Last updated: 3 February 2026
This website, wheelybigbiketrip.world, is a personal travel blog. It is operated from Australia and is subject primarily to the Australian Privacy Act 1988. International visitors are welcome.
This policy explains what personal data may be collected, how it is used, and what rights you have.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, the data shown in the comment form is collected, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string. This information is used for spam detection and moderation.
An anonymised string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at:
https://automattic.com/privacy/
Once approved, your comment and its metadata are visible to the public.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are for your convenience so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
Additional cookies may be set by WordPress for basic site functionality.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example, images or posts from other websites). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited those websites directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Media
If you upload images to the website (where applicable), you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images displayed publicly.
Who your data is shared with
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service provided by WordPress / Automattic.
This site does not sell, rent, or trade personal information.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows follow-up comments to be recognised and approved automatically rather than being held for moderation.
Your rights
Under the Australian Privacy Act, you have the right to request access to personal information held about you and to request corrections if that information is inaccurate.
If you have left comments on this site, you may request:
- an exported file of the personal data associated with those comments, or
- deletion of that personal data
This does not include data that we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where applicable, equivalent rights may exist for users under international privacy laws such as the EU GDPR or UK GDPR.
Where your data is processed
This website is hosted using WordPress infrastructure. Comment data and related services may be processed by WordPress / Automattic in accordance with their privacy policies.