Who we are
Licenced Security and Telecommunications Installer
www.nikssecurityandcommsservices.com.au.
Last updated: June 28, 2024
At Niks Security and Comms Services we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.nikssecurityandcommsservices.com.au and use our services.
Information We Collect
We may collect personal information from you in various ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our Site, fill out a form, request a service, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey, or communicate with us through other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our Site.
Types of Information Collected:
Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and other similar information.
Technical Information: IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, access times, and pages viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
Usage Information: Information about how you use our Site, products, and services.
How We Use Your Information
We may use the information we collect from you in the following ways:
To provide, operate, and maintain our Site and services.
To improve our Site and services based on the feedback and information we receive from you.
To personalize your experience on our Site.
To process transactions and manage your orders.
To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.
To follow up with you after correspondence (live chat, email, or phone inquiries).
To send newsletters, surveys, offers, and promotional materials related to our services.
How We Protect Your Information
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. These measures include, but are not limited to:
Secure socket layer (SSL) technology.
Regular malware scanning.
Restricted access to personal information to authorised personnel only.
Regular review and update of our security practices and measures.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These 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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
Access and Correction: You have the right to access and correct your personal information held by us.
Opt-Out: You may opt-out of receiving future email communications from us by following the unsubscribe link in the emails.
Deletion: You may request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
Restriction of Processing: You may request that we restrict the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Sharing Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal identification information to outside parties except as described below:
Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our Site, conducting our business, or servicing you, as long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be among the assets transferred.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the updated date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.