Privacy Policy

Eat Drink Play Pty Ltd (“EDP”, “we”, “us”, “our”) operates the digital publication Eat Drink Play (eatdrinkplay.com) and its associated newsletter and social media channels. We are committed to protecting the privacy of everyone who interacts with us, including website visitors, newsletter subscribers, competition entrants, and advertising clients.

This policy explains what personal information we collect, how we use it, and your rights in relation to it. We adhere to the Australian Privacy Principles contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the requirements of the Spam Act 2003 (Cth).

1. What personal information we collect

We may collect the following types of personal information:

• Contact details: name and email address
• Business details: business name, contact name, phone number, and email address (for advertising clients and venue partners)
• Technical data: browser type, operating system, pages visited, and time spent on our website
• Competition entry data: name, email address, and any other information you provide when entering a competition
• Payment information: processed via third-party providers — EDP does not store credit card or banking details

2. How we collect your information

• Newsletter subscriptions
• Competition entries via entry forms on our website or social media
• Advertising enquiries and bookings
• Website visits, automatically via cookies and analytics tools
• Direct contact via email

3. How we use your information

• To send you the Eat Drink Play newsletter. You can unsubscribe at any time via the link in any newsletter email.
• To administer competitions, including selecting and notifying winners
• To deliver advertising and venue listing services to our clients
• To improve our website, content, and services
• To comply with legal obligations

4. Email marketing and your right to unsubscribe

• By subscribing to the EDP newsletter, you consent to receiving commercial electronic messages from EDP
• Every newsletter includes a functional unsubscribe link. You can opt out at any time at no cost.
• Once you unsubscribe, we will remove you from our active mailing list within a reasonable timeframe
• Unsubscribing from the newsletter does not affect other communications you have with us as an advertising client

5. Competitions and data sharing

• When you enter a competition, your entry data may be used to contact you regarding the outcome and to add you to the EDP newsletter list, subject to your consent at point of entry
• For Database Building Competition products, EDP may share your entry data with the venue sponsoring the competition. This will always be made clear at point of entry and you will be asked to consent before entering.
• Sponsors who receive entry data are responsible for managing that data in accordance with the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and the Spam Act 2003
• EDP does not sell personal data to third parties

6. Cookies and tracking

• eatdrinkplay.com uses cookies to analyse website traffic and improve the user experience
• We use Google Analytics to collect aggregated data about site traffic and user behaviour
• We use the Meta Pixel to measure the effectiveness of advertising on Facebook and Instagram and to enable retargeted advertising
• You can disable cookies in your browser settings at any time

7. Third-party service providers

To operate our publication and deliver our services, EDP uses third-party service providers that may process your personal information on our behalf. These include providers of email marketing, form and data collection, social media publishing, website analytics, and advertising platforms.

We only engage providers that maintain appropriate data protection and security standards. We do not authorise our service providers to use your personal information beyond what is necessary to deliver the services they provide to us.

8. Disclosure of your information

• We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties
• We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers where necessary to operate our business
• We may disclose your information where required by law
• In the event of a sale or transfer of EDP’s business, personal information may be transferred to the new owner subject to equivalent privacy protections

9. Security

• We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure
• We will notify affected individuals and the OAIC in the event of an eligible data breach under the Notifiable Data Breaches scheme

10. Access and correction

• You have the right to request access to the personal information EDP holds about you and to ask us to correct any inaccurate information
• Contact us at newsletter@eatdrinkplay.com. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe.

11. Complaints

• Contact us at newsletter@eatdrinkplay.com. We take privacy complaints seriously and will respond within 30 days.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Continued use of our website or services after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.