Privacy Policy

Who we are

Deaf Australia operates the root/domain (main) website including subdirectory URLs such as the Auslan Shop.  

This page is used to provide information to our website visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information when you purchase items from the Auslan Shop and/or when you fill out contact forms. 

If you choose to use our website, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation with this policy. The information that we collect are used for providing and improving the main website including the Auslan Shop and for contacting you in response to completed contact forms. We will not use or share your information with anyone outside of Deaf Australia staff and contractors except as described in this Privacy Policy.  

The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same concepts, meaning and conditions as our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at www.deafaustralia.org.au, unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.  

Information Collection and Use 

For a better experience while using our main website and subdirectory URLs we may require you to provide us with specific and personally identifiable information. This includes, but is not limited to your name, phone number, email, and postal address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.  

Log Data 

We want to inform you that whenever you visit our main website and subdirectory URLs, we automatically collect information that your browser sends to us. This is called ‘log data.’ This log data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (‘IP’) address, browser version, pages of our website and Shop that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.  

Cookies 

Cookies are files with small amounts of data that is commonly used as an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer’s hard drive.  

Our website use these ‘cookies’ to collection information and to improve our Shop. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when cookies are being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Shop, for example.