Privacy policy

Privacy Policy

Who We Are
Our website address is: www.dref.com.au

At dref, we take your privacy seriously and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, why we collect it, and how we handle it.

What Personal Data We Collect and Why

Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the information shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent. This helps us detect and prevent spam.

An anonymized string (also called a “hash”) of your email may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly alongside your comment.

Media
If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract any location data from images uploaded to the site.

Contact Forms
Data collected through contact forms is used solely to respond to your inquiries and will not be shared with third parties unless required to do so for legal or operational purposes.

Cookies

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

Visiting our login page will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is discarded when the browser is closed.

When logging in, additional cookies are set to save login information and screen display choices:

  • Login cookies last two days
  • Screen options cookies last one year
  • “Remember me” login persists for two weeks

Logging out removes login cookies.

Editing or Publishing Articles
If you edit or publish an article, a temporary cookie will store the post ID of the article you edited. This expires after one day and contains no personal information.

Embedded Content
Articles on our site may include embedded content (videos, images, articles, etc.) from other websites. These behave as if you visited the external website directly. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Analytics

We may collect non-identifying data through analytics services to improve our website, understand trends, and optimize user experience.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell or share personal data with third parties except where necessary for:

  • Spam detection
  • Website operation and analytics
  • Legal compliance

Data Retention

  • Comments: Retained indefinitely to allow automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments.
  • Registered Users: Any data provided in user profiles is stored and can be viewed, edited, or deleted by the user (except usernames). Administrators may also view and edit this information.

Your Rights

If you have an account or have left comments, you may request:

  • An exported file of the personal data we hold about you
  • Deletion of your personal data (except data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes)

Where We Send Your Data

Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.

How We Protect Your Data

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information, including secure storage, encryption where possible, and restricted access.

Data Breach Procedures

In the unlikely event of a data breach, we will follow legal and regulatory requirements for notification, mitigation, and user support.

Third-Party Data

We may receive data from trusted third parties for operational purposes, such as payment processors or shipping providers.

Automated Decision-Making

We do not use automated decision-making or profiling in a way that significantly affects you.

Regulatory Disclosure

Where required by law or industry regulation, we may disclose information to authorities or partners.