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Privacy Policy
How we collect, use, and protect your personal data across globalattention.com.
Version 1.0 · Effective Date: 3 September 2026
1. Who We Are
globalattention.com ("we," "our," or "us") operates the website globalattention.com (the "Website"), with a registered office at Unit No: UT-12-CO-5, DMCC Business Centre, Level No 12, Uptown Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Global Attention aggregates news sources across Politics & Elections, Business & Finance, Technology & AI, Science & Climate, Sports, and Culture & Entertainment, groups related coverage into narratives, and ranks them by a real-time public attention score drawn from news coverage, together with a sentiment breakdown for each narrative.
The Trending section — our free, real-time ranking of news attention across all categories — is available to everyone at no cost, without any account, registration, or payment. The waitlist described below relates to early access to Global Attention’s paid categories, not to Trending.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect through the Website, why we collect it, how we use it, and what rights you have in relation to it. We are the data controller in respect of the personal data described in this Policy.
2. What Personal Data We Collect
2.1 Data You Provide Directly
- Waitlist data: email address, submitted when you join the waitlist for early access to Global Attention’s paid categories.
2.2 Data Collected Automatically
- Technical data: IP address, browser type and version, device type and operating system, pages visited, access times, and referring URLs.
- Cookies and similar technologies, as described in our Cookie Policy at globalattention.com/cookie-policy.
3. Why We Collect Your Data and Our Legal Basis
We process your personal data for the following purposes:
| Purpose | Data Used | Legal Basis |
|---|---|---|
| To provide the Website and describe Global Attention | Technical data (IP address, browser/device information, pages visited) | Legitimate interest in operating and securing the Website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR) |
| To manage your waitlist request and notify you about early access to paid categories | Email address | Consent, given when you submit the waitlist form (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR); or pre-contractual steps taken at your request (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) |
| To analyse Website traffic and improve our content | Technical and usage data (via Google Analytics 4) | Consent, obtained through our cookie banner (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) |
| To comply with legal and regulatory obligations | Any data as required by applicable law | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR) |
4. Who We Share Your Data With
We share personal data with the following categories of service providers, strictly to the extent necessary for the purposes described above:
- Hosting and infrastructure: Amazon Web Services (AWS) — hosts the Website, primarily in the eu-central-1 (Frankfurt, Germany) region.
- Domain / DNS: Cloudflare — manages DNS records for globalattention.com. Cloudflare operates in DNS-only mode for our domain and does not proxy or process Website traffic as a content delivery network; TLS certificates are issued by AWS Certificate Manager.
- Analytics: Google (Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics 4) — see Section 9 and our Cookie Policy for further detail.
All service providers are contractually bound to process personal data only on our instructions, to maintain confidentiality, and to implement appropriate security measures. We do not sell your personal data to any third party.
Quuannt, which supplies the news-aggregation data underlying Global Attention’s attention rankings, does not receive or process personal data relating to you as a Website visitor.
5. International Data Transfers
Your personal data may be processed in the United Arab Emirates, in the European Economic Area (our primary hosting infrastructure is located in Frankfurt, Germany), and in other countries — including the United States — where certain of our service providers (such as Google) are located or process data. Where we transfer personal data outside your country of residence, we rely on appropriate safeguards, including Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (where applicable), or other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.
6. How Long We Keep Your Data
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected:
| Data Category | Retention Period |
|---|---|
| Waitlist data (email address) | 12 months from submission, or until paid-category early access launches and any account is created, whichever is earlier, unless you request earlier deletion |
| Website analytics data (Google Analytics 4) | 14 months from collection |
7. Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access — request a copy of the data we hold about you
- Rectification — correct any inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erasure — request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
- Restriction — ask us to temporarily limit how we process your data
- Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interest
- Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
- Withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at legal@globalattention.com. We will respond within one month in accordance with applicable law.
You may also have rights under the data protection framework applicable in your country of residence, such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation for residents of the EU/EEA, the UK GDPR for UK residents, or UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
8. How We Protect Your Data
We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including:
- Encryption of data in transit (HTTPS/TLS) across the entire Website
- Access controls limiting data access to authorised personnel only
- Secure cloud hosting infrastructure with regular updates and patching
9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies. Non-essential cookies are only placed with your consent, given through our cookie consent banner. For full details, please see our Cookie Policy at globalattention.com/cookie-policy.
10. Children’s Privacy
The Website is not directed at, and may not be used by, individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under the age of 18. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a person under 18, we will delete it as soon as reasonably possible. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal data, please contact us at legal@globalattention.com.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our business evolves. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the updated policy on our Website with a revised effective date. Where required by law, we will seek your renewed consent. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:
globalattention.com
Unit No: UT-12-CO-5, DMCC Business Centre, Level No 12, Uptown Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Email: legal@globalattention.com
As Global Attention is intended for international use, for any queries relating to our EU representative under Article 27 GDPR or our UK representative under UK GDPR, please contact us at legal@globalattention.com.