Privacy Policy

1. Who is responsible for managing my information?

This website is owned and maintained by PLD Organisation Pty Ltd (“we” or “us”). 

We are responsible for the collection and proper management of any personal information you submit. We will keep your personal details secure and use the information you provide consistently according to applicable privacy and data protection laws and the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. What information do we collect?

Visitation to the website

When visiting the website we may capture the following data types:

2.1 IP Address: as part of our cookies, we may capture IP Address for website performance analytics.

2.2 GPS Location: as part of our geolocation analytics.

2.3 Internet browser type and browser version number.

2.4 Device type and operating system version number.

2.5 Email Address: as part of our subscription or newsletter updates, we may ask for your email address to provide correspondence.

2.6 First Name and Last Name: as part of the PLD Literacy registration process and subscription to courses or the purchase of curriculum, we would request these data items from the end user.

Use of the PLD Website

When subscribed to one of our services, our users will have access to the PLD website and, in this instance, we process the following additional data items:

– First Name;

– Last Name; and

– Email Address.

We also collect website usage information. We do this by using cookies (see Section 7 below). 

Purchases made on the website

When you make a purchase as a registered user on the PLD website, you may provide credit card details or School Account details to close the financial transaction with PLD. This data is only processed temporarily on the website, as WooCommerce and eWay process the card details for any purchase or invoicing request. For details on the processing of information via WooCommerce, please refer to https://www.automattic.com/privacy, or https://www.eway.com.au/privacy-policy/

3. How do we use your information?

The information you provide may be used in several ways, for example: 

1. to enable us to deliver a focused product delivery; 

2. to provide you with the information, products and services you ask for, and honour any contract you have with us; 

3. for statistical purposes when we evaluate our range of services; 

4. to personalise repeat visits to our website; 

5. to tell you about other products and services we think may be of interest to you (see section 5 below); and 

6. to manage customer service queries.

4. Who do we share your information with?

To provide you with the products and services that we offer, we may share your information with third-party providers, including: 

1. Digital Ocean;

2. Cloudflare;

3. Meta; and

4. Drip.

5. When can we contact you in future?

We would like to send you information about our own products and services, as well as those of selected third parties. We may do this by email or social networks, unless you have told us that you do not wish to be contacted in this way. We will always ask you to confirm in advance that you are happy for us to allow third parties to contact you by email. 

If you would like to change any of your preferences relating to the way in which we may use your information for direct marketing, then please update your user preferences on the website or send an email to privacy@pld-literacy.org

6. How long will we hold your information for?

We have a system of retention periods in place to ensure that your information is only stored while it is required for relevant purposes or to meet legal requirements. Where your information is no longer required, we will ensure it is disposed of securely. 

7. Cookies

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, PLD) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and when it visits certain other websites.

What Cookies does the PLD website use?

Our website does not directly use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website, however, we have necessary cookies that process the following: 

8. How can you access and update your information?

You have the right to request a copy of the information that we hold about you. If you would like a copy of some or all of your personal information, please email or write to us at the address below. Please note that we may charge a small administrative fee for the provision of this information. 

Email: privacy@pld-literacy.org

We want to ensure that your personal information is accurate and current. You may ask us to correct or remove information you think is inaccurate.

Does the policy apply to linked websites?

Our website may contain links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website (www.pld-literacy.org) so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies. 

How do we update this privacy policy?

We keep our privacy policy under regular review and we will place any updates on our webpage. This privacy policy was last updated on 5 August 2024. 

Who can you contact if you have queries about this privacy policy?

Please contact us if you have any questions about our privacy policy or the information we hold about you. 
Email: privacy@pld-literacy.org
Or
Write to us at:
PLD Organisation Pty Ltd,
116 Parry St, Perth
WA 6000