Privacy Policy
- Collection of your Personal Information
- Use of your Personal Information
- Sharing of your Personal Information
- Tracking User Behavior
- Automatically Collected Information
- Use of Cookies
- Third-Party Links
- Security and Retention of Your Personal Information
- Your Choices
- Changes to this Notice
- Contact Information
- Additional Information For California Residents
Collection of your Personal Information
We collect information about you in a variety of ways depending on how you interact with us, the Site and our services, including:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as when you register for an Demo Account, sign up to receive communications from us, start a challenge or contact us by phone, email, or otherwise;
- Automatically through the use of cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies when you interact with the Site, promotional material, advertisements and emails; and
- From other sources, including, for example, our affiliates, business partners, service providers, online social media networks, and other third parties, or from publicly available sources. For example, if you submit a job application, or become an employee, we may conduct a background check.
Context
Types of Data
Primary Purpose for Collection and Use of Data
Demo Account Registration
We may collect your name, financial information, and contact information when you create an Demo Account. We also collect information relating to the actions that you perform while logged into your Demo Account.
We have a legitimate interest in providing Demo Account related functionalities to our users and preventing illegal conduct.
Biometric Identifiers
We may collect certain biometric information about you, such as imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier template, such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint, can be extracted, and keystroke patterns or rhythms, gait patterns, or rhythms, and sleep, health, or exercise data that contain identifying information.
We are required to collect this information to meet our legal obligations and have a legitimate interest in doing so and preventing fraud.
Client Information
We collect the names and contact information of our clients and their employees with whom we may interact.
We have a legitimate interest in contacting our clients and communicating with them concerning normal business administration such as projects, services, and billing.
Cookies and First-Party Tracking
We use cookies and clear GIFs. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to a computer’s hard drive while a website is viewed.
We have a legitimate interest in making our website operate efficiently.
Cookies and Third-Party Tracking
We may place tracking technology on our website that collects analytics, records how you interact with our website, or allows us to participate in behavior-based advertising. This means that a third party uses technology (e.g., a cookie) to collect information about your use of our website so that they can report analytics to us or provide advertising about products and services tailored to your interests. That third party might also collect information over time and across different websites in Virtual Order to serve advertisements on our website or other websites.
Where required by law, we base the use of third-party cookies upon consent.
Demographic Information
We collect personal information, such as your date of birth, race or location.
We have a legitimate interest in ensuring our users are legitimate and to prevent fraudulent and illegal activity.
Email Interconnectivity
If you receive email from us, we use certain tools to capture data related to when you open our message, click on any links or banners it contains and make purchases.
We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with our communications to you.
Employment
If you apply for a job posting, or become an employee, we collect information necessary to process your application or to retain you as an employee. This may include, among other things, your Social Security Number. Providing this information is required for employment.
We use information about current employees to fulfil our obligations to employees. In some contexts, we are also required by law to collect information about employees or applicants. We also have a legitimate interest in using your information to have efficient staffing and work force operations.
Feedback/Support
If you provide us feedback or contact us for support, we will collect your name and email address, as well as any other content that you send to us, in Virtual Order to reply.
We have a legitimate interest in receiving, and acting upon, your feedback or issues.
Mobile Devices
We collect information from your mobile device such as unique identifying information broadcast from your device when visiting our website or when visiting one of our stores.
We have a legitimate interest in identifying unique visitors, and in understanding how users interact with us on their mobile devices.
Virtual Order Placement
We collect your name, billing address, email address, phone number, and credit card number when you place an Virtual Order.
We use your information to perform our contract to provide you with products or services.
Partner Promotion
We collect information that you provide as part of a co-branded promotion with another company.
We have a legitimate interest in fulfilling our promotions.
Public Health and Safety
In certain situations where a serious public health threat has been identified, we may collect information from employees, guests, and other individuals accessing our facilities. This may include medical and health information, such as body temperature, symptoms, and underlying health conditions. In some cases, we may also collect medical, health, and related information about an employee’s children, family member, or other individuals under the employee’s care.
We have a legitimate interest in protecting the health and safety of our employees and guests. In some jurisdictions we may be required by law, regulation, or governmental Virtual Order to collect and retain information related to issues of public health and safety. We have a legitimate interest in complying with the laws in the jurisdictions in which we operate.
