The Anatomy Store - Your Trusted Partner in Anatomy

Privacy Statement

Effective Date 22/03/2018 | Last Updated 11/06/2026

The privacy of all those who use this website is of prime importance to us. Except as otherwise provided in this privacy policy, we will not wilfully disclose any personal information regarding our users without first obtaining their approval, unless required to do so to satisfy a legal obligation. By using our website, you agree to the collection and use of your information as outlined in this policy, and to our Terms of Use.

Your privacy is important to us. It is our policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you, including across our website, https://www.theanatomystore.com.au, and other sites we own and operate.

Personal information is any information about you which can be used to identify you. This includes information about you as a person (such as name, address, and date of birth), your devices, payment details, and even information about how you use a website or online service.

In the event our site contains links to third-party sites and services, please be aware that those sites and services have their own privacy policies. After following a link to any third-party content, you should read their posted privacy policy information about how they collect and use personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any of your activities after you leave our site.

Information We Collect

Information we collect falls into one of two categories — "voluntarily provided" information and "automatically collected" information.

"Voluntarily provided" information refers to any information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services and promotions.

"Automatically collected" information refers to any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing our products and services.

Log Data

When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device's Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details about your visit.

Additionally, if you encounter certain errors while using the site, we may automatically collect data about the error and the circumstances surrounding its occurrence. This data may include technical details about your device, what you were trying to do when the error happened, and other technical information relating to the problem.

Device Data

When you visit our website or interact with our services, we may automatically collect data about your device, such as device type, operating system, unique device identifiers, and geo-location data.

Personal Information

We may ask for personal information — for example when you submit content to us, when you subscribe to our newsletter, when you register an account, or when you contact us — which may include one or more of the following

  • Name
  • Email
  • Date of birth
  • Phone/mobile number
  • Home/mailing address
  • ABN

Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information

We only collect and use your personal information when we have a legitimate reason for doing so. In which instance, we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you.

Collection and Use of Information

We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on our website

  • Register for an account
  • Sign up to receive updates from us via email or social media channels
  • Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content
  • Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies
  • When you mention us on social media

We may collect, hold, use, and disclose information for the following purposes

  • To provide you with our platform's core features and services
  • To enable you to customise or personalise your experience of our website
  • To deliver products and/or services to you
  • To contact and communicate with you
  • For analytics, market research, and business development
  • To send you marketing and promotional communications (with opt-out available)
  • For security and fraud prevention

Security of Your Personal Information

When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorised access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.

Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure and no one can guarantee absolute data security.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. If your personal information is no longer required for this purpose, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

We may disclose personal information to

  • A parent, subsidiary or affiliate of our company
  • Third-party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services
  • Our employees, contractors, and/or related entities
  • Credit reporting agencies, courts, tribunals, and regulatory authorities, as required by law
  • An entity that buys, or to which we transfer all or substantially all of our assets and business

Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information

Your choice — By providing personal information to us, you understand we will collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Marketing permission — If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us.

Access — You may request details of the personal information that we hold about you.

Correction — If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate.

Non-discrimination — We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information.

Notification of data breaches — We will comply with laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach.

Complaints — If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your complaint.

Use of Cookies

We use "cookies" to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site.

Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.

Changes to This Policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here.

Additional Disclosures for Australian Privacy Act Compliance

Where the disclosure of your personal information is solely subject to Australian privacy laws, you acknowledge that some third parties may not be regulated by the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act.

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us

Privacy Officer
[email protected]