This Privacy Policy describes how ACO (“we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses and discloses your personal information when you visit or make a purchase from our website.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you make a purchase from our store, we collect personal information necessary to process your order, including:
When you browse our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and browsing behaviour, including:
This information helps us improve website performance, customer experience and marketing effectiveness.
If you subscribe to our marketing communications, we may use your email address to send updates about new collections, products and promotions. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in our emails.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use your personal information to:
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
3. CONSENT
By providing personal information to complete a transaction, verify payment, arrange delivery or process a return, you consent to our collecting and using it for that purpose.
Where we request information for marketing purposes, we will seek your consent. You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at contact@acocottesloe.com.au or by unsubscribing from marketing emails.
4. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES & PAYMENT PROVIDERS
Our store is hosted on Shopify Inc., which provides the e-commerce platform we use to sell our products.
We use trusted third-party service providers to operate our business, including:
If you choose to use Shop Pay or Afterpay, your transaction and personal information will be handled in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
These providers may collect, process or store personal information on our behalf in order to enable payment processing, email communications, analytics and advertising.
We use the Meta Pixel and similar tracking technologies to measure advertising performance, understand website behaviour and deliver relevant advertisements to you on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram.
Once you leave our website or are redirected to a third-party website or payment provider, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy.
5. DATA STORAGE & SECURITY
Your personal information is stored securely using industry-standard safeguards, including SSL encryption.
While no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, we take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
All payment transactions are processed securely and in accordance with PCI-DSS requirements.
6. COOKIES & TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to:
Third-party services, including Shopify, Omnisend and Meta, may also use cookies and tracking technologies.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect website functionality and user experience.
7. YOUR RIGHTS (AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMERS)
Under Australian privacy law, you have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you.
To make a request or lodge a complaint, please contact:
contact@acocottesloe.com.au
ACO
PO Box 63
Cottesloe WA 6911
Australia
We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.
8. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or legal requirements. Updates will be published on this page.