Curvyme Magazine (“Curvyme,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit curvymemagazine.com (the “Site”), how we use and protect it, who we share it with, and the choices and rights you have over your information.
We handle personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), and — where applicable — with international privacy laws including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA).
By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use the Site.
1. Who We Are
Curvyme Magazine is a digital publication reporting on women’s advancement and gender equity across the economic, political, educational, and social spheres. We are the entity responsible for the personal information collected through this Site (the “data controller” for the purposes of applicable data protection law).
Our contact details are provided in the “How to Contact Us” section at the end of this policy.
2. Scope of This Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect:
- through your use of the Site, including reading articles, browsing, and searching;
- when you subscribe to a newsletter, submit a form, leave a comment, or contact us;
- when you submit a story idea, pitch, correction, or other editorial contribution; and
- automatically through cookies and similar technologies when you visit the Site.
This policy does not apply to third-party websites, services, or platforms that we may link to. Those are governed by their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.
3. Information We Collect
We collect information in three broad ways: information you provide directly, information collected automatically, and information from third parties.
3.1 Information You Provide to Us
You may choose to provide personal information when you interact with the Site, including:
- Contact and subscription details — such as your name and email address when you subscribe to our newsletter, sign up for updates, or contact us.
- Correspondence — the content of messages, questions, feedback, corrections, or story pitches you send us, along with any information you choose to include in them.
- Comments and contributions — any information you submit when commenting on articles or contributing content, which may be publicly visible.
- Survey or event information — responses you provide if you take part in a reader survey, poll, competition, or promotion we may run.
You are not legally required to provide this information, but if you choose not to, we may be unable to provide certain features (for example, we cannot send you a newsletter without an email address).
3.2 Information We Collect Automatically
When you visit the Site, certain information is collected automatically through cookies, server logs, and similar technologies, including:
- Device and browser information — such as your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, and device type.
- Usage data — such as the pages you view, the articles you read, links you click, the date and time of your visit, the time spent on pages, and the website you came from (referrer).
- Approximate location — a general geographic location inferred from your IP address (for example, country or region), not precise GPS location.
- Cookie and identifier data — information stored in or read from cookies and similar technologies, as described in Section 6.
3.3 Information From Third Parties
We may receive information about you from third parties, such as:
- Analytics providers who help us understand how the Site is used;
- Advertising and social media platforms that may share aggregated or limited information; and
- Service providers who support our newsletter, hosting, or security functions.
4. How We Use Your Information
We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:
- To operate and maintain the Site — delivering pages, content, and features to you and ensuring the Site functions properly.
- To communicate with you — responding to your enquiries, feedback, corrections, and pitches, and sending newsletters or updates you have requested.
- To improve our content and services — analyzing how readers use the Site so we can improve our articles, layout, and user experience.
- To personalize your experience — remembering your preferences and, where applicable, tailoring content or recommendations.
- For advertising and measurement — displaying and measuring advertising where we run it, subject to your cookie choices.
- To maintain security and prevent misuse — detecting, preventing, and responding to fraud, abuse, security incidents, and technical issues.
- To comply with legal obligations — meeting our obligations under applicable law and responding to lawful requests from authorities.
We will not use your personal information for purposes materially different from those described here without informing you or, where required, obtaining your consent.
5. Legal Bases for Processing (for EEA/UK Readers)
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we rely on the following legal bases under the GDPR to process your personal information:
- Consent — for example, when you subscribe to our newsletter or agree to non-essential cookies. You may withdraw consent at any time.
- Legitimate interests — such as operating and improving the Site, understanding our audience, and keeping the Site secure, provided these interests are not overridden by your rights.
- Legal obligation — where processing is necessary to comply with the law.
- Performance of a contract — where processing is necessary to provide a service you have requested.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We and our service providers use cookies and similar technologies (such as pixels, tags, and local storage) to operate the Site, remember your preferences, understand usage, and, where applicable, support advertising.
The types of cookies we may use include:
- Strictly necessary cookies — required for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.
