Effective date: June 23, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Applied Economics LLC ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit appliedecon.com (the "Website"), and the choices you have. We are committed to handling your information transparently and to obtaining your consent before any non-essential tracking technologies run in your browser.
Who we are
Our website address is: appliedecon.com. If you have any questions about this policy or your information, contact us at
info@appliedecon.com.
Consent and your choices about tracking
When you first visit the Website, we present a cookie and consent notice. Non-essential third-party technologies, including analytics, are blocked and do not load or transmit any information from your browser until you affirmatively agree through that notice. Only technologies that are strictly necessary to deliver and secure the Website operate before you make a choice.
You can accept or decline non-essential technologies at any time, and you can change or withdraw your choice later by reopening the cookie settings link available on the Website. If you decline, analytics and other non-essential technologies will remain blocked.
Information we collect
Depending on how you use the Website and the choices you make, we may collect:
- Information you provide when you contact us, request a call, or submit a form, such as your name, email address, phone number, and message.
- Technical and usage information collected only after you consent to analytics, such as your IP address, approximate location derived from that address, device and browser identifiers, browser type and version, operating system, screen resolution, language, the pages you view, and the dates and times of your visits.
- Analytics identifiers assigned by our analytics provider, such as a client identifier and session identifier, used to measure Website usage.
How we use information
We use information to operate, secure, and improve the Website, to respond to your inquiries and requests, to understand how visitors use the Website (only with your consent), and to comply with our legal obligations. We do not sell your personal information for money.
Analytics and third-party services
With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to understand how visitors interact with the Website. When enabled, Google Analytics receives information such as your IP address, device and browser details, and pages viewed, and assigns analytics identifiers as described above. We have enabled IP anonymization and configured consent controls so that Google Analytics does not run until you opt in. Google processes this information under its own privacy terms. You can learn more at
https://policies.google.com/privacy and review how Google uses data at
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
If we add other third-party technologies in the future, they will likewise be blocked until you consent, and this policy will be updated to describe them.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use strictly necessary cookies to operate the Website and, only with your consent, analytics cookies to measure usage. If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience so you do not have to re-enter them next time; these last for one year. If you have an account and log in, we set cookies to save your login and screen display choices; login cookies last for two days (two weeks if you select "Remember Me"), and screen option cookies last for a year. Logging out removes the login cookies.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Website, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor's IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it; the Gravatar service privacy policy is available at
https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the Website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), since visitors can download those images and extract the location data.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this Website may include embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited that other website, and those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that content. Where feasible, embedded content is also subject to our consent controls.
Who we share your data with
We share information only as needed to operate the Website and provide our services: with service providers who process information on our behalf (such as our analytics provider, where you have consented, and our hosting provider), and when required by law. If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely so we can recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically. For users who register on the Website, we store the personal information they provide in their user profile; users can see, edit, or delete that information at any time (except their username), and administrators can also see and edit it. Analytics information is retained according to the retention period configured in our analytics settings.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this Website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, and you can request that we erase it. This does not include data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. To make a request, contact us at the address in the "Who we are" section.
Your California privacy rights
If you are a California resident, you have rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended (the CCPA/CPRA), including the right to know what personal information we collect and how we use and share it, the right to request access to or deletion of your personal information, the right to correct inaccurate information, and the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information as those terms are defined under California law. We do not sell your personal information for money. To the extent that enabling analytics could be considered "sharing" under California law, we obtain your consent before any such technologies run, and you may decline or withdraw consent at any time through our cookie settings. You also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising these rights. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the address in the "Who we are" section.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Where we use service providers located outside your jurisdiction, your information may be processed in those locations subject to appropriate safeguards.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the effective date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
