Welcome to Investment Basics (accessible from https://investmentbasics.us). Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal data when you visit or interact with our website.
1. Who We Are
Our website address is: https://investmentbasics.us
Investment Basics provides educational content and resources about investing, finance, and money management.
2. Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After your comment is approved, your profile picture is publicly visible in the context of your comment.
3. Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the site.
4. Cookies
If you leave a comment on our website, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience, so you do not have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display preferences:
- Login cookies last for two days.
- Screen option cookies last for one year.
If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out removes login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article just edited. It expires after one day.
5. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, or articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if the visitor has visited that website directly.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content—especially if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
6. Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We do not sell, rent, or trade user data with third parties for marketing purposes.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve future comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
8. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request:
- An exported file of the personal data we hold about you.
- Deletion of your personal data.
This excludes data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To request your data, please contact us at: investmentbasics1@gmail.com
9. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
10. Security of Your Data
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be reflected on this page with a revised “Last updated” date. We encourage visitors to check this page periodically for any changes.
12. Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at:
Email: investmentbasics1@gmail.com
Website: https://investmentbasics.us