- Performance and analytics cookies — which help us understand how visitors interact with the Site (for example, which articles are most read) so we can improve it.
- Functional cookies — which remember choices you make to give you a better experience.
- Advertising cookies — which may be used to deliver and measure advertising relevant to you, where we run advertising.
You can control cookies through your browser settings, and — where we provide one — through a cookie consent banner or preferences tool on the Site. Most browsers let you refuse or delete cookies. Please note that blocking some cookies may affect how the Site functions.
Where required by law, we will request your consent before placing non-essential cookies.
7. Analytics and Advertising
Analytics. We may use third-party analytics services (such as web analytics providers) to collect and analyze usage data. These services help us understand traffic and reader behavior in aggregate. They may set their own cookies and process data according to their own privacy policies.
Advertising. Where the Site displays advertising, third-party advertising partners may collect information about your visits to this and other websites to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. You can often opt out of interest-based advertising through industry tools such as the Digital Advertising Alliance, the Network Advertising Initiative, or “Your Online Choices,” as well as through your device and browser settings.
8. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information only in the following circumstances:
- With service providers — trusted third parties who perform services on our behalf, such as website hosting, email and newsletter delivery, analytics, security, and customer support. These providers are permitted to use your information only as necessary to provide their services to us.
- With advertising and analytics partners — as described in Sections 6 and 7, subject to your cookie choices.
- For legal reasons — where we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to comply with a law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request; to enforce our terms; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Curvyme Magazine, our readers, or others.
- In a business transfer — in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business.
- With your consent — for any other purpose disclosed to you at the time we collect the information or with your permission.
9. International Data Transfers
Curvyme Magazine is based in Australia, and the service providers we use may be located in other countries. As a result, your personal information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in countries outside your own, including countries that may have different data protection laws.
Where we transfer personal information internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure it is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law, including, where required, the use of appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.
10. Data Retention
We keep personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy, including to provide our services, comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
For example, we retain newsletter subscription details until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them, and we retain correspondence for as long as needed to address your enquiry and for a reasonable period afterward. When personal information is no longer needed, we take reasonable steps to delete, de-identify, or securely destroy it.
11. How We Protect Your Information
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. These measures may include secure hosting, access controls, and encryption in transit where appropriate.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security, and any transmission of information is at your own risk.
12. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights in relation to your personal information:
- Access — to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Correction — to ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, out of date, or incomplete.
- Deletion — to request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Objection and restriction — to object to or ask us to restrict certain processing of your information.
- Withdrawal of consent — to withdraw consent where we rely on it, at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.
- Data portability — to receive certain information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format (where applicable under the GDPR).
- Opt out of marketing — to unsubscribe from our newsletters or marketing communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link in the email or by contacting us.
Australian readers. Under the Australian Privacy Principles, you may request access to and correction of the personal information we hold about you, and you may complain if you believe we have breached the APPs. We will respond to your request within a reasonable period.
California readers. Under the CCPA/CPRA, you may have the right to know what personal information we collect, to request deletion, to correct inaccurate information, and to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. We do not sell personal information. You will not be discriminated against for exercising your rights.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below. We may need to verify your identity before acting on your request. You may also authorize an agent to make a request on your behalf where the law allows.
13. Children’s Privacy
The Site is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
14. Third-Party Links
The Site contains links to third-party websites, articles, sources, and services. We provide these links for your convenience and reference, but we are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to Curvyme Magazine. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.
15. Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal. Because there is not yet a common industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals, the Site does not currently respond to them. You can still manage tracking through the cookie and advertising controls described in this policy.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make changes, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Material changes may be communicated more prominently, such as through a notice on the Site or by email where appropriate. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Your continued use of the Site after any changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.
17. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, requests, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact us:
Curvyme Magazine
Email: [email protected]
Address: 47 Stanley Dr, Somerton VIC 3062, Australia
Phone: +61 (07) 6809 9568
We take privacy concerns seriously and will do our best to respond promptly. If you are in Australia and are not satisfied with our response, you may lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au. Readers in other regions may have the right to contact their local data protection authority.