Privacy Policy

Our approach to your privacy

We believe you should be able to read the news without giving up your personal data. GlobalExpressTime is built on the principle of collecting as little information as possible, using what we do collect only to deliver and improve our journalism, and never selling your data to third parties.

You do not need to create an account, enter your email address, or provide any personal details to access any article on this site. Every article is free to read without registration.

What we collect automatically

When you visit the site, our servers and content delivery network may log standard technical data. This includes your IP address, the type of browser and device you are using, your approximate geographic region, the pages you visit, and the time of your visit.

This data is used in aggregate to understand how the site is performing, which topics are most read, and whether pages are loading correctly. It is not used to build a profile of you as an individual.

Cookies and analytics

We use a small number of cookies and similar tracking technologies on this site. Some are essential for the site to function. Others are used to gather anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us understand what our readers find useful and how we can improve our coverage.

Advertising served on the site may also set cookies, web beacons, and similar identifiers through third-party ad networks. These networks operate under their own privacy policies, which we encourage you to review.

You can manage, restrict, or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Doing so will not stop you from reading our journalism.

Advertising and Google AdSense

GlobalExpressTime is funded in part through digital display advertising. Advertising on this site is served by Google AdSense and may also involve other third-party advertising partners.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet. These technologies may collect information such as your IP address, device identifiers, and pages visited in order to measure ad performance and, where permitted, personalise the ads you see.

You can opt out of personalised advertising from Google at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings at adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of some other third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.com.

You can read more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

We do not share your personal data directly with advertisers, and we do not pass sensitive information about you, such as health conditions or political views, to any advertising partner.

Your consent choices in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland

If you are visiting from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we ask for your consent before advertising cookies are stored on your device or personalised ads are shown to you. This is done through a consent message that appears on your first visit, provided by a Google-certified consent management platform.

You can change your mind at any time. If you would like to review or withdraw a consent choice you made earlier, clear the site's cookies in your browser and the consent message will appear again on your next visit, or contact us at support@globalexpresstime.com and we will help.

How we protect your information

The site is delivered over a secure HTTPS connection at all times. We use industry-standard measures to protect the technical data we hold and limit access to it to the staff who need it to operate the service.

We do not store payment information, health data, or any other sensitive personal category of data. We retain technical logs only for as long as they are needed for security and operational purposes.

Third-party services

The site uses third-party infrastructure providers, including content delivery and hosting services, to operate reliably at scale. These providers may process limited technical data on our behalf as part of delivering the site to you. We require them to handle that data securely and only for the purposes we specify.

Where articles link to external websites, those sites operate under their own privacy policies, which we do not control.

Your rights

Depending on the country or region where you are based, you may have legal rights over your personal data. These can include the right to access the data we hold about you, the right to request that we correct inaccurate data, the right to request deletion, and the right to object to certain uses of your data.

To exercise any of these rights, or to ask a question about how we handle your information, contact us at support@globalexpresstime.com. We will respond within 30 days.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in how we operate or to comply with new legal requirements. When we make a material change, we will update the review date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.