Last updated: 22 May 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Beyond the Court (“we”, “us” or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website https://beyondthecourt.au or sign up to our newsletter.

We respect your privacy and are committed to handling your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). Where applicable, we also comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who we are

Our website address is: https://beyondthecourt.au

2. What personal information we collect

We may collect:

  • Your name and email address (when you subscribe or contact us)
  • IP address and browser details (via cookies or analytics)
  • Comments you leave on the blog
  • Media files you upload (if applicable)

3. Why we collect your data

We collect data to:

  • Send you newsletters or updates you’ve requested
  • Improve website content and user experience
  • Respond to your questions or feedback
  • Maintain site security and detect spam
  • Comply with legal obligations

4. Newsletter and third-party tools

When you subscribe to our newsletter, your information is stored and processed by ConvertKit, our email marketing platform. ConvertKit complies with data protection regulations including GDPR and uses secure servers.

5. Comments

When you leave comments on the site:

  • We collect the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
  • An anonymised hash of your email may be sent to Gravatar to check if you use the service. After approval, your profile picture is visible next to your comment. You can read the Gravatar Privacy Policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy.

6. Media uploads

If you upload images, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors may be able to extract this information.

7. Cookies

We use cookies for:

  • Saving your name/email in comment forms (if you opt in)
  • Remembering login and display preferences (for admin users)
  • Basic traffic and engagement analytics

You can disable cookies via your browser settings.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

8. Embedded content

Posts on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, Instagram posts, articles).

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Please review their privacy policies directly.

9. How long we retain your data

  • Comments and metadata: stored indefinitely
  • Subscriber data: stored until you unsubscribe or request deletion
  • Contact form submissions: retained only as long as needed for customer service
  • User accounts (if applicable): information can be accessed, edited, or deleted by the user

10. What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request access to the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, or ask us to correct your data. You can also unsubscribe from any communications. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Contact: news@beyondthecourt.au

11. Where your data is sent

  • Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service
  • Newsletter data is securely stored by ConvertKit and may be processed outside Australia

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.