Last updated: November 7, 2025
Welcome to Tangentwise (“we,” “our,” “us”).
Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights in relation to that data.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://tangentwise.com.
Tangentwise is an independent publication sharing research and analysis on the trends shaping business, cities, and the economy.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a “hash”) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if any) is visible to the public next to 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 any location data from images on the site.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. This is for your convenience so you don’t have to re-enter details when leaving another comment. These cookies last for one year.
If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will determine if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set cookies to save your login information and display preferences.
- Login cookies last two days.
- Screen options cookies last one year.
- Selecting “Remember Me” keeps you logged in for two weeks.
- Logging out removes login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, or social media posts).
Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor had visited that external site directly.
Those websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content—including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Otherwise, we do not sell, trade, or rent users’ personal identification information to others.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This helps us recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in moderation.
For users that register on our website (if any), we store the personal information provided 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 view and edit that information.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided to us.
You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you.
This does not include data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.