Your follows, saves and rankings
Country follows, saved article paths, personal song rankings, read markers and the once-per-browser celebration preference are stored on this browser to provide the features you choose. They do not create an account, sync between devices or send your reading list to us. Clearing browser data removes these preferences. If browser storage is unavailable, the site tells you and uses temporary preferences for the current page session.
Share and email-link actions use your device’s sharing tools or open an external service when you choose them. The website does not send emails or collect newsletter subscriptions in this release.
Browsing the site
The site has no reader accounts, comment system or newsletter form. If you allow analytics, we load Google Tag Manager (GTM-TWM858W4) and Google Analytics to measure page visits, link clicks, downloads and music-player interactions. Google Analytics may use cookies and process identifiers, device and browser information, approximate location and information about the pages you use. We do not enable advertising consent through our analytics choice. Your analytics preference is saved in browser storage so we can remember it on other pages. Analytics is not loaded until you choose “Allow analytics”. You can change your choice using “Analytics preferences” in the footer; declining stops future events from our tracking code. Existing Google cookies may remain in your browser until they expire or you clear them.
The hosting platform may process request information such as IP addresses and browser details to deliver and protect the site. The public site is delivered through Cloudflare. The provider may process request data for delivery and security.
External images and fonts
Page fonts load from Google Fonts. Images may load from YouTube’s thumbnail servers or Unsplash. Loading those resources sends the provider a request that can include your IP address, browser information and referrer information, depending on your browser settings.
Videos
A YouTube player is loaded only after you press a video or music play button. We use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced embed domain, youtube-nocookie.com. Playing a video still connects you to YouTube and is subject to Google’s handling of that interaction.
Links to other services
Music, travel and source links take you to other websites. Their privacy and account settings apply when you visit them.
Contact by email
If you email us, the address and information you send are used to handle your enquiry, correction or request. Do not include sensitive personal information. Contact hello@12pointsasia.com for questions about information you have sent us, including a request to delete it.
Changes
We will update this information when the site adds data collection features such as a newsletter, analytics, advertising or reader accounts.