1. Introduction
Welcome to The Bushwalking Blog (https://bushwalkingblog.com.au) (the “Website”). The Website is owned and operated by us. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit our Website, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.
2. Data Collection
We collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including information:
– By which you may be personally identified when you leave a comment or fill out a contact form. This information is only transmitted to The Bushwalking Blog and is destroyed as soon as it is no longer required.
– About your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details. This includes a session ID, screen resolution, number of pages visited, and other website usage data.
3. Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information about your activity, browser, and device. This data helps us to understand how you use our Website and to improve your user experience. Most of our cookies are deleted when you close your browser window. Some cookies may be kept for up to a year on the servers of their origin companies, but these only collect anonymized data. You can control and manage your cookies preferences by adjusting your browser settings.
4. Use of Data
We use the information we collect from you to:
– Provide our Website and its contents to you.
– Improve our Website and present its contents in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
– Carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us, including for billing and collection.
– Notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.
– Help with our advertising and marketing efforts.
5. Data Sharing
We do not sell or otherwise disclose personal information we collect about you, except as described in this Privacy Policy. We may share anonymized, aggregated data with third parties for the purpose of analyzing website usage and trends. We may share personal information with vendors who perform services on our behalf based on our instructions. We do not authorize these vendors to use or disclose the information except as necessary to perform services on our behalf or comply with legal requirements.
6. Data Protection
We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website.
7. Users’ Rights
You have certain rights under applicable privacy laws. These may include the right to request access to the data we hold about you, or to obtain a copy of the personal information you provided to us. To request this, please contact us using the details provided below.
8. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
9. Policy Updates
Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and all updates will be posted on this page. If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us using the details provided below.
10. Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”). Ezoic’s privacy policy is here. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including to display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website. For additional information about Ezoic’s advertising partners, please see Ezoic’s Advertising Partner Page here.
11. Contact Information
To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at: neil@bushwalkingblog.com.au.