{"id":164,"date":"2011-10-21T02:47:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T02:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/g3no.com\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:31:09","slug":"privacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commodity.com\/privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated\"><strong>Last updated:<\/strong> March 19, 2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout callout--info\" style=\"border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; background: #f0f7ff; padding: 20px; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0\">The short version<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>We collect standard analytics data (page views, device type, general location) to understand how people use the site.<\/li>\n<li>We detect your approximate location using your IP address &#8211; this is for regulatory compliance and to show you brokers that are licensed to operate where you live.<\/li>\n<li>If you subscribe to our newsletter via MailChimp, we store your email address and name.<\/li>\n<li>If you contact us, we store your message so we can respond.<\/li>\n<li>We earn money through affiliate links to brokers. Click tracking tells us which links were clicked, but does not identify you personally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full policy below explains each of these in detail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"toc\" style=\"background: #f9f9f9; padding: 20px; margin-bottom: 30px; border-radius: 4px\">\n<h3 style=\"margin-top: 0\">Contents<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"#what-we-collect\">What we collect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#what-we-dont-collect\">What we don&#8217;t collect<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#how-we-use-it\">How we use your information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#geolocation\">Location detection and why we use it<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#third-party-services\">Third-party services we use<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#affiliate-tracking\">Affiliate link tracking<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cookies\">Cookies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#sharing\">How we share information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#security\">How we protect your information<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#gdpr\">Your rights under GDPR (EU\/EEA\/UK)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ccpa\">Your rights under CCPA (California)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#data-retention\">How long we keep your data<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#international-transfer\">International data transfer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#linked-sites\">Linked sites and third-party services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#nevada\">Notice to Nevada residents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#children\">Children&#8217;s privacy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#changes\">Changes to this policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#contact\">How to contact us<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"what-we-collect\">1. What we collect<\/h2>\n<p>This Privacy Policy describes the practices of Moneda Media, LLC (&#8220;Commodity.com&#8221;, &#8220;we&#8221;, &#8220;us&#8221;, &#8220;our&#8221;) concerning information collected through the Commodity.com website (the &#8220;Site&#8221;).<\/p>\n<h3>Information you provide directly<\/h3>\n<p>You may provide personal information to us if you choose to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit a question or feedback through our <a href=\"\/contact\/\">contact form<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to our email newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Contact us about press inquiries or business matters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Depending on how you contact us, this may include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your name and email address<\/li>\n<li>The subject and content of your message<\/li>\n<li>Your newsletter preferences (topics of interest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Information collected automatically<\/h3>\n<p>When you visit the site, we automatically collect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your IP address (used for approximate geolocation &#8211; see <a href=\"#geolocation\">Section 4<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Device type, screen size, browser, and operating system<\/li>\n<li>Pages you visit, how long you spend on them, and how you navigate the site<\/li>\n<li>The URL of the page that referred you to our site<\/li>\n<li>Your general geographic location (country and region, derived from your IP address)<\/li>\n<li>Your language and timezone preferences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"what-we-dont-collect\">2. What we don&#8217;t collect<\/h2>\n<div class=\"callout callout--info\" style=\"border-left: 4px solid #2563eb; background: #f0f7ff; padding: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 4px\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0\">We want to be equally clear about what we <strong>don&#8217;t<\/strong> do with your data:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>No user accounts.<\/strong> We don&#8217;t have user registration, login, or account creation. You can&#8217;t create an account on Commodity.com.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No passwords.<\/strong> We never ask for or store passwords.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No payment information.<\/strong> We don&#8217;t process payments or store credit card details. If you click through to a broker, any payment relationship is between you and that broker.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No fingerprinting.<\/strong> We don&#8217;t use browser fingerprinting techniques to identify you across sessions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No data selling.<\/strong> We don&#8217;t sell your personal information to third parties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"how-we-use-it\">3. How we use your information<\/h2>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #f5f5f5\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Purpose<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">What we use<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Legal basis<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Respond to your contact form messages<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Name, email, message content<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Your consent \/ contractual obligation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Send our newsletter<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Email address, name, topic preferences<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Your consent (opt-in)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Understand how people use the site<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Page views, session duration, device type<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Legitimate interest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Show you brokers licensed in your country<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">IP-derived