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Privacy Policy
Last updated: 8 November 2026
At A Wild and Simple Life, we believe a person's private life should remain their own.
We created The Cottage as a quieter corner of the internet, somewhere to enjoy stories, discover older ways of living and reconnect with the things that matter. We believe the way we care for your personal information should reflect those same values.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, which services help us operate our business and the choices you have regarding your information.
1. Who We Are
A Wild and Simple Life is an independent Australian storytelling and publishing business operated by Julie Ann as a sole trader.
A Wild and Simple Life and WSL Publishing are registered Australian business names operating under the same ABN. WSL Publishing is also the publishing imprint for our printed publications.
Legal business name: Julie Ann Dickson
ABN: 56 513 596 210
Website: www.awildandsimplelife.com
Email: julieann@awildandsimplelife.com
For the purposes of this policy, references to A Wild and Simple Life, WSL Publishing, we, us and our refer to the same business.
2. What Personal Information We Collect
The information we collect depends on how you interact with The Cottage.
When you subscribe to The Cottage Times, request a complimentary guide or join The Cozy Corner, we may collect your name, email address, communication preferences and information about how you interact with our emails.
When you subscribe to The Listening Room, we may receive information such as your name, email address, subscription plan, subscription status, relevant payment and transaction details, and information about access to our audio content.
When you join The Print Circle, we collect or receive information needed to manage your subscription and prepare your monthly printed parcel. This may include your name, email address, postal address, subscription plan, payment status and order history.
When you purchase a publication through The Reading Room, we collect or receive the information necessary to process your purchase, prepare your order and arrange delivery. This may include your name, contact details, delivery address, items purchased, transaction details and relevant order communications.
If you contact us directly, we may retain your correspondence and the information you choose to share so that we can respond and provide assistance.
Our website and service providers may also collect technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited and website interactions, through cookies, logs or similar technologies.
We aim to collect only the information reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use personal information to operate A Wild and Simple Life and provide the experiences our readers and subscribers have requested.
This may include:
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Delivering complimentary guides, stories and other resources.
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Providing access to The Cozy Corner and The Listening Room.
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Managing Print Circle and Listening Room subscriptions, payments and renewals.
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Preparing, packing and posting Print Circle parcels and Reading Room orders.
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Providing complimentary audio access to eligible Print Circle subscribers.
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Sending essential subscription, billing, order and delivery communications.
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Responding to questions, concerns and customer support requests.
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Sending The Cottage Times and other newsletters or promotional communications where permitted.
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Understanding how our website, emails and services are used so we can improve them.
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Maintaining business records, protecting our services and meeting applicable legal obligations.
We do not sell or rent our subscriber lists or customer information to third parties for their independent marketing purposes.
4. Email Subscriptions and Newsletters
We use Kit to manage email subscribers and deliver newsletters, welcome sequences, complimentary resources and other email communications.
Depending on how you've joined us, you may receive emails relating to The Cottage Guide, The Cozy Corner, The Cottage Times, your subscription or the publications you've chosen to hear about.
The Cottage Times is our complimentary weekly email publication, delivered to readers who subscribe to receive it.
Where you've subscribed to newsletters or promotional emails, you can unsubscribe at any time using the link provided in those messages.
Unsubscribing from marketing emails does not automatically cancel a paid subscription or stop essential communications relating to an existing purchase, account, subscription payment or delivery.
We do not automatically treat the purchase of a publication as permission to add someone to our general marketing mailing list.
Information collected through our email forms and communications may be stored and processed through Kit and its authorised service providers.
5. The Listening Room and Supercast
Our audio subscriptions are hosted through Supercast, an external subscription and podcast platform.
When you subscribe to The Listening Room, Supercast may collect and process information needed to create your account, manage your subscription, process payments and provide access to audio content.
Supercast may make certain subscriber information available to us, including subscription status, relevant transaction details and information about content access.
We use this information to administer subscriptions, provide customer support and communicate with subscribers.
Supercast may also share relevant subscriber information with Kit through authorised integrations or administrative processes, where necessary and permitted for the purposes described in this policy.
Payment information is processed through Supercast and its payment providers. We do not require or store your complete payment card number in our own customer records.
Print Circle subscribers may also use Supercast to access complimentary audio content. In these circumstances, Supercast is used to provide audio access rather than process Print Circle subscription payments.
