Who is Yoohoo.Network
Yoohoo.Network is a web site developed by Charles McGavin for the purpose of bringing together Australians with the view to learning, sharing and discussing experiences of interactions with entities and authorities, for better or worse, in Australia.
Yoohoo.Network is a non-corporate, non-profit, open opinion entity provided for the information and enjoyment of individual community members, with Australian, and Australian focussed themes and issues.
Yoohoo.Network encourages publication and sharing of independent news and alternate media sites and stories for the express purpose of expanding their reach and better informing members.
Membership
If you create an account on Yoohoo.Network you are not compelled to use your legal name which is known to Australian authorities. You can use a pseudonym, alias or any other assumed name as you may deem fit.
A valid email address is a requirement of membership for the purposes of receiving notifications about activity on the site, and to receive tokens for two factor authentication (2FA). Your email address is not supplied, sold, or otherwise provided to any other entity and is for the sole purpose of ensuring a smooth interaction with Yoohoo.Network.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on this site , the site collects the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on Yoohoo.Network you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit the Yoohoo.Network login page, a temporary cookie will be set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, Yoohoo.Network will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who your data is shared with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long your data is retained
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so the site can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users who register on https://yoohoo.network (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.