Privacy Policy.

Scope

This policy applies to the FuelFinderAus website, Android app (au.com.fuelfinderaus.app), installable web app, public forms and private owner administration area. It does not control the privacy practices of external websites, mapping services, fuel retailers or other services you open from FuelFinderAus.

Android app

The app works without a FuelFinderAus account. Device location is optional and requested only when you choose a location control. Granted foreground coordinates are sent over encrypted connections to FuelFinderAus to provide your requested search; the app does not track location in the background. You can search manually and revoke permission in Android settings.

References to browser storage below also cover the app's local storage and native preferences. Favourites, private notes, discounts, observed prices and saved journey settings stay on your device and are not synced to a FuelFinderAus account. Android cloud backup and device-transfer backup are excluded for app data. You can remove saved entries in the app or clear its storage in Android settings; clearing storage or uninstalling can permanently remove saved tools.

More > Privacy includes an option to exclude this app from optional usage measurement. Fuel-search usage events may include broad area, fuel, filter and result totals with random event and visit identifiers; they exclude precise current location, journey addresses, private notes and discounts. The switch does not stop essential search requests, hosting/security processing or separate website pages opened in the website viewer. The service providers, purposes and retention described below also apply to the app. Maps request OpenStreetMap tiles directly, and external directions/share actions send only the destination or public search information you choose to open or share.

Suggestions, station updates and business enquiries are optional submissions and are processed as described below. No account creation or sign-in is provided in the app. Privacy, access and deletion requests for submitted information can be sent to Admin@fuelfinderaus.com.au; include enough information to locate the submission, without sending unnecessary sensitive details.

Information we handle

Searches, location and journeys

You may search using a preset area, typed suburb or town, street address, journey endpoints or your device location. A device location is used to centre the requested search and is not saved to a FuelFinderAus user account, suggestions database or analytics record. FuelFinderAus does not place precise device-location coordinates into a shared search link; select a suburb or town before sharing. Typed location and journey searches are processed to find coordinates or calculate a route.

Information saved only in your browser

National favourites store only state and public station identifiers in this browser. There is no account or fixed station count; browser storage limits apply. Saved stations are compared using public statewide feeds without sending the saved list to the server. Clear favourites in the map comparison panel or remove this website’s browser data. Browser privacy settings or clearing site data can remove saved stations. Map area searches are sent to HERE only when submitted and are not saved by the map search control.

Fuel type, search area, search size, filters, excluded brands and vehicle settings may be stored locally and used in requests needed to provide results. Discount card or brand names, discount amounts, favourites, observed prices and private station notes stay in your browser and are not included in FuelFinderAus search, routing or sharing requests.

Anonymous usage totals

We may record a broad preset area, fuel type, event type, counts of filters and results, and a whitelisted campaign category such as media, community or partner when a promotional link supplies one. For a recognised campaign link, one anonymous landing count and one first-search completion total may be recorded for that campaign category during the browser session. This avoids treating repeated searches in one visit as separate campaign conversions. If you interact with the commercial enquiry form, one anonymous enquiry-start total may be recorded per browser session; merely loading the advertising page is not counted. A completed commercial enquiry creates a separate anonymous completion total. These totals may retain the broad campaign category but do not contain the enquiry’s business details, a full referring URL, journey addresses, precise coordinates, contact details or an advertising identifier.

Anonymous visits and page views

We count active browser-tab sessions separately for each UTC day using a random daily key kept in session storage. Refreshes and page changes on the same day do not add visits. Returning in that tab on another day can add a visit. If session storage is blocked, a key held only in memory avoids counting every navigation as another visit. We separately count page views for page loads and navigation, including refreshes. Reporting days use UTC. Random request receipts prevent double counting if a tracking request needs retrying. These receipts expire after 48 hours and are removed during subsequent analytics requests. Only daily visit and page-view totals are retained long term, not visitor identifiers, page histories, contact details or precise locations. Visits are not unique people. Totals may undercount blocked requests or include automated traffic. Admin pages and browsers marked as owner browsers are excluded. Visit tracking began on 29 September 2026. Separate page-view counting begins with its release; historical page views are not reconstructed. Full-site search tracking and daily return counting were corrected on 22 October 2026; earlier totals may be incomplete.

