Privacy policy

We collect only what we need to run and improve the site. This can include your email address if you subscribe to a newsletter or contact us, and limited technical information such as your browser type, device, approximate location and the pages you visit.

We do not ask for financial account details, tax file numbers or government identifiers, and you should never send them to us.

We use information to deliver the website, understand which stories and tools are useful, keep the site secure, respond to enquiries and, where you have asked for it, send you updates. We do not sell your personal information.

We use privacy-focused analytics to measure site traffic and performance, and hosting and database providers to operate the site. These providers process information on our behalf and only for those purposes. Some of them may store data outside Australia.

We keep personal information only as long as it is needed for the purposes above or required by law, and we take reasonable steps to protect it from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access.

You can ask to access or correct the personal information we hold about you, or unsubscribe from emails at any time using the link in each message. To make a request or raise a privacy concern, contact our editorial team using the details on our About page. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au).

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last changed.