Last updated: July 5, 2026

The Fiscalist (“we,” “us,” or “our”) publishes independent financial and economic news at fiscalist.news. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the site, how we use it, and the choices available to you.

Information We Collect

We collect information in the following ways:

• Information you provide directly. If you leave a comment on an article, we collect the content of the comment along with your name, email address, and website (if supplied), your IP address, and browser user agent string, which help us detect spam.
• Information collected automatically. Like most websites, our server and analytics tools automatically log standard technical data when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, device type, referring pages, and the pages you view.
• Cookies. We use cookies to support basic site functionality and, where enabled, to understand aggregate traffic patterns through analytics tools. If you leave a comment, you may opt in to a cookie that remembers your name, email, and website for future comments.

Gravatar

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. If you leave a comment, an anonymized, hashed version of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check whether you have an account there. You can review the Gravatar service’s own privacy policy on the Automattic website. If your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture may be visible next to your comment.

How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to operate and improve the site, moderate comments and prevent spam and abuse, understand how readers use our content so we can improve it, and maintain the security and reliability of fiscalist.news.

We do not sell your personal information.

Third-Party Services

Our site may rely on third-party services for analytics, spam filtering, hosting, and infrastructure. These providers may process limited technical data (such as IP address and browser information) on our behalf, under their own privacy and security practices. If and when advertising is introduced on this site, this policy will be updated to describe any advertising partners and the data they process.

Embedded Content

Articles on this site may include embedded content (for example, charts, videos, or social media posts) from other websites. Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website directly, and that website may collect data about you, use cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

Data Retention

If you leave a comment, the comment and its associated data are retained indefinitely so that we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically, rather than holding them in a moderation queue. Technical and analytics data is generally retained only as long as needed for the purposes described above.

Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over the personal data we hold about you, including the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your data, and, if you left a comment, the right to have any personal data we hold about you erased (this does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes). Readers in the European Economic Area, the UK, and California may have additional rights under applicable data protection law, including the GDPR and the CCPA.

Children’s Privacy

This site is intended for a general financial news audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the information we hold, but no method of transmission or storage over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision.

Contact

The Fiscalist does not currently list a dedicated contact channel for privacy inquiries. This page will be updated once one is available.