1. Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense Disclosures
Market Tectonics partners with third-party vendors and ad networks, prominently including Google AdSense and the Google DoubleClick advertising network, to serve advertisements when you visit our website.
- Use of Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to Market Tectonics or other websites across the Internet.
- Google's Advertising Cookies: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve targeted ads to our readers based on their navigation history on Market Tectonics and other sites on the World Wide Web.
- Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: Users may freely opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the official Google Ads Settings page.
- Alternatively, users can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance at www.youronlinechoices.eu.
2. Log Files & Traffic Diagnostics
Like virtually all institutional digital publications, Market Tectonics employs standard server log files. The information inside log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date/time stamps, referring/exit pages, and number of clicks.
This data is used solely to analyze macroeconomic readership trends, administer the portal, track user movement across fault-line dispatches, and gather demographic intelligence. IP addresses and related technical metadata are not linked to personally identifiable individual profiles.
3. Cookies and Web Beacons
Market Tectonics uses first-party cookies to store preferences, record session authentication for our encrypted comment forum, and optimize page load speeds.
Our advertising partners may also use cookies, web beacons, and JavaScript scripts to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and personalize the advertising content displayed to you. Market Tectonics has no direct access to or control over cookies that are used by third-party advertisers once served.
4. GDPR Data Protection Rights (European Economic Area)
If you reside within the European Economic Area (EEA), you possess specific statutory rights regarding personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data held by us.
- The Right to Rectification: You may request corrections to any information you believe is inaccurate.
- The Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You may request the deletion of your commentary records or newsletter records under certain conditions.
- The Right to Restrict or Object to Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict or cease the processing of your personal data.
5. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) Notice
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California residents are afforded specific rights regarding their personal information:
- The right to request disclosure of categories and specific pieces of personal data collected.
- The right to request the deletion of personal data collected by the business.
- Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against any reader for exercising their CCPA rights.
- Sale of Personal Information: Market Tectonics does not sell personal identifiable information to data brokers or third parties for monetary consideration.
6. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)
Market Tectonics is an institutional macroeconomic and geopolitical intelligence portal intended for adult readers and professional market participants. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under the age of 13.
7. Contacting Our Data Protection Officer
If you have questions, inquiries, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, our use of Google AdSense, or your personal data rights, please contact our editorial and legal team: