Privacy Policy

Last updated: 19 July 2026

The Men’s Waypoint respects your privacy. This policy explains what information may be collected when you use this website, why it may be collected and how you can contact us about it.

1. About The Men’s Waypoint

The Men’s Waypoint is an independent Australian information and navigation project for adults aged 18 and over.

The website provides general information, practical starting points and links to external support services. It does not provide therapy, diagnosis, clinical assessment, crisis counselling or emergency services.

2. Information we may collect

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, our hosting and security systems may automatically record limited technical information, including:

your internet protocol (IP) address;
browser and device type;
the date and time of your visit;
pages or files requested;
referring website information; and
security, performance and error information.

This information is generally used to operate, secure and maintain the website. We do not use it to diagnose, assess or create a health profile about you.

Information you choose to provide

If you contact us by email, we may receive your email address, your name if you provide it, and the contents of your message.

Please do not send detailed personal health information, crisis disclosures or information about another person. The Men’s Waypoint is not a clinical or crisis service, and email is not suitable for urgent assistance.

If you or someone else is in immediate danger in Australia, call Triple Zero (000). For crisis and urgent support options, visit the Need Help Now page.

Information we do not currently collect

At the date of this policy, the public website does not provide user accounts, online assessments, personal journals, story-submission forms, newsletters, payments or personalised recommendations. It does not save answers entered into downloadable worksheets.

If these features are introduced, this policy will be updated before or when they become available.

3. How we use information

We may use information for the following purposes:

to provide, maintain and secure the website;
to investigate technical faults, misuse or security incidents;
to respond to genuine enquiries;
to understand broad website performance without creating clinical profiles;
to comply with legal obligations; and
to protect the rights, safety and security of visitors, the project and others.

We do not sell or trade personal information.

4. Cookies and similar technologies

The website may use essential cookies or similar technologies required for WordPress administration, security, performance and basic website operation.

At the date of this policy, we do not use third-party advertising cookies or behavioural advertising. We also do not use non-essential analytics tools on the public website.

If analytics, advertising, embedded media or other non-essential tracking technologies are added later, we will update this policy and introduce appropriate choices or consent controls where required.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect how parts of the website operate.

5. When information may be disclosed

Limited information may be handled by service providers that help us host, secure, maintain or administer the website. This currently includes our website hosting provider, Hostinger.

We may also disclose information where reasonably necessary:

to technical advisers or service providers acting on our instructions;
to investigate fraud, misuse or a security incident;
where required or authorised by Australian law; or
where necessary to address a serious and imminent threat to a person’s life, health or safety.

Service providers are expected to handle information for the services they provide and in accordance with their own legal and privacy obligations.

6. Overseas processing

Some website, hosting, security or communications providers may process or store technical information outside Australia. The countries involved may vary according to the provider’s infrastructure and service settings.

We take reasonable steps to select reputable providers and limit the information made available to what is reasonably necessary for website operation.

7. External websites and support services

The website links to independent organisations, including Australian government, health and crisis-support services. The Men’s Waypoint does not operate these external websites and is not responsible for their privacy practices.

When you follow an external link, the other organisation’s privacy policy and terms apply. We do not receive details of conversations you have with an external support service merely because you followed a link from this website.

8. Security and retention

We take reasonable steps to protect information from misuse, interference, loss and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure. No internet service or email system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Technical records and correspondence are retained only for as long as reasonably needed for website operation, security, responding to an enquiry or meeting legal obligations. Information that is no longer required is deleted or de-identified where reasonably practicable.

9. Access and correction

You may ask whether we hold personal information about you and request access to, or correction of, that information. We may need to confirm your identity before responding.

Some requests may be refused where permitted by law. If that occurs, we will explain the reason where reasonably possible.

10. Privacy questions and complaints

If you have a privacy question, believe information is inaccurate or wish to make a complaint, contact:

The Men’s Waypoint
Email: mschroedz@outlook.com

Please write Privacy enquiry in the email subject line. We will acknowledge and consider your enquiry within a reasonable time.

If you are not satisfied with our response and the Privacy Act 1988 applies to the matter, you may be able to contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.

11. Adults-only audience

The Men’s Waypoint is currently designed for adults aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly invite children to provide personal information through the website.

Some external support services linked from the website assist younger people. Those services operate independently and have their own privacy practices.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the website, its providers, its features or applicable requirements change. The current version will be published on this page with its updated date.