The Zambian Economist respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal information we collect through zambianeconomist.com, how we use it and how you can contact us about it. It covers our website, newsletter, article submissions, enquiries and paid services.
Information we collect
- Comments and contact forms: the name, email address and message you submit, along with technical details such as your IP address and browser information to help detect spam.
- Newsletter subscriptions: the name and email address you provide when you subscribe to our editorial updates. You can unsubscribe at any time.
- Article submissions: the contact details and material you send us through the submission page.
- Orders: when you buy a directory listing, event listing or advertising placement, the billing and contact details needed to fulfil and account for that order.
- Technical data: server logs recording pages requested, approximate location and device type.
- Cookies: small files used to keep you logged in, remember cart contents and measure how the site is used.
How we use your information
We use this information to publish and moderate comments, respond to enquiries, send editorial updates to subscribers, review article submissions, deliver and account for the services you have purchased, keep the site secure, and understand which articles readers find useful. We do not sell your personal information.
Payments
Payments are processed by third-party payment providers. Card and mobile money details are handled by those providers under their own security arrangements and are not stored on our servers.
Who we share information with
We share personal information with service providers that help us operate the website and deliver our services, including hosting, payment processing, spam filtering and analytics providers. We may also disclose information where required by law.
Advertising and third-party cookies
We use Google AdSense and may work with other third-party advertising vendors to display ads on this site. These vendors use cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to collect information about your visits to this and other websites, and to serve ads based on your interests.
Google uses cookies, including the DoubleClick/Google Ads cookie, to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet. We do not control the cookies placed by these third-party vendors, and this policy does not cover their use of your information; we encourage you to review their own privacy policies directly.
You can manage personalised advertising through Google’s My Ad Center or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page. You can also read Google’s explanation of how it uses information from sites that use its services. You can disable cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect how parts of this site function.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential advertising and analytics cookies on your device. Where a consent message is displayed, use its privacy controls to review or change your choices. If you cannot find those controls or have a privacy request, contact info@zambianeconomist.com. Browser cookie settings and advertising opt-out tools are also available as described above.
How long we keep information
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised automatically. Enquiries are retained while the matter is open and for a reasonable period afterwards. Order records are retained for as long as accounting and tax obligations require.
Your rights
You may ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to erase it. Requests that conflict with a legal, accounting or security obligation may be refused, and we will explain why.
Contact
For questions about this policy or to make a privacy request, email info@zambianeconomist.com or call +260 775 574 228.