FAQ & Policies.
FAQs
What do you actually do?
At our events, we meet up just before sunrise on a different beaches along the coast all over Australia. You can find our locations under the ‘About us’ tab.
People who come are invited to sit down, connect with themselves, others and nature.
A little bit of mingling happens before we run/walk/skip into the water at sunrise to music and enjoy the morning.
Who can come?
Cis women, Trans women, Nonbinary folk and people who identify with womanhood/being a woman.
Sea Gals calls our attendees ‘Gals’, but we are a safe space for all women of any kind.
We do hold events every now and again when all genders are welcome and men are added into the space. These events will have it clear that everyone is welcome. We do ask that men reframe from attending our usual ‘Gal’ events.
We are welcoming to people of all spaces, sizes, backgrounds, and appearances and hold a safe space for our Trans and Nonbinary ‘Gals’.
One does not need to align with the ideology of femininity/femme to attend.
Do you have a regular event schedule?
The short answer is nope.
As much as we’d love to have a regular schedule, all our Sea Gal leaders are volunteers, we have jobs, families and personal lives we must put into consideration when planning our events.
The weather is something we take on board as well, we don’t want you all running into a thunder storm!
To find when our events are you can check out the ‘Events’ tab above.
What do I need to bring?
Other than your lovely self and maybe a friend, all your need to bring is your usual beach going items.
A towel to dry off, maybe a blanket to sit on, a water bottle or coffee to wake the soul, a jumper for the winter and your phone to capture some sunrise photos if you like.
Most crucial of all, your bathers! Make sure you're wearing them before you head down as we jump straight in the water, there’s no time to get changed.
Where can I find photos from the event?
We have our own personal photographer at our Perth events who loves to capture some special moments for you.
You can find the photos from every event in the ‘PHOTOS’ tab above.
I don’t want my photo taken, can I still attend?
Definitely! As much as we love to capture some special moments of you at our events, we completely understand some people are not comfortable with getting photos taken or their photos being shared on social media.
If you do not want your photo taken, please let one of the Sea Gals leading the event on the day know. We will make sure we don’t capture you in any way.
We do take run in photos and videos as well as group photos, these are shared on social media, but you are more than welcome to stand to the side and run behind us while we capture these.
Privacy Policy
Sea Gals is committed to protecting the privacy rights and personal information of our members, suppliers, supporters, and business partners. Please see the below policy for more information.
Photography
By attending Sea Gals events, you are providing consent to the Photographer to include you in any photos and to store this content for possible future use. If you do not consent to your photo being taken, please make the photographer aware before the event has begun.
You give the photographer your permission to license the content and to use my content in any media. This may include but is not limited to advertising, promotion, marketing, and social media purposes unless the participant has expressly indicated that the photographer may not use the images for those purposes.
As a participant of Sea Gals, you have permission to use the photos provided for ‘personal Use’. ‘Personal Use’ includes, but is not limited to, use (i) of photos on Client’s personal social media pages or profiles, (ii) in Client’s personal creations, such as scrapbooks, albums or personal gifts; (iii) in non-commercial physical display; and (iv) in personal communications, such as family newsletters, email or holiday card. Client will not make any other use of the Work Product without Photographer’s prior written consent, including but not limited to the use of the Work Product for commercial sale.
Personal Data
At Sea Gals, we do not make money from sharing your personal data and will never provide your information to third parties without your permission. We use your information to carry out our business with you, for promotion and direct marketing of our events, newsletters, and other related services to you.
In relation to any promotional or direct marketing messages sent to you by us via email, in accordance with the Spam Act 2003, these messages must:
be sent with your consent. (You may give express consent, or consent may be inferred from your conduct and existing business or other relationships),
contain accurate information about the person or organisation that authorised the sending of the message, and
contain a functional ‘unsubscribe’ facility to allow you to opt-out from receiving messages from us in the future.
If you purchase Sea Gals merchandise, the data you provide to the order will be stored on the Sea Gals database. This data includes, but is not limited to, your full name, email address and phone number. In accordance with The Privacy Act 1988, we take all reasonable steps to ensure that your information is de-identified or destroyed when it is no longer required by us. Only those employees performing services or tasks relevant to your business with us have access to your information. This includes those employees involved in direct marketing and communication.
