Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://contradiction.com.au.

Effective Date: 12 October 2024

At Contradiction (“we,” “our,” or “us”), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). This policy applies to our website, www.contradiction.com.au, and any related services.

1. Personal Information We Collect

We may collect and hold personal information about you, including but not limited to:

Name.
Email address.
IP address.
User-generated content, such as comments or submissions.
Information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies (see Section 6 below).

You are not required to provide personal information to access most of our content. However, certain interactions, such as submitting a contradiction, subscribing to newsletters, or leaving comments, may require personal information.

2. How We Collect Personal Information

We collect personal information directly from you when you:

Visit and browse our website.
Subscribe to our newsletter or other communications.
Submit a contradiction or news tip.
Post comments on our articles.
Contact us through email, forms, or other communication channels.

We may also collect personal information automatically through your use of our website, such as browsing habits, device information, and interactions with our content.

3. Use of Personal Information

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

To provide and improve our website and services.
To respond to your inquiries or submissions.
To send newsletters or updates if you have subscribed.
To personalize your experience on our website.
To analyze and improve our content and user experience.
To comply with our legal obligations.

4. Disclosure of Personal Information

We will not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. However, we may disclose your personal information:

To service providers who assist us in operating our website and conducting our business (such as web hosting, email services, and analytics).
If required by law or to comply with legal proceedings, court orders, or government regulations.
To protect the safety, rights, or property of our users, the public, or our business.

Where we disclose your information to third parties, we take reasonable steps to ensure they handle your data in accordance with the Privacy Act and Australian Privacy Principles.

5. Access and Correction

You have the right to access and correct the personal information we hold about you. If you would like to request access or make corrections, please contact us at heathcote1375@gmail.com. We will take reasonable steps to respond to your request within a reasonable time frame, in accordance with applicable laws.

6. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website may use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your experience, analyze traffic, and personalize content. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website. These cookies help us understand how users interact with our content and provide insights for improvement.

You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may limit your ability to use certain features of our website.

7. Security of Personal Information

We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure. However, no data transmission over the internet is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

9. International Data Transfers

As our website is accessible worldwide, your personal information may be transferred to and processed in other countries. If we transfer your information outside Australia, we will take reasonable steps to ensure it is handled in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the “Effective Date” at the top will be updated. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your personal information.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or the way we handle your personal information, please contact us at:

Email: heathcote1375@gmail.com

We take privacy seriously and will respond to your inquiries in accordance with our obligations under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and other applicable privacy laws.

Your Privacy Rights

Under Australian privacy law, you have the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you.
Request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
Lodge a complaint if you believe we have breached your privacy rights.

We are committed to handling any privacy-related issues in a fair and transparent manner.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.