Privacy Policy
Understand the information Currency Information may receive through website use and email, how confirmed advertising and technical services relate to privacy, and which choices are described.
This Privacy Policy explains how Currency Information handles information received through CurrencyInformation.org, email, advertising services and the technical providers used to operate the site.
Information You Provide
Currency Information may receive information you send by email, including your name, email address, organization, message, attachments, and any other information you choose to provide. The content and sensitivity of an email depend on what the sender chooses to include, so readers should avoid providing information that is not necessary for the inquiry.
The website does not currently offer user accounts, public comments, paid subscriptions, a newsletter, or a public contact form.
Technical Information
Hosting, security, advertising, and content-delivery services may process technical information such as IP address, browser or device type, request time, pages requested, referring page, approximate location, cookie identifiers, security events, and server logs. This information relates to ordinary website delivery, security, advertising, and troubleshooting rather than a claim that every listed item is collected in every visit.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Currency Information uses cookies and similar technologies for website operation, consent preferences, security, advertising, fraud prevention and performance. See the Cookie Policy.
Advertising
Currency Information uses display and programmatic advertising, including Google AdSense and related Google advertising technologies. Advertising providers may use cookies or identifiers for ad delivery, frequency management, measurement, fraud prevention, and interest-based advertising where permitted. The provider’s own settings and policies may affect what is processed and whether advertising is contextual or personalized.
Currency Information does not control every processing activity performed directly by third-party advertising providers.
Analytics
Hosting, security, and advertising services may still provide technical or aggregated performance information.
How Information May Be Used
- Operate, secure, maintain, and improve the website
- Respond to messages, corrections, and editorial inquiries
- Review advertising or partnership proposals
- Detect abuse, fraud, malware, and technical problems
- Deliver and measure advertising
- Maintain editorial, security and business records for the purposes described in this policy.
Third-Party Services
Third-party services may include Google AdSense, website hosting, domain and DNS services, content-delivery or security services, and email services.
Third-party services process data under their own policies and technical settings.
Information Sharing
Information may be shared with service providers when necessary to operate the website, deliver advertising, maintain security, process email, comply with valid obligations, or protect the publication and its users.
Advertising providers may receive or process technical identifiers and interaction information for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention and, where permitted, personalized advertising. Whether those disclosures are treated as a sale or sharing of personal information depends on applicable privacy law and the specific advertising configuration.
Retention
Information may be retained for as long as reasonably needed for the purpose collected, including editorial review, corrections, security, recordkeeping, dispute handling, and technical operation. Retention periods vary according to the purpose of processing and applicable legal, security and recordkeeping requirements.
Your Choices
You may manage cookies through browser settings and available consent controls. You may also contact Currency Information about information submitted by email, subject to legitimate editorial, security, legal, or recordkeeping needs.
Security
Reasonable measures may be used to protect information, but no website, email service, or storage system can guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated when services, technology, or publishing practices change. The current version will be posted on this page.
Contact
Privacy questions: support@currencyinformation.org.
Email and Editorial Correspondence
Messages sent to Currency Information may be reviewed by the people responsible for support, editorial work, corrections, advertising, partnerships, security, or recordkeeping. Correspondence may be retained when needed to evaluate a correction, verify a source, document consent, prevent abuse, or maintain business records.
Do not send unnecessary account numbers, identity documents, medical records, passwords, or other sensitive information.
Advertising Data
Google and other participating advertising services may receive technical identifiers and interaction information directly from a visitor’s browser or device. Depending on location and consent, this may support contextual or personalized advertising, frequency management, fraud prevention, reporting, and attribution.
International Visitors
Currency Information serves United States and international readers. Third-party providers may process information in countries different from the visitor’s location. Their own policies explain their processing and transfer practices.
Children’s Information
The website is a general-interest publication and is not designed as a service for collecting personal information from children. Readers should avoid sending sensitive personal information about minors unless it is necessary and appropriate for a legitimate editorial concern.
External Links and Embedded Material
External websites and embedded services may collect information independently. Currency Information is not responsible for the privacy practices of a third-party page reached through a link.
Data Requests and Verification
A person asking about information submitted by email should provide enough detail to identify the correspondence. Currency Information may need to verify identity and may retain information where necessary for editorial integrity, security, dispute handling, or other legitimate purposes.