How we handle your information.

Who we are

The Rubber Initiative® is an Australian-registered partnership operated by Michael Clayton (Australia) and Dr Matthew Thornton (United Kingdom). A UK subsidiary is planned.

What we collect

If you send us a message through the contact form, the form collects the name, email, company, country and message you submitted. Nothing is stored in your browser beyond a single cookie confirming that you've seen the cookie notice.

If you register for a workshop, registration and payment are handled by our host partners (TechnoBiz for Vienna, ACS Rubber Division for Louisville). Their privacy policies apply to those transactions.

What we do with it

We use your information to reply to you, run the work you've asked us to do and invoice correctly where applicable. We do not sell, rent or share your details with third parties for marketing. We do not run a newsletter.

How long we keep it

Business correspondence is kept while it's active and for seven years afterwards for tax and audit purposes, as required under Australian law. You can ask us to delete your data at any time by emailing us.

Cookies

The site sets one technical cookie, tri_cookie_consent_v1, to remember that you've dismissed the cookie banner. There is no tracking, analytics or advertising cookie on this site.

Your rights

Under the Australian Privacy Principles and the UK GDPR, you can ask us what data we hold about you, correct it, or ask us to delete it. Write to us using the contact details below and we'll act within thirty days.

If you're in Australia and are unhappy with how we've handled your data, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au. If you're in the UK or EU, you can contact the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Contact

Email: hello@therubberinitiative.com

This page is a plain English summary and not legal advice. When the registered UK entity is formed, a second jurisdiction-specific note will be added.