Privacy Policy

Sapphire Blink Online Store recognises and values the protection of your personal information. We are aware of our obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 and we will ensure that we fulfil our obligations under that Act.

We recognise that you may have concerns about our collection of your personal information via our website, which is located at www.sapphireblink.com and how we may use that information.

We have implemented this privacy policy in order to inform you about how we will collect, store, use your personal information and under what circumstances we may disclose your personal information.

Information we collect from you:

From time to time, we may ask you to supply personal information such as your name, address, date of birth, telephone number or e-mail address. However, under no circumstances will we request or collect any information from you that may disclose your: 

- political, religious or philosophical beliefs or affiliations;
- health and sexuality;

- racial or ethnic origin; 
- or criminal convictions.

We may also conduct surveys or market research and may seek other information from you on a periodic basis. These surveys will provide us with information that allows improvement in the types and quality of services offered to you, and the manner in which those services are offered to you.
 

Personal information via our website:

Most commercial websites use ‘cookies’, which are pieces of information that websites send to the browser and are stored in the computer hard-drive. Cookies make using our website easier by storing information about your preferences on our website. This allows Sapphire Blink Online Store to be tailored to you for any of your return visits. Cookies will not identify you personally. 

If you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter your security settings on your web browser to disable cookies or to warn you when cookies are being used. However, by disabling the cookie function in your web browser you may impede your ability to use parts of our website.

Your option not to provide your personal information: 

Providing us with your personal information is absolutely optional, and whenever it is optional for you to provide us with your personal information, we will make this clear to you. When you provide us with your personal information, you are consenting to our storage, use and disclosure of that information as outlined in this privacy policy.

We may from time to time run competitions or offer additional benefits to you and we may ask you to provide us with your personal details for these purposes. Providing us with this information is absolutely optional to you. However, if you do not provide your personal information to us we may not be able to contact you or give you access to the additional benefits. 

You may opt out of these additional communications at any time and can do so by emailing us.

 

Use and disclosure of your personal information:

Your personal information, including your e-mail address, will be used for the following primary purposes:

- to process and finalize orders made via the Website;
- to ensure the proper functioning of the Website; and

- to assist Sapphire Blink with our marketing, planning, product development and research requirements.

We will not use or disclose (or permit the use or disclosure of) personal information that could be used to identify an individual member in any circumstances except: 

- to ensure the proper functioning of our business and our website;
- to communicate promotional offers and special events to you;

- where the law requires us, or authorises us to do so; 
- or where you have given express consent to us for a prescribed purpose.

We will not sell, distribute, rent, license, disclose, share or pass your personal information onto any third parties, other than those who are contracted to us to keep the information confidential whether subject to a statute or a scheme which imposes similar restrictions to the National Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 regarding the handling of personal information.

We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that all information collected from you is accurate, up to date, complete and stored in a secure environment and accessed only by our authorised personnel. 

Please note that no information transmitted over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. However, we will endeavor to protect your personal information as best as possible but we cannot guarantee the security of any information that you transmit to us, or receive from us. The transmission and exchange of information is carried out at your own risk.

 

Accessing, correcting and updating your information: 

You have the right to access the information that you provide to us.

If you wish to access, modify or remove any personal information that you have provided to us, please contact us via our contact page.

We reserve our right to modify or amend this privacy policy at any time. Should any significant amendments occur, notification would be provided by publication on our website. For further information about privacy, please refer to the Australian Privacy Commissioner’s website www.privacy.gov.au.

 

Data retention 
When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information. 

Changes 
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. 

Contact us 
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e‑mail at info@sapphireblink.com or by mail using the details provided below: 

Sapphire Blink 
[Re: Privacy Compliance Officer] 
Next Infinity Pty Ltd, PO Box 2317, North Parramatta NSW 1750, Australia