Privacy Policy

Last updated: 3 January 2026

1. Who We Are

Our website address is: https://tasmanwire.com
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

2. 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 with spam detection.

An anonymised string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.

3. Media

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

4. Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. These cookies last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.

When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences. Login cookies last for two days; screen option cookies last for one year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie is saved indicating the post ID. It expires after one day.

5. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if you visited the external website directly.

Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, particularly if you are logged into their platform.

6. Who We Share Your Data With

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

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

7. How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic approval of future comments.

For registered users (if any), we store the personal information provided in their user profiles. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal data at any time (except usernames). Administrators can also access and edit this information.

8. Your Rights

You may request:

Access to your personal data;
A copy of the data we hold about you;
Correction or deletion of your data, subject to legal or security obligations.

Requests can be made by contacting us using the details below.

9. Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service, which may be located outside Australia.

Where personal data is transferred overseas, we take reasonable steps to ensure it is protected in accordance with Australian privacy laws.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal information, please contact:

📧 Email: info@tasmanwire.com
🌐 Website: https://tasmanwire.com