Effective: 27 July 2025
Last updated: 27 July 2025
This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information when you visit the Christmas in Australia website: christmasinaustralia.com.au.
We take your privacy seriously and are committed to handling your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
1. Who we are
Christmas in Australia is a website run by Janine Mergler and is dedicated to helping Australians celebrate Christmas in a meaningful and joyful way. This site features gift guides, decoration ideas, recipes, articles, and curated links to online retailers.
2. Information we collect
We may collect the following types of personal and non-personal information:
- Personal information:
When voluntarily submitted by you (e.g., via contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, competitions or giveaways), we may collect your:- Name
- Email address
- IP address
- Any other details you choose to provide
- Non-personal information:
When you browse our site, we may automatically collect:- Browser type and version
- Device and operating system
- Pages visited and time spent
- Referring site (e.g. search engine or link)
- Location data (approximate)
We use cookies and third-party tools (such as Google Analytics and affiliate platforms) to help improve the user experience, track website performance, and deliver relevant content and advertisements.
3. Why we collect your information
We collect your information to:
- Respond to your enquiries
- Improve website content and user experience
- Deliver personalised content and offers
- Send occasional email newsletters (if you subscribe)
- Administer promotions or giveaways
- Analyse trends and traffic on the site
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
4. Disclosure of your information
We may share your personal information with trusted third parties who help us run this site, such as:
- Email marketing services (e.g., Flodesk)
- Website hosting and technical support providers
- Analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics)
- Affiliate partners (to track commission links)
These third parties are only given access to the information they need to perform their functions and are required to keep your data secure and confidential.
5. Affiliate disclosure
Christmas in Australia participates in affiliate programs, which means we may earn a small commission if you click through a link and make a purchase. This comes at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links may use tracking cookies to identify sales.
We only recommend products and services we genuinely like and believe may be helpful to you.
6. Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
7. Storage and security
We take reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
You are responsible for keeping your password and login details confidential if you have an account with us.
8. Accessing and correcting your information
You have the right to access and correct the personal information we hold about you. To do so, please contact us at here during business hours Monday to Friday. We may ask you to verify your identity before processing your request.
In some cases, a small fee may be charged to cover the cost of retrieval.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the law, our practices, or the website’s functionality. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date above. Your continued use of the site after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.