This policy explains how BribieNow handles personal information. We use the Australian Privacy Principles as a practical baseline and comply with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) where it applies to us.
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Effective: 25 May 2026
Last updated: 7 October 2026
BribieNow (“BribieNow”, “we”, “us”, “our”) is the local service operated by Joshua Raymond Shiels, ABN 93 758 544 313, a sole trader based in Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia. This policy explains how we collect, hold, use, disclose and protect your personal information when you use the BribieNow website at https://bribienow.com.au and any related services (the Service).
BribieNow uses the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) as a privacy baseline. We comply with the Privacy Act and APPs where they apply to our operation; this policy does not assume that every part of the Act applies in every circumstance.
If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use the Service.
“Personal information” has the meaning given in the Privacy Act, broadly, information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable, whether true or not and whether recorded in a material form or not.
We only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to operate the Service. What we collect depends on how you use BribieNow.
Account and profile
If you sign in with Google or Facebook, we receive a basic profile (email address, name and an avatar URL where available) through that provider’s OAuth service. We do not receive your Google or Facebook password.
Content you submit
When you submit an event, garage sale, business listing, missing-pet listing or pet sighting, we collect the information you provide. This may include:
Private business drafts and review
The business-page builder saves the ABN you supply, applicant and account contact details, draft page content, service and locality choices, logo state, ABN-check result and later review outcome as a private draft. We use that information to recover your progress, compare supplied details with public ABN Lookup information, carry out a manual local eligibility review, contact you about the review and, if approved, publish only the fields selected for publication. Without the required ABN, locality and application details we cannot assess or publish the listing.
The application does not ask for proof-of-identity or other supporting documents. An ABN check confirms only public registration information available at the time checked; it is not an identity, licence, insurance, workmanship, safety, availability, suitability or street-address check.
Saved items and notifications
Technical and log data
Information we do not deliberately collect
We only send transactional messages today (such as sign-in links and notifications you have opted into within the app). We do not send marketing emails. If we introduce marketing emails in the future, we will obtain your separate consent in accordance with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) and include an unsubscribe mechanism in every message.
We disclose personal information to a limited number of trusted service providers who help us run BribieNow. We describe those providers by function rather than naming every vendor, so this policy stays clear without exposing unnecessary technical detail. Each provider is required to handle personal information in line with their own privacy and security obligations.
Service providers that may process personal information
Public information and data providers
BribieNow also uses third-party sources and tools to display or import public information, such as conditions data, travel-time estimates, event listings, ticketing information and public social event pages. We do not send your account personal information to those providers in normal operation.
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information.
We may also disclose personal information where required or authorised by law, for example, in response to a court order, a subpoena, or a lawful request from a law-enforcement agency.
Some of the provider categories listed above may store or process information outside Australia. Where that occurs, we take reasonable steps to assess provider privacy and security terms and to handle overseas processing consistently with the APPs. Your personal information may be stored or processed in countries other than Australia, including:
If you would like more information about where a particular item of your personal information is held, email privacy@bribienow.com.au.
Information you submit for publication on BribieNow (for example, an approved event, garage sale, business listing or missing-pet listing) is public once approved. Do not include personal information in those submissions that you do not want to be publicly available. We treat the following submission fields as private and do not publish them:
For a business listing, applicant and account contact details, draft history, the full ABN-check response and reviewer notes stay private. The ABN and private review evidence stay private while the page is a draft or awaiting review. If the page is approved, a formatted ABN may appear beside “Active ABN checked”, but only after approval and a later public launch. Directory and Tradies are not currently public. Public phone, public email and public street address remain separate publication choices. The street address is off by default. A logo is published only from the owner-approved upload. Once listing information is public it may be copied or indexed by other people and services, including search engines.
We store personal information using reputable cloud infrastructure providers with administrative, technical and physical safeguards including:
No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure. We investigate suspected breaches and take proportionate containment and recovery steps. Where the Privacy Act or Notifiable Data Breaches scheme applies to us, we will follow its assessment and notification requirements.
You may ask us to access or correct personal information we hold, remove or unpublish a business listing or selected public field, or make a privacy complaint. Where the APPs apply, APP 12 and APP 13 govern access and correction rights.
To make a request, email privacy@bribienow.com.au. We will respond within a reasonable time (usually within 30 days). We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request. There is no charge to make a request, although in unusual cases we may charge reasonable cost recovery and will tell you in advance.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the OAIC:
BribieNow is intended for general audiences but is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact privacy@bribienow.com.au and we will delete it.
We use a small number of cookies and similar storage technologies:
We do not use third-party advertising cookies. You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings, but doing so may stop you from being able to sign in.
We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Material changes will be highlighted on the website. We will not use changes to this policy to reduce privacy rights you have under applicable law.
For any privacy question or request:
See also our Terms and Conditions.
This policy is written for the current free BribieNow community launch. It should be reviewed before paid features, advertising, or material changes to how the Service handles personal information.