Privacy Policy

CyOps Consulting | Effective Date: 23 February 2026

At CyOps Consulting, we are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle your information. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, your rights, and other important details. By using our website at

By visiting https://cyops.com, subscribing to our newsletter, or interacting with our blog or other services, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

Newsletter Subscriptions: If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and, optionally, your name.

Blog Comments (if enabled): If you comment on blog posts, we collect the information you provide, such as your name and comment content. Please note that this information becomes publicly visible.

Event and Webinar Registrations: If you register for an event or webinar hosted or co-sponsored by us, we may collect your name, email address, company, and job title. Where registration information is shared with event sponsors, we will clearly disclose this at the point of registration.

Contact Forms and Enquiries: If you contact us through our website, we collect your name, email address, and any other information you include in your message.

Information Collected Automatically

Usage Data: We collect non-personal information about your interactions with our website, including pages visited, time spent on pages, referring website, browser type, device type, operating system, and anonymised IP address. This helps us understand how our website is used and improve its performance.

Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your browsing experience, personalise content, analyse website traffic, and serve advertising. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings; however, disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to evaluate the use of our website. Google Analytics uses cookies and other identifiers to collect information about how users interact with our site. To learn more, please review

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how our website is used. For details on how Google Analytics collects data, please review Google's Privacy Policy.

Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting

Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You may opt out of personalised advertising at Google's Ads Settings.

Information from Third Parties

We work with advertising partners, including Google AdSense, who may collect information about your browsing activity across different websites using cookies and similar technologies to deliver targeted advertisements.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• Providing and improving our services, including operating our website, delivering blog content, personalising your experience, and implementing any settings changes you make.

• Communicating with you, including sending newsletters (if you have subscribed), responding to your enquiries, and providing service updates.

• Marketing and advertising, including displaying relevant advertisements and sending information about our services, events, and promotions.

• Analytics, to analyse website traffic, understand user behaviour, and improve our website's performance.

• Security, to protect our website and users from fraud, abuse, unauthorised access, and other threats, including monitoring for cyber attacks.

• Legal compliance, to comply with applicable laws, regulations, and legal obligations, and to defend and enforce our rights where necessary.

• Business continuity, to support due diligence or evaluations in connection with any actual or proposed merger, acquisition, or restructuring of our business.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

• Consent — where you have given us your explicit consent for a specific purpose, such as subscribing to our newsletter.

• Contractual necessity — where processing is necessary to fulfil a service or agreement with you.

• Legal obligation — where processing is required for us to comply with a legal obligation.

• Legitimate interests — where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as improving our services and ensuring website security, provided these interests do not override your rights and freedoms. Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider and balance any potential impact on your privacy.

4. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with the following categories of third parties:

• Service providers who assist us with website hosting, email delivery, analytics, advertising, and other operational services. These providers are contractually required to protect your information.

• Advertising partners, including Google AdSense, who may use cookies and similar technologies to deliver targeted advertisements.

• Event sponsors, where you register for a webinar or event, as clearly disclosed at the point of registration.

• Advisors and affiliates, including accountants, attorneys, and subsidiaries, where necessary to administer our services or exercise our rights.

• Legal and regulatory authorities, where required by law or legal process, or where we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights or the rights, property, or safety of others.

• Third parties in the event of a sale, merger, reorganisation, or other restructuring of our business.

5. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal data under applicable privacy laws, including Australian privacy law, the GDPR, or other applicable legislation. These rights may include:

• Right to access — to request information about the personal data we hold about you.

• Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate personal data.

• Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data, subject to legal exceptions.

• Right to restrict processing — to request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances.

• Right to data portability — to receive your personal data in a structured, machine-readable format.

• Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes.

• Right to withdraw consent — to withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

• Right to limit use of sensitive information — to request that we use your sensitive personal data only for the purposes for which it was provided.

Non-discrimination: You will not be denied services, charged different prices, or provided a lesser level of service as a result of exercising any of the rights described in this policy.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise any of the above rights, please contact us at info@cyops.com.au. We will acknowledge receipt of your request within 10 business days and endeavour to respond fully within 45 days. We may ask you to verify your identity before processing your request. If we are unable to verify your identity, we will notify you. We respond to requests free of charge, though we reserve the right to charge a reasonable fee in exceptional circumstances.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this policy, including satisfying any legal, cybersecurity, accounting, or reporting requirements. In determining the appropriate retention period, we consider the nature and sensitivity of the data, the purposes for which it is processed, and the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure.

7. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside Australia, which may have different data protection standards. Where such transfers occur, we will implement appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses or other recognised transfer mechanisms, to ensure your data remains protected.

8. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed to children as defined under applicable law. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal information without appropriate consent, please contact us at

9. Security

The security of your personal information is important to us. We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and organisational safeguards designed to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure, or access. These measures are selected in consideration of the nature of the personal data, the purposes of processing, and the risks involved. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is entirely infallible, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Third-Party Websites

Our website and blog may contain links to third-party websites, which may have privacy policies that differ from our own. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites and recommend that you review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

11. Accessibility

We are committed to ensuring our communications are accessible to people with disabilities. To make accessibility-related requests or to report barriers, please contact us at info@cyops.com.au.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. If we make changes that materially affect our use of personal information or your privacy rights, we will provide notice through our website at https://cyops.com and/or by email. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy, please contact us at: info@cyops.com.au.