country (see <a href=\"#geolocation\">Section 4<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Legitimate interest \/ regulatory compliance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Show appropriate risk warnings by jurisdiction<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">IP-derived country<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Legal obligation \/ regulatory compliance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Measure which affiliate links are clicked<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Click events (see <a href=\"#affiliate-tracking\">Section 6<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Legitimate interest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Protect the site from abuse<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">IP address, request patterns<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Legitimate interest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Comply with legal obligations<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">As required by law<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Legal obligation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"geolocation\">4. Location detection and why we use it<\/h2>\n<p>When you visit Commodity.com, we use your IP address to determine your approximate location. We currently do this using <strong>IP2Location<\/strong>, a GeoIP database stored on our own server. The specific provider may change, but the purpose and scope of location detection will remain as described here.<\/p>\n<h3>Why we detect your location<\/h3>\n<p>We detect your location for both compliance and commercial reasons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Regulatory compliance.<\/strong> Different countries have different rules about financial products. CFDs (Contracts for Difference) are not available to retail traders in the United States. Certain brokers are not licensed to operate in certain jurisdictions. We use your location to show you only brokers that are legally permitted to serve you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>KYC and sanctions compliance.<\/strong> Financial regulations require that broker referrals comply with Know Your Customer (KYC) and international sanctions requirements. We do not refer users in sanctioned jurisdictions to brokers that cannot legally serve them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appropriate risk warnings.<\/strong> Different jurisdictions require different risk disclosures. For example, users in Spain see a notice that CFD trading is not available there. Users in other countries see loss-percentage warnings specific to the brokers available in their region.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Relevant broker recommendations.<\/strong> We show brokers that accept clients in your country, which also means we show brokers with whom we have affiliate relationships in your region. This is both a compliance function and a commercial one.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>What we detect<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Your <strong>approximate location<\/strong> (country-level, and in some cases region)<\/li>\n<li>We do <strong>not<\/strong> detect your precise street address, GPS coordinates, or exact city<\/li>\n<li>We currently use IP2Location, a GeoIP database stored on our server. The specific GeoIP provider or method may change over time, but the data collected (approximate location only) and its purposes will remain as described here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"third-party-services\">5. Third-party services we use<\/h2>\n<p>We name our third-party services specifically because vague disclosures are not meaningful disclosures. Each service below receives only the data it needs to function.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #f5f5f5\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Service<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">What it does<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">What data it receives<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Privacy policy<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>Matomo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Primary web analytics (self-hosted on our server)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Page views, device info, anonymised IP<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matomo.org\/privacy-policy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Matomo Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>Google Analytics 4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Secondary web analytics<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Page views, device info, interactions<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Google Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>Cloudflare<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">CDN, security, DDoS protection, DNS<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">IP address, request headers (for security filtering)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/privacypolicy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Cloudflare Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>NitroPack<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Page speed optimization and caching<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Cached page requests<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nitropack.io\/page\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">NitroPack Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>IP2Location<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">GeoIP database for regulatory compliance<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Processed locally on our server &#8211; no data sent externally<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">N\/A (local database)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>TwelveData<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Commodity price data API (currencies, crypto, commodities)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No user data &#8211; server-to-server calls only<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twelvedata.com\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TwelveData Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>MetalPriceAPI<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Precious metals spot price API (gold, silver, platinum, palladium)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No user data &#8211; server-to-server calls only<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/metalpriceapi.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MetalPriceAPI Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>MailChimp (Intuit)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Email newsletter delivery<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Email address, name, topic preferences (only if you subscribe)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intuit.com\/privacy\/statement\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Intuit\/MailChimp Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>Contact Form 7 \/ Flamingo<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Contact form handling and message storage<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Stored on our server &#8211; name, email, message content<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">N\/A (WordPress plugins, data stored locally)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>ShortPixel<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Image optimization<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Server-side image processing only &#8211; no user data<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shortpixel.