Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 24, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains what information International Business Weekly (“IBW”, “we”, “us”) collects when you visit internationalbusinessweekly.com, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. If you have a question about it, write to contact@internationalbusinessweekly.com or use our contact page.

Information we collect

Information you give us

We collect the information you choose to send us, for example when you:

  • fill in our contact form or email us (your name, email address and message);
  • subscribe to our newsletter (your name and email address);
  • ask about advertising, a feature or a correction, or send us material for publication.

Please do not send us sensitive personal information unless we have asked for it.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the site, our servers and the tools described below automatically record technical information such as your IP address, approximate location derived from it, browser and device type, operating system, the pages you view, the page that referred you, and the date and time of your visit. Some of this is collected through cookies and similar technologies.

Cookies and similar technologies

Cookies are small files stored in your browser. We and our service providers use them to keep the site working and secure, to measure how the site is used, and to serve and measure advertising. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; some parts of the site may not work as intended if you do.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how readers use the site, such as which articles are read and how visitors arrive. Google may set cookies and collect information about your visit for this purpose. You can learn how Google uses this information at How Google uses information from sites that use its services, and you can opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

We also use PostHog, a product analytics service hosted in the United States, to measure page views and site usage. Session recording is switched off.

Advertising

We show advertising served by Google AdSense.

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
  • You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s My Ad Center (Ads Settings). You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at aboutads.info, or, in Europe, at youronlinechoices.eu.

More about how Google uses information in advertising is available at policies.google.com/technologies/ads. Ads you see may also be served by other advertising vendors and ad networks working through Google, which may use their own cookies and web beacons.

How we use information

  • to run, maintain and secure the website;
  • to respond to your messages and requests;
  • to send the newsletter you asked for (you can unsubscribe at any time using the link in each email);
  • to understand our audience and improve our journalism and the site;
  • to show and measure advertising;
  • to prevent fraud, spam and abuse, and to comply with the law.

Who we share information with

We do not sell your personal information for money. We share information only with service providers that help us run the site, and only as far as they need it to provide their service: our web hosting provider, email providers, Google (analytics and advertising), PostHog (analytics), and security services that protect the site from attacks. We may also disclose information if the law requires it, to protect our rights or the safety of others, or as part of a sale or reorganisation of the publication.

Some of these providers are based in the United States, so your information may be processed outside the country where you live.

How long we keep information

We keep messages and newsletter subscriptions for as long as we need them to deal with your request or send the newsletter, and delete them when they are no longer needed unless the law requires us to keep them longer. Analytics and advertising providers keep data according to their own retention settings and policies.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live — for example in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or California — you may have the right to access the personal information we hold about you, to have it corrected or deleted, to object to or restrict how we use it, to withdraw consent you have given, and to opt out of personalized advertising. To make a request, email contact@internationalbusinessweekly.com. We may need to confirm your identity before acting on it. You also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

Children

This site is written for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

Links to other websites

Articles and advertisements may link to websites we do not operate. Their privacy practices are their own, and we encourage you to read their policies.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information, but no website or transmission over the internet is completely secure.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.

Contact us

Questions or requests about this policy: contact@internationalbusinessweekly.com, or through our contact page.