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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 August 2026

EV Central respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal information responsibly and transparently.

This Privacy Policy explains how EV Central collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information when you visit evcentral.com.au, subscribe to our communications, complete a form or enquiry, participate in a promotion, or otherwise interact with us.

1. Who we are

EV Central is an Australian automotive media website providing news, reviews, comparisons, buying advice and information about electric vehicles and related products and services.

EV Central is operated by Everything EV Pty Lty (ABN: 57 640 195 240).

In this Privacy Policy, “EV Central”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Everything EV Pty Ltd.

2. Personal information we collect

The personal information we collect depends on how you interact with EV Central.

It may include:

  • your name;
  • email address;
  • telephone or mobile number;
  • postcode or general location;
  • information about your vehicle ownership or vehicle purchasing intentions;
  • your expected timeframe for purchasing a vehicle;
  • your approximate vehicle budget;
  • vehicle makes or models you own, are considering or have shortlisted;
  • vehicle types, features and attributes that are important to you;
  • your responses to surveys, competitions, quizzes, forms or questionnaires;
  • your communication and marketing preferences;
  • information you provide when contacting us; and
  • technical and usage information relating to your use of our website, such as IP address, browser or device information, pages viewed, referring websites and interactions with our content.

We generally collect personal information directly from you when you provide it to us.

3. How we collect personal information

We may collect personal information when you:

  • subscribe to an EV Central newsletter or other communication;
  • complete an EV buying enquiry, recommendation tool, quiz or other form;
  • request information about a vehicle, product, service or offer;
  • enter a competition, promotion or survey;
  • contact or communicate with us;
  • click on or interact with our emails;
  • otherwise provide information to us.

We may also collect information automatically through cookies, analytics technologies and similar tools when you use our website.

4. Why we collect and use personal information

We may collect, hold and use personal information to:

  • provide EV news, reviews, comparisons and buying information;
  • respond to enquiries and requests;
  • provide or facilitate personalised vehicle recommendations;
  • identify vehicles, products, services or offers that may be relevant to you;
  • understand your vehicle preferences and purchasing intentions;
  • connect prospective vehicle buyers with relevant automotive businesses and services;
  • operate and improve the EV Central website and our products and services;
  • understand how readers use and interact with our content;
  • conduct research and analyse audience and market trends;
  • administer competitions, promotions and surveys;
  • communicate with you where you have requested or consented to communications;
  • protect the security and integrity of our website and systems; and
  • comply with our legal and regulatory obligations.

We may also use aggregated or de-identified information to analyse EV purchasing trends, consumer preferences, vehicle consideration and other automotive market trends.

5. EV buying enquiries and sharing information with automotive partners

Some EV Central services are designed to help people researching or purchasing an electric vehicle connect with relevant vehicles, offers, dealers or automotive services.

If you complete an EV buying enquiry, vehicle recommendation form or similar service, we may disclose the information you provide to selected automotive partners, which may include vehicle manufacturers, vehicle dealers, automotive marketplaces and other businesses providing products or services relevant to your enquiry.

Information shared may include your:

  • contact details;
  • postcode;
  • vehicle purchasing timeframe;
  • budget;
  • preferred vehicle type;
  • vehicles you are considering;
  • vehicle preferences and priorities; and
  • other information you provide as part of the enquiry.

These businesses may use the information to respond to your enquiry and may contact you about relevant vehicles, offers, products or services, where permitted.

Where appropriate, EV Central will tell you at the point of collection that your information may be disclosed to other relevant automotive partners.

Third parties that receive your information may handle it in accordance with their own privacy policies and legal obligations.

6. EV Central newsletters and marketing

Submitting an EV buying enquiry does not necessarily mean that you have agreed to receive EV Central’s regular email newsletter or other electronic marketing.

Where we provide a separate option to subscribe to EV Central marketing communications, you can choose whether to opt in.

If you choose to subscribe, we may send you EV news, reviews, buying advice, newsletters, promotions, offers and other relevant communications.

You can unsubscribe from EV Central marketing emails at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in our emails or by contacting us.

We may use third-party email and communications platforms to manage subscriptions and deliver communications.

7. Cookies, analytics and website data

EV Central may use cookies, analytics tools, pixels and similar technologies to operate the website, understand website usage, measure the performance of our content and advertising, and improve the user experience.

These technologies may collect information such as:

  • IP address;
  • device and browser information;
  • pages viewed;
  • time spent on pages;
  • referring pages or websites;
  • approximate location; and
  • interactions with content, advertising and links.

Some of these technologies may be provided by third parties.

You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings, although doing so may affect some website functionality.

8. Disclosure to service providers and other third parties

In addition to the automotive partners described above, we may disclose personal information to third parties that assist us in operating EV Central, including:

  • website hosting and technology providers;
  • email and communications platforms;
  • analytics providers;
  • customer relationship management and data platforms;
  • professional advisers;
  • contractors and service providers; and
  • regulatory, government or law enforcement bodies where required or authorised by law.

We do not disclose personal information to third parties for purposes unrelated to our activities unless we have your consent or are otherwise permitted or required to do so.

9. Overseas disclosure and storage

Some technology, email, analytics, hosting or other service providers used by EV Central may store or process information outside Australia.

As a result, personal information may be disclosed to or accessible from overseas locations.

Where required, we take reasonable steps in relation to the handling of personal information by overseas recipients.

10. How we protect personal information

We take reasonable steps to protect personal information we hold from misuse, interference, loss, unauthorised access, modification and disclosure.

However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

When personal information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to destroy it or de-identify it where required by law.

11. Accessing or correcting your personal information

You may request access to personal information we hold about you or ask us to correct information that is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant or misleading.

To make a request, contact us using the details below.

We may need to verify your identity before providing access to or correcting personal information.

12. Opting out of marketing

You can ask us at any time to stop sending you direct marketing communications.

For email communications, you can use the unsubscribe link included in the email.

You can also contact us using the details below to request that we stop using or disclosing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.

13. Privacy enquiries and complaints

If you have a question, concern or complaint about how EV Central has handled your personal information, please contact us.

Privacy contact: Privacy Officer
Email: privacy@evcentral.com.au

Please provide sufficient information for us to understand and investigate your concern.

We will consider privacy complaints and respond within a reasonable period.

14. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our business, technology, services, information-handling practices or legal obligations.

The current version will be published on the EV Central website with the date it was last updated.