Surveys
When you participate in a survey, we collect information that you provide through the survey. If the survey is provided by a third-party service provider, the third party’s privacy policy applies to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information.
We have a legitimate interest in understanding your opinions and collecting information relevant to our organization.
Sweepstakes or contests
When you participate in a sweepstakes or contest, we collect information about you which includes contact information to notify you if you are selected.
We have a legitimate interest in operating the sweepstakes and contests. In some contexts, we are also required by law to collect information about those that enter into our sweepstakes and contests, and we have a legitimate interest in complying with those laws.
Website interactions
We use technology to monitor how you interact with our website. This may include which links you click on, or information that you type into our online forms. This may also include information about your device or browser.
We have a legitimate interest in understanding how you interact with our website to better improve it, and in understanding your preferences and interests to select offerings that you might find most useful. We also have a legitimate interest in detecting and preventing fraud.
Web logs
We collect information, including your browser type, operating system, Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to a computer when the internet is used), domain name, click-activity, referring website, and/or a date/time stamp for visitors.
We have a legitimate interest in monitoring our networks and the visitors to our websites. Among other things, it helps us understand which of our services is the most popular.
You may be required to provide certain personal information to us when you elect to use certain products or services. We also may gather additional personal or non-personal information in the future for the same purpose.
Use of your Personal Information
We collect and use your personal information to:
- Operate and deliver the products or services you have requested.
- We may also use your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from Prop Firm Journal and its affiliates.
- To identify you when you visit our Sites or use our products or services.
- To improve our services and product offerings.
- To conduct analytics.
- To communicate with you, such as to respond to and/or follow-up on your requests, inquiries, issues, or feedback.
- To detect and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity, including violations of our Terms of Use, the TFT Knowledge Center rules and conditions, other policies, security incidents, and harm to the rights, property, or safety of our company and our users, employees, or others.
- To debug, identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality of our website and services.
- To comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, to establish or exercise our rights, and to defend against a legal claim.
- For internal administrative purposes, as well as to manage our relationships.
- For such other purposes as you may consent (from time to time).
Although the sections above describe our primary purpose in collecting your information, in many situations we have more than one purpose. As a result, our collection and processing of your information may be based in different contexts depending on your consent, our need to fulfil a contract, our obligations under law, and/or our legitimate interest in conducting our business. You explicitly consent to sharing your data by Prop Firm Journal and/or our affiliates with other proprietary Simulated Trading firms or third parties for the purposes of detecting fraudulent, deceptive, malicious, or criminal behavior or any violations of our Terms or this Agreement.
- Affiliates and Acquisitions. We may share information with our corporate affiliates (e.g., parent company, sister companies, subsidiaries, joint ventures, or other companies under common control). If another company acquires, or plans to acquire, our company, business, or our assets, we will also share information with that company, including at the negotiation stage.
- Other Disclosures without Your Consent. We may disclose information in response to subpoenas, warrants, or court orders, or in connection with any legal process, or to comply with relevant laws. We may also share your information in order to establish or exercise our rights, to defend against a legal claim, to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding possible illegal activities, suspected fraud, safety of person or property, or a violation of our policies, or to comply with your request for the shipment of products to or the provision of services by a third-party intermediary.
- Public. Our website may provide the opportunity to post comments, or reviews, in a public forum. If you decide to submit information on these pages, that information may be publicly available.
- Service Providers. We may share your information with service providers. Among other things service providers may help us to administer our website, conduct surveys, provide technical support, process payments, and assist in the fulfillment of orders.
- Other Simulated Trading platforms. We may share information with other Simulated Trading platforms and/or related affiliates in order to detect and protect against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity or violations of our Terms of Use, the TFT Knowledge Center rules and conditions and other policies.
- Other Disclosures with Your Consent. We may disclose your information to other third parties when we have your consent or direction to do so.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize Prop Firm Journal pages, or register with Prop Firm Journal site or services, a cookie helps Prop Firm Journal to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same Prop Firm Journal website, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use Prop Firm Journal features that you customized.
