Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.forgedfromfirefilm.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Contact forms

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site 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 when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

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

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

Analytics

Who we share your data with

Your data is shared securely with the financial services PayPal and Woocommerce that are utilised for the processing of your orders. Data protection is maintained uindividualr invidiual privacy policies.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left us an order for a product, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

When you order a product from our website your contact details and order details are recorded on the financial services (e.g. PayPal) through which orders are processed. Your contact and financial details are protected under their privacy policies.

Your contact information

When you order a product from our website your contact details and order details are recorded on the financial services (e.g. PayPal) through which orders are processed. Your contact and financial details are protected under their privacy policies.

Additional information

How we protect your data

Your data as protected by the financial services companies we use to process your order. All other data, such as contact information, is held securely on our web hosting provider, Dreamhost. Once orders are processed all your contact details are removed from Dreamhost servers and kept on Secession Films local password protected storage drives.

  • Ensuring that our site is always using the latest version of WordPress.
  • Ensuring that our site is always using the latest versions of WooCommerce and any other plugins.
  • Deactivating and removing unneeded plugins or themes.
  • Making regular, secure backups of your website data, especially WooCommerce data.
  • Exporting and archiving completed orders to secure storage.
  • Requiring strong, unique passwords on all WordPress accounts.
  • Limiting the number of people with access to wp-admin.
  • Making sure there are no shared accounts on this website
  • Removing accounts immediately when employees or contractors leave your company.

What data breach procedures we have in place

  • Changing all passwords.
  • Creating a fresh backup.
  • Identifying the hack and removing their code and means of access.
  • Contacting any supervisory authority required, especially in the EU.
  • Contacting impacted customers.
  • Looking at preventative measures that will prevent the hack from happening again, and taking action.

What third parties we receive data from

We receive data from WordPress, PayPal and Woocommerce.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We do not have any automated decision making and/or profiling on this website.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

The GDPR and the Australian Privacy Act 1988 share many common requirements, including to:

  • implement a privacy by design approach to compliance
  • be able to demonstrate compliance with privacy principles and obligations
  • adopt transparent information handling practices.