Privacy Policy

for Somali Business Journal
Website Address: https://somalibusinessjournal.com/

Who We Are

Somali Business Journal is a global news and business blog that provides insights and updates about investing, business, crypto, stock markets, government policies, and economic news. Our mission is to make complex business topics accessible to everyone, regardless of their experience, and to help our readers better understand how the economy works, how businesses operate, and how individuals can manage and grow their ventures.

We cover a wide range of topics, including:

• Investing & Business: Stocks, Crypto, ETFs, Bonds, Fundamental Analysis
  
• Business & Economy:
  
  • Entrepreneurship
    
  • Business Banking
    
  • Business Financing
    
  • Business Taxes
    
  • Operations & Success
    
• Economy & News: Government and Policy, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Economics
  
• Market & Related Topics: Market, Companies, Mortgage Rate, Economy, Government, Crypto, ETFs, and Business
  

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form (name, email address, and website), as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.

Additionally, an anonymized string (also called a hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar Privacy Policy can be found here: https://automattic.com/privacy.

After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please avoid uploading images that include embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images on the site.

Cookies

We use cookies to enhance your experience on Somali Business Journal. These cookies may:

• Remember your name, email address, and website when you leave a comment, so you don’t have to fill in your details again next time.
  
• Track traffic and performance using tools like Google Analytics.
  
• Serve personalized ads through Google AdSense and affiliate links.
  

Cookies will last for one year for commenters and are set for a short period (until the browser is closed) for temporary purposes such as login verification.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on Somali Business Journal may include embedded content (e.g., videos, charts, articles, images). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if the visitor has visited the external site directly.

These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you are logged in to their service.

Data Collection

We may collect non-personal data automatically, such as:

• IP address
  
• Browser type
  
• Device type
  
• Pages visited
  
• Time spent on the site
  

This data is used to analyze website traffic and improve our content. We do not collect any personal information unless you voluntarily provide it through leaving a comment.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you leave a comment, your IP address and comment metadata are stored to help with spam detection.

We do not share your personal data with any other third parties unless required by law. However, third-party services like Google AdSense and Google Analytics may collect data as described in their respective privacy policies:

• Google AdSense: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  
• Google Analytics: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
  

How Long We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to automatically recognize and approve any follow-up comments.

For users that may register accounts (if applicable in the future), we will also store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users will have access to edit or delete their personal information, except for their username.

Your Rights Over Your Data

If you have left comments or registered an account on Somali Business Journal, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.

You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, except for any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Children’s Privacy

Somali Business Journal does not target or knowingly collect data from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from children, we will take immediate steps to delete such information.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. The updated policy will be posted on this page with the effective date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
📧 Email: [info@somalibusinessjournal.com]
🌐 Website: https://somalibusinessjournal.com/