Privacy Policy

TradeSmarter ("we", "our", "us") operates as an independent affiliate referral website. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your personal information when you visit our website (the "Site"). Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the Site.

We may collect the following categories of information:

**Automatically Collected Data:** When you visit our Site, we automatically collect certain information including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and time spent on pages. This is collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies.

**Voluntarily Provided Data:** If you submit a contact form or email newsletter signup, we collect your name, email address, and any message content you provide.

**Affiliate Tracking Data:** We track clicks on referral links to measure the performance of our affiliate partnerships. This includes click timestamps, referring page URLs, and anonymised device information.

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

- **Essential Cookies:** Required for the Site to function (e.g., remembering your cookie consent preference). - **Analytics Cookies:** Google Analytics (if enabled) to understand how visitors interact with our Site. This data is anonymised and aggregated. - **Affiliate Cookies:** To track referral link clicks and attribute registrations to our affiliate partnership.

You may decline non-essential cookies via our cookie consent banner. You can also control cookies through your browser settings, though this may affect Site functionality.

We use the information we collect to:

- Operate and improve the Site - Respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form - Send newsletters (only if you opted in and can unsubscribe at any time) - Track affiliate referral performance for our partnership programme - Comply with legal obligations - Detect and prevent fraud or abuse

We do not sell your personal data to third parties.

**Broker Partner:** When you click our referral link and register with the broker, your personal data is collected directly by the broker under their own privacy policy. We are not responsible for the broker's data practices.

**Google Analytics:** We may use Google Analytics to analyse Site traffic. Google may process your data in accordance with their privacy policy. You can opt out using Google's opt-out browser add-on.

**Hosting & Infrastructure:** Our Site is hosted on third-party infrastructure (Vercel/cloud hosting). These providers may process technical data as part of service delivery.

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, you have the following rights under GDPR:

- **Right of Access:** Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you. - **Right to Rectification:** Request correction of inaccurate data. - **Right to Erasure:** Request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten"). - **Right to Restriction:** Request that we limit how we process your data. - **Right to Data Portability:** Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format. - **Right to Object:** Object to processing based on legitimate interests.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@tradesmarter.com. We will respond within 30 days.

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy or as required by law. Contact form submissions are retained for up to 2 years. Analytics data is retained per Google Analytics default settings (26 months). Affiliate click data is retained for 36 months for accounting and audit purposes.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Our Site uses HTTPS encryption. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Our Site is not directed at individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

For privacy-related enquiries or to exercise your data rights, contact us at:

Email: privacy@tradesmarter.com

This is an independent affiliate website and is not operated by the broker.