How we handle your answers
Your answers stay in your own browser for the length of your visit. We do not keep a copy.
What we ask
- The guide does not ask for your name, address or date of birth. Home comparison separately accepts a place or address to search aged care homes.
- We do not ask for Medicare, Centrelink or Veterans' Affairs numbers.
- Where money matters, we ask for a range, not an exact amount.
Where your answers are kept
- Your answers are kept in your browser, in a form that only this site can read.
- They are removed when you close your browser.
- We do not store them on our servers.
- They never appear in our server logs.
Saving your answers to come back later
- Nothing is saved unless you choose "Save your answers and come back later".
- Choosing it gives you a link. Your answers are held inside the link itself, in a form that only this site can read.
- We do not keep a copy of the link or of the answers in it.
- Anyone who has the link can open your answers, so keep the link private. It stops working after 30 days.
Location suggestions
In home comparison, Google Maps can suggest Australian places and addresses as you type. When suggestions are available, the text you enter is sent to Google. If you choose a suggestion, VintaGuide uses its address and state or territory to search the published aged care home data. You can search by typing without selecting a suggestion. This location search is not added to your guide answers or saved with them. The search appears in the page URL and may remain in your browser history.
Google handles autocomplete requests under its Maps Platform Terms and Privacy Policy.
Text size and theme
- The bar at the top of each page changes the text size and switches between light and dark.
- Your choice is remembered in your browser for a year, so it does not need setting on each visit.
- It holds the text size and theme only. It says nothing about you or your answers.
Tracking
VintaGuide does not use advertising trackers or analytics.
Privacy policy
This page describes how the site works today. A full privacy policy will be published before VintaGuide launches.