How Empowering Philosophy Pty Ltd collects, uses, and protects your personal information.
Empowering Philosophy Pty Ltd (ABN 98 696 878 592 / ACN 696 878 592) ("Empowering Philosophy", "we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals who engage with our philosophical practice.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, hold, use, and disclose personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) ("Privacy Act") and the Australian Privacy Principles ("APPs") contained in Schedule 1 of the Privacy Act.
Because our work frequently involves sensitive personal reflection, we take the confidentiality of client information with particular seriousness — consistent with both the Privacy Act and the ethical guidelines of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association (APPA).
By using our website (empoweringphilosophypty.site), contacting us, or engaging us for counselling, coaching, retreats, or workshops, you consent to the handling of your personal information as described in this Policy.
Empowering Philosophy Pty Ltd is an Australian philosophical consulting, coaching, and personal development practice registered in Victoria.
We may collect the following types of personal information:
We collect personal information by lawful and fair means, and where practicable, directly from you.
We collect personal information through:
Where it is reasonable and practicable, we will notify you of the information we collect and why at or before the time of collection.
We use personal information to:
We will not use your personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, unless you consent or it is required or authorised by law.
All philosophical counselling and coaching sessions are held in professional confidence. We will not disclose the content of a session, or the fact that you are a client, to any third party without your explicit consent — except where disclosure is required or permitted by Australian law (for example, under a court order, or where there is a serious and imminent risk to life or safety).
Session notes are stored in encrypted, access-restricted systems and retained for the period required by our professional obligations and insurer, then securely destroyed.
We may disclose your personal information to:
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties for their marketing purposes.
We do not generally disclose personal information to overseas recipients. If we do (for example, where a cloud service provider stores data outside Australia), we will take reasonable steps to ensure the recipient complies with the APPs or a comparable privacy regime.
We take reasonable steps to protect the personal information we hold from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. These measures include:
No data transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
In the event of a data breach likely to result in serious harm, we will notify affected individuals and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) as required by the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme under Part IIIC of the Privacy Act.
Our website may use cookies — small text files stored on your device — to improve your browsing experience and understand how visitors use our site. You can configure your browser to refuse cookies; however, this may limit some website functionality.
We may use privacy-respectful analytics tools to collect aggregated, non-personally identifiable information about website traffic and usage patterns.
Under APP 12 and APP 13, you have the right to:
To exercise these rights, please contact us at ceo@empoweringphilosophypty.site. We will respond within 30 days. We may require you to verify your identity before providing access.
In some circumstances, we may refuse access or correction as permitted by the Privacy Act. Where we refuse, we will provide written reasons.
We may send you occasional practice updates, reading-circle invitations, and retreat announcements where you have consented to receive them, or where permitted by the Spam Act 2003 (Cth). You may opt out at any time by contacting us at ceo@empoweringphilosophypty.site or by using the unsubscribe link included in any marketing email.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites (for example, retreat venues or publisher pages). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites and encourage you to review their privacy policies independently.
If you believe we have breached the APPs or this Privacy Policy, you may lodge a complaint by contacting us at:
We will acknowledge your complaint within 5 business days and aim to resolve it within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may escalate your complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updated versions will be published on our website with a revised effective date. Continued use of our services after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.
This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Victoria and the Commonwealth of Australia. Any disputes arising under this Policy shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of Victoria.
For any privacy-related queries or concerns, please contact: