Last updated 2 April 2024

Sandy Evans provides professional information about herself and her music including recordings, compositions, and performances at the website https://sandyevans.com.au 

This privacy policy outlines how Sandy, and the team who support her, use and protect any personal information you provide while you are on her website. 

Sandy and her team have adopted the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which Sandy and the team who support her, collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your personal information.

You can find the Australian Privacy Principles on The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner at www.privacy.gov.au.

What is personal information and why do we collect it?

Personal information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of personal information that we collect include names and email addresses you provide when subscribing to Sandy’s newsletter or if you leave a comment on one of the posts at sandyevans.com.au

Where appropriate and where possible, we provide information at the time of collection about why Sandy and her team are collecting the information and how they plan to use it.

Sensitive information

Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information. If you provide sensitive information on the website while leaving a comment on a post, you are giving your consent for the information to be published on sandyevans.com.au  

This is the only way we would collect sensitive information about you. 

We only use sensitive information:

  • for the primary purpose you provided it
  • with your consent; or where required or authorised by law.

Links and embedded content

sandyevans.com.au includes links to other websites and embedded content such as music and videos. 

  • When you visit another website by clicking on a link on sandyevans.com.au it is your responsibility to check their privacy policy and understand how they track your interaction with their content. 
  • When you access content from another website that has been embedded on sandyevans.com.au you are effectively visiting another website. 

Sandy and her team are not responsible for the privacy of your information on these other sites. These other websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Disclosure of personal information

Your personal information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

  • to third parties – only if you consent to the use or disclosure; and
  • where required or authorised by law.

Security of personal information

Sandy’s website and newsletter platform provide secure storage that protects your information from misuse and loss due to unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

When your personal information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify it. 

Access to your personal information

You may access the personal information we hold about you and update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your personal information, please contact Sandy and her team using the Contact page

If you make a request to access your personal information, we may ask you to verify your identity, to protect your personal information.

Maintaining the quality of your personal information

If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

Policy updates

This policy may change from time to time and is available on Sandy’s website.

Privacy policy enquiries

If you have any queries or complaints about this privacy policy please contact Sandy and her team using the form on the Contact page.