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PRIVACY POLICY

At AsparGo we care about your privacy and we want you to feel safe, that is why we encourage you to read through our Privacy Policy. We want you to understand what information we collect, how we collect it and for what purpose; that way you can use our services the way that is most right for you.

 

In the Privacy Policy, we let you know what information we collect, hold and share and also let you know of your rights. It is important to us that you understand your privacy and rights, so please read through each section to understand how to control your privacy.

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REBOUCAS AMORIM, ALEFE T/A AsparGo (ABN 69 626 847 471) (we, us or our), understands that protecting your personal information is important. This Privacy Policy sets out our commitment to protecting the privacy of personal information provided to us, or otherwise collected by us when providing our social media and marketplace platform (Platform) or when otherwise interacting with you.

THE INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Personal information: is information or an opinion, whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not, about an individual who is identified or reasonably identifiable.

The types of personal information we may collect about you include:

  • Identity Data including first name, last name, title, date of birth, gender, job title and images of you. 

  • Contact Data including billing address, email address and telephone numbers.

  • Financial Data including bank account and payment card details (through our third party payment processor, Stripe or Pay Pal).

  • Background Verification Data including your passport number, driver licence number, photographic identification or other details requested as part of our verification process to comply with our due diligence obligations, anti-money laundering laws and related ongoing monitoring commitments.

  • Transaction Data including details about payments to you from us and from you to us and other details of products and services you have purchased from us or we have purchased from you.

  • Technical and Usage Data including internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, your browser session and geo-location data, device and network information, statistics on page views and sessions, acquisition sources, search queries and/or browsing behaviour, information about your access and use of our website, including through the use of Internet cookies, your communications with our website, the type of browser you are using, the type of operating system you are using and the domain name of your Internet service provider.

  • Profile Data including your username and password for our Platform, profile picture, purchases or orders you have made with us, support requests you have made, content you post, send receive and share through our Platform, information you have shared with our social media platforms, your interests, preferences, feedback and survey responses.  

  • Interaction Data including information you provide to us when you participate in any interactive features of our Platform, including surveys, contests, promotions, activities or events.  

  • Marketing and Communications Data including your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences.

  • Professional data including where you are a worker of ours or applying for a role with us, your professional history such as your previous positions and professional experience. 

  • Sensitive information is a sub-set of personal information that is given a higher level of protection. Sensitive information means information relating to your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion, trade union or other professional associations or memberships, philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or practices, criminal records, health information or biometric information. We do not actively request sensitive information about you. If at any time we need to collect sensitive information about you, unless otherwise permitted by law, we will first obtain your consent and we will only use it as required or authorised by law.

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect personal information in a variety of ways, including:

  • Directly: We collect personal information which you directly provide to us, including when you register for an account on our Platform, through the ‘contact us’ form on our website or when you request our assistance via email, or over the telephone.

  • Indirectly: We may collect personal information which you indirectly provide to us while interacting with us, such as when you use our Platform or website, in emails, over the telephone and in your online enquiries.

  • From third parties: We collect personal information from third parties, such as details of your use of our website from our analytics and cookie providers and marketing providers. See the “Cookies” section below for more detail on the use of cookies.

  • From publicly available sources: We collect personal data from publicly available resources such as professional networking sites such as LinkedIn.

We have set out below, in a table format, a description of the purposes for which we plan to collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information

WHY WE COLLECT, HOLD, USE AND DISCLOSE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may disclose personal information to:

  • our employees, contractors and/or related entities;

  • IT service providers, data storage, web-hosting and server providers;

  • marketing or advertising providers;

  • professional advisors, bankers, auditors, our insurers and insurance brokers;

  • payment systems operators;

  • our existing or potential agents or business partners;

  • anyone to whom our business or assets (or any part of them) are, or may (in good faith) be, transferred;

  • courts, tribunals and regulatory authorities, in the event you fail to pay for goods or services we have provided to you;

  • courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities and law enforcement officers, as required or authorised by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights; 

  • third parties to collect and process data, such as [Google Analytics (To find out how Google uses data when you use third party websites or applications, please see www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ or any other URL Google may use from time to time), Meta Pixel or other relevant analytics businesses]; and

  • any other third parties as required or permitted by law, such as where we receive a subpoena.

  • Google Analytics: We may have enabled Google Analytics Advertising Features including Remarketing Features, Advertising Reporting Features, Demographics and Interest Reports, Store Visits, Google Display Network Impression reporting etc. We and third-party vendors may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) or other first-party identifiers, and third-party cookies (such as Google advertising cookies) or other third-party identifiers together.

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You can opt-out of Google Analytics Advertising Features including using a Google Analytics Opt-out Browser add-on found here. To opt-out of personalised ad delivery on the Google content network, please visit Google’s Ads Preferences Manager here or if you wish to opt-out permanently even when all cookies are deleted from your browser you can install their plugin here.  To opt out of interest-based ads on mobile devices, please follow these instructions for your mobile device: On android open the Google Settings app on your device and select “ads” to control the settings. On iOS devices with iOS 6 and above use Apple’s advertising identifier. To learn more about limiting ad tracking using this identifier, visit the settings menu on your device.

