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Privacy notice
1. Who is responsible
SoloJudge is an independent editorial project published from Australia at solojudge.com. The publisher is the entity responsible for the personal information described here and can be reached at hello@solojudge.com. Written enquiries about this notice are answered within 30 days.
This notice explains how personal information is handled in line with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) made under it.
2. What is collected
2.1 Information you give us
- The e-mail address you enter in the dispatch form. This is required for the dispatch to exist at all.
- A first name or nickname, if you choose to add one. The field is optional and the dispatch works without it.
- The fact that you ticked the consent box, and the date on which you did.
- Anything you write to us by e-mail, including the address you write from.
The dispatch form does not ask for a telephone number, a postal address or a date of birth, and there is no field on this site in which to enter one.
2.2 Information collected automatically
- Server log data: IP address, browser user-agent string, the page requested, the referring page and the date and time of the request.
- Your answer to the cookie banner, stored in your browser's local storage under the key
sj-cookie-choice. - Push notification identifiers created by OneSignal if you allow browser notifications: a subscription identifier, browser and operating system type, language and approximate time zone.
- Data collected by advertising partners when advertising placements are served, which may include an advertising identifier and the page on which the placement appeared.
3. Why it is collected and on what basis
- To send the dispatch. Your e-mail address and any name are used only to send the issue note you asked for. The basis is your consent, given by ticking the box.
- To send browser notifications. Push identifiers are used only to deliver notifications about new issues. The basis is the permission you grant in the browser prompt, which you can revoke in browser settings.
- To keep the site running and secure. Log data is used to serve pages, diagnose faults and detect unauthorised activity. This is a function reasonably necessary for the operation of the site.
- To serve advertising placements. Placements appear alongside the editorial pages. Where a partner collects data for that purpose, it acts under its own privacy terms as well as this notice.
Personal information collected here is never disclosed to anyone for their own marketing, and it is not used to build profiles for any purpose beyond the ones listed above.
4. How long it is kept
| Category | Retention |
|---|---|
| Dispatch list details | Until you unsubscribe or ask for removal, then deleted from the active list within 30 days. |
| Consent record | Kept for as long as the subscription lasts, plus 24 months, so that consent can be evidenced. |
| Push identifiers | Until you revoke notification permission or the subscription expires at the push service. |
| Server logs | Up to 12 months, then deleted or aggregated so that individuals cannot be identified. |
| Cookie choice | Held in your browser until you clear site data. It is never sent to us as a personal identifier. |
5. Who else handles it
Personal information is disclosed only to the service providers needed to publish the site, and only for that purpose:
- Hosting and content delivery. The provider that stores the site files and serves them to your browser, which necessarily processes IP addresses and request logs.
- OneSignal. Acts as our processor for browser notifications and for the e-mail address you submit through the dispatch form, storing subscription records on its own infrastructure.
- Advertising partners. Serve the placements shown alongside the editorial pages and may set their own cookies or similar storage, as described in the cookie notice.
- Australian authorities, where disclosure is required or authorised by law.
Some of these providers operate servers outside Australia, including in the United States and the European Union. Where personal information is disclosed to an overseas recipient, we take reasonable steps under APP 8 to require that it is handled consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles.
6. Cookies and browser storage
This site uses a small amount of browser storage for the consent choice, and the notification service stores an identifier once you allow alerts. Advertising storage is used only if you accept it in the banner. Every category, its purpose and its lifetime are listed in the cookie notice.
7. Your rights
Under the Privacy Act 1988 and the Australian Privacy Principles you may:
- ask whether we hold personal information about you, and request access to it (APP 12);
- ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, out of date or incomplete (APP 13);
- cancel your consent to the dispatch at any time, by using the unsubscribe link or by writing to the contact address;
- turn off browser notifications at any time in your browser's site settings, without affecting e-mail;
- ask us to delete the details you supplied, where we are not required to keep them.
Requests go to hello@solojudge.com. Nothing is asked of you in return, though we may put a question or two to confirm the request comes from you.
8. Complaints
If you believe your personal information has been mishandled, write to us first and we will respond in writing within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with that response, you may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), the national privacy regulator, through oaic.gov.au or by telephone on 1300 363 992.
9. Security
The site is served over an encrypted connection. Access to subscription data is limited to the publisher and to the processors named above, and is protected by reasonable technical and organisational measures against misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure, as required by APP 11.
No online service can promise perfect security. If a data breach occurs that is likely to cause serious harm, we will assess it and notify affected individuals and the OAIC as required by the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme.
10. Children
This site is written for an adult audience and the dispatch is not aimed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from a person under 15. If you believe a child has subscribed, write to the contact address and the record will be removed.
11. Changes to this notice
When this notice changes, the effective date at the top is updated and the current version replaces the previous one on this page. Material changes affecting the dispatch will also be described in the next issue note.