Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 06 May 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to Isha Bae (www.ishabae.com). This website is owned and operated in Australia. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and manage your personal information.

2. What Personal Information We Collect

We may collect the following information:
– Contact details such as your name, email address, and any messages you send us
– Comments: If you leave a comment on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help spam detection
– Media: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included
– Cookies and usage data (see Section 6)
– Analytics data, such as pages visited and referring URLs

3. How We Collect Your Information

Information may be collected:
– When you fill in forms (contact, comment, sign-up)
– Through cookies and similar tracking technologies
– Automatically via WordPress features and plugins (e.g., Akismet, Jetpack)
– Through third-party analytics providers such as Google Analytics

4. Why We Collect It

We use your information to:
– Respond to your enquiries or comments
– Provide updates or newsletters (with your consent)
– Improve website functionality and performance
– Detect and prevent spam and abuse
– Analyse user behaviour to improve our content and services

5. Comments and User Submissions

When visitors leave comments, we collect data from the form, as well as the IP address and browser details for spam protection.
Gravatar: An anonymised string (hash) of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience. Other cookies may be set by plugins, analytics tools, or social sharing integrations.
You can manage cookies via your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect site functionality.

7. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles or pages on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, social media feeds). Embedded content behaves as if you have visited the external website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content.

8. Analytics

We use third-party services like Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our site. These services may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, and referring URLs. These analytics data are aggregated and do not personally identify individuals.

9. Who We Share Your Data With

We may share data with:
– Website hosting and maintenance providers
– Email service providers (if you subscribe to our list)
– Analytics providers
– Spam protection services (e.g. Akismet)
– Legal authorities, where required by law
We never sell your personal data.

10. How Long We Retain Your Data

– If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely for follow-up comments and moderation.
– If you contact us via a form, we retain that data for customer service purposes, but we do not use it for marketing unless you’ve opted in.
You may request to delete your data at any time.

11. What Rights You Have Over Your Data

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.

12. Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Some service providers (e.g. analytics, email marketing) may store your data outside of Australia. We take reasonable steps to ensure those providers handle data in accordance with Australian privacy laws.

13. Security

We maintain security protocols including:
– HTTPS encryption
– Secure hosting environment
– WordPress and plugin updates
– Access controls and spam filters
Despite our efforts, no internet-based service is completely secure.

14. Third-Party Links

This site may include links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites.

15. Children’s Privacy

This website is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy periodically. Changes will be posted here with a revised ‘Effective Date’.