1. Introduction
This Privacy & Cookie Policy explains how The Global Economics Limited (“The Global Economics”, “we”, “us”) handles personal information when you use theglobaleconomics.com and theglobaleconomics.uk, our digital magazine, our newsletter and the other services described here. We are a UK-based business & finance publication and act as the data controller for the information covered by this policy.
By using the site you agree to the practices described here and in our Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the site.
2. Information we collect
Information you give us — for example when you:
- subscribe to The Brief, our newsletter (your email address);
- contact us or enquire about advertising (your name, email and message);
- enter or engage with the Global Economics Awards (handled on our awards site).
Information collected automatically when you browse:
- device and usage data (browser type, pages viewed, referring page, general interactions);
- an approximate location (city/region) derived from your IP address, used only to show the date-and-weather strip in the header;
- preferences you set, such as light/dark theme, language and cookie choices;
- aggregate article metrics, such as anonymous view counts used for “Popular Posts”.
We do not knowingly collect special-category data, and we do not ask you to create financial accounts on this site.
3. How we use your information
- to deliver and improve the website, magazine and newsletter;
- to send The Brief and respond to your enquiries;
- to measure which stories are read so we can improve our journalism;
- to display the header date/location/weather strip;
- to keep the site secure and prevent abuse;
- to comply with our legal obligations.
Our lawful bases are your consent (e.g. the newsletter and non-essential cookies), our legitimate interests in running and improving a publication, and legal obligation where applicable.
5. Third-party services & processors
We rely on trusted providers to operate the site. These may process limited data on our behalf:
- Hosting & delivery — our application host and content-delivery network serve pages and media and log requests for security and performance.
- Database & media storage — our content and images are stored with our database and object-storage providers.
- Short links — article share links use our tge.social link service.
- Digital magazine — the “read online” flip-book is embedded from a third-party magazine viewer.
- Weather — the header temperature is fetched from a third-party weather API using your approximate location only.
- Embeds — some pages include social, video or advertising embeds that may set their own cookies when loaded.
Each provider processes data under its own terms; we choose providers that offer appropriate safeguards.
6. Advertising
We carry direct-sold, image-based advertising and sponsored features. We do not sell your personal data. Where an advert or embed is served by a third party, that party may set its own cookies; you can control these through your cookie choices and browser. To advertise with us, see our Advertise page.
8. Data retention
We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected. Newsletter data is kept until you unsubscribe; enquiry data is kept for a reasonable period to handle your request and our records; analytics data is kept in aggregate.
9. International transfers
We are UK-based and our providers may process data in the UK, EU and other regions. Where data leaves the UK/EEA, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses.
10. Your rights
Under UK GDPR and applicable law you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of your personal data, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time (for example by unsubscribing from The Brief). See our Email Policy for newsletter controls.
To exercise any right, use our Contact page. You also have the right to complain to your data-protection authority (in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office).
11. Children
Our content is intended for a professional, adult audience. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will remove it.
12. Changes & contact
We may update this policy from time to time; the date above shows the latest revision. Questions or requests? Reach us via our Contact page.