Privacy Policy

Betweeners Media is an independent creative studio based in Australia. We publish journal articles about cross-border life between China and Australia, covering tech, travel, food, culture, money, safety, and products. This policy explains how we handle your personal information in accordance with the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

What we collect

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address and some technical metadata to help us understand our audience.

If you visit our website, we set cookies only with your consent. Our consent banner lets you choose which categories to accept:

Essential cookies. An essential cookie remembers your consent preferences.
Analytics cookies (optional). Our analytics provider sets cookies so we can see which articles people read and how they find us.

If you make a donation, Stripe collects your payment details directly. We receive your name, email address, donation amount, currency, and transaction date, which we retain for accounting and tax purposes. We never see or store your card number.

For full cookie details, see our Cookie Policy.

Why we collect it

Newsletter email addresses let us send you our newsletter.

Analytics data helps us understand what content resonates and to further curate our content for our audience.

Who we share data with

We don't sell your data. We use a small number of third-party service providers, some based in the United States, to deliver our newsletter, host our website, and understand how our content performs.

Stripe processes donation payments on our behalf. See Stripe's privacy policy at stripe.com/privacy.

Your rights

Under the Privacy Act, you can ask us to access, correct, or delete the personal information we hold about you. Newsletter subscribers can unsubscribe at any time via the link in any email.

If you're not satisfied with how we handle a complaint, contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.

Contact

For any questions related to privacy, general enquiry or feedback, email us at [email protected].

Last updated: 16 April 2026