Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

When you use ThePrompt.com.au, we may collect the following information:

Email address — when you subscribe to our newsletter or create an account. We use this to send you our weekly newsletter and (if opted in) transactional emails related to purchases.

Usage data — we use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-first analytics tool that does not use cookies, does not collect personal data, and is fully compliant with GDPR and the Australian Privacy Act. We track page views and referral sources in aggregate only.

Payment information — if you purchase prompts through our marketplace (Phase 2), payment is processed entirely by Stripe. We never see or store your credit card details.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to: deliver the newsletter you subscribed to, process marketplace transactions, improve our website content and user experience, and send transactional emails (purchase receipts, account notifications).

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for marketing purposes.

3. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

Beehiiv — newsletter delivery. Your email is stored on Beehiiv's servers. See their privacy policy at beehiiv.com/privacy.

Stripe — payment processing. Stripe handles all financial data. See stripe.com/privacy.

Cloudflare — hosting and CDN. Cloudflare processes requests to serve our website. See cloudflare.com/privacypolicy.

Plausible — privacy-first analytics. No personal data collected. See plausible.io/data-policy.

4. Cookies

ThePrompt.com.au uses minimal cookies. We use Plausible Analytics which requires no cookies. If you create an account, we use a session cookie (httpOnly, secure) to keep you logged in. We do not use tracking cookies or third-party advertising cookies.

5. Affiliate Disclosure

Some links on our website are affiliate links. When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. We track affiliate clicks (with hashed, non-identifiable IP addresses) to measure the performance of our recommendations. Affiliate relationships never influence our tool ratings or reviews.

6. Your Rights

Under the Australian Privacy Act 1988, you have the right to: access the personal information we hold about you, request correction of inaccurate information, request deletion of your information, opt out of marketing communications at any time, and lodge a complaint with the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC).

To exercise these rights, email us at hello@theprompt.com.au.

7. Data Security

We use industry-standard security measures including HTTPS encryption, secure password hashing (Argon2id), and Cloudflare's WAF and DDoS protection. Payment data is handled entirely by Stripe's PCI-compliant infrastructure.

8. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact us at hello@theprompt.com.au.