Privacy Policy

At Smorgasboarder, we value your privacy and are committed to protecting it. Our Privacy Policy outlined below is aimed at informing you on what personal information we may collect from you when you use our website and how we may use that data.

Smorgasboarder has control of the data that comes through our website, and in accordance with data protection laws we are required to provide you with information about who we are as a company, why and how we use your data, and the rights you have to your personal information.

Who we are

Smorgasboarder is the trading name of the magazine of the same name that comes under our parent company Huge C Media Pty Ltd located at:

Suite 2, Level 1, 156-158 Alexandra Parade, Alexandra Headland, Qld, 4572

How and why we use your data

When you visit www.smorgasboarder.com.au, we will collect some personal information about you. Some of this data may be directly provided by you in connection with an enquiry, home delivery subscription, newsletter subscription or competition entry but we may also receive your data using online technologies such as cookies. Cookies are used by us directly to collect standard internet log information and details about your digital behaviour patterns. This data is collected by us so we can identify things such as the number of visitors to different parts of our website. This data is processed in a way that does not identify you. If we do want to collect personally identifiable information through our website for all visitors, we will be upfront about this.

By accessing our website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this privacy policy. More on cookies and their use is detailed further on in this policy.

We once again stress that any and all information collected at this site will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold, reused, rented, loaned, or otherwise disclosed. Any information you give us will be held with the utmost care, and will not be used in ways to which you have not consented.

Use of cookies

We may use cookies on our website from time to time. A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs and preferences by collecting and remembering information about you.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse information about web page traffic and improve our website by tailoring it to your needs. We use this information for statistical analysis purposes only.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful. A cookie does not give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you provide to us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This may, however, prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.

Privacy of our email lists

We maintain one or more email lists to keep our customers informed about breaking news and offers and you can unsubscribe at any time by writing to us via email. We do not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease the addresses on our list to anyone and we do not allow anyone else to use our list server software.

Your rights to a complaint

If you have a complaint about how we are using your personal information, please contact us in the ways mentioned above so we can address your complaint however we can. You can also direct your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

They can be contacted by their website at www.oaic.gov.au or by email, post, or phone:

Email: foi@oaic.gov.au

Phone: +61 300 363 992

Post: GPO Box 5288

Sydney NSW

Privacy policy updates

We regularly review our privacy policy, but to ensure your personal information is being protected and used responsibly, we may need to update this policy occasionally. Please check this notice from time to time to review possible chat.