Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how chameleonsandcandle.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.
Collecting Personal Information
When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.
Device information
- Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.
- Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.
- Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.
- Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify.
Order information
- Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit card numbers), email address, and phone number.
- Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.
- Source of collection: collected from you.
- Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify, Paypal, Afterpay, Sendle, Australia Post, Klarna, Zip, HummGroup, Laybuy
Consultation & Meeting Information
- Examples of Personal Information collected: Voice recordings, video recordings, meeting transcripts, event details, and styling preferences discussed during online consultations.
- Purpose of collection: To accurately capture your styling requirements, provide our premium event services, ensure no details are missed, and maintain accurate records of our consultations.
- Source of collection: Collected directly from you during online meetings utilizing AI note-taking and transcription tools (such as Fireflies AI).
- Disclosure for a business purpose: Shared with our secure AI transcription, cloud storage, and meeting platform providers.
Storing information
- We store your information on the Shopify platform, utilizing their secure infrastructure, to safeguard and protect your personal data.
Sharing Personal Information
We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above. For example:
- We use Shopify to power our online store.
- We use third-party AI transcription tools (such as Fireflies AI) to record, transcribe, and store our online styling consultations. These platforms process audio, video, and text data on our behalf to help us deliver our services.
- We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
Sharing With Overseas Recipients
We take your privacy seriously and have voluntarily opted-in to be covered by the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). This means we are committed to handling your data in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
To run our business efficiently and provide you with premium service, we use reputable third-party global software platforms (such as Shopify for our online store and Fireflies AI for meeting notes). As a result, your personal information may be transferred to, processed, and stored on secure servers located overseas, primarily in the United States and Canada.
By using our Site or engaging our styling services, you consent to your information being securely stored and processed by these overseas service providers. We take reasonable steps to ensure that any overseas third-party platforms we use have robust data protection and privacy compliance standards in place.
(Note: We may also disclose personal information to an overseas recipient where required or authorized by Australian law or a court/tribunal order).
Using Personal Information
We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.
Accessing Your Personal Information
If you are a wholesale customer, you can access and modify your personal information by logging into your wholesale account. For retail customers, please contact us via email at info@chameleonsandcandle.com to request any changes to your information.
Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit our Site. We use a number of different cookies, including functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.
Do Not Track
Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.
Changes
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.
Contact
For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at info@chameleonsandcandle.com
Office of the Australian Information Commissioner:
1300 363 992
OAIC website: https://www.oaic.gov.au/
CHAMELEON CANDLE CO PTY LTD
Last updated: 21/05/2026