Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
CompareFX (operated by {{LEGAL_ENTITY}}, registered at {{REGISTERED_ADDRESS}}, hereafter “we”, “us”, or “our”) publishes forex broker reviews, comparisons, and educational content at comparefx.co. We take your privacy seriously.
This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, who we share it with, and the rights you have under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent laws in {{JURISDICTION}}.
For the purposes of GDPR, the data controller is {{LEGAL_ENTITY}}. You can reach our privacy team at {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}. Where a Data Protection Officer has been appointed, they can be contacted at {{DPO_EMAIL}}.
2. What data we collect
We collect only what we need to run the site, measure what works, and respond to you:
2.1 Data you give us
- Contact form / email submissions: name, email address, and the content of your message.
- Newsletter sign-up: email address and (optionally) preferred language.
- Comments or review submissions (if enabled): display name and the text you submit.
2.2 Data we collect automatically
- Technical data: IP address (truncated where possible), browser type and version, operating system, device type, screen resolution, language preference.
- Usage data: pages visited, referring URL, time on page, scroll depth, outbound clicks on broker links.
- Cookie & similar identifiers: see our Cookie Policy for the full list.
2.3 Data we receive from third parties
- Affiliate networks and brokers: when you click through to a broker, the broker may later confirm (via postback or the affiliate network dashboard) whether you opened a trading account. These reports are typically aggregated; where an identifier is passed back to us it is pseudonymous (e.g. a click ID).
- Analytics providers: aggregated statistics such as country, device category, and page engagement.
3. How we use your data
- Operate, maintain and secure the website.
- Respond to enquiries sent through our contact form or email.
- Send you the newsletter you signed up for (and let you unsubscribe at any time).
- Measure traffic and content performance so we can improve our reviews.
- Attribute affiliate conversions so we can be paid correctly by brokers and networks.
- Detect fraud, abuse of the site, and breaches of our Terms of Use.
- Comply with legal obligations in {{JURISDICTION}} and the EU.
4. Legal basis (GDPR Article 6)
- Consent — for non-essential cookies, analytics, and marketing emails. You can withdraw consent at any time.
- Legitimate interest — for site security, fraud prevention, basic server logs, and measuring the performance of our own content. We balance these interests against your rights.
- Contract / pre-contract — where you submit a form asking us for information.
- Legal obligation — where we must retain records for tax, accounting, or regulatory reasons in {{JURISDICTION}}.
6. Analytics and third parties
We use privacy-respecting analytics (for example Google Analytics 4 with IP anonymisation enabled, or a similar tool) to understand which pages readers find useful. These providers act as our data processors under a data processing agreement.
We may also embed: YouTube video players, Trustpilot widgets, Cloudflare (for security and CDN), and fonts from Google or a self-hosted source. These providers may receive your IP address and user-agent when the embedded resource loads.
7. Affiliate tracking — how broker links work
When you click a broker link (“Visit broker”, “Open account”, a broker logo, or a call-to-action button) the following typically happens:
- A click event is logged on our server or via our analytics tool (timestamp, page, link target, pseudonymous click ID).
- You are forwarded to the broker via an affiliate network URL that includes tracking parameters such as
afftrack,aff_model,subid, or an equivalent partner ID. - The broker (or the affiliate network) sets its own cookie on your browser to remember that you arrived from CompareFX.
- If you subsequently register and/or deposit funds with the broker, the network reports a conversion back to us, usually with a pseudonymous identifier only.
We do not receive your broker account number, your deposit amount in a personally identifiable form, your trading history, or your KYC documents. Your relationship with the broker is governed by the broker’s own privacy policy — please read it before opening an account.
9. Data retention
- Contact form submissions: up to 24 months after our last contact with you, then deleted or anonymised.
- Newsletter subscriber data: until you unsubscribe, plus up to 12 months in a suppression list so we don’t accidentally email you again.
- Server access logs: typically 30–90 days for security and troubleshooting.
- Analytics data: aggregated and retained in line with the retention window set in our analytics tool (commonly 14 months).
- Affiliate click and conversion records: up to 24 months, for commission reconciliation and fraud checks.
- Accounting records: the period required by {{JURISDICTION}} tax law (commonly 6–10 years).
10. Your rights under GDPR
If you are in the EU, UK, or another jurisdiction with equivalent rights, you have the right to:
- Access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Rectification — ask us to correct data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
- Erasure (“right to be forgotten”) — ask us to delete your personal data where we no longer have a lawful basis to keep it.
- Restriction — ask us to limit how we use your data while a dispute is being resolved.
- Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format, or ask us to transmit it to another controller where technically feasible.
- Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interest, including profiling and direct marketing.
- Withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.
- Lodge a complaint — with the data protection authority in {{JURISDICTION}} or in the EU country where you live or work. In Cyprus this is the Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection.
To exercise any of these rights, email {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}. We will respond within one month, as required by GDPR.
11. International data transfers
Some of our service providers are based outside the European Economic Area (for example, analytics and affiliate networks in the United States). Where we transfer data outside the EEA, we rely on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, an adequacy decision, or an equivalent lawful transfer mechanism. A copy of the safeguards used can be requested at {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}.
12. Security
We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your data: HTTPS/TLS in transit, access controls on admin tooling, password managers with 2FA for staff accounts, and minimisation of the personal data we store. No system is perfectly secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security, and you share information with us at your own risk.
13. Children
This site is intended for adults interested in foreign exchange and CFD trading. Retail forex and CFD products are age-restricted: you must be at least 18 years old to open an account with any of the brokers we review. In line with GDPR, we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16 years of age. If you believe a child has submitted personal data to us, please contact {{CONTACT_EMAIL}} and we will delete it.
14. Changes to this Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time — for example when we add new tools, change providers, or respond to new regulations. We will update the “Last updated” date at the top of the page. For material changes we will provide additional notice (banner on the site and/or email if you are a subscriber).
15. Contact
Questions or requests? Email us:
- General / privacy: {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}
- Data Protection Officer: {{DPO_EMAIL}}
- Postal: {{LEGAL_ENTITY}}, {{REGISTERED_ADDRESS}}