Privacy Policy

Who We Are

Our website can be found at: au-pokies.com.

Comments

Information Collection

When visitors leave comments, we gather the information provided in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to assist in spam detection.

Gravatar Integration

If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string created from your email address (commonly referred to as a hash) may be sent to their service. You can review their privacy policy here: Gravatar Privacy Policy. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be publicly displayed alongside it.

Media

Image Uploads

If you upload images to our site, please refrain from including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location information from any uploaded images.

Cookies

Comment Cookies

When you leave a comment, you have the option to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This allows you to avoid re-entering your details for future comments. These cookies will remain active for one year.

Temporary Cookies

A temporary cookie will be set when you visit our login page to verify if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie does not contain personal information and will be deleted once you close your browser.

Login Cookies

Upon logging in, additional cookies will be created to remember your login details and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while screen option cookies last for one year. If you select the “Remember Me” option, your login will remain active for two weeks. Logging out will clear the login cookies.

Article Editing Cookies

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser containing only the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after one day.

Embedded Content from Other Sites

Our articles may contain embedded content (such as videos, images, and articles). This embedded content behaves as if you visited the other website directly. These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, integrate additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged into that site.

Data Sharing

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

Data Retention

Comment Retention

When you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This enables us to recognize and automatically approve follow-up comments without requiring moderation.

User Profile Retention

For users who register on our site, we retain the personal information provided in their user profiles. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (though changing the username isn’t permitted). Website administrators can also access and modify this information.

Your Rights Regarding Your Data

If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request a file of your personal data that we hold, including any information you’ve shared. You also have the right to request deletion of any personal data we have about you, except for data we need to retain for administrative, legal, or security reasons.

Data Transmission

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