Privacy policy

This page outlines the data The Courier Newspaper, Mount Barker, collects from site visitors and how it is used. The site address is https://courier.net.au.

Digital subscribers

For digital subscribers who register via our website we store the information provided in their user profile. A user can see, edit or delete their personal information at any time (a username can not be changed).

Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Media

If you upload images to the website, be aware that some images have embedded location data (EXIF GPS) which may be extracted from the original file.

Images uploaded to us will have that information stripped before they are placed on our website.

Contact forms

We store information sent to us on the contact forms we use on the site. We do not share this information with any third parties.

Cookies

When subscribers to the digital edition log-in, our system 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, the server will also set up cookies to save your log-in information and your settings.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

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.

Analytics

We share anonymised web traffic data with our advertisers. That means we record the fact you visited the site but only share the aggregate number of visitors with our advertisers.