1. Information we collect
All visitors
- Approximate country. We look up the country of your IP address (using the free DB-IP database stored on our own server) to count visits per country. Only daily totals per page and country are saved. Your IP address is not stored for this, and we never ask for or use your precise location.
- Technical error reports. If a page error happens in your browser, the page address, the error message and your browser type may be recorded in our error log so we can fix it.
- Server logs. Like most websites, our hosting provider may keep standard server logs (IP address, browser, requested page and time) for security and to keep the site running.
If you create an account
- Your name and email address, and your password, which is stored only as a secure one-way hash (we cannot read it).
- The trade evaluations you choose to save (up to 20): market, instrument, direction, checklist answers, score, and any optional values you enter such as account balance, risk, entry/stop/target prices, notes, and the trade result (profit or loss).
- When you last logged in and were last active (used to show which members are online to the site administrator).
When you log in
To protect accounts against password-guessing attacks, each login attempt records the email entered, IP address, browser/device description, time and whether it succeeded.
2. Cookies and browser storage
- Session cookie (
stc_session) - essential. It keeps you logged in, protects forms against forgery and lets us count unique daily visitors. It is deleted when you close your browser. - Checklist draft (browser local storage) - an unfinished checklist is kept only in your own browser so it is not lost if you reload the page. It is never sent to us unless you are logged in and press Save. You can remove it by clearing your browser's site data.
- Advertising cookies - set by Google and its partners when ads are shown. See the next section.
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking the session cookie will stop login from working.
3. Advertising (Google AdSense)
This website is free because it shows advertisements served by Google AdSense.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Google and its partners may also use cookies or similar technologies to measure ad performance and prevent fraud.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.aboutads.info or, in Europe, www.youronlinechoices.eu. If you opt out, you will still see ads, but they will be less relevant to you.
Learn more in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google's advertising policy.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are asked for consent through a Google-certified consent message before personalised ads are shown. You can change your choice at any time using the privacy or cookie settings link shown by that message. Without consent, Google may show non-personalised or limited ads.
US state privacy laws (for example California): we do not sell your personal information for money. Showing personalised ads may count as "sharing" for advertising under some laws; you can opt out at any time using the options above.
4. How we use information
- To provide the checklist, calculator and your saved evaluations and trade statistics.
- To keep accounts secure (login protection, preventing abuse).
- To understand which pages are popular and in which countries, using totals only.
- To fix errors and improve the website.
- To show advertising that keeps the website free (see section 3).
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not send you marketing emails. Your saved evaluations are private to your account and are not shared with advertisers. The site administrator can see member names, email addresses and login activity in order to run the website.
5. How long we keep it
- Account and saved evaluations: until you delete them or ask us to delete your account.
- Login records: 180 days, then deleted automatically.
- Failed-login counters (for brute-force protection): 1 day.
- Visit statistics: kept as anonymous daily totals by page and country.
- Error logs: kept only as long as needed to fix problems.
6. Your choices and rights
- You can use the website without an account.
- Logged-in members can delete any saved evaluation on the My Evaluations page and change their password on the Account page.
- You can ask us to access, correct or delete your personal information, or to delete your whole account, by contacting us (section 10).
- If you are in the EEA or UK you also have the right to object to or restrict processing, to data portability, and to complain to your local data protection authority. We rely on providing the service you request, our legitimate interest in security and statistics, and your consent for personalised advertising.
7. Children
This website is about financial trading and is intended for adults. It is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
8. Security
Passwords are hashed, forms are protected against cross-site request forgery, login attempts are rate-limited, and access to the administration area is restricted. No website can be 100% secure, so please use a unique password for your account.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the website or the law changes. The "Last updated" date at the top shows when it was last revised. Continuing to use the website after a change means you accept the updated policy.
10. Contact us
For questions about this policy or your information, contact Nirosh Ranathunga (Sri Lanka) at niroshlk@gmail.com.