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Broadsheet Media Pty Ltd ACN 131 593 201 (Broadsheet Media)

Last updated: June 2025

General

  1. This is the Privacy Policy of Broadsheet Media Pty Ltd (ACN 131 593 201) (Broadsheet Media,we,our, orusas the context may require). This Privacy Policy sets out Broadsheet Media's policy regarding any personal information you might supply to us in a variety of ways, including via the Broadsheet Media website hosted at www.broadsheet.com.au (Website) and related subdomains and application(s) (collectively, thePlatform), when you subscribe to our newsletter, log in to or register for an account, browse for or make a purchase transaction, enter a competition, submit a reader review, send us an email, or post on the Platform or one of our social media accounts, or otherwise as allowable under law.
  2. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to clearly state how Broadsheet Media intends to meet its obligations under the following: 1) the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) set out in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) in relation to personal data it collects from all its customers from around the world; and in addition to the extent applicable, 2) the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), where we process personal data relating to identifiable individuals to whom the GDPR applies; 3) the Data Protection Act 2018 (UK) (UK Act), where we process personal information relating to UK residents; 4) the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), where we process personal information relating to California residents; and 5) other laws where applicable.
  3. This Privacy Policy details the sort of information Broadsheet Media may collect about you, and how that information may be managed, used and disclosed, and sets out some of your privacy rights in relation to personal information and advises how you can contact Broadsheet Media with privacy queries.
  4. We aim to only collect personal information that is necessary to carry on our business and to supply you with the goods and/or services that you have contracted or requested us to provide. However, we may also collect information about you to do internal research and to conduct market research for our own purposes.
  5. This Privacy Policy applies to and should be read in conjunction with the Broadsheet Media Terms of Use which are available on the Platformhere.
  6. By viewing and using the Platform or otherwise providing your information to us, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and you will be deemed to have agreed to the matters described in this Privacy Policy.
  7. Broadsheet Media is entitled, at its sole discretion, to amend, add or remove any part of this Privacy Policy at any time without notice. You should periodically review this Privacy Policy to ensure that you are up to date with any such amendments, additions or removals. All changes are effective from the date the revised Privacy Policy is posted. In particular, by continuing to use our Platform after the Privacy Policy has been varied or by otherwise providing your information to us, you agree to be bound by the variation.

Collection of personal information

  1. Broadsheet Media collects information about you when you provide it to us. The types of information collected about you include information such as your name, email address, contact details, date of birth, and other information you choose to provide. We aim to only collect personal information that is necessary to carry on our business and to supply you with the goods and/or services that you have contracted or requested us to provide. However, we may also collect information about you to do internal research and conduct market research for our own purposes.
  2. Broadsheet Media may collect your credit card or banking details in order to procure payment for goods or service you request, however such financial information will be treated in a different manner to the rest of your personal information, as detailed below.
  3. Broadsheet Media primarily collects personal information from you through written and electronic means of communication when you interact with us, as set out above. Additionally, when you enter any password-protected area of the Platform, the Platform will recognise you and collect information that you submit through the use of authentication tokens tied to user accounts created on or through an integrated third-party platform.
  4. If you login to our Platform or register for an account or access our Website (or any part of it) via a third party platform (such as Meta or Google), you consent to us collecting, storing and using the information you make available to us via the third party platform. This includes your name, date of birth, the profile information you make public (including your profile picture) and location information (and any other information you may from time to time consent to provide to us). If you have questions about how third party integrations work, check the terms of use of the relevant third party service.
  5. Information sent by your web browser may be automatically collected. This information typically includes the internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer or device to the Internet, operating system and platform, the average time spent on the Platform, pages viewed, information searched for, access time, websites visited before, location information and other relevant statistics. The amount of information sent depends on the settings you have on your web browser and/or device.
  6. We also use some technologies to collect information, including cookies and plug- ins. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, see the Cookies section below. Through the use of cookies, we may automatically collect information about your online activity on the Platform, such as the web pages you visit, the links you click, and the searches you conduct on our site. Plug-ins are pieces of software that users download to allow certain web-based software to operate. In order to use our Platform, you may be required to install certain plug-ins.
  7. When you first launch the Platform, you may be asked to consent to the collection of location information. If you initially consent to the collection of location information, you can subsequently stop the collection of this information at any time by changing the preferences on your device. If you do so, certain features of the Platform may no longer function optimally or in a customised way.
  8. You may also choose to communicate with Broadsheet Media anonymously or using a pseudonym, however doing so may restrict your ability to interact with certain sections of the Platform (such as reader reviews), may affect Broadsheet Media’s ability to provide you with products, services or benefits and may prevent the processing of any payments or requests.

Use and disclosure of personal information

  1. Broadsheet Media will generally only use and disclose your personal information for the primary purpose for which it was collected. This purpose will be a purpose that is reasonably expected at the time of collection and may be specified in a privacy collection statement at the point of collection. Broadsheet Media may also use your personal information for a secondary related purpose (such as those set out below). By submitting your personal information, you consent to Broadsheet Media using your personal information to:
  2. In providing our products and services or collecting and using your personal information, we may be required to disclose some of your personal information to third party organisations, including:
  3. All information sent by your device will be used only to assist us for the purposes of providing an effective service on the Platform. We may from time to time supply the owners or operators of third party websites from which it is possible to link to the Platform with information relating to the number of users linking to the Platform from such third party website. You will not be personally identifiable from this information.
  4. Broadsheet Media may use the information that it automatically receives from your web browser to see which pages you visit within the Platform, which website you visited before coming to ours, and where you go after you leave. Broadsheet Media can then develop statistics that are helpful in understanding how our visitors use the Platform. We may use this information to measure the use of the Platform and to administer and improve the Platform. Once aggregated for statistical purposes, you will not be personally identified from this information. This statistical data is interpreted by Broadsheet Media in its continuing effort to present the Platform content that visitors are seeking in a format they find most helpful.
  5. Before collecting information of a sensitive nature or information relating to an individual’s health (such as your racial or ethnic origin, political opinions or associations, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership or associations, sexual orientation or practices, criminal record, health or genetic information or some aspects of your biometric information), we will seek consent from the individuals concerned. We will only use sensitive information we hold about you for the primary purpose for which it was collected or for a purpose directly related to the primary purpose, and where you would reasonably expect us to use or disclose it for that purpose.
  6. We will never sell or disclose your credit card or financial information to third parties, unless expressly indicated otherwise.