For more information, please refer to Supercast's Privacy Policy.
6. The Print Circle — Wix Subscriptions and Postal Information
The Print Circle is our monthly printed subscription, available to readers in Australia and internationally.
Print Circle subscriptions are purchased and managed through Wix. When you subscribe, Wix and its payment providers process the information necessary to establish your subscription, collect payments and manage recurring billing.
We may access relevant customer and subscription information through Wix to administer your subscription, provide assistance and prepare your monthly parcel.
We require a valid delivery address to send your printed publications. Your name and delivery address may be shared with printing, packaging, postal or fulfilment providers where reasonably necessary to prepare and deliver your parcel.
Relevant subscription information may also be shared with Kit and Supercast through authorised integrations or administrative processes to provide subscription communications and complimentary audio access.
Postal information is used for fulfilment, relevant delivery communications and resolving postage enquiries.
We do not use your postal address to send unrelated promotional material without an appropriate basis.
If you need to update your delivery address or have questions about your subscription information, please contact us at julieann@awildandsimplelife.com.
7. The Reading Room — Purchases and Order Fulfilment
The Reading Room offers individual printed publications from WSL Publishing, purchased through our website.
Reading Room purchases are processed through Wix and its payment providers.
When you place an order, information such as your name, email address, delivery address, purchased items and relevant transaction details may be collected and stored through Wix.
We use this information to process your purchase, prepare and pack your publications, arrange postage, provide order updates and respond to customer enquiries.
Relevant delivery information may be shared with postal or delivery providers to complete your order.
Most smaller orders are sent through regular untracked mail, while larger orders may be sent using a tracked parcel service.
We do not require or store your complete payment card number in our own customer records.
Purchasing a publication through The Reading Room does not automatically enrol you in our general marketing emails. Any marketing communications will be subject to your preferences and applicable law.
For further information about orders and delivery, please refer to our Shipping & Delivery Policy.
8. Our Website and Wix
Our website is built and hosted using Wix.
Wix provides the technical infrastructure that allows visitors to browse our website, submit forms, create customer accounts, purchase publications and manage Print Circle subscriptions.
When you visit our website, Wix and any enabled website services may process technical and usage information necessary for website operation, security and performance.
Information submitted through our website may be stored or processed through Wix and connected services, depending on the form or feature you use.
Wix and its payment providers also support the processing of Reading Room purchases and Print Circle subscription payments.
For further information about Wix's handling of personal information, please refer to Wix's Privacy Policy and Privacy & Security information.
9. Cookies and Website Analytics
A Wild and Simple Life uses cookies and similar technologies to support the operation of our website, understand how visitors interact with our content and measure the effectiveness of our promotional activities.
Our website is hosted through Wix, which uses cookies and related technologies for essential website functions, security, performance and visitor preferences.
We may also use the following services:
Google Analytics: Helps us understand how visitors discover and use our website, including which pages are visited, how visitors navigate between pages and how our website performs. Google Analytics may collect technical and usage information, including device details, browser information, approximate location and online identifiers.
Pinterest Tag: Helps us understand how visitors arriving from Pinterest interact with our website and measure the effectiveness of Pinterest advertising. Depending on our configuration, this may include information about page visits, interactions and actions taken on our website.
These services may use cookies, pixels and similar technologies to collect information about website activity. Relevant information may be processed by Google, Pinterest and their authorised service providers in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
Where required by applicable law, we provide visitors with choices about non-essential cookies and tracking technologies through our website's cookie consent settings.
You may also manage cookies through your browser settings, although disabling certain cookies may affect how some website features operate.
For further information about how these providers handle personal information, please refer to:
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Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
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Pinterest Privacy Policy: https://policy.pinterest.com/en/privacy-policy
The specific cookies and tracking technologies used on our website may change as we update our website and its integrations.
10. When We Share Personal Information
We share personal information where reasonably necessary to operate our business, provide requested services, meet legal obligations or otherwise where permitted by applicable law.
This may include sharing relevant information with:
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Wix and its payment providers, for website hosting, customer accounts, purchases, subscriptions and billing.
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Kit, for email subscriptions and communications.
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Supercast and its payment providers, for audio subscriptions, billing and complimentary audio access.
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Printing, packaging, postal and delivery providers, for fulfilling printed publication orders and subscriptions.
