This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit www.foundryprojects.net or www.foundryprojects.au (the ‘Site’).

By accessing the Site, you acknowledge the terms and conditions expressed herein.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

What information is collected and why?

When a user visits the Site, we collect information about the visit that does not identify the user personally. We track Device Information such as the domain from which the user is visiting and the user’s browser type. We also collect specific information regarding the user’s session on our website. This includes items such as the date and time of the visit and the pages viewed.

Additionally, when you make an enquiry for us to provide further information through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, email address, and phone number.  We refer to this information as ‘Identifiable Information’. You may provide us with Identifiable Information:

• To register for further information in relation to a particular project.

• To receive specific information from us such as an information memorandum document for a specific project.

• To sign up for a mailing list.

• To correspond with us.

When we talk about ‘Personal Information’ in this Privacy Policy, we are talking both about Device Information and Identifiable Information.

We do not intentionally collect information from children under the age of 13.

How is this Information Used?

We use the Identifiable Information that we collect generally to communicate with you and fulfill any enquiry placed through the Site. This may include contact such as follow-up calls, e-mail correspondence, or mail correspondence to provide marketing information about promotions, new services, or important website changes.

When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, we use this information to provide you with details or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

Behavioural Advertising

As mentioned above, we may use your Identifiable Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (‘NAI’) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by visiting:

FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/settings/?tab=ads

GOOGLE - https://www.google.com/settings/ads/anonymous

KLAVIYO - https://www.klaviyo.com/legal

INSTAGRAM - https://help.instagram.com/

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Are ‘Cookies’ used on the Site?

‘Cookies’ are small pieces of information that are placed on a web user’s hard drive. We may use cookies to provide you with better service. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard disk for record-keeping purposes. Cookies can make the Web more useful by storing information about your preferences for a particular site. The use of cookies is an industry standard, and many major websites use them to provide useful features for their customers. Cookies in and of themselves do not personally identify users, although they do identify a user’s computer. Most browsers are initially set to accept cookies. If you prefer, you can set your browser to refuse cookies. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the functionality of the Site if you do so.

How is Identifiable Information safeguarded?

Foundry Projects utilise industry standard methods and mechanisms such as firewalls, intrusion monitoring and passwords to protect electronic information. Multiple physical security methods such as locking devices and 24-hour premise monitoring are also employed. Finally, access to Identifiable Information limited to a small number of personnel and on a need-to-know basis.

Links to other websites

The Site may contain links to other internet websites. Foundry Projects neither controls nor endorses external sites and is not responsible for the content of such sites. This policy does not cover the privacy policies and data collection practices of non-Foundry Projects websites.

How to opt out of correspondence? 

Based on the information a user has provided, Foundry Projects may send e-mail correspondence to the user. Each correspondence will contain an easy means to opt out of further correspondence.