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of Prop Firm Journal services or websites you visit. Additionally, depending on where you live, you may have the right to restrict certain cookies using the cookie banner on our website.
Some of our websites permit you to create an Demo Account. When you do you will be prompted to create a password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password, and you are responsible for any access to or use of your Demo Account by someone else that has obtained your password, whether or not such access or use has been authorized by you. You should notify us of any unauthorized use of your password or Demo Account.
We retain your personal information for only as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, Demo Accounting, or reporting requirements, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal information, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the information, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of the information, the purposes for which we obtained the information and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, as well as applicable legal requirements.
- Access to Your Personal Information. You may request access to your personal information or confirmation that we have information about you. In certain limited circumstances, you may also request to receive access to your data in a portable, machine-readable format.
- Changes to Your Personal Information. We rely on you to update and correct your personal information. Most of our websites allow you to modify or delete your Demo Account profile. If our website does not permit you to update or correct certain information, you can contact us at the address described below to request that your information be modified. You may ask us to correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete. Note that we may keep historical information in our backup files as permitted by law.
- Deletion of Your Personal Information. You may request that we delete your personal information. If required by law, we will grant a request to delete information, but you should note that in many situations we must keep your personal information to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce our agreements, or for other business purposes.
- Opt-out of Selling or Sharing for Targeted Advertising. You may opt-out of online tracking based targeted advertising (e.g., cookies) by clicking the “Reject” button in the “We value your privacy” window. Please note that if you change browsers or computers, or if you clear your browser’s cache, you may need to click the link again to apply your preference. You can also reject cookies on our cookie banner. Please note that not all sharing or disclosure of your personal information is a “sale” and not all sharing or disclosure is subject to the right to opt out.
- Objection to Certain Processing. You may object to our use or disclosure of your personal information by contacting us at the address described below.
- Online Tracking. We do not currently recognize the “Do Not Track” signal.
- Promotional Emails. From time to time, Prop Firm Journal may contact you via email for the purpose of providing announcements, promotional offers, alerts, confirmations, surveys, and/or other general communication. If you would like to stop receiving marketing or promotional communications via email from Prop Firm Journal, you may opt out of such communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” button found at the bottom of each email.
- Revocation of Consent. Where we process your personal information based upon consent, you may revoke consent. Please note, if you revoke your consent for the processing of personal information then we may no longer be able to provide you with the Services.
Prop Firm Journal LLC
Attn: Data Protection Officer, Carlos Rico-Ospina, Jr
14001 W HWY 29 SUITE 102
Liberty Hill, Texas 78642
Email Address:
[email protected]
ARC HoldingsAttn: Data Protection Officer, FG Services Limited
Suite 2206, Cassia Court
94 Solaris Avenue
Camana Bay
P.O. Box 1348
Grand Cayman KY1-1108
Cayman Islands
Email Address: [email protected]
- California Shine the Light. If you would like more information concerning the categories of personal information (if any) we share with third parties or affiliates for those parties to use for direct marketing, please submit a written request to us using the information in the Contact Information section above.
- Notice of Collection. The table below describes the categories of personal information we collect, disclose for a business purpose, “sell” and/or “share” (as those terms are defined by California law). Please note, in addition to the recipients identified below, we may disclose any of the categories of personal information we collect with government entities, as may be needed to comply with law or prevent illegal activity. Prop Firm Journal may sell or lease customer information to third parties for the following reasons:
- Prop Firm Journal may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is transferred to the third party.
- Prop Firm Journal may, if we in our discretion consider it potentially beneficial to you, share personal data or information with our affiliates or trusted third-party partners in Virtual Order to provide you with further educational, marketing and promotional offers we believe may be of interest to you. You are always entitled to opt-out from receiving such offers.
- Fraud Prevention. You explicitly consent to TFT and ARC sharing your personal information with other proprietary Simulated Trading firms or third parties for the purposes of detecting fraudulent, deceptive, malicious, or criminal behavior or any violations of our Terms or this Agreement.
