Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 11, 2026
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Northmark ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards information when you visit our website. This policy is designed to comply with:
- GDPR (EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679)
- UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018
- CCPA/CPRA (California Consumer Privacy Act)
- LGPD (Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados)
- PIPL (China's Personal Information Protection Law) where applicable
Data Controller
The data controller responsible for your personal data is:
[Your Company Name] [Registered address] Email: privacy@fxbroker-compass.com
If you reside in the EU, you may contact our EU representative under Article 27 GDPR at: [EU representative contact].
Information We Collect
1. Information you provide directly
- Email address (if you subscribe to our newsletter)
- Comments or messages you submit
- Survey responses
2. Information collected automatically
- IP address (for geolocation, fraud prevention, and rate-limiting)
- Browser type, version, and language
- Operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Referring website
- Date and time of visit
3. Cookies and similar technologies
We use cookies as described in our Cookie Policy.
Google Signals and User-Provided Data
We have enabled the following Google Analytics 4 features:
- Google Signals: For users signed in to a Google Account with Ads Personalization enabled, Google associates visit data with that account and provides us with aggregated insights such as age group, gender, and interests. No personally identifiable data is shared with us. You can review, delete, or disable this association at any time via Google's My Activity and Ad Settings.
- User-provided data: Information you voluntarily provide (such as an email address when subscribing to our newsletter) may be sent to Google Analytics in hashed (irreversibly transformed) form to improve measurement accuracy.
- Offline conversion import: Conversion data reported by our affiliate partners (transaction information containing no personal details such as names) may be imported into Google Analytics using anonymous identifiers.
These features operate only if you accept analytics/marketing cookies in the cookie consent banner.
Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
We process your data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): for analytics and marketing cookies, newsletter subscriptions
- Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): for service improvement, fraud prevention, security
- Legal obligations (Art. 6(1)(c)): when required by applicable law
How We Use Your Data
- To provide and improve our website content
- To track aggregated visitor statistics
- To send newsletters (if subscribed)
- To respond to your inquiries
- To detect and prevent fraud or abuse
- To comply with legal obligations
Data Sharing
We never sell your personal information. We may share data with:
- Service providers (hosting, analytics, email delivery) under data processing agreements
- Affiliate networks (limited to anonymous click-tracking data — no PII)
- Legal authorities when compelled by valid legal process
We do not share your data with the brokers we review. When you click an affiliate link and visit a broker's site, the broker becomes the data controller for any data they collect, governed by their own privacy policy.
International Data Transfers
If we transfer your data outside the EEA/UK, we ensure appropriate safeguards via Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) or comparable mechanisms.
Data Retention
| Data type | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Server logs | 12 months |
| Newsletter subscriber emails | Until you unsubscribe |
| Contact form submissions | 24 months |
| Cookie consent records | 12 months |
| Analytics data | 26 months (Google Analytics default) |
Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you have the following rights:
- Right to access the personal data we hold about you
- Right to rectification if data is incorrect
- Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
- Right to restrict processing
- Right to data portability
- Right to object to processing (especially for direct marketing)
- Right to withdraw consent at any time
- Right to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority
To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@fxbroker-compass.com. We respond within 30 days.
California (CCPA/CPRA) Specific Rights
- Right to know what personal information is collected
- Right to delete personal information
- Right to opt out of "sale" or "sharing" (we do not sell)
- Right to non-discrimination
Brazil (LGPD) Specific Rights
- Confirmation of the existence of processing
- Access, correction, anonymization, blocking, or deletion
- Information about public and private sharing
Children's Privacy
This site is not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If you believe a minor has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.
Security
We implement industry-standard measures (HTTPS, access controls, encryption at rest, regular security audits) to protect your data. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
Third-Party Links
Our site contains links to broker websites and other third parties. Their privacy practices are not covered by this policy. Read their privacy policies before providing them with any data.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this policy. The "Last updated" date below reflects the most recent change. Material changes will be communicated via a banner on the homepage for at least 30 days.
Contact
For privacy-related inquiries:
- Email: privacy@fxbroker-compass.com
- Postal: [Your registered address]
You may also contact your local data protection authority:
- EU: List at https://edpb.europa.eu/
- UK: ICO at https://ico.org.uk/
- Brazil: ANPD at https://www.gov.br/anpd/
- California: California AG at https://oag.ca.gov/privacy
Last updated: May 9, 2026