— THE FINE PRINT

UPDATED 15 MAY 2026

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy for State Of The Art Creative (doing business as SOTA Creative) — referred to as 'we', 'us', or 'our' — describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ('process') your personal information when you use our services ('Services'), including when you:

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Questions or Concerns?

Reading this Privacy Policy will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at [email protected]

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

This summary provides key points from our Privacy Policy, but you can find out more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contents below to find the direction you are looking for.

What personal information do we process?

When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.

Do we process any sensitive personal information?

We do not process sensitive personal information.

Do we collect any information from third parties?

We do not collect any information from third parties.

How do we process your information?

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.

In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information?

We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.

How do we keep your information safe?

We have adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

What are your rights?

Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.

How do you exercise your rights?

The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting https://sotacreative.io or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

What Information Do We Collect?
How Do We Process Your Information?
What Legal Bases Do We Rely On To Process Your Personal Information?
When And With Whom Do We Share Your Personal Information?
Do We Use Cookies And Other Tracking Technologies?
How Do We Handle Your Social Logins?
How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
How Do We Keep Your Information Safe?
What Are Your Privacy Rights?
Controls For Do-Not-Track Features
Do United States Residents Have Specific Privacy Rights?
Do Other Regions Have Specific Privacy Rights?
Do We Make Updates To This Policy?
How Can You Contact Us About This Policy?
How Can You Review, Update, Or Delete The Data We Collect From You?

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal Information You Disclose To Us

We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information we collect may include the following:

Names
Email addresses

Sensitive Information.

We do not process sensitive information.

Payment Data.

We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you choose to make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and the security code associated with your payment instrument. All payment data is handled and stored by Stripe. You may find their privacy policy at: https://stripe.com/au/privacy

Social Media Login Data.

We may provide you with the option to register with us using your existing social media account details, like your Facebook, X, or other social media account. If you choose to register in this way, we will collect certain profile information about you from the social media provider.

All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.

Information Automatically Collected.

Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical information.

The information we collect includes:

Log and Usage Data. Service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services, including your IP address, device information, browser type and settings, and information about your activity in the Services.
Device Data. Information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services, including your IP address, device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
Location Data. Information about your device's location, which can be either precise or imprecise. You can opt out by disabling your Location setting on your device.

Google API.

Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts.
To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the user.
To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users.
To send administrative information to you, including details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
To fulfil and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges made through the Services.
To enable user-to-user communications.
To request feedback and to contact you about your use of our Services.
To send you marketing and promotional communications, in accordance with your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time.
To deliver targeted advertising to you.
To protect our Services, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
To identify usage trends so we can improve our Services.
To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns.
To save or protect an individual's vital interest, such as to prevent harm.

3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason to do so under applicable law.

If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information:

Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfil our contractual obligations to you.
Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests, including to send users information about special offers and discounts, develop personalised advertising content, analyse how our Services are used, support our marketing activities, and diagnose problems or prevent fraudulent activities.
Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations.
Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party.

If you are located in Canada, this section applies to you.

We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.

4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.

We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:

Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to gather information when you interact with our Services. Some online tracking technologies help us maintain the security of our Services and your account, prevent crashes, fix bugs, save your preferences, and assist with basic site functions.

We also permit third parties and service providers to use online tracking technologies on our Services for analytics and advertising, including to help manage and display advertisements and to tailor advertisements to your interests.

To the extent these online tracking technologies are deemed to be a 'sale/sharing' under applicable US state laws, you can opt out of these online tracking technologies by submitting a request as described in Section 11.

Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

Google Analytics

We may share your information with Google Analytics to track and analyse the use of the Services. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across the Services, visit https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms page at https://policies.google.com/privacy

6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

If you choose to register or log in to our Services using a social media account, we may have access to certain information about you.

Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party social media account details (like your Facebook or X logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your social media provider, including your name, email address, friends list, and profile picture, as well as other information you choose to make public.

We will use the information we receive only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Please note that we do not control, and are not responsible for, other uses of your personal information by your third-party social media provider.

7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by law.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. No purpose in this policy will require us keeping your personal information for longer than twenty four (24) months past the start of the idle period of the user's account.

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

8. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information.

In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right to:

Request access and obtain a copy of your personal information
Request rectification or erasure
Restrict the processing of your personal information
Data portability (if applicable)
Not be subject to automated decision-making

You can make such a request by contacting us using the contact details provided in Section 14.

Withdrawing your consent.

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details in Section 14.

Opting out of marketing and promotional communications.

You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, or by contacting us using the details in Section 14.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can log in to your account settings and update your user account.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, or enforce our legal terms.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at [email protected]

10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online.

Global Privacy Control.

We recognise and honour Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals. If you use a browser or extension that supports GPC, we will treat this as a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising purposes under applicable state privacy laws. For more information about GPC and how to enable it, visit globalprivacycontrol.org.

11. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you.

We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers

Examples and Collected

Contact details such as: real names alias postal address telephone or mobile contact number unique personal identifier online identifier Internet protocol address email address and account name - NO

Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, financial information - NO

Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and other demographic data - NO

Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information - NO

Fingerprints and voice prints - NO

Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, interactions with our and other website application systems and advertisements - NO

Device location - NO

Images and audio, video, or call recordings created in connection with our business activities - NO

Business contact details in order to provide you our services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us - NO

Student records and directory information - NO

Inferences drawn from any of the collective personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about individuals' preferences and characteristics - NO

Your Rights

You have rights under certain US state data protection laws, including:

Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
Right to access your personal data
Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
Right to request the deletion of your personal data
Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us
Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by visiting https://sotacreative.io or http://www.sotacreative.io/contact, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.

We will honour your opt-out preferences if you enact the Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-out signal on your browser.

Appeals

Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at [email protected]. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.

12. DO OTHER REGIONS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

You may have additional rights based on the country you reside in.

Australia and New Zealand

We collect and process your personal information under the obligations and conditions set by Australia's Privacy Act 1988 and New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020.

If you do not wish to provide the personal information necessary to fulfil their applicable purpose, it may affect our ability to offer you the products or services that you want, respond to or help with your requests, manage your account with us, or confirm your identity and protect your account.

At any time, you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information by contacting us using the contact details provided in Section 15.

If you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to submit a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/privacy/privacy-complaints/lodge-a-privacy-complaint-with-us.

13. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

Yes, we will update this policy as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated 'Revised' date at the top of this Privacy Policy. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

14. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS PRIVACY POLICY?

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, you may email us at [email protected] or contact us by post at:

State Of The Art Creative

PO Box 246

Port Macquarie NSW 2444

Australia

15. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information.

To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: https://sotacreative.io