Privacy Policy

Last updated: 23 February 2026

Introduction

Pontium Pty Ltd (‘pontium’, ‘we’, ‘us’) operates the pontium.com.au website and platform. This policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your information. pontium voluntarily complies with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth), even where we may not be legally required to.

What we collect

Consumer visitors: We do not require accounts. We collect postcode data entered during search (not stored beyond the session), standard web analytics (page views, device type, referral source), and IP addresses for security purposes.

Merchant users: Business name, ABN, contact name, email address, phone number, store address, and product pricing data submitted through the merchant portal.

Cookies: We use essential cookies for authentication (merchant portal) and analytics cookies to understand how the platform is used. No advertising or tracking cookies are used.

How we use your information

To operate and improve the platform
To display merchant store profiles and product listings
To calculate distance-based search results using postcode data
To communicate with merchants about their accounts
To detect and prevent misuse

We do not sell, rent, or share personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. Ever.

Data storage and security

Data is stored on servers in Australia and the United States (via our hosting providers Vercel and Railway)
We use industry-standard encryption (HTTPS/TLS) for all data in transit
Merchant passwords are hashed and never stored in plain text
We retain merchant data for the duration of the account plus 12 months after cancellation

Your rights

You can request access to your personal information at any time
You can request correction or deletion of your data
Merchants can export their data through the merchant portal

Contact privacy@pontium.com.au for any privacy-related requests.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date. Continued use of the platform constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

For privacy enquiries: privacy@pontium.com.au

Introduction

What we collect

Merchant users: Business name, ABN, contact name, email address, phone number, store address, and product pricing data submitted through the merchant portal.

Cookies: We use essential cookies for authentication (merchant portal) and analytics cookies to understand how the platform is used. No advertising or tracking cookies are used.

How we use your information

To operate and improve the platform

To display merchant store profiles and product listings

To calculate distance-based search results using postcode data

To communicate with merchants about their accounts

To detect and prevent misuse

We do not sell, rent, or share personal information with third parties for marketing purposes. Ever.

Data storage and security

Data is stored on servers in Australia and the United States (via our hosting providers Vercel and Railway)

We use industry-standard encryption (HTTPS/TLS) for all data in transit

Merchant passwords are hashed and never stored in plain text

We retain merchant data for the duration of the account plus 12 months after cancellation