Privacy Policy

1. About this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how The Nine Discoveries Pty Ltd handles personal information collected through this website, theninediscoveries.com. It applies when you visit this website, submit a form, or otherwise provide personal information to us through it.

2. Personal Information We Collect

We may collect the following personal information:

• Name
• Email address
• Organisation, school or institution name, where provided (for example, via the For Organisations enquiry form)
• Role or position, where provided
• The content of any message, enquiry or submission sent via the Register Your Interest, Enquire, Contact or Expression of Interest forms
• Country and state or region, current occupation, previous art and teaching experience, your interests and your preferred study pace, where provided through the Register Your Interest form
• Details of a book or publication, such as its title, description and related links, where provided through the Expression of Interest form

We do not ask for sensitive information through this website, and we ask that you do not include it in your messages. Limited technical information is also processed automatically when you visit, as described in Section 5.

3. How We Collect Personal Information

We collect personal information directly from you, through the Register Your Interest, Enquire, Contact and Expression of Interest forms on this website, and through Stay Connected sign-up.

Limited technical information is also processed automatically by our website hosting provider when you visit, as described in Section 5.

4. Why We Collect and Use Personal Information

We collect and use personal information to respond to enquiries, process Professional Education interest registrations, consider Expressions of Interest, and provide requested information. If you subscribe through Stay Connected, we use your information to send occasional updates, as a separate, ongoing communication distinct from a one-off enquiry.

We only send updates to people who have chosen to receive them. You can ask to stop receiving updates at any time by contacting us, and each update we send will include a way to unsubscribe.

5. Cookies, Website Data and Analytics

This website does not use analytics, advertising or tracking tools, and it does not set cookies to identify or follow visitors.

When you visit, our website hosting provider automatically processes limited technical information needed to deliver and secure the website, such as your IP address, browser type, the pages requested and the date and time of the request. We do not use this information to identify you.

If we introduce analytics or cookies in future, we will update this Privacy Policy before doing so.

6. How We Store and Protect Information

This website is hosted by Netlify, Inc. Information you submit through a form on this website is received and stored by Netlify on our behalf and sent to our business email, which is provided by Microsoft. These providers may store and process information on servers located outside Australia, including in the United States.

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access. Access is limited to the people who need it to respond to you, information is sent to this website over a secure (HTTPS) connection, and we use providers that apply their own security measures.

We keep personal information only for as long as it is needed for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law.

7. Disclosure to Third Parties

Personal information collected through this website is handled by The Nine Discoveries Pty Ltd. Kids Art Fun Pty Ltd and Hisae Sophia Dias Pty Ltd are separate entities and are not included within the scope of this Privacy Policy unless a specific information handling relationship is established and disclosed.

We use service providers to operate this website and handle enquiries: Netlify (website hosting, form handling and automated spam filtering) and Microsoft (business email). They handle personal information only to provide these services to us. We do not sell or rent personal information.

8. Access, Correction and Complaints

If you would like to access, correct, or ask a question about personal information we hold about you, you can contact us using the details in the "Contact Us About Privacy" section below.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

10. Contact Us About Privacy

If you have a question about this Privacy Policy or about how your personal information is handled, you can contact us through our Contact page, using "Privacy" as the subject of your message.