Reality Recap is an Australian reality TV news website covering shows, ratings, recaps, gossip, and related entertainment stories. This policy explains what information may be collected when you visit the site and how it may be used.
Where applicable, we handle personal information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles.
Information We Collect
You can browse Reality Recap without creating an account. We may collect basic technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, pages viewed, referring pages, and approximate location derived from your connection.
If you create a member account, we collect the details you provide during signup and account management. This may include your email address, username, first name, last name, date of birth, gender, country, state or region, profile bio, theme preference, followed shows, comments, reports, moderation status, and the date you accepted our terms and community rules.
If you contact us directly, subscribe to a mailing list, enter a promotion, report a comment, or submit information through a form, we may collect the details you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, message, report reason, or correction request.
If you use site search, we may record the search term, result counts, whether the search returned no results, and whether the search came from a signed-in member or anonymous visitor. We do not attach site search logs to a named public profile.
Public Profile And Comment Information
Some account information is intended to be public. Your username, public display name, profile bio, joined date, followed shows, and approved comments may be visible on Reality Recap. Public comments show your first name and last initial rather than your full last name.
Your email address, date of birth, gender, country, state or region, and theme preference are used to operate your account and understand the community. They are not displayed on your public profile by default.
Cookies And Analytics
Reality Recap may use cookies or similar technologies to understand site traffic, improve performance, remember preferences, and measure how readers interact with articles and show pages.
We may use analytics or hosting tools that collect aggregated usage data. These tools help us understand which stories, categories, and shows are most useful to readers.
We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services. These services may collect technical and usage information such as pages visited, approximate location, device information, referral information, and interactions with the site.
Editorial And CMS Services
Our articles, show information, images, and editorial data may be managed through third-party content management or hosting services. These services help us publish and deliver the website, but they are not used to sell your personal information.
Member Account Services
Member accounts, profiles, comments, moderation records, reports, and followed shows may be processed through Supabase or similar database and authentication services. We use these providers to operate community features, secure logins, prevent spam, and manage moderation.
Overseas Service Providers
Some services we use, such as hosting, analytics, email, security, content management, or media delivery tools, may process or store information outside Australia. Where practical, we use reputable providers and limit the information shared with them to what is needed to operate the site.
Embedded Content And External Links
Articles may include or link to content from other websites, platforms, broadcasters, streaming services, social media services, or video hosts. Those third parties may collect data according to their own privacy policies when you interact with their content or visit their websites.
Advertising, Affiliates, And Sponsored Content
Reality Recap may display advertising, affiliate links, sponsored placements, or other commercial content. Third-party advertising or affiliate partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, advertising identifiers, or similar technologies to deliver ads, measure performance, prevent fraud, limit how often ads are shown, or personalise ads where permitted by law.
We may use Journey by Mediavine, Mediavine, Google AdSense, Google Ad Manager, or other advertising services. These providers and their demand partners may place or read cookies on your browser, use web beacons, or collect information as a result of ad serving on Reality Recap.
Google and its partners may use data when ads are served through Google advertising services. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you use partner sites or apps at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Ads may be personalised based on information such as previous visits to websites or apps, or may be non-personalised and based on contextual information such as the page content or general location. You can manage Google advertising preferences at adssettings.google.com.
Signed-in members may receive an ad-free experience. If you sign out, clear cookies, use a different browser, or browse anonymously, the site may treat you as a non-member and advertising may load.
Where required by law, including for visitors in the United Kingdom, the European Economic Area, or Switzerland, we may ask for consent before using certain cookies or personalised advertising technologies.
Marketing Communications
If we offer newsletters, alerts, giveaways, or other direct marketing in the future, we will only send those communications where permitted by law. Commercial emails will include a way to unsubscribe or opt out.
How We Use Information
We use information to operate the website, publish and improve content, manage member accounts, display public profiles and comments, moderate community activity, investigate reports, monitor performance, protect the site from misuse, respond to messages, and understand reader interest in reality TV coverage.
How Long Information Is Kept
Account, profile, comment, moderation, report, and followed-show records may be kept while your account remains active and for a reasonable period afterwards where needed for security, moderation, legal, backup, or record-keeping purposes. Analytics and technical records may be kept for as long as needed for reporting, security, troubleshooting, and site improvement. Messages or correspondence may be kept for as long as reasonably necessary to respond and maintain business records.
Account Deletion
Members may request account deletion from Account Settings. Deletion requests are held for 7 days so the request can be cancelled if it was made by mistake. After that period, the account and related community data may be permanently deleted, subject to any information we reasonably need to retain for legal, security, moderation, backup, or record-keeping purposes.
Data Security And Data Breaches
We take reasonable steps to protect information connected with the site from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. If a data breach occurs and we are required to notify affected individuals or the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, we will do so in accordance with applicable Australian privacy laws.
Your Choices
You can disable cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the site may not work as intended if cookies or scripts are blocked.
If you have provided personal information and want to ask about access, correction, account deletion, or removal of account information, please use Account Settings where available or email realityrecap.com.au@gmail.com.
Privacy Complaints
If you have a privacy concern or believe your personal information has been mishandled, please email realityrecap.com.au@gmail.com with the details. We will review your complaint and aim to respond within a reasonable time.
If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.
Changes To This Policy
We may update this policy as the website grows, especially if new features such as comments, newsletters, advertising, memberships, or community tools are added. The latest version will be published on this page.
Related Pages
Please also read our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines. Our Advertising And Affiliate Disclosure explains how commercial content may appear on the site.