What we store, why, and how long we store it

Here at My Place Gympie we value your privacy. Below is information about all of the information we store about your visits to this website, why we store it, how long we store it for, and what is linked to your membership account.

• Web Server

  • Located in a Brisbane data centre managed by a family owned Ipswich based company
    Server is run on a hardened and secure Linux platform
  • Anonymised IP address, URL, device operating system, name of your web browser application (in log files).
    • kept for 10 months (adjustable)
    • used for diagnosing access error and any hack attempts
  • Anonymous statistics drawn from log files including
    • Browser program counts
    • Operating system counts
    • Page access counts
    • Country counts

• Content Manage System

  • Core Capabilities
    • All requests to our website start a session which stores the IP address in the session data and creates a session cookie in the user's browser. The IP address is used as a security measure to help protect against potential session hijacking attacks and this information is deleted once the session has expired and its data purged. The session cookie's name is based on a randomly generated hash and therefore does not have a constant identifier. The session cookie is destroyed once the session has expired or the user has exited their browser.
    • The content management system's logging system records the IP address of the visitor which leads to a message being written to its log files. These log files are used to record various activity on the site, including information related to core updates, invalid login attempts, unhandled errors, and development information such as the use of deprecated APIs. No user's personal information is stored in this way.
    • When a network connection is available, our website will attempt to communicate with the joomla.org servers for various capabilities, that include:
      • Checking for updates for the Joomla application
      • Help screens for core Joomla extensions
      • The Install from Web service (opt-in) - we currently don't use this.
      • The statistics collection server (opt-in) - we currently don't use this.
    • As with all HTTP requests above, the IP address of our server will be transmitted as part of the request. None of your info or IP address is transmitted during these actions. For information on how Joomla processes data on its servers, please review their privacy policy.
  • Authentication - Cookie
    • The "Remember Me" feature creates a cookie in the user's browser if a "Remember Me" checkbox is selected when logging into the website. This cookie can be identified with the prefix `joomla_remember_me` and is used to automatically log users into the website when they visit and are not already logged in.
  • Other Cookies
    • Only from our site - no external cookies set
    • Several cookies are set when our admin folks login to the administration back-end.
  • User's Profile
    This info is stored for as long as you hold a membership account on the website.
    
    • Name (that you provide)
    • Email address
      • Used for communicating with member during sign-on and notifications
      • Also used to link information requests to site users if possible
    • Time zone
      • Used for displaying time accurately
      • Defaults to Brisbane Queensland AEST unless you change it in yoour profile
  • Security software
    • IP address and URL of blocked access attempts
    • User actions in the administration back-end
      
      • Used to find who changed what and when. Useful for diagnosis purposes and to train users who are struggling with admin tasks.

• Optional forum information (opt-in)

  • Birthdate
  • Location
  • Gender
  • Website name and URL

• Emergency contact list (opt-in)

  • Address
  • Phone number
  • Email
  • Map location

•  Newsletter

  • Currently powered by Mailchimp and the storage of this information is not controlled by us.
  • Name
  • Email address
  • Note that this service adds a link to a non-visible tracker image, embedded in the newsletter, to record who opens the email.

If you have any concerns about this information or you wish to have some or all of your information removed from the website, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.