Climate Global LLC ("Climate Global," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and safeguard information when you visit our website at climateglobal.com (the "Site").
Last Updated: February 20, 2026
1. About This Site
Climate Global is an index administrator and data analytics company. This Site provides information about our company, our index methodology, and related educational content. We are not a financial services company, investment advisor, or broker-dealer, and this Site does not facilitate financial transactions, account creation, or trading activity.
As a primarily informational website, our data collection is minimal. We do not sell products or services directly through this Site, and we do not require user accounts or login credentials.
2. Information We Collect
Information You Provide Voluntarily
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you:
- Submit a contact form or inquiry through the Site
- Send us an email at one of our published addresses
- Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list, if offered
- Request information about our index products or licensing
This information may include your name, email address, company name, job title, and the content of your message.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit the Site, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:
- Log data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and date and time of access
- Device information: Device type, screen resolution, and language preferences
- Usage data: Pages viewed, time spent on pages, click patterns, and navigation paths
This information is collected through cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies as described in the Cookies section below.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use collected information for the following purposes:
- Responding to inquiries: To reply to your questions, contact form submissions, or requests for information about our index products and services
- Site analytics: To understand how visitors use our Site, identify trends, and improve Site content, functionality, and user experience
- Site operations: To maintain, protect, and improve the Site, including monitoring for security threats and technical issues
- Legal compliance: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes
- Communications: To send you information you have requested or that may be relevant to your expressed interests, with your consent where required
We do not use your personal information for automated decision-making or profiling. We do not use personal information to make credit, employment, or other eligibility decisions about you.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
Our Site uses cookies and similar tracking technologies. A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit a website. We use the following categories of cookies:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the Site to function properly. They enable core features such as remembering your privacy preferences. These cookies cannot be disabled.
Analytics Cookies
We may use analytics services (such as Google Analytics) to collect aggregated, anonymized information about how visitors use our Site. These cookies help us understand which pages are most popular, how visitors navigate the Site, and where visitors come from. Analytics data is used solely to improve the Site and is not used for advertising or sold to third parties.
Managing Cookies
When you first visit our Site, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies. You can update your preferences at any time. You may also control cookies through your browser settings. Note that disabling certain cookies may affect Site functionality.
5. Third-Party Services
We may use the following categories of third-party services in connection with the Site:
- Analytics providers: To collect and analyze Site usage data (e.g., Google Analytics)
- Hosting and infrastructure: To host and deliver the Site
- Email services: To process and respond to communications you send us
We do not use third-party advertising networks, social media tracking pixels, or retargeting services on this Site. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party for marketing or advertising purposes.
Third-party service providers are contractually required to use your information only for the purposes of providing their services to us and in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
6. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
- Service providers: With trusted third-party vendors who assist us in operating the Site and conducting our business, subject to confidentiality obligations
- Legal requirements: When required by law, subpoena, court order, or other legal process
- Protection of rights: When we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others, or to investigate fraud or respond to a government request
- Business transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets, in which case personal information may be among the transferred assets
7. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, or as required by law. Contact form submissions and related correspondence are retained for a reasonable period to address your inquiry and for our records. Analytics data is retained in aggregated, anonymized form.
8. Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions
- Opt-out: Opt out of receiving marketing communications from us
- Cookie preferences: Manage your cookie settings through our cookie consent tool or your browser settings
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected]. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe, and in any event within the time required by applicable law.
California Residents
If you are a California resident, you may have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). We do not sell or share personal information as defined under the CCPA/CPRA. For questions about your California privacy rights, please contact us at the address below.
European Economic Area and United Kingdom Residents
If you are located in the EEA or UK, our legal basis for processing personal information is typically your consent (for cookies and marketing communications) or our legitimate interests in operating and improving the Site. You may have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or UK GDPR, including the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
10. Children's Privacy
This Site is not directed to individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.
11. Links to Third-Party Websites
This Site may contain links to third-party websites, including those of our index licensees, data partners, and our independent, third-party index calculation agent, INDXX, which serves as the official source of record for index values, constituents, and weightings. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party site you visit.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
13. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Climate Global LLC
Email: [email protected]