Cookie Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Desbois Digital (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website.

Information We Collect

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to improve our services to you.

Information You Provide Directly: We collect personal information you directly provide when you:

This information may include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and any other information you choose to share.

Information Collected Automatically: We may also collect certain information automatically when you visit the Site. This information may include:

Device information (e.g., IP address, browser type, operating system)
Usage data (e.g., pages visited, links clicked, search terms)
Information collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies (explained below)

Use of Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To send you information about our business, programs, and campaigns.
To personalise your experience on the Site.
To improve the Site and our services.
To analyse how you use the Site.
To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

Why We Collect and Process Your Information

Under the Australian Privacy Principles, we collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information because it is reasonably necessary for our business functions and activities. This includes:

Consent: In some cases, we will ask for your explicit consent to process your personal information, such as for direct marketing purposes.
Contract: We may need to process your information to fulfil a contractual obligation with you, such as processing a payment or service.
Legitimate Business Operations: We may use your information for our legitimate interests, such as improving the Site and our services, sending you information about our work, and analysing how you use the Site. However, we will only do so where our interests do not override your privacy rights.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When we no longer need to retain your information, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete or de-identify it.

Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and store certain information. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember your actions and preferences over time.

We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the Site.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to track and analyse usage of the Site so we can improve and optimise it.
Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver targeted advertising to you.

You can control your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, blocking cookies may affect your experience on the Site.

Your Rights

You have certain rights regarding your personal information under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. These rights include:

The right to access your personal information.
The right to seek the correction of any inaccuracies in your personal information.
The right to opt-out of direct marketing communications.
The right to make a privacy complaint if you feel we have breached the APPs.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. We will take reasonable steps to delete any such information from our records.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site.