Ezoic Services

Ezoic Services
This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. (“Ezoic”), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors of this website, which may utilize first and third-party cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to your device by a web server that enables the website to remember information about your browsing activity. First-party cookies are created by the site you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by domains other than the one you're visiting. Ezoic and our partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features on the website, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them here.
The following information may be collected, used, and stored in a cookie when serving personalized ads:

IP address
Operating system type and version
Device type
Language preferences
Web browser type
Email (in a hashed or encrypted form)

Ezoic and its partners may use this data in combination with information that has been independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic’s partners may also gather additional data, such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements, to create audience segments for targeted advertising across different devices, browsers, and apps. You can find more information about interest-based advertising and how to manage them here.
You can view Ezoic’s privacy policy here, or for additional information about Ezoic’s advertising and other partners, you can view Ezoic’s advertising partners here.

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was last updated on February 20th, 2025.

Who We Are

WorldScorecard.com is a platform dedicated to providing a transparent snapshot of country performance across various performance indicators, based on publicly available data.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
If you choose to leave a comment, an anonymized string generated from your email address (also called a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to verify if you are using it. After your comment is approved, your profile picture (if applicable) will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Contact Forms

When you use our contact form, powered by WPForms, the information you provide (such as your name, email address, and the content of your message) is sent to us via email. This information is collected solely for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or request. We do not store this information on the website or share it with any third parties. The data remains within the email system we use to receive and reply to your inquiries. By using the contact form, you consent to us using the submitted data to respond to your message.

Cookies

We use cookies to improve your experience on WorldScorecard.com. Here’s how cookies are utilized:

Comments: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, so you don’t need to re-enter this information for future comments. These cookies last for one year.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles or reports on WorldScorecard.com may include embedded content (e.g., videos, charts, images, or links to third-party sources). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you have visited the external website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with their content, especially if you are logged into their services.

We use Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements on our website. This service uses cookies to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the Internet. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

How Google Uses Your Data

Google may use cookies and other technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior in order to display relevant ads on our site and across the Internet.
The information generated by these cookies about your use of this website (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States (or elsewhere).

Opting Out of Personalized Ads

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track and analyze site usage. Google Analytics collects information such as your IP address, browser type, referring pages, and the pages you visit on WorldScorecard.com. This helps us understand user interactions and improve our site’s performance. Google may also use this information to contextualize and personalize ads on its advertising network. To learn more, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.

We value your privacy and do not sell your data. However:

Visitor comments may be processed through an automated spam detection service.
Messages submitted through the contact form are not shared with third parties but are sent directly to our email system.
Basic usage data may be shared with Google Analytics, Ezoic and ad network partners as described above.

How Long We Retain Your Data

Comments: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely to streamline the approval of future comments.
Contact Form Submissions: Messages sent via the contact form are retained in our email system for as long as necessary to address your inquiry or comply with legal or administrative obligations.
Analytics Data: Data collected by Google Analytics is retained according to Google’s privacy and retention policies.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have left comments, you may request:

An exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided.
The deletion of any personal data we hold about you. This does not include data we are legally or administratively obligated to retain for security or operational purposes.
To make such a request, please contact us via the contact form or email us directly.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Messages submitted through the contact form are sent directly to our email system and are not shared with third parties.
Basic usage data is sent to Google Analytics for site usage analysis.

How We Protect Your Data

We take the protection of your data seriously and implement industry-standard security measures to safeguard your information. However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy as necessary to reflect changes in our practices or to comply with legal requirements. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date at the top of the page.

Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.