Conserving the Black-throated Finch

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 29 January 2024

The Black-throated Finch Recovery Team (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates the Black-throated Finch website, www.blackthroatedfinch.org (the “Service”). 

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information when you use our Service. 

We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.

We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible at www.blackthroatedfinch.com and www.blackthroatedfinch.org. 

The type of information we collect and use

We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website, including information that is personally identification. This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Name

  • Email address

  • Telephone number

  • Address 

We also collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. 

Why we collect personal information

We collect such non-personal and personal information for the following purposes:

  • To be able to contact our Visitors and Users with general or personalised information and messages;

  • To create aggregated statistical data and other aggregated and/or inferred non-personal information, which we may use to provide and improve the information we provide;

  • To comply with any applicable laws and regulations.​

How we store, use and disclose your information

This website is hosted with Synergy Wholesale. Synergy Wholesale provides us with the online platform that allows us to provide information to you. Your data may be stored through Synergy Wholesale’s data storage, databases and the general applications. They store your data on secure servers behind a firewall and are located in Australia.

We may also employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use if for any other purpose.

We will also disclose your personal information where required to do so by law.

How we communicate with site visitors

We may contact you to notify you regarding a message, or to poll your opinions through surveys or questionnaires, to send updates about the Recovery Team, or as otherwise necessary to contact you to enforce our User Agreement, applicable national laws, and any agreement we may have with you. For these purposes we may contact you via email, telephone, text messages, and postal mail. 

Cookies

Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and stored on your computer’s hard drive. We use “cookies” to collect information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. If you do not accept copies, you may not be able to use all of our Service.

Security

The security of your personal information is important to us, however, it is important to remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We serve to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, but we cannot guarantee its security. 

Links to other sites

 Our service contains links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site and will be subject to their Terms and Conditions ad Privacy Policy. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, policies or practices of other third party sites. 

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review our Policy periodically for any changes.