Cookies and data sharing

Last updated: November 10, 2026

When you view a page or click a link on this site (fxbroker-compass.com), your browser may send information to outside companies. Under the external transmission rules of Japan's Telecommunications Business Act, we publish where it goes, what is sent, and why.

Operator: Northmark (run by an individual) / Contact: contact@fxbroker-compass.com

Visits from the EEA, the UK, and Switzerland: Google Analytics cookies are not set until you agree.
Visits from other regions: Google Analytics is on from the start. If you reject it under "Cookie settings" at the bottom of the page, it stops straight away and the Google Analytics cookies are deleted.
Microsoft Clarity: runs only if you choose "Allow" for analytics in the cookie settings yourself.
Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights: cookie-free measurement that cannot be turned off in the site's settings (you can block it with browser extensions and similar tools).
Partner broker links: information is sent only when you click the link.

The list of cookies is in the Cookie Policy. Information we handle outside the browser (Discord verification and information received from partners) is described in the Privacy Policy.

Recipients

1. Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC)

Sent to: Google servers such as www.googletagmanager.com and www.google-analytics.com
What is sent: the URL and title of the page you view, the referring page, the date and time, device, browser, operating system, language and screen size, your IP address, cookie identifiers (_ga, _ga_*), and activity on the site (for example, clicking a partner link or a Discord invite link, or viewing the record table)
Why: to count which pages are read and how the site is used, so we can improve it, and to see which pages accounts were opened from
Settings: Google signals off, ad personalization off, data kept for 14 months
Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

2. Microsoft Clarity (Microsoft Corporation)

Sent to: Microsoft servers such as www.clarity.ms
What is sent: on-page activity (clicks, scrolling, mouse movement) and screen recordings, device and browser information, your IP address, and cookie identifiers
Why: to find parts of the site that are hard to understand or use, so we can fix them
Consent: only for visitors who choose "Allow" for analytics
Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/privacystatement

3. Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights (Vercel Inc.)

Sent to: a measurement endpoint on this site's own domain (received by Vercel)
What is sent: the URL of the page you view, the referring page, device type, browser, operating system, country, and page-speed measurements
Why: to know how often pages are viewed and how fast they load, so we can fix slow pages (no cookies are used)
Policy: https://vercel.com/legal/privacy-policy

4. Partner broker links (XM, Exness, HFM)

Sent to: XM's tracking server (clicks.affstrack.com), Exness's tracking server (one.exnessonelink.com), and HFM's site (www.hfm.com)
What is sent: when you click the link, our partner ID and a tracking field (sub ID). The sub ID carries the page language, the link's position, and the identifier Google Analytics placed in your browser (client ID, only when analytics cookies are present). HFM links carry our partner ID only. The usual information sent when opening any site (IP address, device and browser information) also goes to the destination
Why: so the partner can count accounts opened through our links and calculate our referral commission, and so we can see which pages accounts were opened from
How to stop it: nothing is sent unless you click the link. If you reject analytics, no client ID is added
Policy: each broker's privacy policy on its own site

5. Affiliate links in some articles (Rakuten, AccessTrade, Amazon, Yahoo! Shopping, Klook, Agoda, Trip.com and others)

Where: some older non-FX articles that stay published while we remove articles in stages
Recipients: the affiliate tracking servers of Rakuten (hb.afl.rakuten.co.jp), AccessTrade (h.accesstrade.net), Amazon, Yahoo! Shopping, Klook, Agoda, Trip.com and others
What is sent: when you click a link, our affiliate ID, plus the usual information sent when opening the destination site (IP address, device and browser details)
Purpose: so the partner can count purchases or bookings made through our links and calculate referral payments
How to stop it: nothing is sent unless you click a link. Opening an article does not load product or hotel images from Rakuten, Agoda or similar services (we stopped this on 2026-11-10)

Sites you go to

When you follow a Discord invite link, or a link to a broker, X, Telegram, or another site, that site's privacy policy applies once you are there.

Changes to this page

We update this page when recipients are added or removed. The date of the last update is shown at the top of the page.