OUR DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

Your choice: Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. If you provide personal information to us, you understand we will collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect our ability to provide our Platform to you and your use of our Platform.

Information from third parties: If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this Privacy Policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us. 
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  • Anonymity: Where practicable we will give you the option of not identifying yourself or using a pseudonym in your dealings with us. 

  • Restrict and unsubscribe: To object to processing for direct marketing/unsubscribe from our email database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us using the details below or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication.

  • Access: You may request access to the personal information that we hold about you. An administrative fee may be payable for the provision of such information. Please note, in some situations, we may be legally permitted to withhold access to your personal information. If we cannot provide access to your information, we will advise you as soon as reasonably possible and provide you with the reasons for our refusal and any mechanism available to complain about the refusal. If we can provide access to your information in another form that still meets your needs, then we will take reasonable steps to give you such access.

  • Correction: If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading, please contact us using the details below. We will take reasonable steps to promptly correct any information found to be inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading. Please note, in some situations, we may be legally permitted to not correct your personal information. If we cannot correct your information, we will advise you as soon as reasonably possible and provide you with the reasons for our refusal and any mechanism available to complain about the refusal.

  • Complaints: If you wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the complaint. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take in response to your complaint.

  • Deletion: If you stop using our Platform or delete your account with us, we will delete all personal information in your account, including authentication details and other Profile Data.

OVERSEAS DISCLOSURE

We may store personal information overseas. Where we disclose your personal information to the third parties listed above, these third parties may also store, transfer or access personal information outside of Australia. We will only disclose your personal information overseas in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles.

PERSONAL INFORMATION FROM SOCIAL NETWORK ACCOUNTS

We are committed to ensuring that the personal information we collect 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 personal information and protect it from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.

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While we are committed to security, we cannot guarantee the security of any information that is transmitted to or by us over the Internet. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk.

STORAGE AND SECURITY

We may use cookies on our website from time to time. Cookies are text files placed in your computer's browser to store your preferences. Cookies, by themselves, do not tell us your email address or other personally identifiable information. However, they do recognise you when you return to our online website and allow third parties, such as Google and Facebook, to cause our advertisements to appear on your social media and online media feeds as part of our retargeting campaigns. If and when you choose to provide our online website with personal information, this information may be linked to the data stored in the cookie.

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​You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.

COOKIES

If you connect your account with us to a social network account, such as Facebook or Google, we will collect your personal information from the social network. We will do this in accordance with the privacy settings you have chosen on that social network. 

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The personal information that we may receive includes your name, ID, user name, handle, profile picture, gender, age, language, list of friends or follows and any other personal information you choose to share.

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We use the personal information we receive from the social network to create a profile for you on our Platform. 

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If you agree, we may also use your personal information to give you updates on the social network which might interest you. We will not post to your social network without your permission.

Where we have accessed your personal information through your Facebook account, you have the right to request the deletion of personal information that we have been provided by Facebook. To submit a request for the deletion of personal information we acquired from Facebook, please send us an email at the address at the end of this Privacy Policy and specify in your request which personal information you would like deleted. If we deny your request for the deletion of personal information, we will explain why.

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We collect your precise or approximate location via our Platform for the following purposes:

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  • to enable you to interact and connect with other users and farmers in your area;

  • ​to enable you to establish an urban farm with your neighbours;

  • ​to access crops and produce from users and farmers nearby;

  • to prevent and detect fraud;

  • ​and as permitted by law.


We collect this information when you enable our Platform to use your device’s location services. If you do not want us to use your location for the purposes above, you should turn off the location services in your mobile phone settings. If you do not provide geolocation data to us, we may not be able to provide all aspects of our Platform to you.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

Our website may contain links to other party’s websites. We do not have any control over those websites and we are not responsible for the protection and privacy of any personal information which you provide whilst visiting those websites. Those websites are not governed by this Privacy Policy.

YOUR RIGHTS AND CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Purpose of use / disclosure 

Type of Personal Information 

Type of Personal Information 

  • Identity Data 

  • Contact Data 

To contact and communicate with you about our Platform including in response to any support requests you lodge with us or other enquiries you make with us. 

To contact and communicate with you about any enquiries you make with us via our website. 

For internal record keeping, administrative, invoicing and billing purposes. 

For analytics, market research and business development, including to operate and improve our Platform, associated applications and associated social media platforms. 

For advertising and marketing, including to send you promotional information about our events and experiences and information that we consider may be of interest to you. 

To run promotions, competitions and/or offer additional benefits to you. 

If you have applied for employment with us; to consider your employment application. 

To comply with our legal obligations or if otherwise required or authorised by law. 

  • Any relevant Personal Information 

  • Identity Data 

  • Contact Data 

  • Profile Data 

  • Identity Data 

  • Contact Data 

  • Identity Data 

  • Contact Data 

  • Financial Data 

  • Transaction Data 

  • Profile Data 

  • Technical and Usage Data 

  • Identity Data 

  • Contact Data 

  • Technical and Usage Data 

  • Profile Data 

  • Marketing and Communications Data 

  • Identity Data 

  • Contact Data 

  • Profile Data 

  • Interaction Data 

  • Marketing and Communications Data 

  • Identity Data 

  • Contact Data 

  • Professional Data 

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