Privacy
This site collects nothing about you unless you fill in the contact form. There are no cookies, no analytics and no third-party scripts anywhere on it.
What this site collects on its own
Nothing. No cookies are set, no analytics run, and no fonts, scripts or images are loaded from anyone else's server. Nothing is stored in your browser. You can confirm this: open your browser's developer tools on any page here and the storage and network panels will be empty of third parties.
Like every website, the host records standard server logs, which include IP addresses. Those are the host's, used to keep the site running and defend it from abuse, and I do not read them for anything else.
What the contact form collects
Three things, all of which you type: your name, your email address and your message. There is a hidden field that catches automated spam; if you are a person, it stays empty and is ignored.
I use these to reply to you. Not for a mailing list, not for anything else, and I do not sell or share them.
Where it goes
The form is handled by Netlify, a United States company that hosts this site. Your message passes through and is stored in their systems, and is emailed to me at JackScottAutomation@outlook.com. From there it sits in my inbox like any other email.
That means your message is held outside Australia. If that is a problem for what you want to tell me, email me directly instead, or ring: 0431 670 958.
How long it is kept
As long as the conversation is useful, and no longer. Ask me to delete it and I will, from both the inbox and the form store.
Seeing it, correcting it, deleting it
Email me and ask. You do not need a reason and there is no form to fill in. I will confirm when it is done.
Where I stand legally
I am a sole operator. Under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), businesses turning over $3 million or less are generally outside the Act, and none of the exceptions — health services, credit reporting, trading in personal information — apply to me. So the Australian Privacy Principles do not bind me today. I have written this page anyway, because you should be able to find out what happens to your details before you type them.
That exemption is under review and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has recommended removing it. If it goes, this page gets rewritten properly rather than quietly.
If something here is wrong
Tell me and I will fix it. If you would rather raise it with someone else, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner takes privacy complaints at oaic.gov.au.