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ShortPixel Privacy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>Affiliate broker partners<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Broker referral tracking<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Click events when you follow an affiliate link (see <a href=\"#affiliate-tracking\">Section 6<\/a>)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">See <a href=\"\/disclosure\/\">full partner list<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"affiliate-tracking\">6. Affiliate link tracking<\/h2>\n<p>Commodity.com earns revenue through affiliate links to regulated brokers. For a full list of our affiliate partners, see our <a href=\"\/disclosure\/\">affiliate disclosure<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When you click an affiliate link on our site:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Pretty Links<\/strong> (a WordPress plugin on our server) logs the click &#8211; which link was clicked, when, and from which page. This data is stored on our own server.<\/li>\n<li>You are redirected to the broker&#8217;s website, where their own tracking identifies that you came from Commodity.com.<\/li>\n<li>If you go on to create an account with the broker, they may pay us a commission. You pay nothing extra.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Affiliate link click tracking does not identify you personally. We see aggregate data (&#8220;this link was clicked 47 times today&#8221;), not individual user profiles.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"cookies\">7. Cookies<\/h2>\n<p>Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. We use cookies for the following purposes. For full details, see our <a href=\"\/cookie-policy\/\">Cookie Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #f5f5f5\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Category<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Provider<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Purpose<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Essential<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Cloudflare<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Security, bot detection, load balancing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Analytics<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Matomo (self-hosted)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Anonymous usage statistics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Analytics<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Google Analytics 4<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Usage statistics and traffic analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Performance<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">NitroPack<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Page caching and speed optimization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Functional<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Commodity.com (first-party)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Language preference, dismissed notifications<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"local-storage\">Local storage in your browser<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to cookies, your browser&#8217;s <em>local storage<\/em> is used to save small amounts of data on your device. Local storage is a key-value store managed by the browser. It stays on your device; the browser does not automatically transmit it with each page request. Specific scripts on our pages may read from or write to it, and some of them do send values back to our server &#8211; we identify which below.<\/p>\n<h3>Keys set by Commodity.com<\/h3>\n<p>These are the local storage keys that our own theme and plugins create. The list was audited against the site&#8217;s source code. If you find a key set by our code that is not on this list, please <a href=\"\/contact\/\">report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left\">\n<th style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Key<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Purpose<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Sent to our server?<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>pi_prices_cache<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Caches the most recent prices on the \/prices\/ dashboard so the page hydrates instantly when you return. Overwritten on every refresh.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>commodity_user_prefs<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Stores your currency preference (e.g. USD, GBP, EUR) and whether you chose it explicitly, so price pages render in your preferred currency on return visits.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>commodity_forex_rates<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Caches the most recent forex rates used to convert commodity prices into your chosen currency. Refreshed periodically from our server.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>commodity_geo_dismissed<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Remembers that you have dismissed the location-detection notice so we do not show it again on subsequent visits.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>broker-comparison-sort-*<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Remembers the column and direction you last sorted by in broker comparison tables so the table loads in your preferred order next time.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>cmm_nl_subscribed<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Remembers that you subscribed to our newsletter so the newsletter opt-in prompts stop showing. Stores only the value &#8220;1&#8221;.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>nl_vid<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">A random visitor identifier generated by the newsletter analytics script. Used to assign you consistently to the same variant of an A\/B test on newsletter placements.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>Yes<\/strong> &#8211; transmitted with newsletter interaction events so we can attribute outcomes to variants. The value is random; it is not derived from any information you provided.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><code>hcu_backup_dismissed<\/code><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Remembers that you dismissed an internal backup reminder shown only to site administrators.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">No<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Keys set by third-party scripts<\/h3>\n<p>Some third-party services that we include on the site &#8211; including Cloudflare (security and performance), our SEO plugin, image-optimisation tooling, and our caching layer &#8211; may also write to local storage as part of their own operation. Those keys are controlled by those services, not by us. We do not audit or expose their contents because we do not control when those scripts update their storage format.