Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how Empowered Leader, which is operated by Vertial Holdings Pty. Ltd. (ABN 72 629 494 926) (“us”, “we” and “our”) collect, hold, use and disclose personal information, including in connection with the website and services available through our website https://www.empoweredleader.co (Website).
Our commitment to transparency
Your privacy is important to us. We are committed to providing the information you need to make informed choices about your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes the personal information we collect, how we use the personal information you share with us and some of the steps we take to protect your privacy. When we talk about your “personal information”, we mean information that is about you, and that reasonably identifies you. This may include your name, gender, contact details, employment details and interests.
How we collect your personal information
We collect personal information for our business activities and in order to provide and improve our services and events. We may collect your personal information in a number of ways, including:
➡️ directly from you, when you provide it to us or our service providers, for example, when registering for our events or as part of our communications with you; and
➡️ from publicly available resources, for example, when you connect with our LinkedIn group and/or Facebook Group.
Types of personal information we collect
The types of personal information we collect about you may include:
➡️ your name, gender (where you elect to specify it) and date of birth;
➡️ your contact details – address, telephone number(s), email address;
information about your employer and current role;
photographs of you from our events (unless you let us know at the event that you don’t want to be photographed); and
➡️ your preferences regarding our services and events.
While we may use “cookies” and other web technologies to collect information about how website visitors use the Website and to support certain features of the Website, the information collected via these technologies does not identify you personally. For more information about cookies, see our Website Terms of Use.
How we use your personal information
The personal information you provide us may be used for a number of purposes connected with our business activities. Some of these purposes include to:
➡️facilitate the provision of our services and events to you;
➡️address or respond to any requests from you;inform you of existing and upcoming events;
➡️develop and improve the services and events we provide, and seek your feedback;
➡️aggregate your information with information of other members in a way that is non-reidentifiable – this aggregated information may be provided to our sponsors to give an overview of Empowered Leader’s membership; and
➡️to advise organisers in relation to events you are attending.
Where you have agreed to receive information from us about our services and events, we may contact you via email or SMS. You always have the right to opt-out of being contacted and receiving such information by following the directions in that message.
Sharing your personal information
In the course of our ordinary operations, we may share your personal information:
➡️ with our service providers (such as professional, business, technology and support service providers), when reasonably required;
➡️ to organisers of events you have registered to attend; and
➡️ where your personal information is a photograph of you at one of our events, on our website.
We may also share aggregated member information with our sponsors, however this information does not constitute your personal information because it cannot be used to identify you.We may share your personal information with third parties in limited other circumstances, such as where we are required or permitted by law or where you have requested or consented to us doing so.We do not sell your personal information.
Access and correction to your personal information
We take reasonable precautions to keep your personal information safe and secure. We generally store your files electronically in our ordinary IT systems and implement a range of electronic security measures to protect the personal information that we hold. Our team members are required to maintain the confidentiality of personal information we hold about you.You should keep in mind that no website, server, database or internet transmission is ever completely secure or error-free. In particular, emails sent to or from the Website may not be secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Links to other websites
The Website may contain links or references to third party websites to which this Privacy Policy may not apply. You should check the privacy policy of the third party website before providing your personal information through those websites.
How to contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about how we handle personal information, please contact us through the ‘Contact’ section of the Website.
We will take any privacy complaint we receive seriously and will aim to resolve any such complaint in a timely and efficient manner.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on our Website.