Privacy Policy this is the Fishing Trader official privacy policy and it applies to all personal information collected by Fishing Trader. In this policy we explain how and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, and what controls you have over our use of it.

We appreciate that you may have certain concerns about how personal information is collected, used and shared but can assure you that we will always handle your personal information securely and carefully and comply with all applicable Australian and EU privacy laws.

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 anonymised 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.

Password Reset
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 recognise 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
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 we send your data
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Collection of Information
Some information provided to us by customers, contractors and other third parties might be considered private or personal.

We collect information so that we can provide you with a great service. We need this information to deliver products and services to you, to complete transactions on your behalf and to better understand your requirements and preferences.

Note: We will only collect such personal information if it is necessary for one of our functions or activities.
The kinds of personal information that Fishing Trader collects includes:
Names including business names, Contact details, & Financial information.

In particular, personal information is collected from people in the following situations by Fishing Trader:

If you contact Fishing Trader, we may keep a record of that correspondence.

(1) When you apply for and/or establish and/or access an account or order a product.
(2) When you conduct certain types of transactions such as credit card and wire transfer purchases or refunds.
(3) When you submit your e-mail address to our website mailing list.
(4) When you place an order to purchase goods we may require you to provide us with contact information including your name, address, telephone number or email address.

Financial information (such as credit card details) is not collected by Fishing Trader as it processed by a secure gateway service identified at the time of purchasing. You may see the privacy policy of that secure gateway service by referring to that service’s website. https://stripe.com/au/privacy

Use of Information Collected, and Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties
We may use or disclose personal information held about an individual for the primary purpose for which it is collected (e.g. provision of our services, including administration of our services, notification to you about changes to our services, record-keeping following termination of our services to you and technical maintenance) that is, to carry on our business and provide services to our customers.

We may also use such information for a purpose related to the primary purpose of collection and where you would reasonably expect that we would use the information in such a way (e.g. major delivery companies, mail houses and third-party fulfilment contractors).

This information is only disclosed to persons outside our business in the circumstances set out in this policy or as otherwise notified to you at the time of collection of the information, or with your permission.

In addition we are permitted to use or disclose personal information held about you:

(1) Where you have consented to the use or disclosure
(2) Where we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is necessary to lessen or prevent a serious, immediate threat to someone’s health or safety or the public’s health or safety
(3) Where we reasonably suspect that unlawful activity has been, is being or may be engaged in and the use or disclosure is a necessary part of our investigation or in reporting the matter to the relevant authorities.
(4) Where such use or disclosure is required under or authorized by law (for example, to comply with a subpoena, a warrant or other order of a court or legal process)
(5) Where we reasonably believe that the use or disclosure is necessary for prevention, investigation, prosecution and punishment of crimes or wrongdoings or the preparation for, conduct of, proceedings before any court or tribunal or the implementation of the orders of a court or tribunal by or on behalf of an enforcement body.
(6) Where you have requested a service and we are required to disclose the information to the third party in order to facilitate the provision of the service.

Anonymity and Pseudonymity
You have the option of dealing with Fishing Trader anonymously. However, this only applies where it is practicable for Fishing Trader to deal with you acting anonymously or under a pseudonym, such as a general inquiry.

Direct Marketing
As part of Fishing Trader’s functions and business activities and to promote the services we can provide to you, Fishing Trader may use personal information that you have provided to us for the purposes of direct marketing. Direct marketing includes, but is not limited to, sending to you and/or contacting you in relation to promotions and information about Fishing Trader products and services. Generally, we will do so where you have expressed your interest to receive such information. You can opt out of receiving direct marketing communications by using the opt-out link or details provided in the direct marketing communication.

Other Sites
Fishing Trader has no control over the privacy practices of sites that are linked to this site. Please take care at all times to check whose site you are visiting.

Security and Storage
We will take all reasonable steps to store your personal information securely. After all, it is in our interests to make sure you feel confident shopping with us.

Only authorised Fishing Trader team members have access to our customer’s personal information.
No data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure.

As a result, while we strive to protect users’ personal information, Fishing Trader cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information transmitted to it or from its online products or services, and users do so at their own risk.

Once Fishing Trader receives your purchase, it makes every reasonable effort to ensure its security on our systems.

Fishing Trader retains the information you provide to us including your contact details to enable us to verify transactions and customer details and to retain adequate records for legal and accounting purposes.

Access to and Correction of Personal Information
Fishing Trader is committed to and takes reasonable steps to maintain accurate, timely, relevant, complete and appropriate information about our customers and website users.

Verification of identity is required with a request to access (or update) personal information so that we can ensure your personal information is disclosed only to you. Inaccurate information will be corrected upon receiving advice from you.

If we refuse to provide you with access to or correct the personal information held about you by us, then we will provide reasons for such refusal.

Fishing Trader will respond to any requests for access or correction within a reasonable time of receipt of the request.

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us.

If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site.

We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Complaints
If you have a question or complaint about our Privacy Policy or Fishing Trader collection, use or safe disposal or destruction of your personal information, your feedback should be directed in the first instance to Fishing Trader at the contact details above.

We will promptly investigate your complaint and attempt to resolve the matter. If you are not satisfied with the outcome of this procedure or we have not responded to you with a determination within a reasonable period of time then you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

Transfer of Information Overseas
Fishing Trader also informs you that your information may be stored overseas by our hosting provider including the United States of America. This is beyond our control.

Changes to Privacy Policy
If Fishing Trader decides to or is required to change this Privacy Policy, it will post changes on this Fishing Trader Privacy Policy page so that users are always aware of what information is collected, how it is used and the way in which information may be disclosed.

Acceptance
You accept that your use of this site includes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy.
Fishing Trader may amend and vary this policy from time to time without notice. Likewise you may wish to view our SALE TERMS PAGE.