfriendswithfeelings.com.au and we can email you a temporary password. We recommend you change this password as soon as possible. If you believe someone else may have access to your password, we also recommend that you change your password.

 

8. Your Rights

You have the right to request access to, receive a copy of, update, amend or delete your personal data held by us and the service.

 

9. Changes to Privacy Policy

We may update the Privacy Policy from time to time, and the latest version will be available on the website.

 

10. Contact Information

For questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, contact us at privacy@makingfriendswithfeelings.com.au

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