Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

1300EV is an independent Australian website that publishes electric-vehicle prices, specifications, comparisons and Owner Verdicts, and features sponsored offers from partners. You can contact us about privacy at info@1300ev.com.au.

2. Information we collect

Information you choose to send us. Our price-alert, comparison-email, deals-newsletter and advertising forms ask for your name and email address and, depending on the form, your mobile number, postcode, business details and a message, plus your consent. When you submit a form, your details are sent securely to 1300EV and kept in a private record so we can respond. Newsletter sign-ups are also stored with our email-newsletter provider.

Information stored on your device. The site remembers your compare list and whether you closed the deals pop-up using your browser's local storage. This stays on your device and is not sent to us. You can clear it in your browser settings.

Analytics. If enabled, we use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages are used and how often sponsor placements are seen and clicked. Google Analytics uses cookies and receives technical information such as pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser. We do not send your name, email address or other details you type into our forms to Google Analytics. You can opt out with Google's browser add-on at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Technical information. Like most websites, our hosting provider and the font service we use automatically receive technical details such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, to deliver and secure the site.

3. How we use your information

• To respond to your enquiry or request.
• To send you the price alerts, comparisons or deals emails you asked for.
• To discuss advertising with businesses that contact us.
• To run, secure and improve 1300EV.
• To meet our legal obligations.

We will not use your information for any other purpose without your consent, unless the law allows or requires it.

4. We do not share your details with advertisers

1300EV may receive advertising fees from selected business partners. We do not sell, rent or pass your personal information to advertisers or sponsors. If you ask us for help with finance, charging, solar, insurance or servicing, we contact you ourselves first and only introduce you to a provider if you agree. When you click a sponsor's link or offer, you go directly to that business's own website, and anything you share there is handled under their privacy policy. Advertisers receive only aggregate statistics from us, such as how many times their placement was seen and clicked.

5. Marketing emails

We only send marketing emails, such as our deals email, if you have agreed to receive them, in line with the Spam Act 2003 (Cth). Every marketing email tells you how to unsubscribe. You can also unsubscribe at any time by emailing info@1300ev.com.au.

6. Third-party services and links

1300EV uses third parties to host the site (Hostinger), deliver web fonts (Google Fonts), measure site use (Google Analytics, when enabled) and send our newsletter (Brevo). Our pages also link to other websites, including Wikimedia Commons (for photo credits), motoring publications and government sources (for price and specification sources), and partner websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites. Please read their policies.

7. Storage, security and overseas disclosure

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access. We keep it only for as long as we need it for the purposes above, then delete or de-identify it. Some of our service providers (for example, our hosting, analytics and newsletter providers) may store or process information outside Australia, including in the United States and the European Union.

8. Access, correction and deletion

You can ask to see, correct or delete the personal information we hold about you by emailing info@1300ev.com.au. We may need to confirm your identity first. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Complaints

If you have a concern about how we have handled your personal information, email info@1300ev.com.au and we will respond within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at oaic.gov.au.

10. Children

1300EV is intended for adults researching vehicles. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page with its "last updated" date.