At Pause Clinics, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your data when you visit our website (https://pauseclinics.com.au).

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://pauseclinics.com.au. PAUSE Cosmetic Skin Clinic provides skin treatments, massage services and post care instructions. We operate in accordance with Australian Privacy Principles (APP) to ensure your data is handled with the highest level of care.

2. Information We Collect

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in fraud prevention and spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to verify usage. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Upon approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public within the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to our website, we advise avoiding images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Please be aware that visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images hosted on the site.

3. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

To enhance your user experience, we use cookies as follows:

• User Interaction: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again. These cookies persist for one year.
• Authentication: If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
• Session Management: When you log in, we establish several cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen options cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks.
• Content Management: If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved in your browser. This indicates the post ID of the article edited and expires after 24 hours.

4. Embedded Content from Third Parties

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the source website directly.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content, particularly if you have an account and are logged in to those third-party platforms.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal data. Your data is shared only in the following circumstances:

• Security: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
• Automated Services: Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service.
• Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or to protect the safety and rights of Pause Clinics.

6. Data Retention

• Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate the automatic approval of follow-up comments.
• User Profiles: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their username). Site administrators also have access to view and edit this information.

7. Your Data Rights

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the right to:

• Request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
• Request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.

Note: This does not include any data we are obligated to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes, especially concerning medical or clinical records governed by Australian health record regulations.

8. Contact Information

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:

Pause Clinics Website: https://pauseclinics.com.au

Email: admin@pauseclinics.com.au