Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy (the ‘Privacy Policy’) sets out how Suma Permaculture (ABN: 91 655 618 403) upholds your rights under the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the ‘Act’).

The Terms of Use of the Suma Permaculture website (the ‘Terms of Use’) include this Privacy Policy, the Terms and Conditions, and any other terms and conditions that appear in or are linked to the Suma Permaculture website (the ‘Additional Terms and Conditions’).

This Privacy Policy is effective from 14/01/2025 and relates exclusively to information collected on Suma Permaculture’s website (the ‘Website’).

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, personal information (the ‘Personal Information’) has the meaning given in the Act and includes, but is not limited to, an individual’s name, email address, country of residence, postcode, or anything that could be used to identify them.

Suma Permaculture takes personal privacy seriously. We do not collect your Personal Information unless you choose to provide it. When you choose to provide us with your Personal Information, you give Suma Permaculture permission to collect that information and utilise it for the following purposes (the ‘Stated Purposes’):

  1. To respond to your enquiry; and

  2. To communicate with you in the future regarding our products, services, and benefits.

We collect your Personal Information via the Contact Form on our Website and store it in a password-protected document. We take precautions to ensure that the information we collect is secure and inaccessible by anyone outside of our organisation. We agree not to sell or otherwise disclose your Personal Information to any third parties without your express consent. However, no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number listed on our Website:

  • Request a list of personal information we currently hold about you, if any;

  • Request a change, correction, or deletion of your personal information from our records; and/or

  • Request that we not use your email address to contact you in the future.

If you believe at any point that we are not following this Privacy Policy as stated or that your personal information is at risk, please contact us immediately via email at marko@sumapermaculture.com

Terms and Conditions

A. Introduction

1. The Terms of Use of the Suma Permaculture website (the ‘Terms of Use’) include these Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and any other terms and conditions that appear in or are linked to the Suma Permaculture website (the ‘Additional Terms and Conditions’).

2. By using this Website, you are agreeing to these Terms and Conditions. You agree that you will use this Website in accordance with all applicable local, state, national, and international laws, rules, and regulations.

B. Website Content and Access

3. While Suma Permaculture endeavours to take reasonable care in preparing and maintaining the information on this Website, we do not warrant the accuracy, reliability, adequacy, or completeness of any of the website content.

4. You acknowledge and accept that the website content may include technical inaccuracies and typographical errors.

5. The website content is subject to change at any time without notice and may not necessarily be up-to-date or accurate at the time you view it.

6. It is your responsibility to enquire with us directly in order to ensure the accuracy and currency of the material or information you seek to rely upon. To the extent permitted by law, including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), Suma Permaculture disclaims all liability for loss directly or indirectly arising from your use of or reliance on the website and the website content.

7. Suma Permaculture does not guarantee that access to the Website will be uninterrupted or that the Website is free from viruses or anything else which may damage any computer which accesses the Website or any data on such a computer.

C. Limitation of Liability

8. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Suma Permaculture excludes all liability for any loss or damage of any kind (including special, indirect, or consequential loss and including loss of business profits) arising out of or in connection with the website content and the use or performance of the Suma Permaculture website except to the extent that the loss or damage is directly caused by Suma Permaculture’s fraud or wilful misconduct.

9. In situations where the law (including the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) implies a warranty or guarantee into these Website Terms and Conditions which may not lawfully be excluded, then, provided it is fair and reasonable to do so, Suma Permaculture’s liability for breach of such a warranty or guarantee shall be limited, according to its choice:

a. In the case of goods: replacement of the goods or the supply of equivalent goods; repair of the goods; payment of the cost of replacing the goods or acquiring equivalent goods; or payment of the cost of having the goods repaired; and

b. In the case of services: resupplying the services or payment of the cost of having the services supplied again.

D. Intellectual Property

10. Suma Permaculture holds the copyright to certain content on this Website, including the Suma Permaculture logo. You must not use or replicate our copyright material other than as permitted by law. Specifically, you must not use or replicate our copyright material for commercial purposes unless expressly agreed to by Suma Permaculture, in which case we may require you to sign a Licence Agreement.

11. If you wish to use our logo, you should submit your request via email to marko@sumapermaculture.com

E. Links to Suma Permaculture Website

12. If you wish to establish a link to this Website, you must first seek approval from Suma Permaculture. To seek approval, please submit your request via email to marko@sumapermaculture.com.

13. If Suma Permaculture agrees to your proposed link, you must comply with any terms and conditions imposed.

F. Interference with Website

14. You must not attempt to change, add to, remove, deface, hack, or otherwise interfere with this Website or any material or content displayed on the Suma Permaculture website.

G. Use

15. You agree that you will not use, nor allow any third party to use, the Website for any unlawful or inappropriate purpose.

H. Information Collection

16. Use of information you provide us with, or that we collect and retain, is governed by our Privacy Policy. By using this Website and the services associated with it, you agree to the Privacy Policy.

I. Confidentiality

17. All Personal Information you provide will be handled confidentially per our Privacy Policy.

J. Jurisdictions

18. These Terms and Conditions are governed by and construed in accordance with the State of Victoria, Australia. Any disputes will be resolved under the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria, Australia.