Privacy Policy This Privacy Policy describes how Trading Economics (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and protects information about you when you use our website, products, and services, including the Trading Economics Sheets Add-on. By using our services, you agree to the practices described in this Policy. Information We Collect We collect information you provide directly to us, information generated through your use of our services, and in some cases information from third-party sources. This may include: Account information: your name, email address, password, and billing details when you register for an account or subscribe to a plan. Usage data: pages visited, features used, queries made, and interactions with our API and add-ons. Device and technical data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and referral URLs collected automatically when you access our services. Communications: messages you send us via support channels, surveys, or feedback forms. How We Use Your Information We use the information we collect to: Provide, operate, and improve our website, API, and add-ons. Process transactions and send related information such as confirmations and invoices. Respond to your comments and questions and provide customer support. Send you technical notices, updates, and security alerts. Send promotional communications about products and services, where permitted by law and in accordance with your preferences. Monitor and analyze usage trends to improve the user experience. Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activity. Comply with legal obligations. Cookies and Tracking Technologies We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to operate and personalize our services. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us recognize returning visitors, understand how our site is used, and measure the effectiveness of our content. We use: Essential cookies: required for core site functionality such as authentication and session management. Analytics cookies: used to understand aggregate traffic patterns and improve our services. Data collected this way is anonymized and not personally identifiable. Marketing cookies: used to understand which channels bring users to our site. You may opt out of marketing cookies through your browser settings or our cookie preference center. Sharing Information with Affiliates We may share personal information with our affiliates — companies we control, are controlled by, or share common ownership with — for purposes consistent with this Policy, such as providing integrated services, fulfilling transactions, and communicating about products that may be of interest to you. All affiliates are required to honor this Policy with respect to the information we share with them. Sharing Information with Third Parties Trading Economics does not sell your personal information. We may share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances: Service providers: Companies that perform services on our behalf (e.g., payment processing, cloud infrastructure, analytics, customer support). These parties are contractually obligated to use your data only as directed by us and to maintain appropriate security standards. Business transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity, subject to standard confidentiality protections. With your consent: We may share information with third parties when you explicitly direct us to do so. Legal obligations: As described in the Regulatory Disclosure section below. Regulatory Disclosure We may disclose your personal information when required to do so by law or in response to valid requests from public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency). This includes cooperating with regulatory authorities, law enforcement agencies, and legal proceedings to the extent required or permitted by applicable law. We will only disclose the minimum information necessary to comply with such obligations. In China, webmaster registration was completed through qpsoftware.net; no personal user information was shared in that process. Data Security We take the security of your information seriously. All data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using TLS 1.2 or higher. We employ additional safeguards including firewalls, role-based access controls, multi-factor authentication for administrative systems, and regular security reviews. While no system can guarantee absolute security, we follow industry best practices to protect your data against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Your Rights and Choices Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your data, as well as the right to data portability. You are not required to provide all information we request; however, declining to do so may limit our ability to provide certain services. To exercise any of these rights, or to update your personal information, please contact us at privacy@tradingeconomics.com. We will respond to verified requests within 30 days. Google API Services User Data Policy The Trading Economics Sheets Add-on (available via the Google Workspace Marketplace, project ID: tradingeconomics-sheets-add-on) integrates with Google API Services. Our use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. 1. Data Accessed When you connect the Trading Economics Sheets Add-on to your Google Account, the add-on requests the following OAuth scopes: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets — read and write access to your Google Sheets spreadsheets, used solely to insert and refresh economic data returned by the Trading Economics API into cells you designate. https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.container.ui — permission to display the add-on sidebar and dialog UI within Google Sheets. The add-on does not access Gmail, Google Drive files outside the active spreadsheet, Google Contacts, Google Calendar, or any other Google service. 2. Data Usage Google user data accessed through the add-on is used exclusively to provide the core functionality of the Trading Economics Sheets Add-on: retrieving economic indicators, market data, and forecasts from the Trading Economics API and writing the results into the cells of your active spreadsheet. Specifically: Spreadsheet data (cell values, ranges) is read only to the extent necessary to identify where to write the requested data. Spreadsheet data is written only to cells explicitly requested by the user through the add-on interface. Google user data is never used for advertising, profiling, or any purpose unrelated to delivering the in-spreadsheet data functionality described above. Google user data is never used to train machine-learning or AI models. 3. Data Sharing Trading Economics does not share, sell, transfer, or disclose Google user data to any third party, except in the following limited circumstances: Service providers: Trusted sub-processors (e.g., cloud hosting, error monitoring) that operate under confidentiality obligations and process data solely on our behalf to operate the add-on. Legal obligations: Where required by applicable law, regulation, or valid legal process (see Regulatory Disclosure above). Google user data is never shared for purposes unrelated to providing or improving the Trading Economics Sheets Add-on. 4. Data Storage and Protection The Trading Economics Sheets Add-on is a server-side Google Apps Script application. It does not persistently store the content of your spreadsheet on Trading Economics servers. OAuth tokens issued by Google are stored securely by the Google Apps Script platform using Google's own credential-storage infrastructure and are never written to Trading Economics databases. Any transient data processed during an API call (e.g., the requested indicator name and the resulting value) is held only in short-lived server memory for the duration of the request and discarded immediately afterwards. All data in transit between your browser, Google's servers, and the Trading Economics API is encrypted using TLS 1.2 or higher. 5. Data Retention and Deletion Because the Trading Economics Sheets Add-on does not store Google user data on Trading Economics servers, no Google user data is retained by us beyond the duration of a single API request. OAuth access tokens are managed entirely by Google's infrastructure; you can revoke the add-on's access to your Google Account at any time by visiting Google Account Permissions and removing the Trading Economics Sheets Add-on. To request deletion of any Trading Economics account data associated with your use of the add-on, please contact us at privacy@tradingeconomics.com. We will process deletion requests within 30 days in accordance with applicable law.