Will you receive direct marketing?

  1. If you provide us with your personal information you consent to receiving direct marketing communications from Broadsheet Media, and you authorise us to send you promotional messages and materials related to Broadsheet Media’s and our select partners’ products and services, unless you submit a later request not to receive direct marketing communications.
  2. Broadsheet Media’s direct marketing messages and materials will contain a prominent statement (including, for electronic messages, a functional unsubscribe facility) that you may request not to receive direct marketing communications.

Will your information be disclosed overseas?

  1. Some of our service providers or disclosees, or the services they provide (like cloud storage services), may be based outside Australia. For example, certain personal information is stored using servers in the United States. In order to protect your personal information, we take care where possible to work with service providers who we consider maintain acceptable standards of data security compliance and we do our part to meet those standards as they apply to us. In all instances of overseas disclosure, we shall ensure that the transfer of your personal information is carried out in accordance with all applicable privacy and data protection laws.
  2. Such measures may include (without limitation) transferring the data: (i) to a third party in a country that has been identified as providing adequate protection for EU, UK or California data; or (ii) to a third party which has entered into standard contractual clauses adopted or approved by the European Commission. Should you require more detailed information with regard to transferring your personal information outside the EU, UK or California (e.g. the names of the recipients and the exact legal basis for any such transfer), please contact us on the contact details below.
  3. We will not send your personal information outside of Australia unless:
  4. By providing us with personal information, you consent to personal information being used, stored and disclosed overseas, and acknowledge that in some cases the overseas laws regarding privacy may be different to Australian laws and that you may not be able to seek redress under the privacy laws of Australia.

Use of Cookies

  1. Broadsheet Media may store some information on your computer such as cookies when you visit the Platform. Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to the hard drive of a visitor's computer for record-keeping purposes. This information facilitates your use of the Platform. You can erase or choose to block this information from your computer if you want to. Erasing or blocking such information may limit the range of features available to you on the Platform.
  2. From time to time we use Google advertising programs that use cookies to improve your online experience, including the display of more relevant ads on external websites. Anyone may opt out of these programs at any time by visitinghere.
  3. Our properties may feature Nielsen proprietary measurement software, which will allow you to contribute to market research, like Digital Content Ratings. To learn more about the information that Nielsen software may collect and your choices with regard to it, please see the Nielsen Digital Measurement Privacy Policyhere.
  4. We use a third-party to provide monetisation technologies for our site. You can review theirprivacyandcookie policy here.
  5. We may allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our behalf across the web and in mobile applications. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers and other technologies to collect information about your use of the services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Broadsheet Media and others to, among other things, analyse and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our services and other websites, and better understand your online activity, and in all instances in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy.

Security

  1. Broadsheet Media will take reasonable steps to ensure the security of any personal information you provide to us. When we have collected information about you it cannot be seen or modified by anyone other than those authorised to access the information for the purposes stated above. We only ensure those necessary have access to your personal information.
  2. Broadsheet Media will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify personal information if it is no longer needed for any purpose for which the information may be used or disclosed. The exception to this may be information required for possible data analysis at a future date, or information we are legally required or advised to hold for specific time periods. Wherever practicable subject to the above, the information will be retained in a form that does not allow you to be identified.
  3. We utilise systems, services and third-party platforms to manage and store your personal information that are located outside of Australia. However, we will never lose effective control of your personal information other than as detailed in this Privacy Policy.

Links to other sites

  1. You may be able to access other sites external to the Platform by clicking on links that have been provided through the Platform. Broadsheet Media is not responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other websites. As these sites are not part of Broadsheet Media, you will need to contact the organisation/institution that administers the site directly to obtain information about their privacy policy or practices. This Privacy Policy is strictly limited to Broadsheet Media’s collection, storage and use of personally identifiable information collected via the Platform or otherwise in the course of our business, and does not apply to any third parties.

Your Rights, Access and Correction of Information

  1. You generally have the right to access personal information we hold about you subject to the restrictions provided by law. We reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee for access to this information.
  2. We aim to keep our information about you as accurate as possible. If you believe that any information we hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, please write or email us as soon as possible via the details provided below. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
  3. You can request removal or deletion of the personal information we hold about you where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. Please contact Broadsheet Media via the details provided below to make this request.
  4. UK and EU residents also have the following additional rights:

Contacting us / Complaints

  1. If you have a complaint in relation to the collection, use and/or disclosure of your personal information, if you are concerned about our use of your personal information, or if you would like to review or change the information you have supplied us with, please write to us at: Privacy Officer, 5/71 Langridge St, Collingwood VIC 3066, Australia or email us at support@broadsheet.com.au with the subject line, "Privacy".
  2. Broadsheet Media will review all complaints received and respond to each complainant within a reasonable period upon due consideration (which may require further information to be provided).

Further Information on Privacy

  1. You may obtain further information regarding privacy in Australia and protecting your privacy by visiting the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner website atwww.oaic.gov.auor by writing to the OAIC at GPO Box 5218, Sydney NSW 2001. You may also obtain further information from the local regulator in your jurisdiction in the UK, Europe or California, as applicable.
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