Privacy notice

1. Who is responsible for your information

LolliBench is an independent editorial project published from Hobart, Tasmania, at lollibench.com. We decide what personal information this site collects and why, and we handle it under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). Questions about anything on this page can be sent to mail@lollibench.com and we answer in writing.

2. What we actually collect

• Server records. Our hosting provider records the usual technical details of each request: IP address, browser and device user agent, the page requested, the date and time, and the referring address.
• What you type into the update form. The optional name and the email address you enter, plus the fact that you ticked the consent box and when.
• Notification identifiers. If you accept notifications, OneSignal creates an anonymous subscription identifier for that browser and stores technical entries in your device, including an IndexedDB database named ONE_SIGNAL_SDK_DB.
• One consent entry. Your accept or decline choice is kept in your browser's local storage so the notice is not shown again.

We do not run a third-party analytics script on this site, we do not build advertising profiles, and we never ask for card details, identity documents or postal addresses.

3. Why we hold it, and on what basis

Server records exist to keep the site available and to investigate faults or abuse — our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running a working website. Your address and name are held for one purpose only: sending the LolliBench note about new issues, corrections and the opening of the Plus membership. That processing rests on the consent you give with the tick box, in line with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth), which also requires us to identify ourselves as sender and to give you a working unsubscribe route in every message.

4. Who else handles it

• Our hosting provider, which stores the files of this site and produces the server records described above.
• OneSignal, which processes browser notification subscriptions and the email addresses submitted through our form, strictly on our instructions.
• Google Play is not given your details. The store links on this site are ordinary hyperlinks; once you follow one, Google's own privacy terms apply to that visit.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not disclose it for anyone else's marketing.

5. Information sent overseas

OneSignal and our hosting provider operate infrastructure outside Australia, including in the United States and the European Union. Under APP 8 we take reasonable steps to see that overseas recipients handle your information consistently with the APPs, and we use providers that publish contractual data protection commitments. If you would rather not have information handled overseas, please do not submit the form or accept notifications.

6. How long we keep it

Server records are kept for up to twelve months. Your address stays on the list until you unsubscribe or ask us to remove it, after which we delete it within thirty days, keeping only a minimal record that consent was revoked. Notification identifiers disappear when you block notifications in your browser or press Decline in our notice, which also clears the stored push data.

7. Your rights

Under APP 12 and APP 13 you may ask for access to the personal information we hold about you and ask us to correct it. You may revoke consent at any moment, unsubscribe from every message, and ask for erasure. Write to mail@lollibench.com and we will respond within thirty days at no charge.

If our answer does not satisfy you, you may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au, which oversees the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

8. Security

The site is served over HTTPS, access to the list of addresses is restricted to the two editors, and we hold no payment information of any kind. No transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we keep the amount of information we collect deliberately small.

9. Age

LolliBench is written for an adult general audience and is not directed at people under 15 years of age. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you believe a child has submitted an address, write to us and we will delete it.

10. Changes to this notice

When this notice changes we update the date at the top of the page. If a change materially affects how we use your information, we will describe it in the next note sent to subscribers before it takes effect.