What The Weekly Times's terms say
The Weekly Times's terms of service and privacy policy have 25 rated points: 1 serious, 5 bad, 12 worth knowing and 7 good. 22 apply whenever you use the site, signed in or not; 3 only once you have an account.
Whenever you use The Weekly Times
Bad 5
Your personal data may be used for marketing purposes
The privacy policy states: "We use the information we collect about you to provide Company Services to you. As part of our service to you we may use your personal information: [...] for other marketing and client relationship purposes;"
Where it says this ↗Location data may be collected, used and/or shared
The privacy policy states: "If you access the Company Services from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device, geolocation data, or other transactional information from that device."
Where it says this ↗You are being tracked via social media cookies/pixels
The cookie policy states: "Social plug-in tracking Cookies can be used to track both members and non-members of social networks for additional purposes such as behavioural advertising, analytics, and market research."
Where it says this ↗You may be tracked on other websites
The Privacy Policy states: "Activity Information – cookies and other technologies. When you visit Company's websites (including to access and use Company Services) we and certain third parties such as Facebook may collect information about your visit. For example, in order to connect you to the Company Services, our servers receive and record information about your computer, device, and browser, which may include your IP address, browser type, and other software or hardware information. If you access the Company Services from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device, geolocation data, or other transactional information from that device."
Where it says this ↗Your personal data is used to employ targeted third-party advertising
The privacy policy states: "Company and our advertisers and advertising networks may use the information we collect about you to provide you with relevant advertisements and editorial content when you use Company Services."
Where it says this ↗
Worth knowing 12
Your personal data may be aggregated into statistics
Your personal data is aggregated into statistics
The privacy policy states "Research and data analysis. We may also use your information for research and data analysis to improve Company Services. We may do this research or engage a service provider to do this."
Where it says this ↗You are responsible for any risks, damages, or losses that may incur by downloading materials
The terms of use state: "8. In some circumstances the Site or App allows Users to access and download certain Content onto your device(s). Some such Content may not be available at all times in the future for subsequent download and News will have no liability to you in such circumstances subject to the remainder of these terms."
Where it says this ↗You agree not to use the service for illegal purposes
The terms of use state: "16. You may not use any Media for any purpose or in any way which is unlawful."
Where it says this ↗No guarantee is made reguarding the accuracy and/or reliability of the information provided
The service does not guarantee accuracy or reliability of the information provided
The terms of use state: "News does not warrant the accuracy of the Content which you access through any of the Media. The Content is provided to you "as is" and on an "as available" basis and on the condition that you undertake all responsibility for assessing the accuracy of the Content and rely on it at your own risk."
Where it says this ↗The service is provided 'as is' and to be used at your sole risk
The terms of use state: "News does not warrant the accuracy of the Content which you access through any of the Media. The Content is provided to you "as is" and on an "as available" basis and on the condition that you undertake all responsibility for assessing the accuracy of the Content and rely on it at your own risk."
Where it says this ↗The service assumes no liability for any damages the user incurs
The terms of use state: "b. News will have no responsibility or liability in relation to any loss or damage that you incur, including damage to your software or hardware, arising from your use of or access to any of the Media that is not due to News’ negligence, willful misconduct and/or fraud."
Where it says this ↗Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
The privacy policy states: "When you visit Company's websites (including to access and use Company Services) we and certain third parties such as Facebook may collect information about your visit. For example, in order to connect you to the Company Services, our servers receive and record information about your computer, device, and browser, which may include your IP address, browser type, and other software or hardware information."
Where it says this ↗This service gives your personal data to third parties involved in its operation
The privacy policy states: "To allow service and content providers to assist us in providing and managing the Company Services. We may make your information available to certain third party service and content providers who help us manage or provide the Company Services or provide Company with related services. This might include providers of cloud services, website hosting service providers, debt collection service providers and direct marketing service providers. These third parties may be located in a range of different countries including the United Kingdom, United States of America and Singapore. Our agreements with these third party providers require them not to use your information except for the purpose for which your information was provided. We also require them to comply with relevant privacy laws."
Where it says this ↗First-party cookies are used
The cookie policy states: "News Corp Australia entities (listed in section 9 of our Privacy Policy) ("News", "us," or "we") use cookies and other tracking technologies to deliver and improve the Site, and to display relevant content, products, services and advertising."
Where it says this ↗Blocking first-party cookies may limit your ability to use the service
The cookie policy states: "Some Cookies are essential to the Site in order to facilitate our log-in process and enable you to move around it and to use its features. Without these Cookies, we may not be able to provide certain services or features, and the Site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like."
