Privacy Policy

Introduction

At Australian Citizenship Test Prep ("we," "our," or "us"), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes:

• The types of information we may collect or that you may provide when you visit our website
• Our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information

Information We Collect

Personal Information

We do not directly collect personal identifying information from you when you visit our website. The website functions primarily as a self-contained application where test progress and scores are stored locally in your browser's storage and never transmitted to our servers.

Automatically Collected Information

We automatically collect certain information when you visit our website through analytics services:

• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Referring website (how you reached our site)
• Date and time of visits
• Device information (mobile, tablet, desktop)
• General geographic location (country/region level)

How We Use Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• Website Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website and improve user experience
• Performance Optimization: To identify and fix technical issues
• Content Improvement: To determine which content is most helpful to users
• Advertising: To display relevant advertisements through Google AdSense

Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), our legal basis for processing your information is:

• Legitimate Interest (Article 6(1)(f)): For website analytics and performance optimization
• Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): For advertising cookies and personalized ads

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our website uses the following technologies:

• Local Storage: We use your browser's local storage to save your test progress, scores, and settings. This data never leaves your device and is not accessible to us.
• Umami Analytics: We use Umami, a privacy-focused analytics service, to understand user behavior on our website. This service collects anonymous information such as page views, session duration, and basic device information without using cookies.
• Google AdSense Cookies: When enabled, Google AdSense uses cookies to serve personalized advertisements based on your browsing behavior.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies and similar technologies including:

• DoubleClick cookies: To serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites
• Google advertising cookies: To measure ad performance and provide insights
• Conversion tracking cookies: To track ad effectiveness

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit Google Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on the Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, and application providers. These third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you use our website. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.

We do not control these third parties' tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about an advertisement or other targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.

Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our Website.

Your Rights Under GDPR

If you are located in the European Union, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of Access: You can request copies of your personal data
• Right to Rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate personal data
• Right to Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data
• Right to Restrict Processing: You can request limitation of processing
• Right to Data Portability: You can request transfer of your data to another service
• Right to Object: You can object to processing of your personal data
• Right to Withdraw Consent: You can withdraw consent for advertising cookies at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

Data Retention

We retain different types of data for different periods:

• Local Storage Data: Remains on your device until you clear your browser data or delete it manually
• Analytics Data: Umami analytics data is anonymized and retained for statistical analysis purposes
• Advertising Data: Google AdSense data retention is governed by Google's policies (typically 18-26 months)

International Data Transfers

Some of our service providers are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA):

• Umami Analytics: Data may be processed on servers worldwide with appropriate safeguards
• Google Services: Data may be transferred to the United States under Google's compliance with EU-US Data Privacy Framework

Children's Privacy

Our Website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may update our privacy policy from time to time. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will:

• Update the date at the top of the privacy policy
• Notify users of significant changes through the website
• For EU users, obtain new consent where required by law

You are responsible for periodically visiting our Website and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, you can contact us at:

Email: info@australiancitizenshiptestprep.com