This policy is issued by AutoniVest Pty Ltd (ACN [ ]) of [registered address], trading as AutoniVest, AutoniPress, AutoniPlan, and AutoniPrac ("AutoniVest," "we," "us"). We publish the Project Sponsor Series of books, operate Ask Circino (an AI reader companion), and run a founding-contributor programme for the series. This policy explains what personal information we collect across those activities, why, and what you can do about it.
We only collect what a specific feature actually needs:
| Where | What we collect | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Founding-contributor signup | Name (or your chosen credit — named, initialled, or anonymous), email address, mailing address, referral code | To run your interview, credit your contribution the way you asked, and post your two Founders Edition copies |
| Your interview / contribution | What you tell Circino during your interview — your project, your story, your feedback | To draft the specific passage you're contributing. Nothing is published until you've reviewed and approved it, per contributor, per passage |
| Ask Circino (reader chat) | The questions you ask and Circino's replies, plus optional thumbs up/down feedback and a note | To answer your question, and — only if you leave feedback — to improve how Circino answers that kind of question in future |
| Newsletter / updates | Your email address, and the fact that you subscribed | To send you the updates you asked for, and nothing else |
We don't run third-party advertising trackers, and we don't buy or sell personal information from or to anyone else.
Personal information is stored on infrastructure we control directly (a dedicated server, not shared with unrelated tenants), protected by access controls and encrypted connections (HTTPS) in transit. We keep regular backups. No online system is completely immune to compromise, and we can't promise perfect security — but we take reasonable, proportionate steps for the scale of what we hold, and we'll tell you if something goes wrong that's likely to affect you, in line with our obligations under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
You can ask us, at any time, to:
Contact [email] to action any of these. We'll respond within a reasonable time, generally within 30 days.
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Our services are directed at working professionals and are not intended for, or knowingly collecting information from, anyone under 18.
AutoniVest is based in Australia and this policy is written to the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles. If you're visiting from outside Australia, your information will still be handled under this policy and stored on Australian infrastructure as described above.
We'll update the date at the top of this page whenever this policy changes, and for any change that materially affects how we handle your information, we'll make a reasonable effort to let existing contributors and subscribers know directly.
Questions, requests, or complaints about how we handle your information: [email]. If you're not satisfied with our response, you can also contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au).