Privacy Policy
This policy explains, in plain terms, how totallygoldcoast.com ("the site", "we", "us") handles information when you visit, including our use of analytics, cookies, and affiliate partnerships.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics (Google tag / gtag.js) to understand how the site is used — which pages are popular, roughly where visitors come from, and how the site performs. This works via cookies and similar technologies.
For visitors we detect as likely being in the EU, EEA or UK (a best-effort check based on browser timezone, not precise geolocation), analytics is held off by default until you actively accept the cookie banner shown on your first visit — see "Cookies" below. Everywhere else, analytics behaves as described above. You can also opt out at any time using your browser's cookie settings or Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
Cookies
This site uses cookies and similar browser storage for analytics as described above and to remember your cookie-consent choice. We don't use cookies to build advertising profiles ourselves, and we don't run display advertising on the site.
Visitors we detect as likely being in the EU, EEA or UK see a cookie notice on their first visit, with the option to accept analytics cookies or continue with necessary-only cookies. Your choice is remembered locally in your browser (via localStorage) so you're not asked again on future visits to this site. This detection is timezone-based, not exact geolocation.
Affiliate links & partnerships
Totally Gold Coast is not currently running affiliate or referral monetisation. The site does not currently publish Wise, Amazon, Hotels.com or Expedia affiliate links or commission-earning booking widgets. If that changes in future, this policy and any relevant on-page disclosures should be updated before those links or widgets go live.
Third-party services
Pages may link to independent tourism operators, attractions, transport providers and other useful external services for practical information. Those external sites operate under their own privacy and cookie policies; a normal informational link does not mean Totally Gold Coast receives a commission.
What we don't collect
We don't require an account to browse the site, and there's no login or user-submitted content system. Our on-site search runs entirely in your browser and doesn't send your search terms to us or to any third party.
Third parties (general)
Beyond our affiliate partners above, we link out to other third-party sites (theme parks, tourism bodies, transport operators, etc.) for further information. Once you leave our site, their own privacy policies apply.
Children's privacy
This site is intended for general travel-planning audiences and isn't directed at children. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to this policy
As the site grows — including any future addition of newsletters, comments, new affiliate partners, or other interactive features — this policy will be updated to reflect what's actually collected. Material changes will be reflected on this page with an updated review date.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to [email protected].
This page is a general template and does not constitute legal advice. Review it against your actual data practices and applicable law (including Australian Privacy Principles and, if you have EU/UK visitors, GDPR/UK GDPR and the ePrivacy rules on cookies) before relying on it — particularly around the cookie-consent mechanism, which is a good-faith timezone-based approximation rather than certified geolocation.