Privacy Policy
- You can read Bounce AU without creating an account or giving us your name.
- We use cookies and analytics to understand which articles people read and to measure our advertising.
- We do not sell your personal information.
- You can contact us at any time to access or correct information we hold about you.
1. About this policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Bounce AU ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, stores and discloses personal information when you visit our website. We aim to handle personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
2. Information we collect
Information collected automatically. When you visit our site, we and our service providers may collect:
- your IP address and approximate location (city or region)
- device type, browser, operating system and screen size
- pages you view, how long you stay, and the website or ad that referred you
- cookie identifiers and similar technologies
Information you give us. If you contact us by email or through a contact form, we collect your name, email address and anything you choose to include in your message.
We do not knowingly collect sensitive information, and our site is not directed at children under 16.
3. How we use your information
- to run, maintain and improve the website and its content
- to understand which sports and articles readers are interested in
- to measure how well our advertising works, including ads on Google
- to reply to messages you send us
- to keep the site secure and prevent misuse
- to meet our legal obligations
4. Cookies and analytics
We use cookies and similar technologies. Some are needed for the site to work. Others help us measure traffic and advertising.
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site, and Google Ads conversion tracking to measure whether our ads lead people to our content. Google may use cookies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites. You can learn how Google uses this information at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
You can control cookies through your browser settings, opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out add-on, and manage personalised ads at adssettings.google.com. Blocking cookies may affect parts of the site.
5. Who we share information with
We do not sell or rent your personal information. We may share it with:
- service providers who help us run the site, such as hosting, analytics and email providers
- advertising partners such as Google, for measuring ad performance
- authorities, where the law requires us to
Some of these providers store data outside Australia, including in the United States. Where this happens, we take reasonable steps to make sure the information is handled consistently with the Australian Privacy Principles.
6. Links to other websites
Our articles may link to other websites, such as league or club sites. We are not responsible for how those sites handle your information, so please read their privacy policies.
7. Keeping your information secure
We take reasonable steps to protect personal information from misuse, loss and unauthorised access, including using secure (HTTPS) connections. No method of sending information over the internet is completely secure. We keep personal information only for as long as we need it, then delete or de-identify it.
8. Accessing or correcting your information
You can ask us what personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Email us at and we will reply within 30 days.
9. Complaints
If you have a concern about how we handled your personal information, please contact us first and we will try to resolve it. If you are not satisfied with our response, you can contact the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at oaic.gov.au.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be on this page with the date it was last updated.