POLICIES

PRIVACY

All personal information shared will remain private & confidential. For a full disclosure of our privacy policy please read below. 

PRIVACY POLICY

Stephanie Gobbo is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines the ongoing obligations to you in respect of how she manages your Personal Information.

Stephanie has adopted the National Privacy Principles (NPPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which she collects, uses, discloses, stores, secures and disposes of your Personal Information.

A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner at www.privacy.gov.au.

Please revisit this page periodically to stay aware of any changes to this policy, which Stephanie may update from time to time. If Stephanie modifies the policy, she will make it available here, and indicate the date of the latest revision. Your continued use of the sites after the revised policy has become effective indicates that you have read, understood and agreed to the current version of the policy.

DISCLAIMER

This website has been compiled by Stephanie Gobbo and the content provided is for information purposes only. Information should not be used without checking appropriate sources and/or obtaining professional medical advice where required. Stephanie Gobbo will not be held liable for any injury, loss, damage, cost or expense incurred from the use of information provided.

You should notify Stephanie immediately if there is any unauthorised use of your account or any other breach of security. However, Stephanie does not accept responsibility for any consequences of the unauthorised access to your information.

WHAT IS PERSONAL INFORMATION AND WHY DO WE COLLECT IT?

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect include: names, addresses, email addresses, phone and date of birth. 

This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including correspondence, by telephone, by email, via Stephanie’s website www.stephgobbo.com.au, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources, from cookies and from third parties. Stephanie doesn’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.

Stephanie collects your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to her clients and marketing. Stephanie may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing via email.

When Stephanie collects Personal Information she will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.

SENSITIVE INFORMATION

Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.

Sensitive information will be used by us only:

  • For the primary purpose for which it was obtained

  • For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose

  • With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.

THIRD PARTIES

Where reasonable and practicable to do so, Stephanie will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances she may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case she will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.

DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

  • Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and

  • Where required or authorised by law.

SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 5 years.

ACCESS TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may access the Personal Information Stephanie holds about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.

Stephanie will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.

In order to protect your Personal Information she may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

It is an important to Stephanie that your Personal Information is up to date. She will take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information she has is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise her as soon as practicable so she can update her records and ensure she can continue to provide quality services to you. 

SOCIAL MEDIA & RECIPES

Social Media: Stephanie owns the content on her various social media pages, including Facebook, Instagram and this websites blog. You acknowledge and agree that if you use these interactive pages, you will also be subject to Facebook’s and Instagram’s terms and conditions. If you post any content to any of our social media pages, you must not post or upload any comment, content or link which: does not comply with these Terms (including content which is defamatory, indecent or inflammatory or constitutes harassment or bullying); restricts or inhibits anyone else from using and enjoying our social media pages; impersonates any person or entity, or falsely states or otherwise misrepresents your affiliation with a person or entity; interferes with or disrupts any servers or networks used to provide the social media pages, or disobeys any requirements, procedures, policies or regulations of the networks Stephanie uses to provide them; instigates or encourages others to commit illegal activities or causes injury or property damage to any person; or gathers, for marketing purposes, any email addresses or personal information that has been provided by others on her social media pages. Stephanie may not endorse, support, sanction, encourage, verify or agree with any comments, opinions or statements posted by anyone on our social media pages.

Third Party Content: Stephanie does not undertake to review any messages, information or content posted by others on our social media pages (Third Party Content) and she disclaims all liability in relation to such Third Party Content to the extent permissible by law. She reserves the right to monitor, alter, edit, refuse to post or remove any Third Party Content, in whole or in part, for any reason whatsoever, at her sole discretion.

Liability: To the maximum extent permitted by law, Stephanie will not be liable for any loss you (or anyone else) suffer as a result of using this website or any of its information and content, including the transmission of computer viruses or otherwise.

Disclaimer: You agree that any information, insights or guidance contained on this website or on Stephanie’s social media pages, is not to be used or relied on for any diagnostic or treatment purposes. Use of this website or social media pages does not establish a practitioner-client relationship. The content of this website, and on any of her social media pages is intended for general information purposes only. They do not take into account your own personal circumstances. They are not intended to be advice, they are not intended to be relied upon and they are not a substitute for professional advice based on your personal circumstances.

Copyright: The material provided on this website is copyright protected. You may only use this material for your own private and non-commercial purposes. The material may not otherwise be used, copied, reproduced, published, stored in a retrieval system, altered or transmitted in any form or by any means in whole or part (except where such use constitutes fair dealing under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)) without our prior written approval. The software used on this website is owned by Stephanie’s software suppliers or her and is protected by Australian and international copyright laws.

Confidentiality: Your confidentiality will be protected in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Indemnity: You are liable for and agree to indemnify, defend and hold Stephanie harmless for and against any and all claims, liabilities, suits, actions and expenses, including costs of litigation and legal costs, resulting directly or indirectly from: any information that is not accurate, up to date or complete or is misleading or a misrepresentation; any breach of these Terms; and any misuse of our services, this website or our social media pages from or by you, your employees, contractors or agents.