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This policy is to be read in conjunction with out our Terms and Conditions (available here), which includes a Data Collection and Use Statement. Whereas the Terms and Conditions deal with and disclose our practices with respect to the management of data generally, this policy outlines in more detail how we collect, use, and disclose data and information which is:
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(a) Personal Information as defined under the Privacy Act; and
(b) Private Farm Data as defined in the Farm Data Code – Private Farm Data under the Farm Data Code is data that has direct or indirect identifiers that could be used (including through matching with other data) to identify an individual farmer or their business. Private Farm Data may be Personal Information under the Privacy Act, but may also covers cover many data sets that are not Personal Information (and therefore not subject to the Australian Privacy Principles), such as data pertaining to a particular farm (like data on a farm’s production, the environment at the farm, or transactions involving the farm or its produce)
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This policy covers all Personal Data that you affirmatively provide during your interactions with us, information that we automatically collect when you interact with our Products, and information that we collect about you from third parties. The policy is applicable worldwide, and also describes rights you may have to control our your use of Personal Data and how to exercise those rights.
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This policy may be updated from time to time for reasons such as operational practices or regulatory changes, so we recommend that you review our Privacy Policy when returning to our website, and periodically if you are a use user of one of our Products. If we propose to make any material changes, we will notify you by means of a notice on this page prior to the change becoming effective.
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We do our best to give you reasonable controls over the Personal Data (Noting the definitions of Personal Information and Farm Data above) we process about you as set forth below. Depending on where you reside, you may be entitled to certain legal rights with respect to your Personal Data.
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In order to make such a request of us, please contact our Privacy Team via the addresses set out below under Contact Us.
GDPR and U.K. Data Protection Act Compliance
If Many data correction cases will require the changes to be made directly with the Agtech hardware or software providers and their device management Apps. The Pairtree integrations are firstly driven by the outputs from the data source and so require changes to be made at the source for dynamic changes.
GDPR and U.K. Data Protection Act Compliance
If your Personal Data is governed by the GDPR or the U.K. Data Protection Act, you may have additional legal rights to those set out in this policy under those statutes.
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How long we retain your Personal Data depends on the type of data and the purpose for which we process the data. We will generally retain your Personal Information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required by law. If your relationship with us ceases (for instance if you terminate a subscription for a Product) we will retain your Personal Data for a period of 6 months following such cessation. We may charge you with ongoing fees if you request that we retain your data beyond this period.
Security of your Personal Data
Pairtree is committed to protecting the Personal Data you share with us. We utilise a combination of industry-standard security technologies, procedures, and organisational measures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. Upon material changes to the Terms and Conditions, the Data Retention clause will survive for clients operating under the previously stated period. Once the previous period has passed the new data retention clauses will operate.
As mentioned above, to ‘Erase’ data from Pairtree an email must be sent to support@pairtree.co requesting that the data be erased.
Security of your Personal Data
Pairtree is committed to protecting the Personal Data you share with us. We utilise a combination of industry-standard security technologies, procedures, and organisational measures to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. When we transfer credit card information over the Internet, we protect it using Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption technology.
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Linked Websites and third party services
Our websites and services may provide links to other third party websites and services which are outside our control and not covered by this policy (e.g. when you make a payment for a Product, which is processed by Stripe). We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) sites you visit or services you use in connection with your use of our website and with our Products.
We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of any third party (including third parties that we are permitted to disclose an individual’s Personal Data to in accordance with this policy or any applicable laws in order to deliver a service). The collection and use of an individual’s information by such third parties may be subject to separate privacy and security policies. We are not liable for any loss, damage or claim arising out of a third party’s use of Personal Data where you provided the third party with Personal Data, or we were authorised to provide that third party with the Personal Data.
Transfer and Storage of Personal Data
Our Products are hosted and operated in Australia through Pairtree and its service providers, though data may be collected from wherever our users are located. We may transfer your Personal Data to or within Australia, or to third parties acting on our behalf for the purposes of processing or storage. Where local law requires, we may store data locally in order to comply with global regulations. By using any of our Products or providing any Personal Data for any of the purposes stated above, you consent to the transfer and storage of your Personal Data, whether provided by you or obtained through a third party, to the Australia as set forth herein, including the hosting of such Personal Data on Australian servers.
Where you have permitted your Personal Data to be shared with third parties, (such as our service providers) these third parties may transfer your Personal Data overseas for things such as data processing and hosting services. By providing us with your Personal Information, you are providing express consent for us to disclose your Personal Data overseas. You are aware that by providing such consent, we will cease to be accountable for the overseas recipient's handling of your Personal Data under applicable privacy laws (including the Privacy Act and GDPR) and that you will not be able to seek redress from us under applicable privacy laws (including the Privacy Act and GDPR) in relation to that use of your Personal Information overseas. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any disclosure to an entity outside of Australia will not be made until that entity has agreed in writing with us to safeguard Personal Data as we do.
Our websites and services may provide links to other third party websites and services which are outside our control and not covered by this policy (e.g. when you make a payment for a Product, which is processed by Stripe). We encourage you to review the privacy policies posted on these (and all) sites you visit or services you use in connection with your use of our website and with our Products.
We are not responsible for the privacy or security practices of any third party (including third parties that we are permitted to disclose an individual’s Personal Data to in accordance with this policy or any applicable laws in order to deliver a service). The collection and use of an individual’s information by such third parties may be subject to separate privacy and security policies. We are not liable for any loss, damage or claim arising out of a third party’s use of Personal Data where you provided the third party with Personal Data, or we were authorised to provide that third party with the Personal Data.
Transfer and Storage of Personal Data
Our Products are hosted and operated in Australia through Pairtree and its service providers, though data may be collected from wherever our users are located. We may transfer your Personal Data to or within Australia, or to third parties acting on our behalf for the purposes of processing or storage. Where local law requires, we may store data locally in order to comply with global regulations. By using any of our Products or providing any Personal Data for any of the purposes stated above, you consent to the transfer and storage of your Personal Data, whether provided by you or obtained through a third party, to the Australia as set forth herein, including the hosting of such Personal Data on Australian servers.
Where you have permitted your Personal Data to be shared with third parties, (such as our service providers) these third parties may transfer your Personal Data overseas for things such as data processing and hosting services. By providing us with your Personal Information, you are providing express consent for us to disclose your Personal Data overseas. You are aware that by providing such consent, we will cease to be accountable for the overseas recipient's handling of your Personal Data under applicable privacy laws (including the Privacy Act and GDPR) and that you will not be able to seek redress from us under applicable privacy laws (including the Privacy Act and GDPR) in relation to that use of your Personal Information overseas. We will take reasonable steps to ensure that any disclosure to an entity outside of Australia will not be made until that entity has agreed in writing with us to safeguard Personal Data as we do.
Data Breach
If a Data breach was to occur, Pairtree will notify the affected parties within 72 hours of the discovery of the breach. Once a breach has been discovered, Pairtree will firstly aim to rectify the point of exposure and then work through what may have been accessed by the breach for each affected client.
Affected clients will be directly contacted and advised of the extent of the breach for their data set.
All clients will be notified that a breach had occurred and any related issues for ongoing data security within the Pairtree environment.
Contact Us
If you have any privacy-related questions or comments related to this privacy policy, please send an email to support@pairtree.co. You can also contact us by writing to this address:
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23 Isaac Drive
Orange NSW Australia
16/09/2022