Data Protection & Privacy
Privacy Policy
How MyGPU Australia collects, handles, and safeguards your information in full alignment with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) established under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
We do not sell, rent, lease, or trade your personal email or browsing history to third-party data aggregators or advertisers.
Our GPU Power Cost, Bottleneck, and Finder tools calculate results entirely in your browser memory without storing your inputs.
Strict adherence to the 13 Australian Privacy Principles regulating transparent data collection, storage, and access rights.
Manage cookie permissions directly in your browser, or request full deletion of your contact records at any time.
1. Overview & Who We Are
This Privacy Policy sets out how MyGPU Australia ("we", "us", or "our"), operating the website https://www.mygpu.com.au/, collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information provided by Australian and international visitors.
We are committed to handling your data with respect, utmost security, and total adherence to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), the Privacy Amendment (Enhancing Privacy Protection) Act 2012, and the 13 Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).
2. Information We Collect
We deliberately minimize the personal data we gather. Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect the following categories of information:
| Data Category | Examples of Data | Collection Purpose & Method |
|---|---|---|
| Direct Contact Data | Name, email address, inquiry topic, message content. | Provided voluntarily when submitting our contact or editorial feedback forms. |
| Technical & Log Data | Anonymized IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URL. | Automatically logged by Cloudflare and web servers for DDoS security, traffic analysis, and spam filtration. |
| Interactive Tool Data | Selected GPU budget, monitor resolution, power wattage inputs. | Processed 100% locally in your web browser JavaScript environment; never sent or saved to remote databases. |
| Aggregated Analytics | Pages viewed, time on page, scroll depth, exit pages. | Collected via privacy-focused Google Analytics with strict IP anonymization enabled. |
We do not collect sensitive data such as credit card numbers, government identifiers, physical home addresses, health details, or biometric information.
3. How We Use Collected Information
We collect and use information strictly for legitimate operational purposes:
- Editorial Response: Answering technical queries, benchmark feedback, or corrections sent through our contact form.
- Website Maintenance & Optimization: Monitoring server load, identifying broken links, and enhancing page rendering speeds for Australian NBN and mobile networks.
- Security & Abuse Prevention: Detecting malicious bots, automated scraping attempts, and denial-of-service traffic.
- Content Strategy: Understanding which GPU price brackets and benchmark comparisons are most relevant to Aussie gamers to guide future editorial coverage.
4. Cookies & Affiliate Referral Tokens
Cookies are small text files placed on your device to enhance navigation, analyze site trends, and record outbound merchant referrals.
Types of Cookies Used on MyGPU Australia:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Required for fundamental site operations, such as remembering your reduced motion preferences and ensuring smooth page rendering.
- Analytical Cookies: Anonymously measure how visitors navigate through our benchmark tables and buying guides so we can improve layout usability.
- Third-Party Affiliate Cookies: When you click an external link to an Australian retailer (such as Scorptec, PC Case Gear, Umart, MWAVE, or Amazon AU), the retailer sets a temporary referral cookie to register that MyGPU Australia referred the visit. These cookies contain no personally identifiable information (PII) and expire after a set duration (typically 24 hours to 30 days).
You can disable or purge cookies at any time through your browser preferences (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari). Note that disabling cookies will not impair your ability to read our GPU guides and reviews.
5. Third-Party Services & Disclosures
We do not sell or monetize personal information. We work with trusted technology providers who operate under strict confidentiality and privacy agreements:
- Cloudflare Inc: Provides edge content delivery (CDN), SSL encryption, and security firewalling to safeguard our site against cyber threats.
- Google Analytics (IP Anonymized): Measures aggregate readership statistics with the
anonymize_ipflag permanently activated to mask your full IP address. - Verified Australian Retailers: Outbound links direct users to authorized merchant websites governed by their own individual privacy policies.
6. Data Security & Storage
We implement industry-standard administrative and technical security safeguards:
- Full 256-bit Transport Layer Security (TLS/HTTPS) encryption across every page and data submission channel.
- Server infrastructure located in secure, monitored Tier-4 data centers with enterprise-grade firewalls.
- Zero storage of reader passwords or financial details on our servers.
7. Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) & Your Rights
Under the Australian Privacy Principles, you hold specific enforceable rights concerning your personal information:
- Right to Access (APP 12): You may request a copy of any personal data (such as archived email correspondence) we hold about you.
- Right to Correction (APP 13): You may request that inaccurate or outdated contact information be updated or corrected immediately.
- Right to Deletion (Right to Be Forgotten): You may request permanent deletion of any past contact form submissions from our mail archives.
- Complaints: If you believe we have breached the Australian Privacy Principles, you may contact our Privacy Officer. If you are unsatisfied with our response, you have the right to lodge a formal complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au.
8. Children's Privacy
MyGPU Australia is a general audience technology publication providing hardware analysis for PC gamers and builders. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal data from children under the age of 16. If we become aware that personal information from a minor has been collected without parental consent, we will delete it promptly.
9. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our editorial tools, Australian privacy legislation, or technical operations. Any modifications will be posted directly to this page with an updated effective date.
10. Contacting Our Privacy Officer
For questions, data access requests, or privacy-related feedback, please reach out to:
Email: privacy@mygpu.com.au
Website: mygpu.com.au/contact/
Location: Sydney & Melbourne, Australia