Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 24, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how ReefFromCairns.com (“ReefFromCairns”, “we”, “us” or “the Site”) collects, uses and protects information when you visit this website.

ReefFromCairns.com is an independent travel information and tour-comparison website focused on Great Barrier Reef trips from Cairns. We publish travel guides, compare tour options and provide links to third-party booking platforms. We do not operate the tours listed on the Site and we do not directly process tour bookings or payments.

Information We Collect

You can browse ReefFromCairns.com without creating an account or directly providing personal information.

When you use the Site, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our hosting provider, advertising services and other technologies used to operate the website. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring page, pages visited, approximate location derived from your IP address, date and time of access, and technical information about how you interact with the Site.

If you contact us, we may receive the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address and the contents of your message. We use this information only as reasonably necessary to respond to your enquiry, maintain correspondence and protect the Site from abuse.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

ReefFromCairns.com may use cookies, local storage and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, support language selection, measure website performance, prevent abuse, support affiliate tracking and display advertising.

Some cookies are necessary for the Site to function. Other cookies, including advertising cookies, may only be used after consent where applicable law requires it.

Where a cookie or privacy preference tool is displayed, you can use it to accept, reject or adjust the categories of non-essential cookies available to you. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings, although disabling some cookies may affect parts of the Site.

Google Advertising

ReefFromCairns.com may display advertisements provided by Google, including through Google AdSense.

Google and other third-party advertising vendors may use cookies or similar technologies to serve advertisements, measure advertising performance, prevent fraud and, where permitted, provide personalised advertising based on a visitor’s previous visits to this Site or other websites.

Depending on your location and consent choices, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised. You can manage personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings. You may also be able to control advertising cookies through the consent controls provided on this Site.

Google processes information according to its own privacy policies and advertising policies. ReefFromCairns.com does not control the data collected directly by Google after it is transmitted to Google’s systems.

Affiliate Links and Tour Booking Partners

ReefFromCairns.com contains affiliate links to third-party travel and tour-booking services, including links associated with Viator and potentially other travel partners.

If you click an affiliate link, the booking provider or affiliate network may receive information needed to identify that the visit originated from ReefFromCairns.com. This may involve cookies, tracking parameters or similar technologies. If you later make a purchase, we may receive a commission.

Using an affiliate link does not normally increase the price you pay.

Once you leave ReefFromCairns.com and visit a third-party booking platform, that company processes your information under its own privacy policy and terms. Any information you provide during a booking — including your name, contact details, payment information, traveller information or booking details — is provided directly to the third-party booking service. ReefFromCairns.com does not receive or store your payment-card information.

External Websites

Our articles may link to tour operators, booking platforms, tourism organisations, government websites and other third-party resources.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, cookies, security or content of third-party websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external service before providing personal information.

How We Use Information

Information collected through the Site may be used to operate and secure ReefFromCairns.com, deliver pages and language preferences correctly, understand general website usage, diagnose technical problems, prevent spam or abuse, respond to enquiries, measure affiliate referrals, display and measure advertising, and comply with legal obligations.

Where applicable, we rely on consent for non-essential cookies and similar technologies. We may also process limited technical information where necessary for the operation and security of the Site or for legitimate interests such as maintaining, protecting and improving the website, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.

Advertising, “Sale” and “Sharing” of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information to third parties for money.

However, advertising and affiliate technologies can involve disclosure of online identifiers and activity information to third parties. Under some privacy laws, certain advertising practices may be legally defined as “sharing” or, in some circumstances, a “sale” of personal information even when no money is exchanged for the information itself.

Where required by applicable law, visitors are provided with mechanisms to manage consent or opt out of relevant advertising technologies.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to maintain the security and operation of the Site, to respond to correspondence, or to meet legal obligations.

Technical logs may be retained by our hosting, security or infrastructure providers according to their retention schedules. Third-party advertising and affiliate providers determine the retention periods for information they collect directly under their own policies.

International Data Transfers

ReefFromCairns.com is accessible internationally. Some service providers used by the Site may process information in countries other than the country in which you live.

Where data-protection law requires safeguards for international transfers of personal information, the relevant service provider or data controller is expected to use an appropriate legal transfer mechanism.

Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, applicable data-protection law may give you rights regarding your personal information. These may include rights to request access to personal information, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, restrict certain processing, receive certain information in a portable format, object to particular processing, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, and complain to an appropriate data-protection authority.

These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions. If we do not hold information that can reasonably be linked to you, we may have no data to provide in response to a request.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland

If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom or Switzerland, non-essential advertising or tracking technologies may require your consent before they are used.

You may withdraw consent through the privacy or cookie controls available on the Site where such controls are provided. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that lawfully occurred before the withdrawal.

You may also have rights under the GDPR, UK GDPR or other applicable data-protection legislation, including rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection.

Children’s Privacy

ReefFromCairns.com is a general travel-information website and is not directed specifically at children. We do not knowingly ask children to create accounts or directly submit personal information to use the Site.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.

Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect the Site and information under our control. However, no website, internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” setting. There is no single universally accepted technical standard governing how websites must respond to these signals. Where applicable law requires a particular privacy preference or opt-out mechanism, we aim to comply with those requirements through the relevant consent or privacy controls.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when our website, advertising arrangements, affiliate relationships, technology or legal obligations change.

The date at the top of this page shows when the policy was most recently updated. Material changes may also be highlighted on the Site where appropriate.

Contact

If you have a question about this Privacy Policy, the personal information associated with your communication with us, or a privacy request, please contact ReefFromCairns.com using the contact details provided on the Site.