Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 16/04/2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Peter Puglisi (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you use our website and blog (the “Service”).

We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. When you visit our website and blog and use our products, you trust us with your personal information. We take your privacy very seriously. In this Privacy Policy, we seek to explain to you in the clearest way possible what information we collect, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it.

This Privacy Policy applies to all information collected through our website and blog, as well as any related services, sales, marketing, or events.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully as it will help you understand what we do with the information we collect.

2. Definitions

To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Privacy Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, they are strictly defined as:

Cookie: a small file placed on your device to enable certain features and functionality.
Company: when this policy mentions “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” it refers to Peter Puglisi.
Country: where Peter Puglisi or the owners/founders of ReviewTheStack.com are based, in this case Queensland, Australia.
Customer: refers to the company, organization, or person that signs up to use the website service.
Device: any internet-connected device such as a phone, tablet, computer, or any other device that can be used to visit ReviewTheStack.com and use the services.
Personal Data: any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information allows for the identification of a natural person.
Service: refers to the website and blog provided by Peter Puglisi as described in the relative terms and on this platform.
Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.
Website: Peter Puglisi’s site, which can be accessed via https://reviewthestack.com.
You: a person or entity that is registered with Peter Puglisi to use the Services.

3. Information We Collect

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

3.1 Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

Email address
First name and last name
Cookies and Usage Data

3.3 Usage Data

We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

3.4 Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

3.4.1 Types of Cookies We and Third Parties May Use

We and our third-party service providers may use cookies and similar tracking technologies in connection with the operation of the Website, the provision of services, analytics, security, and advertising. These may include:

Session Cookies: Session cookies are used to facilitate the operation of the Website and to enable users to navigate and use its features.
Preference Cookies: Preference cookies may be used to recognize users when they return to the Website and to remember certain preferences, settings, or choices.
Security Cookies: Security cookies are used to support the security of the Website, help detect fraudulent or abusive activity, and protect user data and system integrity.
Advertising Cookies: Advertising cookies may be used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to users’ interests, to limit the number of times an advertisement is shown, and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

3.4.2 Third-Party Cookies and Tracking Technologies

The Website may also permit third-party analytics providers, advertising networks, advertisers, and other service providers to use cookies and similar tracking technologies on or through the Website. Such third parties may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites, devices, and online services.

Please note that we do not control the cookies or similar technologies that may be placed by third parties, nor do we control the manner in which such third parties collect, use, or disclose information obtained through those technologies. The use of such cookies and tracking technologies by third parties is governed by the respective privacy policies and cookie policies of those third parties, and not by this Policy.

You may be able to control certain cookies through your browser settings, device settings, consent management tools, or other available opt-out mechanisms. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website or your user experience.

4. How We Use Your Information

Peter Puglisi uses the collected data for various purposes:

To provide and maintain our Service
To notify you about changes to our Service
To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
To provide customer support
To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
To monitor the usage of our Service
To detect, prevent and address technical issues
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
To provide you with news, updates, special offers, and general information about software, tools, services, and related promotions that may be relevant to the content, reviews, or comparisons presented on this Service, unless you have opted not to receive such information
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
For any other purpose with your consent

6. Retention of Your Personal Data

Peter Puglisi will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Peter Puglisi will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

7. Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside Australia and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Australia and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

Peter Puglisi will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

8. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If Peter Puglisi is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, Peter Puglisi may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).

Legal Requirements

Peter Puglisi may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of Peter Puglisi
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability

9. Third-Party Disclosure

9.1 Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network. You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity. For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

9.2 Advertising

We do not currently use a specific third-party advertising network or service provider to display advertising on the Website.

If we engage a specific third-party advertising network or provider in the future, we will update this Privacy Policy in due course to identify that provider and to include further information about its data collection and use practices, together with relevant links to its privacy policy and/or data collection policies.

10. Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

11. Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

If we need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your information and your country requires consent from a parent, we may require your parent’s consent before we collect and use that information.

12. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict use of your information. We honour these rights regardless of your location and are committed to providing reasonable access to the information that you have shared with us.

12.1 General Data Access & Deletion Rights

Regardless of your location, you can make the following requests regarding your personal data:

Access Your Data: You can request a copy of the personal information we have about you. We will provide this information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.
Delete Your Data: You can request that we delete your personal information from our systems. We will comply with this request unless there is a legal requirement for us to keep certain information.

To submit a data access or deletion request, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy. We will respond to your request within 30 days. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.

12.5 Australian Privacy Rights

Under the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs), you have the right to:

Request access to your personal information
Request correction of your personal information
Opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications
Make a complaint about a breach of the APPs

We will respond to your access or correction request within 30 days. If we refuse to give you access to or correct your personal information, we will provide you with reasons for our decision and information about how to make a complaint if you are not satisfied with our response.

13. Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

14. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

At such time we will update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

16. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

By email: privacy[at]reviewthstack[dot]com