Privacy Policy for The Capital Index
Effective Date: June 14, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to The Capital Index. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. This privacy policy sets out how we collect, use, process, and protect your personal information when you use our website.
2. Who We Are
This website (https://thecapitalindex.com) is owned and operated by The Capital Index LLC. Our mission is to provide clarity in a complex world through data-driven analysis of finance, technology, and politics.
3. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We Collect It
Comments When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Contact Forms When you contact us using the forms on our “Contact” page (powered by WPForms), we collect your name, email address, and the message you send. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry.
Newsletter If you choose to subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address to send you updates, analysis, and marketing communications. We use Mailchimp as our marketing automation platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing in accordance with their Privacy Policy and Terms.
Cookies Our site uses cookies to enhance your experience. These include cookies for comment forms (to save you from re-typing your details), for login sessions, and for screen display choices. These cookies vary in duration from a single session to one year.
Embedded Content from Other Websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube, financial charts from services like TradingView, social media posts). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.
Analytics We may use third-party analytics services like Google Analytics to understand our audience and improve our content. These services may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited, using their own cookies. This data is aggregated and anonymized wherever possible.
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell your personal data. We may share it with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our website, such as:
- Hosting Provider (Hostinger): Our website infrastructure is hosted with them.
- Email Marketing Platform (Mailchimp): If you subscribe to our newsletter.
- Spam Detection Services (e.g., Akismet): To protect the site from spam comments.
- Analytics Providers (e.g., Google Analytics): To analyze site traffic.
5. How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
6. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Depending on your location, you may have specific rights under data protection laws like the GDPR (for European residents) or CCPA (for California residents). These rights may include:
- The right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
- The right to request that we correct any inaccurate personal data.
- The right to request that we erase your personal data.
- The right to object to the processing of your data.
To exercise these rights, please contact us via our “Contact” page.
7. Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data may be processed on servers located in various countries, including the United States, by our third-party service providers.
8. Contact Information
For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, you may contact us at: privacy@thecapitalindex.com
The Capital Index LLC 2618 Kramer Ln, Austin, TX, 78758, USA