Privacy Policy

The site owner takes your right to privacy seriously, and wants you to feel comfortable using this web site. This privacy policy deals with personally-identifiable information (referred to as “data” below) that may be collected by this site. This policy does not apply to other entities that are not owned or controlled by the site owner, nor does it apply to persons that are not employees or agents of the site owner, or that are not under the site owner’s control.

Submitting an enquiry or comment to a post requires a valid e-mail address and a name. You are also required to provide phone number as a secondary means to contact you. You are not required to provide other information if you do not want to. Please be aware that the e-mail address you provide and any other information you enter may render you personally identifiable, and may possibly be displayed on this web site intentionally (depending on the way in which the site is configured) or unintentionally (subsequent to a successful act of intrusion by a third party). As on many web sites, the site owner may also automatically receive general information that is contained in server log files, such as your IP address, and cookie information. Information about how advertising may be served on this site (if it is indeed the site owner’s policy to display advertising) is set forth below.

In the future, data may be used to customize and improve your user experience on this site. Efforts will be made to prevent your data being made available to third parties unless (i) provided for otherwise in this Privacy Statement; (ii) your consent is obtained, such as when you choose to opt-in or opt-out for the sharing of data; (iii) a service provided on our site requires interaction with a third party, or is provided by a third party, such as an application service provider; (iv) pursuant to legal action or law enforcement; (v) it is found that your use of this site violates the site owner’s policy, terms of service, or other usage guidelines, or if it is deemed reasonably necessary by the site owner to protect the site owner’s legal rights and/or property; or (vi) this site is purchased by a third party, in which case that third party will be able to use the data in the same manner as set forth in this policy. In the event you choose to use links displayed on this web site to visit other web sites, you are advised to read the privacy policies published on those sites.

Like many web sites, this web site sets and uses cookies to enhance your user experience to remember your personal settings, for instance. Advertisements may display on this web site and, if so, may set and access cookies on your computer; such cookies are subject to the privacy policy of the parties providing the advertisement. However, the parties providing the advertising do not have access to this site’s cookies. These parties usually use non-personally-identifiable or anonymous codes to obtain information about your visits to this site. Please note that currently no third-party advertising is included on the site.

You may request to update the information you provided, by submitting a request on the contact page. You can also request that your details be deleted;. Content or other data that you may have provided, such as comments on published articles, may continue to remain on the site at the site owner’s discretion, even after your user information is deleted.

Changes may be made to this Privacy Statement from time to time. You will be notified of substantial changes to this policy through the posting of a prominent announcement on the site and/or by a mail message sent to the e-mail address you have provided.

While this privacy policy states standards for maintenance of data, and while efforts will be made to meet the said standards, the site owner is not in a position to guarantee compliance with these standards. There may be factors beyond the site owner’s control that may result in disclosure of data. Consequently, the site owner offers no warranties or representations as regards maintenance or non-disclosure of data.

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our website and to improve performance and user experience.

Google Analytics collects information such as:

• Pages visited and time spent on the site
• Device, browser and operating system information
• Approximate geographic location
• Referring website or source

This data is collected using cookies and similar technologies. The information generated is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers which may be located outside Australia.

Google Analytics does not identify you personally. IP addresses are not stored in a form that directly identifies individuals, and data is aggregated for reporting purposes.

We use this information to:

• Analyse website traffic and usage patterns
• Improve website functionality and performance
• Measure the effectiveness of marketing activity

You can control or opt out of analytics tracking by:

• Disabling cookies in your browser settings
• Using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on
• Adjusting your preferences via any cookie consent banner (where implemented)

For more information, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions about this policy or about this web site, please feel free to use the contact details on the contact page.