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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2025

Books In-Sight Events (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you interact with our website and services.

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1. Who We Are

Books In-Sight Events is an Australian partnership (ABN: 36779492978) founded by authors C.J. Welles and J.A. Collard. We organise book-related events, author signings, and community activities across Australia.

📧 Contact us: booksin-sightmelbourne@hotmail.com

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2. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information when you:

  • Sign up for our newsletter

  • Purchase event tickets via TryBooking

  • Purchase our official event anthology via Beventi (PayPal)

  • Submit author, vendor, or volunteer expressions of interest through Google Forms

  • Contact us directly via email or our website form

This may include your name, email address, postal address, payment details (processed securely by third-party providers), and any information you choose to share in forms or correspondence.

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3. Cookies & Website Analytics

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience. Cookies are small files stored on your device that help us understand how visitors use our site (for example, which pages are viewed most often).

We may use Wix analytics tools or similar services to collect basic, anonymous usage data such as:

  • Page views and session durations

  • General location (city-level only)

  • Type of device and browser used

These analytics do not personally identify you. You can adjust your browser settings to block or delete cookies if you prefer.

We do not use cookies for targeted advertising or share cookie data with third parties.

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4. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Process ticket and anthology purchases

  • Communicate event updates and newsletters

  • Manage author, vendor, and volunteer applications

  • Improve our events and website experience

  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties.

We may also use event photographs and general attendee information to promote community initiatives or fundraising activities associated with our events. Books In-Sight Events does not share or sell attendee information to any charities or partner organisations.

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5. Third-Party Services

We use trusted third-party platforms:

  • TryBooking – ticket sales

  • Beventi / PayPal – anthology sales

  • Google Forms – applications and EOIs

  • Wix – website and newsletter hosting

Each provider has its own privacy and data-handling policy. We recommend reviewing these before submitting information.

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6. Event Photography

By attending a Books In-Sight Events function, you acknowledge that photos or videos may be taken for promotional purposes and used on our website, social media, and marketing materials.
If you wish to have a specific photo removed, please contact us.

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7. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure.

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8. Access and Correction

You may request access to, or correction of, your personal information by contacting us.

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9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will appear on this page with an updated date.

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