Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 2025

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://sheridanlee.com.

What Personal Information We Collect and Why

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose your personal information in compliance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

For more information on the Australian Privacy Principles, please visit the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at www.oaic.gov.au.

What Is Personal Information?

Personal Information refers to data that identifies an individual. We collect details such as names and email addresses.

How We Collect Personal Information

We collect personal information through various channels, including:

We cannot guarantee the privacy policies of third-party websites linked from our site.

Why We Collect Your Information

We collect your personal information for:

  • Communication and customer service
  • Marketing purposes (e.g., newsletters and promotions)
  • Other related purposes you would reasonably expect

You can unsubscribe from our newsletter list at any time.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect:

  • Data provided in the comment form
  • The visitor’s IP address and browser user agent (to help detect spam)

Connect

If you contact us through the information provided on our Connect page, we will use your personal information solely to respond to your query.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to enter your details again. These cookies last for one year.

Media

If you upload images to our site, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract this data from images.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves just as if you were visiting the other website directly. These external sites may:

  • Collect data about you
  • Use cookies
  • Track your interactions, especially if you have an account and are logged in to those websites

Data Retention

If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely to recognise and approve future comments automatically.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have left comments, you may request:

  • An exported file of the personal data we hold about you
  • The deletion of any personal data we hold, except for data we are legally required to keep

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked via an automated spam detection service.

Sensitive Information

We will only collect and use sensitive information (e.g., racial/ethnic origin, religious beliefs, political views, health information) when:

  • It is necessary for the primary purpose it was collected
  • It is required by law
  • We have your explicit consent

Third-Party Data Collection

When reasonable, we collect information directly from you. However, we may also receive data from third parties. In such cases, we take reasonable steps to inform you of this collection.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Your personal information may be shared:

  • With third parties, if you have provided consent
  • When required by law

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from misuse, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.

If your personal information is no longer needed, we will take steps to securely destroy or permanently de-identify it.

Privacy Policy Inquiries and Complaints

If you have any questions or complaints about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: Email: privacy@sheridanlee.com

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