Where it says this ↗There is a date of the last update of the agreements
The Terms of Use state: "Last Updated: 26 March 2025"
Where it says this ↗Spidering, crawling, or accessing the site through any automated means is not allowed
The terms of use state: "You shall not – nor shall you make it possible for others to – access, collect, text or data mine any Content from the Media by automated means or any other method, whether directly or through an intermediary, intended to circumvent the prohibitions set out in this clause 18 (e.g., robot, spider, script, service, software or any manual or automatic device, tool or process)"
Where it says this ↗
Good 5
If you offer suggestions to the service, they may use that without your approval or compensation, but they do not become the owner
The terms of use state: "23. When you submit content to News in any format, including any text, photographs, graphics, video or audio, you grant News a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to publish, transmit or otherwise use that content in our published materials and to provide and improve our services, now and in the future and, possibly, to attribute you using the details you have provided to us, as the author/provider of that content."
Where it says this ↗Information is provided about security practices
The privacy policy states: "We use reasonable measures to safeguard the personal information we hold about you from loss, theft and unauthorised use, disclosure or modification, including: System security We take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorised access to our online and computerised systems by using measures such as firewalls, data encryption, virus detection methods, and password restricted access. Property security At our business premises, we may engage security personnel and use ID cards to restrict access to those premises. Staff training We train our staff to handle your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws. Third parties We take reasonable steps to ensure that third parties who store or assist us to store your personal information adopt appropriate security measures."
Where it says this ↗Staff at this organisation receive training about handling data
The privacy policy states: "We train our staff to handle your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable privacy laws."
Where it says this ↗You can request access, correction and/or deletion of your data
The privacy policy states: "If you would like to access, review, correct or update your personal information, you may contact us (see section 8). When you contact us, please provide your name and contact details (including your email address, address, and telephone number) and specify clearly what information you would like to access, review, correct or update. We will need to share your information with others who can help us respond to your request. We will try to respond to your request as soon as reasonably practicable. If we refuse your request we will generally tell you why."
Where it says this ↗A list of all cookies used by the service is provided
A list of all cookies set by the website is provided
The Cookie Policy states: "We use a variety of different types of Cookies on our Sites. Different Cookies have different specific purposes but in general they are all used so that we can improve your experience in using our Sites and interacting with us. Some of the purposes of different Cookies we use are described below. (A) Some Cookies are essential to the Site in order to facilitate our log-in process and enable you to move around it and to use its features. Without these Cookies, we may not be able to provide certain services or features, and the Site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like. (B) We may use Cookies to allow us to remember the choices you make while browsing the Site, and to provide enhanced and more personalized content and features, such as customizing a certain webpage, providing relevant advertising or editorial content, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion and for other services you request, like watching a video or commenting on a blog. (C) We may use Cookies to receive and record information about your computer, device, and browser, potentially including your IP address, browser type, and other software or hardware information. If you access the Site from a mobile or other device, we may collect a unique device identifier assigned to that device ("UDID"), geolocation data, or other transactional information for that device. (D) We and our service providers and advertisers may use analytics Cookies, which are sometimes called performance cookies, to collect information about your use of the Site and enable us to improve the way it works. Analytics Cookies collect information about how you use the Site, for instance, which pages you go to most. The information allows us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Site, help us record any difficulties you have with the Site and show us whether our advertising is effective or not. (E) We and our service providers and advertisers may use advertising Cookies to deliver ads that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising Cookies to limit the number of times you see the same ad on our Site, to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns as well as to customize the advertising and content you receive on our Site. (F) Social plug-in tracking Cookies can be used to track both members and non-members of social networks for additional purposes such as behavioural advertising, analytics, and market research."
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If you have a The Weekly Times account
Serious 1
You waive your moral rights
The terms of use state: "26. You waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and use by News in accordance with these terms."
Where it says this ↗
Good 2
You can opt out of receiving promotional communications
You can opt out of promotional communications
The privacy policy states: "Direct marketing. If you do not want to receive promotional messages from us, you can change your account settings or follow the unsubscribe instructions which we include at the bottom of our emails and text messages. If you have installed our app, you can stop push notifications by changing the settings in the app or on your mobile device."
Where it says this ↗Pseudonyms are allowed
The Privacy Policy states: "You are able to use some Company Services without providing any personal information (for example when browsing our digital products as a casual user) or by providing an alias. We usually tell you when you are able to use Company Services in this way."
Where it says this ↗
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