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Contractors or assistants who help us with authorised administrative, publishing or customer support work.
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Professional advisers, regulators or authorities where required or permitted by law.
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Google and its authorised service providers, for website analytics and performance measurement.
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Pinterest and its authorised service providers, for measuring website activity associated with Pinterest content and advertising.
People assisting with our business should access only the personal information reasonably necessary for their work and handle it appropriately. We do not sell personal information to data brokers.
11. International Processing and Storage
Although A Wild and Simple Life is based in Australia, some of the external services we use operate internationally.
As a result, personal information may be stored, accessed or processed outside Australia, including in countries where our service providers or their authorised subprocessors operate.
We also provide printed subscriptions to international customers, which requires us to share relevant delivery information with postal or delivery services operating in the destination country.
We take reasonable care when choosing providers and consider their published privacy and security practices.
Where applicable privacy laws require particular safeguards for international disclosures or transfers, we aim to meet those requirements.
You can find additional information about individual providers through their published privacy policies.
12. How We Protect Personal Information
We take reasonable steps to protect the personal information entrusted to us from loss, misuse, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
These measures may include using reputable service providers, restricting access to customer records, protecting business accounts and reviewing the information we retain.
No online system can guarantee absolute security.
If we become aware of a security incident affecting personal information, we'll investigate and take appropriate action, including notifying affected individuals or relevant authorities where required by law.
13. How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, administer subscriptions, fulfil orders, maintain appropriate business records and meet legal obligations.
For example, subscription and order records may need to be retained for accounting, taxation or dispute-resolution purposes.
Email subscriber information may be retained while you're subscribed or while there is another legitimate reason to keep it.
If you unsubscribe or request deletion, we'll review the information we hold and remove or de-identify information where appropriate, subject to legal requirements and legitimate recordkeeping needs.
Some information held by external service providers may be subject to their own retention arrangements.
14. Accessing, Correcting or Deleting Your Information
You may contact us to request access to personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct inaccurate information or request deletion of information that is no longer required.
We will consider and respond to requests in accordance with applicable privacy laws and our legitimate business obligations.
In some circumstances, we may need to retain particular records for legal, accounting or transaction purposes, even after a subscription has ended.
To make a request, please email:
julieann@awildandsimplelife.com
We may need to verify your identity before providing or changing personal information.
15. Your Choices
You're welcome to browse much of our website without providing your name or contact details.
However, certain services require personal information. For example, we need an email address to provide digital subscription access and a postal address to deliver printed publications.
You may choose whether to subscribe to optional newsletters and promotional communications, and you can withdraw from those communications at any time.
You may also contact us about the personal information associated with your subscriptions or purchases.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have additional rights relating to consent, access, correction, deletion or other uses of your information.
Please contact us if you'd like assistance exercising those rights.
16. Children and Family Listening
Some of our stories and publications may be enjoyed by families and children.
However, our paid subscriptions, purchasing arrangements and email subscriptions are intended to be managed by adults.
We do not intentionally seek to collect personal information directly from children for marketing purposes.
If you believe a child has provided personal information to us without appropriate permission, please contact us so we can review the situation.
17. External Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to external websites, subscription platforms, bookstores and other resources.
These services operate independently and may have their own privacy policies, terms and information-handling practices.
We encourage you to review the relevant policies when providing personal information through an external service.
18. Privacy Enquiries and Complaints
If you have a concern about how your personal information has been handled, please contact us first.
Email: julieann@awildandsimplelife.com
Please explain your concern and provide any information that may help us investigate.
We'll review your enquiry and respond within a reasonable timeframe, aiming to provide a substantive response within 30 days.
Where the Australian Privacy Act applies to our business, individuals may also have the right to make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
Further information is available at:
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our publications, website, subscription services, technology providers or legal obligations change.
The latest version will be available on our website with its most recent update date.
If we make a significant change to how we handle personal information, we'll take appropriate steps to inform affected individuals where required.
20. Contact and Business Details
A Wild and Simple Life
WSL Publishing
Registered Australian business names operated by Julie Ann as a sole trader.
Legal business name: Julie Ann Dickson
ABN: 56 513 596 210
Website: www.awildandsimplelife.com
Email: julieann@awildandsimplelife.com
Thank you for trusting us with your information. We hope The Cottage remains a place where you can enjoy stories, discover something lovely and spend a little more time in the world beyond the screen.