Privacy Policy
Last updated: 17 August 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how OpsTools, available at opstools.online (the “Website”), handles information when you visit the Website, contact us or otherwise interact with OpsTools.
OpsTools is operated from the Northern Territory, Australia.
We respect the privacy of visitors to the Website and aim to handle personal information responsibly and transparently. Where the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles apply to OpsTools, personal information will be handled in accordance with those requirements.
1. Information we may collect
You can generally read OpsTools without creating an account or directly providing personal information to us.
Depending on how you use the Website, information collected may include:
- information you voluntarily provide when contacting OpsTools, such as your name, email address and the contents of your message;
- technical information associated with visits to the Website, such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system and referring website;
- information about how visitors use the Website, including pages viewed, approximate visit times and interactions with Website content; and
- information collected through cookies or similar technologies used by the Website or services supporting it.
We do not intentionally seek to collect sensitive personal information through the Website.
2. How information is collected
Information may be collected directly from you when you contact OpsTools or otherwise provide information voluntarily.
Some technical and usage information may be collected automatically when you access the Website. This may occur through the Website itself or through services used to host, secure, measure or operate it.
OpsTools is published using Google's Blogger platform. As a result, Google and associated services may process certain information when you visit the Website in accordance with their own privacy practices.
3. How we use information
Information collected through OpsTools may be used to:
- operate, maintain and improve the Website;
- understand how visitors use the Website and which content is useful or popular;
- respond to enquiries, feedback, corrections or other communications;
- investigate technical, security or availability problems;
- protect the Website against misuse, fraud, malicious activity or unauthorised access;
- comply with applicable legal obligations; and
- support other reasonable purposes connected with operating and publishing OpsTools.
We do not sell personal information to third parties.
4. Analytics and measurement
OpsTools may use analytics and measurement services to understand Website traffic and usage.
These services may collect information such as your IP address, approximate location, device and browser information, referring website, pages visited and the time spent interacting with the Website.
Analytics information is generally used in aggregated form to understand Website performance and readership rather than to identify individual visitors.
5. Cookies and similar technologies
The Website and services supporting it may use cookies or similar technologies.
Cookies are small pieces of data stored by your browser that can be used for purposes including Website functionality, security, preferences, traffic measurement and analytics.
Some cookies may be set by third-party services used by the Website, including services provided by Google.
You can generally control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect the operation of certain Website features.
6. Advertising
If advertising is displayed on OpsTools, advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver, measure or manage advertisements.
Where Google advertising services are used, Google and its partners may process information in accordance with Google's applicable privacy and advertising policies.
Depending on your location and the advertising services in use, you may be provided with additional choices or consent controls relating to personalised advertising and cookies.
7. External links
OpsTools articles frequently link to external websites, including vendor documentation, security research, government resources, news reports and other sources.
When you follow a link to another website, that website may collect information about you in accordance with its own privacy policy and practices.
OpsTools does not control the privacy practices of external websites and is not responsible for how those websites collect, use or disclose information.
8. Embedded content
Some pages may contain embedded content provided by third parties, such as videos, social-media content or other externally hosted resources.
When embedded content is loaded, the third-party provider may receive technical information about your visit and may use cookies or similar technologies. Your interaction with embedded content is also subject to the provider's own privacy practices.
9. Disclosure of information
We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to service providers that assist with hosting, publishing, analytics, security or operation of the Website.
Information may also be disclosed where required or authorised by law, in response to lawful requests from government authorities, courts or law-enforcement agencies, or where reasonably necessary to protect the rights, security or integrity of OpsTools, its users or others.
We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their own direct marketing purposes unless you have consented to that disclosure or it is otherwise permitted by law.
10. Overseas processing and disclosure
Some services used to operate OpsTools are provided by organisations that operate internationally. As a result, information associated with your use of the Website may be processed or stored outside Australia.
For example, the Website is hosted using Google's Blogger infrastructure and may use other globally operated services for functions such as analytics, content delivery, security or embedded content.
The countries in which information is processed may vary according to the service provider, its infrastructure and the location from which the Website is accessed. For that reason, it may not always be practicable for OpsTools to identify every country in which technical information is processed.
11. Data security
We take reasonable steps appropriate to the nature of the Website to protect personal information under our control against misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification or disclosure.
However, no website, network or method of electronic storage or transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore avoid sending sensitive or confidential information through ordinary Website contact mechanisms unless it is necessary and appropriate to do so.
12. Data retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, for legitimate operational purposes, or as required by applicable law.
Technical and analytics information may be retained in aggregated or de-identified form where it is no longer reasonably capable of identifying an individual.
13. Access and correction
You may contact OpsTools if you wish to request access to personal information we hold about you or believe that information should be corrected.
Where applicable, we will take reasonable steps to respond to requests for access or correction in accordance with Australian privacy law.
There may be circumstances in which access cannot be provided or must be limited. Where required by law, we will explain the reason for that decision.
14. Anonymity
You can generally access and read OpsTools without identifying yourself directly to us.
Where practical, you may also contact us without providing unnecessary personal information. Certain information may nevertheless be required where it is necessary to respond to a particular request or meet a legal or operational requirement.
15. Children
OpsTools is a general information and technology publication and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information to OpsTools in circumstances where it should not have been collected, please contact us so the matter can be reviewed.
16. Automated systems, search engines and AI services
Publicly available OpsTools pages may be accessed by search engines, web crawlers, aggregators and artificial intelligence services.
OpsTools may use technical controls, including robots.txt directives, to permit or restrict particular forms of automated access.
Information you publish publicly elsewhere and that is subsequently linked to, quoted by or referenced on OpsTools may also be discoverable through search engines and other automated services.
17. Privacy complaints
If you have a concern about how OpsTools has handled your personal information, please contact us using the contact details provided on the Website.
Please provide enough information for us to understand the issue and investigate it. We will endeavour to respond within a reasonable period.
If the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) applies to the matter and you are not satisfied with the response, you may have the right to make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).
18. Changes to this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to the Website, the services it uses, information-handling practices or applicable legal requirements.
The date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last updated. The current version will be made available on the Website.
19. Governing law
This Privacy Policy is governed by applicable laws of the Commonwealth of Australia and, where relevant, the laws in force in the Northern Territory of Australia.
20. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to request access to or correction of personal information, or want to make a privacy complaint, please contact OpsTools using the contact details provided on the Website.
