Privacy Policy

Women Who Build Australia (ABN 59 543 236 855) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and disclose your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. By using the Women Who Build platform at womenwhobuild.com.au you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this policy.

We collect personal information that you provide directly to us when you create an account including your first name and email address and password. When you register interest in our events including your name, email, phone number, and business information. When you use our AI tools including your business idea descriptions and business details which are processed to generate your results. When you complete resources and tools on the platform including your responses and progress data which are saved to your account. When you submit enquiries, grant suggestions, speaker applications, exhibitor applications, or sponsor enquiries. When you subscribe to our grants alert service or community waitlist. We also collect certain information automatically when you use the platform including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and usage patterns through analytics tools.

We use your personal information to provide and improve the Women Who Build platform and its features. To create and manage your account and membership. To process event registrations and membership payments. To send you platform notifications, event updates, and the monthly newsletter if you have opted in. To send grants alerts based on your stated preferences. To generate personalised AI business assessments and roadmaps. To respond to your enquiries and support requests. To improve our platform, resources, and events based on usage patterns. To send you information about Women Who Build events and membership options that may be relevant to you. We will not use your information for any purpose that is incompatible with the purposes described in this policy without your consent.

By creating an account you agree to receive transactional emails related to your account and platform activity. You may opt out of marketing emails at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or by contacting us. Transactional emails including account notifications, payment receipts, and security alerts cannot be opted out of while your account is active.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with trusted third party service providers who assist us in operating the platform including our payment processor for membership and event payments, our email service provider for sending platform communications, our cloud infrastructure and database provider for storing platform data, and analytics providers for understanding platform usage. All third party service providers are required to handle your information securely and in accordance with applicable privacy laws. We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request.

Your personal information is stored securely on servers located in Australia and the United States via our cloud infrastructure provider. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We use encryption for data transmission and access controls to limit who within our organisation can access your information. No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect your information we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active and for a reasonable period thereafter to comply with our legal obligations and resolve disputes. If you close your account we will delete or anonymise your personal information within 90 days unless we are required to retain it by law. Usage data and analytics may be retained in aggregated anonymised form indefinitely.

Under the Australian Privacy Act you have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you. To request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information. To request deletion of your personal information subject to our legal obligations. To opt out of direct marketing communications. To make a complaint about how we handle your personal information. To exercise any of these rights please contact us through the form at womenwhobuild.com.au/contact. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Our platform uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to maintain your session, remember your preferences, and analyse platform usage. You can control cookie settings through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain platform features including staying logged in to your account.

Our platform contains links to third party websites including grant providers, government resources, and recommended tools. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected by Women Who Build Australia. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third party websites and recommend you review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify registered users of material changes by email and will update the effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the platform after changes are published constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

If you believe we have breached your privacy rights you may make a complaint by contacting us through the form at womenwhobuild.com.au/contact. We will investigate your complaint and respond within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response you may make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.

For any privacy related enquiries please contact us through the form at womenwhobuild.com.au/contact. Women Who Build Australia. ABN 59 543 236 855. New South Wales, Australia.