Brisbane Writers Festival Privacy Policy

Brisbane Writers Festival (BWF) is committed to ensuring the privacy of its patrons. The Following Privacy Policy details how your personal information is used. This policy may change occasionally so please check this statement from time to time.

What information Brisbane Writers Festival collects

Personal information is collected from you through various means such as buying tickets to Festival events, subscription to our newsletter(s), competition entry, and any other forms that you may complete, as well as e-mails that you send to BWF.

The BWF website keeps track of usage data, such as your IP address, domain name, date and time of the page request, and other parameters in the URL such as search criteria.

What Brisbane Writers Festival does with your personal information

We use personal information that you give us to answer your enquiries and provide you with information you have requested. We also use this information to better understand website usage and audience attendance so we know what areas of our website and what activities and events customers prefer. Website data is stored in log files and is used for aggregated and statistical reporting but cannot be attributed to you as an individual.

We may use your personal information to keep you informed about Brisbane Writers Festival events and activities and may contact you from time to time about these. If you have given us permission to do this, we may use your information to send you email bulletins and other email alerts.

We also use your information to process any transactions you make with us and for internal administration and analysis.

Childrens' privacy

Many children are interested in information about Brisbane Writers Festival, and their privacy is of the utmost importance to us. Any child under the age of 14 should always ask a parent or teacher for permission before making any type of online enquiry.

Who we share information with

We do not share any information we store about you with any third party.

Compliance with law

We will release personal information where we are required to by law or by the regulations and other rules (including auditing requirements) to which we are subject. We may also exchange information with other companies and organisations for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Your rights

You have the right to ask for a copy of the information held by us in our database. You also have the right to require us to correct any inaccuracies in your information.

Consent

By disclosing your personal information to us by using this website or over the telephone, you consent to the collection, storage and processing of your personal information by Brisbane Writers Festival in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy.

If you have any concerns about the information we hold about you, you can email us at info@bwf.org.au.