Privacy Policy

1. General Information

This policy describes how personal information is handled on this site, covering every page and the contact form. The site is an independent informational resource holding no player accounts and processing no payments. Applicable Australian privacy law sets the standard followed here; where a reader is outside Australia, local rules may give additional rights.

This policy is published so a reader knows what is collected before anything is given — it does not stand in place of consent. Analytics and affiliate cookies are set only after a choice is made in the banner. Terms used here follow their ordinary meaning in privacy law: personal information means information that identifies a person or could reasonably do so.

2. Personal Information Collected

The amount of personal information involved is small, because most pages can be read without giving any. The following categories may be collected:

• A name and an email address entered in the contact form
• The content of a message and any attachment sent with it
• Technical data such as an IP address and a browser identifier
• Pages visited, time on page and the referring address
• Cookie identifiers set by this site or by a measurement service

Financial details, identity documents and gambling account credentials are never requested on this site. A message sent through the form may contain more than it asks for, but only what is needed to answer it is retained afterwards. An IP address and a cookie identifier are treated as personal information even though collected automatically and not linked to a name.

3. How Information Is Collected

Information is collected in two ways: a reader supplies it directly through the contact form, or a browser supplies it automatically while a page loads, from server logs and cookies, neither used to establish an individual reader’s identity. It is not bought from data brokers or collected from social platforms. A reader who blocks cookies can still read every page, since the parts of the site that depend on a stored choice fall back to a default on each visit.

4. Purposes of Processing

Personal information is used for a limited set of purposes:

• Replying to a message sent through the contact form
• Checking and correcting a figure reported by a reader
• Measuring which pages are read and how they perform
• Keeping the site secure and detecting automated abuse
• Meeting record-keeping obligations that apply to the site

It is not used to build an advertising profile of a reader or to target a reader with a gambling offer, and a purpose not listed here is not pursued without a separate basis.

5. Grounds for Collection

Personal information is collected only where reasonably necessary for a function of the site, the standard set by Australian Privacy Principle 3. Contact form data is collected to answer the message it came with; analytics and marketing cookies are set only where consent has been given and can be withdrawn at any time. Server logs and security records are collected because they are reasonably necessary for running the site safely, and a legal obligation, mainly for tax and accounting records, takes precedence over these bases.

6. Marketing Communications

No newsletter is operated on this site and no mailing list is maintained. An email address supplied through the contact form is used only to answer that message and is never added to a promotional list, shared with an operator or an affiliate network, or used to send marketing on behalf of any third party.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files stored by the browser and are covered in full in the cookies policy published on this site; local storage is treated the same way. Essential cookies keep the site working and are set without consent, while every other category depends on the choice made in the banner — a choice which is itself stored in a cookie so the banner does not reappear on every page.

8. Affiliate Links and External Websites

Some links on this site lead to operator websites, and a click may pass a tracking identifier that records where the visit came from — the referral, not the identity of the reader. Once a reader reaches an operator site, that operator’s own privacy policy applies and this policy has no effect there; the presence of a link is not a recommendation to register.

A reader who prefers not to be tracked in this way can open the operator site directly in a new browser tab. Operator terms, licensing and payment rules are set by the operator alone.

9. Sharing Personal Information

Personal information is not sold, rented or exchanged. It may be shared with a limited set of parties:

• The hosting provider that stores the site and its logs
• The email provider that delivers messages from the form
• The analytics provider that measures site traffic
• A professional adviser bound by a duty of confidence
• A public authority where disclosure is legally required

Each provider acts on instructions, uses the data only for the service it supplies, and is selected on the basis of its own security and privacy terms.

10. International Data Transfers

Some providers store data on servers outside Australia. Before information is disclosed to an overseas recipient, reasonable steps are taken so it is handled in line with the Australian Privacy Principles, and an act by an overseas recipient that would breach them is treated as a breach by this site.

A reader can ask which providers are in use and where their servers are located, and where a transfer cannot be covered by suitable terms, the service is not used for personal information.

11. Data Retention

Information is kept only for as long as the purpose it was collected for requires. The retention periods applied on this site are the following:

• Contact form messages: kept while the matter is open, then archived
• Server and security logs: kept for a short operational period
• Analytics data: event records kept for the retention period set in the analytics account
• Cookie consent records: kept as evidence of the choice made

Once a period ends, the data is deleted or reduced to a form that no longer identifies anyone; a message kept for reference is stripped of contact details once the matter it concerns is closed.

12. Data Security

The site runs over an encrypted connection, with access to stored messages limited to the people who answer them, and software and server components are updated as new versions are released. Sensitive personal details should not be sent through the contact form, since no system can be guaranteed against every attack.

A suspected data breach is assessed as soon as it is identified, with the assessment completed within 30 days as the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme requires. Where a breach is likely to result in serious harm, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and the people affected are notified as soon as practicable.

13. Reader Rights

The following rights apply to personal information held about a reader:

• Asking what information is held and receiving a copy of it
• Asking for inaccurate or out-of-date information to be corrected
• Asking that information no longer needed be destroyed or de-identified
• Withdrawing cookie consent without affecting processing already carried out
• Asking which providers hold information and where their servers are
• Complaining to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner

A request is made through the contact form, with identity confirmed first where it concerns a specific message, and a reply is sent within 30 days, the period the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner treats as reasonable. A complaint goes to this site first; where no reply arrives within 30 days, or it does not settle the matter, it can be taken to the Commissioner. No fee is charged for a first request, though a repeated or clearly excessive one may be refused, with the reason given in writing.

14. Children’s Privacy

The site is intended for adults and is not directed at anyone under the legal gambling age in their own jurisdiction. Personal information is not knowingly collected from a minor and is deleted if identified; a parent or guardian who believes a minor has submitted information can report it through the contact form. Age verification is carried out by operators, not by this site.

15. Automated Decision-Making

No automated decision is made about a reader on this site, and no profiling takes place. Analytics data is read in aggregate, content is not personalised on the basis of previous visits, and no decision with a legal or similarly significant effect on a reader is produced by this site.

16. Changes and Privacy Enquiries

This policy is updated when the way information is handled changes, and the version published here is the one in force. Questions about this policy go through the contact form; the current text replaces anything issued before it.