Privacy Policy for Classic Tours

Last Updated: July 19, 2026

At Classic Tours, based in Belmont North, NSW, we believe that transparency is the foundation of a premium travel experience. Whether you are booking a private Hunter Valley wine tour or a luxury airport transfer in Newcastle, your privacy and data security are our top priorities.

Who We Are

Classic Tours provides bespoke luxury transport and tour services across Newcastle, the Central Coast, Port Stephens, and the Hunter Valley. Our website address is: https://www.classictours.com.au.

Data Collection & Booking Transparency

When you book a tour or transfer via our website, we utilise FareHarbor to manage your reservations securely. When you make a booking, we collect the necessary information—such as your pickup address, flight details, and contact information—to ensure your experience is flawless. This data allows our professional drivers to provide our signature door-to-door service.

  • Comments & Interaction: When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to aid in spam detection.

  • Gravatar: An anonymised string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service. You can view their privacy policy at https://automattic.com/privacy/.

Media & Location Data

If you upload images to our website, please ensure they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). This protects your privacy, as visitors to our site can download and extract location data from images.

Cookies

  • Booking Convenience: If you leave a comment or interact with our booking forms, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.

  • Operational Cookies: When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.

  • Session Security: Temporary cookies are used to determine if your browser accepts cookies, containing no personal data and discarded upon closing your browser.

Embedded Content & Third-Party Tools

Our pages may include embedded content (e.g., videos, maps, social media feeds). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website directly. These sites may collect data, use cookies, and monitor your interaction.

Who We Share Your Data With

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with essential service providers necessary to fulfil your booking, including:

  • FareHarbor for secure booking management.

  • Automated spam detection services to protect our website integrity.

How Long We Retain Your Data

  • Comments: Metadata is retained indefinitely to allow us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.

  • User Profiles: For users who register on our website, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your information at any time (username cannot be changed). Administrators can also see and edit this information.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold, excluding data we are legally required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding your privacy, our tour itineraries, or wish to request a booking, please Contact Classic Tours or call our local team at 1300 687 622.