BushRenegade Privacy Policy

Privacy

Personal information and site services.

This page explains how I handle personal information and how third party services may be involved on this website.

1.1: I am committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines my ongoing obligations to you in respect of how I manage your Personal Information.
1.2: I have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). The APPs govern the way in which I collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.
1.3: A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.

2.1: Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information I may collect include names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.

3.1: Personal Information may be obtained in many ways including interviews, correspondence, telephone, email, this website, your website, media and publications, other publicly available sources, cookies, and third parties.
3.2: I do not guarantee website links or policies of authorised third parties. Those policies belong to those parties, and I encourage you to follow up any concerns with them.
3.3: When I collect Personal Information I will, where appropriate and possible, explain why I am collecting the information and how I plan to use it.

4.1: I limit the use of cookies and web sessions on this site and other sites I manage. Some are required by third parties, but I personally do not use or view cookie data that can be used to identify you, your browser, or devices you may use.

5.1: This site uses a small first-party tracking system to understand which public pages are being viewed and whether pages are useful. It records page paths, page titles, referrers, screen size, browser language, browser user agent, event time, and a hashed session/IP value.
5.2: The tracking system does not store raw IP addresses and is not used for advertising profiling. It respects browser privacy signals such as Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control where available.

6.1: Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about matters such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or professional body, criminal record, or health information.
6.2: Sensitive information will be used by me only for the primary purpose for which it was obtained, for a secondary purpose directly related to the primary purpose, with your consent, or where required or authorised by law.

7.1: Where reasonable and practicable, I will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances I may be provided with information by third parties.
7.2: Examples of third party services I use include Google for maps, website features, click tracking and YouTube videos, and Meta services such as Facebook and Instagram for some video content and integration features. Site comments are stored locally and reviewed before publication.

8.1: Your Personal Information may be disclosed to third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure, for a secondary purpose directly related to the primary purpose, or where required or authorised by law.

9.1: You may access the personal information I hold about you at any time by contacting me in writing. Email is acceptable.
9.2: I will not charge a fee for access to this information or to supply a copy to you.
9.3: To protect your Personal Information I may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

10.1: It is important to me that your Personal Information is up to date. I will take reasonable steps to make sure your Personal Information is accurate, complete and current.
10.2: If you find that the information I have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise me as soon as practicable so I can update my records.