Privacy
Wildgrounds uses account, community and uploaded media data to run saved destinations, profile pages, posts, follows, reviews, corrections and moderated public outdoor information. We keep private planning data separate from the public outdoor index.
Account and profile
When you sign in, we store your user id, email-derived display name, optional avatar, username, gender, home state and bio. Profile fields are editable from your profile page.
Saved places and follows
Saved destinations, followed users, follower relationships and private trip-planning activity are stored so you can return to your shortlist and community graph across devices. Saved lists and private trip details are not intended to be indexed as public search pages.
Location features
When you use location-based features, your browser may share a current position so Wildgrounds can estimate distance or sort nearby places. Browser location permission is optional. Place and park coordinates shown on public pages come from official, open, imported or reviewed source data, not from a user's private location.
Reviews, corrections, posts and feedback
Reviews, comments, place corrections, community posts and site feedback can be screened by automated safety checks and reviewed by admins. Approved public content may remain visible until you delete it or an admin removes it.
Uploaded photos
Uploaded avatars and community photos may be compressed, resized, cropped for display frames and stripped of embedded metadata such as EXIF location where supported. Approved public photos may be shown with the related post, review, place, park or guide page and may be used as preview or SEO imagery on Wildgrounds pages.
Third-party services
Wildgrounds uses service providers for hosting, storage, authentication, maps, address lookup, analytics and content safety. Google Maps and Places content is an enrichment/display layer only; Wildgrounds does not store copied Google review text or Google photos in its database.
Analytics and search visibility
Wildgrounds may use privacy-conscious analytics and search console data to understand page quality, broken flows and search visibility. Public pages can include structured data such as coordinates, official source links and facility summaries. User account pages, saved lists and private trip workflows are kept out of the public index where practical.
Contact and deletion
Use the feedback form in your profile or email service@wildgrounds.au for account questions, media removal or data concerns. Deleted user content is hidden from normal public views; account deletion can be handled by support while the self-serve flow is being built.