Akrue Pty Ltd ("Akrue", "we", "us", or "our") is an Australian company building a financial literacy education platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit akrue.com.au, join our waitlist, or create an account and use the Akrue platform — including our paid pilot program (account creation, lessons, and payment).
We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained within it.
Short version: If you're on our waitlist, we only ask for your email address. If you've signed up for the pilot program, we also collect account details (like your name, email, and date of birth) and your lesson progress, and your payment is processed by Stripe — Akrue never sees your card details. We don't sell your data, we don't run advertising networks, and we store your information securely.
We collect the following categories of personal information, depending on how you interact with us:
If you join our waitlist:
If you create an account for our pilot program:
We do not collect sensitive information such as government identifiers, health information, or biometric data through this website or platform. Date of birth is collected solely to confirm you meet our 16+ age requirement (see Section 12).
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
We will only contact you about Akrue. We will not use your email address for unrelated marketing purposes or sell it to third parties.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
Our website uses the following third-party services that may process your personal data:
| Service | Provider | Purpose | Data processed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Apps Script | Google LLC | Receives and stores waitlist form submissions in Google Sheets | Email address, submission timestamp, IP address |
| Google Fonts | Google LLC | Loads the Inter and Bricolage Grotesque typefaces | IP address, browser information (via HTTP request to Google servers) |
| Cloudflare | Cloudflare, Inc. | DNS resolution and domain management for akrue.com.au | Domain routing metadata |
| cdnjs (Cloudflare CDN) | Cloudflare, Inc. | Loads the Matter.js physics library after waitlist sign-up | IP address (upon script load) |
| Supabase | Supabase Inc. | Account authentication, and storage of account and lesson-progress data for pilot users | Email address, hashed password, date of birth, lesson progress |
| Stripe | Stripe, Inc. | Payment processing for pilot access | Payment details, name, email address (Akrue never sees your card number) |
Each of these providers has its own privacy policy. Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy. Cloudflare's privacy policy is available at cloudflare.com/privacypolicy. Supabase's privacy policy is available at supabase.com/privacy. Stripe's privacy policy is available at stripe.com/privacy.
Some of the third-party services described in Section 5 store or process personal information outside Australia.
Before disclosing personal information to an overseas recipient, we take reasonable steps to ensure the recipient does not breach the Australian Privacy Principles in relation to that information, consistent with Australian Privacy Principle 8. If you have questions about our overseas disclosure practices, please contact us using the details in Section 14.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our website and, where you consent, to analyse usage.
| Category | Description | Can be declined |
|---|---|---|
| Essential | Strictly necessary for the website to function. Includes your cookie consent preference stored in localStorage. |
No |
| Analytics | Help us understand how visitors find and use our site. Currently not in use. Will be added only with your consent. | Yes (opt-in) |
| Marketing | Used to personalise advertisements and track ad performance. Currently not in use. Will be added only with your consent. | Yes (opt-in) |
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time by clicking Cookie Settings in the footer of our website, or by clearing your browser's local storage.
Please note that Google Fonts loads typefaces from Google's servers, meaning your IP address is shared with Google as part of a standard HTTP request. This occurs regardless of cookie settings, as it is required to render the page correctly.
We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Waitlist submissions (your email address) are stored in a Google Sheet that is accessible only to Akrue's founders.
Account and lesson-progress data for pilot users is stored in Supabase, which encrypts data at rest and in transit and restricts access through authenticated, role-based controls. Only authorised Akrue personnel can access this data, and only as needed to operate the platform and support pilot users.
All data transmitted between your browser and our servers (and to our service providers' servers) is encrypted in transit using TLS (HTTPS).
No method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
We have procedures in place to identify, contain, and respond to data breaches involving personal information, consistent with the Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
If we experience a data breach that is likely to result in serious harm to you — for example, unauthorised access to your account or payment data — we will notify you and the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) as required by law, and let you know what happened, what information was involved, and what steps we and you can take in response.
We retain your email address for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy; specifically, for as long as Akrue is operating and the waitlist is relevant.
If you ask us to delete your information, we will remove it from our waitlist records within 30 days (subject to any legal obligations that require us to retain it).
Under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and the Australian Privacy Principles, you have the right to:
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 14 below.
Our waitlist is intended for individuals aged 16 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has submitted their information to us, please contact us and we will promptly delete it.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If the changes are material, we will notify waitlist members and pilot users by email.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us:
We aim to respond to all privacy-related enquiries within 30 days.