Privacy & Cookies

Last updated September 2026.

EconViz.org is a small educational site run by one person. It sells nothing, runs no advertising, and has no interest in identifying you.

The short version

Nothing that tracks you loads until you agree to it. Decline and the site works exactly as it otherwise would — you just won't see the comment threads. You can change your mind at any time from the link in any page footer.

What EconViz itself collects

Nothing, unless you fill in one of the feedback or survey forms — those email me what you typed, plus your IP address, which I keep only as a way to block abuse. The site sets no cookies of its own and has no accounts, logins, or user database. Two notes are kept locally in your browser — not cookies, and never sent anywhere: your cookie choice, so you aren't asked again on every page, and the fact that you dismissed the "works best on a larger screen" notice, which lasts only until you close the tab.

What loads only if you accept

ServiceWhat it doesRun by
Google Analytics 4 Counts visits and which tutorials people reach, so I can tell what is worth improving. I look at totals, not individuals. Google (privacy policy)
Disqus Powers the comment threads. Loads only when you open a comments page. Disqus / Zeta Global (privacy policy)

Once you accept, these third parties set their own cookies and receive your IP address and the page you are on, under their privacy policies rather than mine. That is why they stay unloaded until you say yes.

What withdrawing actually does. Choosing Decline after having accepted deletes the Google Analytics cookies this site can reach and reloads the page, so nothing third-party is left running. The reload matters: a script already loaded cannot be un-loaded, so without it Disqus and Analytics would keep working until you navigated away. Neither loads again unless you opt back in.

What withdrawal cannot do is delete cookies Disqus already set: those live under disqus.com, a domain this site cannot touch. Clear those in your browser's own settings.

Things that load either way

Nothing. Every file these pages need — including the jQuery libraries that make the diagrams work — is served from econviz.org itself. Until you choose, your browser contacts no server but this one.

Following an outbound link takes you somewhere with its own policies. The EconViz blog in particular runs on separate software and is not covered by the choice you make here.

Your choices

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