<\/p>\n<p>The third-party privacy policies linked in the <a href=\"#third-party-services\">third-party services section above<\/a> describe how each provider uses storage on your device.<\/p>\n<h3>Personally identifiable information in local storage<\/h3>\n<p>We do not deliberately write personally identifiable information &#8211; your email address, your name, your IP address &#8211; into local storage from our own scripts. If you provide an email address through a form on our site, that value is sent directly to our server and is not stored in your browser&#8217;s local storage by our code.<\/p>\n<h3>How to clear local storage<\/h3>\n<p>Clearing site data in your browser&#8217;s privacy settings removes all local storage entries written by every script on the page. On most browsers this is under Settings &rarr; Privacy &rarr; Clear browsing data &rarr; Cookies and other site data. Clearing local storage will reset your currency preference, hide the newsletter-subscribed state, and regenerate your A\/B test variant assignment on next visit.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sharing\">8. How we share information<\/h2>\n<p>We do not sell your personal information. We share data only in these circumstances:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Service providers:<\/strong> Companies that help us operate the site (listed in <a href=\"#third-party-services\">Section 5<\/a>) receive only the data they need to perform their function.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Affiliate brokers:<\/strong> When you click an affiliate link, the destination broker knows you came from our site. Any data you provide to a broker after clicking through is governed by their privacy policy, not ours.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal requirements:<\/strong> We may disclose information if required by law, court order, or government request.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business transfers:<\/strong> If Moneda Media, LLC is acquired or merged, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you of any such change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"security\">9. How we protect your information<\/h2>\n<p>We use industry-standard security measures to protect the information we collect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All connections to Commodity.com use HTTPS encryption (SSL\/TLS)<\/li>\n<li>Cloudflare provides DDoS protection and web application firewall (WAF) services<\/li>\n<li>Wordfence provides additional WordPress-specific security<\/li>\n<li>API keys and sensitive configuration are stored server-side and never exposed to browsers<\/li>\n<li>Contact form submissions are stored on our own server, not in third-party cloud storage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No system is 100% secure. While we take reasonable steps to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security. See our <a href=\"\/terms-of-use\/\">terms of use<\/a> for the full limitation of liability.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"data-retention\">10. How long we keep your data<\/h2>\n<p>We retain personal information only for as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, or as required by law. Specifically:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #f5f5f5\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Data type<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Retention period<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Analytics data (Matomo, GA4)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">26 months (Google Analytics default); Matomo retains indefinitely in anonymized form<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Contact form messages<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Retained until you request deletion or for up to 3 years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Newsletter subscriber data<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Until you unsubscribe, then deleted within 30 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Server logs (IP addresses)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">90 days<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Affiliate link click data<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Retained in aggregate form indefinitely; not linked to identifiable individuals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>When we no longer need your personal information, we securely delete or anonymize it. In some cases we may retain data longer to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.<\/p>\n<p>You can request deletion of your personal data at any time &#8211; see <a href=\"#gdpr\">Section 13<\/a> (GDPR) or <a href=\"#ccpa\">Section 14<\/a> (CCPA) for details.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"international-transfer\">11. International data transfer<\/h2>\n<p>Commodity.com is operated by Moneda Media LLC in the United States. If you are accessing the Site from outside the United States, your personal data will be transferred to and stored on servers in the US.<\/p>\n<p>By using the Site, you consent to the transfer and processing of your data in the United States. The US may not provide the same level of data protection as your home country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you are in the EEA or UK:<\/strong> We have put in place appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable legal requirements to provide adequate protections for your personal information transferred outside the EEA\/UK. For further details, see the European Commission&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/law\/law-topic\/data-protection\/international-dimension-data-protection\/standard-contractual-clauses-scc_en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Standard Contractual Clauses<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Commodity.com is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"linked-sites\">12. Linked sites and third-party services<\/h2>\n<p>The Site contains links to third-party websites, including broker websites, data providers, and educational resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third-party sites.<\/p>\n<p>When you click a link to a third-party site (including affiliate links to brokers), you leave Commodity.com and become subject to that site&#8217;s privacy policy and terms. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every site you visit.<\/p>\n<p>We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"gdpr\">13. Your rights under GDPR (EU\/EEA\/UK)<\/h2>\n<p>If you are in the European Union, European Economic Area, or United Kingdom, you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Right of access<\/strong> &#8211; Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to rectification<\/strong> &#8211; Request correction of inaccurate personal data<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to erasure<\/strong> &#8211; Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal obligations)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to restrict processing<\/strong> &#8211; Request that we limit how we use your data<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to data portability<\/strong> &#8211; Request your data in a machine-readable format<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to object<\/strong> &#8211; Object to processing based on legitimate interests<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to withdraw consent<\/strong> &#8211; Withdraw consent at any time (e.g., unsubscribe from our newsletter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to exercise these rights:<\/strong> Contact us at <a href=\"\/contact\/\">commodity.com\/contact\/<\/a>. Please include your name, email address, and a description of the right you are exercising. