Privacy Policy

Effective: 01 Oct 2019 Last Updated: 09 May 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Kontext (“we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects your data when you use our sites, services, and content.

1. Information We Collect

We only collect personal information about individuals when it is specifically and knowingly provided by the individual. Examples include:

Account registration (name, email address)
Adding a profile
Creating articles, forum posts, or comments
Logging in with social accounts (e.g., Microsoft, Google, Google One-Tap)
Signing up for newsletters

We also automatically collect non-personal information such as browser type and version, IP address, device information, and referral data to improve our services and collect demographic statistics. This includes information about your interactions with the website (e.g., pages viewed, features used).

We may use third-party service providers (data processors) for hosting, analytics, and communications. These providers may process your data on our behalf and are subject to their own privacy policies.

2. How We Use Your Personal Data

We use your personal data to:

Send notifications about content to which you subscribe
Notify you of new comments
Send account-related notifications (e.g., registration, password reset, email verification, security alerts)
Display your name with your profile, articles, posts, and comments
Contact you for feedback or important notices (e.g., policy updates)

We process your data based on your consent, our contractual obligations to you, and our legitimate interests in providing and improving our services.

We do not share or disclose your personal data without your consent except:

As required to comply with law enforcement requests, legal process, or national security requirements
When you willingly disclose your information on public pages (e.g., profile, articles, comments)
As necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of Kontext, our users, or others

Your data may be processed by third-party service providers (such as cloud hosting and analytics providers) in accordance with their privacy policies.

4. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Access your personal data
Correct your personal data (Account Settings)
Delete your personal data (email enquiry[at]kontext.tech)
Restrict or object to the processing of your data
Data portability (request a copy of your data)
Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)
Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

When you delete your account:

Your account is immediately deactivated and fully deleted within 30 days
During deactivation, your account and comments are not publicly accessible
After 30 days, your data is not recoverable
It may take additional days for search engines to de-index your data

5. Data Breach Notification

In the event of a data breach that may affect your rights or freedoms, we will notify you and relevant authorities as required by law.

6. Children’s Privacy

Our site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us and we will delete it. Parents may contact us to review or request deletion of their child’s data.

7. International Data Transfers

Our website is hosted in Australia. Your personal data may be stored and processed in countries other than your country of residence, and different laws may apply. Where required, we implement safeguards such as standard contractual clauses to protect your data.

8. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We do not use your personal data for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

9. Other Websites

Our website may contain links to unrelated third-party websites. This privacy statement does not apply to them, and we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.

10. How Long We Keep Your Data

We retain personal data only as long as necessary and regularly review our retention practices.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you in advance of any material changes and post the updated policy with a new effective date. Please review this policy periodically.

12. Contact Information

If you have any questions about this policy, your rights, or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at enquiry[at]kontext.tech.