Last updated: September 29, 2026
Who we are
Cross Asset Lens (crossassetlens.com) is an independent research blog. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to the operator of Cross Asset Lens. This policy explains what information is collected when you visit the site, how it is used, and the choices you have.
Information we collect
- Comments. When you leave a comment, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam. Comments may be checked by Akismet, an anti-spam service. An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to see whether you use it.
- Contact form. If you contact us through the contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message, and use them only to respond to you.
- Newsletter. If you subscribe by email, your email address is used to send you new articles. Every email contains an unsubscribe link.
- Usage statistics. We use Jetpack Stats to understand aggregate traffic, such as page views and referring sites.
Cookies
Cookies are small files stored in your browser. This site uses cookies for the following purposes:
- If you leave a comment, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies so you do not have to fill them in again. These cookies last for one year.
- Our hosting and analytics providers (WordPress.com and Jetpack) may set cookies to keep the site secure and measure traffic.
- Advertising partners, including Google, may set cookies to serve and measure ads, as described below.
You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Some features of the site may not work properly without them.
Advertising and Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertising on this site.
- 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/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info or, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- For more information, see how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Where required by applicable law, including in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, personalized advertising is used only with your consent, which you can give or withdraw through the consent message shown on this site.
Embedded content and third-party services
Articles may include embedded content such as audio, video, or charts from other websites. Embedded content behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website, which may collect data about you. This site is hosted by WordPress.com, operated by Automattic; see the Automattic Privacy Policy for how it handles data.
How long we keep your data
Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and approved automatically. Contact form messages are kept only as long as needed to respond and follow up.
Your rights
You can ask us for a copy of the personal data we hold about you, or ask us to correct or delete it, except for data we must keep for legal or security purposes. To make a request, please use our contact page.
Children’s privacy
This site is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.
Contact
If you have questions about this policy, please reach us through our contact page.