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request.<\/p>\n<p>We will respond within 30 days. If your request is complex or we have received a large number of requests, we may extend this by a further 60 days, but will notify you within the initial 30-day period.<\/p>\n<p>There is no fee for exercising your rights. However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.<\/p>\n<p>You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. In the UK, this is the <a href=\"https:\/\/ico.org.uk\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office (ICO)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"ccpa\">14. Your rights under CCPA (California)<\/h2>\n<p>If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) give you the following rights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Right to know<\/strong> &#8211; Request what personal information we collect, use, and disclose, including the categories of sources and third parties involved<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to delete<\/strong> &#8211; Request deletion of your personal information<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to opt out of sale<\/strong> &#8211; We do not sell personal information, so this right does not apply<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to non-discrimination<\/strong> &#8211; We will not treat you differently for exercising your privacy rights<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to correct<\/strong> &#8211; Request correction of inaccurate information<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to limit use of sensitive personal information<\/strong> &#8211; We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by CCPA<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right to a transportable copy<\/strong> &#8211; Request a copy of your personal information in a usable electronic format<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You may make these requests no more than twice in a twelve-month period, for the twelve months prior to the request date.<\/p>\n<h3>How we verify your identity<\/h3>\n<p>To protect your privacy, we must verify your identity before processing CCPA requests. Our verification process works as follows:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Submit your request via our <a href=\"\/contact\/\">contact form<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We will send a verification email to the address you provide<\/li>\n<li>You must confirm your identity by following the instructions in that email<\/li>\n<li>We will check our systems for the email address you provide and any information associated with it<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If we cannot verify your identity, we will be unable to fulfill your request. Some personal information we maintain (e.g., anonymized clickstream data tied only to a browser ID) is not linked to enough identifying information for us to verify ownership &#8211; as required by the CCPA, we do not include such information in response to requests.<\/p>\n<p>We will make commercially reasonable efforts to respond to your request. We will not charge a fee unless your request is excessive, repetitive, or unfounded.<\/p>\n<h3>Categories of information we collect (CCPA disclosure)<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #f5f5f5\">\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Category<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Examples<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Collected?<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; border-bottom: 2px solid #ddd\">Sources<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Identifiers<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Name, email, IP address<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Yes, if you provide it<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Directly from you; your device<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Internet activity<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Pages visited, browsing history on our site, search queries<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Yes (analytics)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Your device; analytics tools<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Geolocation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Approximate country from IP address<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Yes (regulatory compliance)<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Your device (IP address)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Financial information<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Bank account, credit card<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Biometric information<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Fingerprints, facial recognition<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Sensitive personal information<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">Race, religion, health, sexual orientation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\"><strong>No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eee\">N\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We do not knowingly &#8220;sell&#8221; personal information as defined by the CCPA. There is not yet a consensus as to whether third-party cookies may constitute a &#8220;sale&#8221; under the CCPA. You can exercise control over browser-based cookies by adjusting your browser settings &#8211; see our <a href=\"\/cookie-policy\/\">Cookie Policy<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"nevada\">15. Notice to Nevada residents<\/h2>\n<p>Under Nevada law, Nevada residents may opt out of the sale of certain &#8220;covered information&#8221; collected by operators of websites or online services. We currently do not sell covered information as defined by Nevada law, and we do not have plans to sell this information.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be notified if we decide in the future to sell personal information covered by the Act, please <a href=\"\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> to provide your name and email address. We may share your data as explained elsewhere in this policy (such as with service providers), and those activities are unaffected by a Nevada do not sell request.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"children\">16. Children&#8217;s privacy<\/h2>\n<p>Our services are intended for adults over the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 18. If you believe we have collected information from a child, please <a href=\"\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> and we will delete it promptly.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"changes\">17. Changes to this policy<\/h2>\n<p>We will continue to evaluate this Privacy Policy against new technologies, business practices, and our users&#8217; needs, and may make changes accordingly. If we make any material changes, we will post the updated policy here along with its effective date, and will notify you by means of a notice on our Site.<\/p>\n<p>Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy. 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