Suggestions and station updates

General suggestions contain the category and note you submit. Station updates contain the station, update category and factual details you provide. These forms do not request a name or contact details. Please do not include personal, customer, account, payment or confidential business information.

Commercial enquiries

If you enquire about advertising or sponsorship, we collect the business name, contact name, work email, optional phone number and website, relevant station or area, your message and consent so the owner can assess and respond to the enquiry. When you arrived through a recognised promotional link, the enquiry may also include its broad campaign category, such as media or partner, but not the full referring page.

Security information

Hosting and security providers may process standard technical request information. FuelFinderAus may turn a network address into a one-way, short-lived token to limit spam and abuse. Raw network addresses are not stored in the suggestions or analytics database.

How information is used

• Provide fuel searches, maps, location matching and journey comparisons.
• Remember choices on your device.
• Measure broad, anonymous service usage and identify unsuccessful searches.
• Moderate suggestions and station updates before anything is changed publicly.
• Respond to commercial enquiries and manage any resulting business relationship.
• Prevent abuse, protect the website and investigate operational problems.

We do not sell personal information, precise locations, routes or saved preferences to advertisers or sponsors. Paid placements do not receive access to individual visitor searches.

Service providers and disclosures

FuelFinderAus relies on hosting and security providers, HERE for location matching and road routing, Open Charge Map for charging locations, Resend for owner notification emails, and the owner's email provider. Suggestions and advertising enquiries are stored privately and sent to the owner's nominated inbox at Jon@fuelfinderaus.com.au.

Typed suburb, town and address searches are sent to HERE through our server. Road-route requests send the selected start, destination, relevant fuel-stop coordinates and vehicle settings to HERE. Electric charging searches send the selected search-centre coordinates, or up to four sampled points along a journey, to Open Charge Map through our server. These may be city centres or points derived from the locations you select. We do not send your discounts, favourites or private station notes to these providers.

Maps request tiles directly from OpenStreetMap, which receives your IP address and the requested map area. Fuel-search maps load automatically as they approach the visible part of the page; the charging map loads when its page opens. The national fuel-journey map loads when you choose to show it. A map does not request your device location unless you select the separate location control and grant browser permission.

Fuel-price feeds include Service Victoria, NSW/TAS FuelCheck, Queensland fuel price reporting, the SA Fuel Pricing Information Scheme and WA FuelWatch. These feed requests are made by our server and do not include your typed search or contact details. Local Tasmania fuel searches may send a rounded search-centre coordinate and the selected fuel type to NSW FuelCheck; exact search coordinates are not stored in its shared cache. Directions links open Google Maps when selected and include the selected route or station coordinates.

Optional coffee and snack tips open a Stripe-hosted checkout. Stripe processes payment details under its privacy policy. FuelFinderAus does not collect card numbers or banking login details. The owner can see payment records in Stripe, including the amount and any name or email supplied at checkout, for payment administration and enquiries. Tips do not change access to features or fuel rankings.

These providers operate under their own privacy practices and may process information outside Australia. Journey addresses are not saved to a FuelFinderAus account or included in journey-page URLs. Information may also be disclosed where required by law, to protect the service or its users, or as part of a legitimate transfer of the website subject to appropriate protections.

Storage, security and retention

Anonymous usage records are designed to be removed after 90 days. Short-lived abuse-prevention tokens expire after their rate-limiting window. Suggestions, station updates and commercial enquiries are kept privately for review and response, and are deleted or de-identified when no longer reasonably needed, subject to legitimate business, legal, security or dispute-resolution requirements.

We use access controls, encrypted connections, limited collection, private moderation and other reasonable safeguards. No internet service can guarantee absolute security. Please avoid submitting information the website does not request.

FuelFinderAus may use browser storage and essential hosting or security cookies. A recognised campaign category may be kept only in the current browser tab so it can remain attached as you move between FuelFinderAus pages. It does not currently use third-party advertising cookies or sell cross-site behavioural profiles.

Your choices and rights

• Use a preset area instead of device location.
• Decline or revoke location permission in your browser settings.
• Clear saved FuelFinderAus preferences using the website’s reset control or your browser’s site-data controls.
• Avoid submitting optional suggestions or commercial enquiries.
• Ask about, correct or request deletion of information that can reasonably be identified as yours.

Because general suggestions do not request contact details, we may be unable to identify a particular anonymous submission without enough information to locate it.