- Collection of your Personal Information
- Use of your Personal Information
- Sharing of your Personal Information
- Tracking User Behavior
- Automatically Collected Information
- Use of Cookies
- Third-Party Links
- Security and Retention of Your Personal Information
- Your Choices
- Changes to this Notice
- Contact Information
- Additional Information For California Residents
Collection of your Personal Information
We collect information about you in a variety of ways depending on how you interact with us, the Site and our services, including:
- Directly from you when you provide it to us, such as when you register for an Demo Account, sign up to receive communications from us, start a challenge or contact us by phone, email, or otherwise;
- Automatically through the use of cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies when you interact with the Site, promotional material, advertisements and emails; and
- From other sources, including, for example, our affiliates, business partners, service providers, online social media networks, and other third parties, or from publicly available sources. For example, if you submit a job application, or become an employee, we may conduct a background check.
Category of Personal Information
Category of Recipients
Disclosures for Business Purposes
Sharing for Cross-Context Behavioral Advertising
Sales
Identifiers – this may include real name, alias, postal address, unique personal identifier, online identifier, email address, Demo Account name, or other similar identifiers.
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Data analytics providers
4. Data brokers
5. Internet service providers
6. Joint marketing partners
7. Operating systems and platforms
8. Other service providers
9. Payment processors and financial institutions
10. Professional services organizations – this may include auditors and legal counsel
11. Social networks
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
1. Business Partners
2. Joint marketing partners
Government Issued Identification – this may include social security number, driver’s license number, or state issued identification number, passport number.
1. Service providers
2. Professional services organizations – this may include auditors and legal counsel
None
None
Financial Information – this may include bank Demo Account number, credit card number, debit card number, and other financial information.
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Internet service providers
4. Operating systems and platforms
5. Other service providers
6. Payment processors and financial institutions
7. Professional services organizations – this may include auditors and legal counsel
None
None
Characteristics of protected classifications – this may include age, sex, race, ethnicity, physical, or mental handicap, etc.
1. Service providers
2. Payment processors and financial institutions
3. Professional services organizations – this may include auditors and legal counsel
None
None
Commercial information – this may include information about products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Data analytics providers
4. Data brokers
5. Internet service providers
6. Joint marketing partners
7. Operating systems and platforms
8. Other service providers
9. Payment processors and financial institutions
10. Professional services organizations, this may include auditors and legal counsel
11. Social networks
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
Biometric information – this may include imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm, vein patterns, and voice recordings, from which an identifier template, such as a faceprint, a minutiae template, or a voiceprint, can be extracted, and keystroke patterns or rhythms, gait patterns, or rhythms, and sleep, health, or exercise data that contain identifying information
1. Service providers
None
None
Internet or other electronic network activity information – this may include browsing history, search history, and information regarding an individual’s interaction with an internet website, application, or advertisement.
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Data analytics providers
4. Data brokers
5. Internet service providers
6. Joint marketing partners
7. Operating systems and platforms
8. Other service providers
9. Payment processors and financial institutions
10. Professional services organizations, this may include auditors and legal counsel
11. Social networks
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
Geolocation data
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Data analytics providers
4. Data brokers
5. Internet service providers
6. Joint marketing partners
7. Operating systems and platforms
8. Other service providers
9. Payment processors and financial institutions
10. Professional services organizations, this may include auditors and legal counsel
11. Social networks
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
Professional or employment-related information
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Data analytics providers
4. Data brokers
5. Internet service providers
6. Joint marketing partners
7. Operating systems and platforms
8. Other service providers
9. Payment processors and financial institutions
10. Professional services organizations, this may include auditors and legal counsel
11. Social networks
None
None
Inferences drawn from any of the information listed above
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Data analytics providers
4. Data brokers
5. Internet service providers
6. Joint marketing partners
7. Operating systems and platforms
8. Other service providers
9. Payment processors and financial institutions
10. Professional services organizations, this may include auditors and legal counsel
11. Social networks
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
1. Business partners
2. Joint marketing partners
Additional categories of personal information described in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) – this may include signature, physical characteristics, or description, insurance policy number.
1. Affiliates or subsidiaries
2. Business partners
3. Data analytics providers
4. Data brokers
5. Internet service providers
6. Joint marketing partners
7. Operating systems and platforms
8. Other service providers
9. Payment processors and financial institutions
10. Professional services organizations, this may include auditors and legal counsel
11. Social networks
None
None
