Definitions

Personal Data: means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

Processing: means any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction.

Restriction of Processing: means the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future.

Controller: means the natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data; where the purposes and means of such processing are determined by Union or Member State law, the controller or the specific criteria for its nomination may be provided for by Union or Member State law.

Processor: means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes personal data on behalf of the controller.

Consent of the Data Subject: means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, signifies agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her.

1. Collection and use of information

1.1 We generally collect information that:

a) you directly provide us via our websites or upon your request regarding our products or services,
b) we receive from the use of our products and services including but not limited to our websites

1.2 We may collect your personal information through several different sources, including but not limited to:

• Website forms and registrations to software products/applications
• Physical forms
• Over the telephone or email
• Introducing agent
• Existing clients or employees
• Service desk tickets
• Online live assistance and support
• Social media and social networking
• Advertising counters and identifiers on websites

1.3 We may collect and use your personal data for any or all of the following purposes:

(a) performing obligations under a contract or in the course of or in connection with our provision of the goods and/or services requested by you;
(b) verifying your identity;
(c) responding to, handling, assessing queries, requests, applications, complaints, vacancy requests, and feedback;
(d) managing your relationship with us;
(e) sending you marketing information, including but not limited to surveys and questionnaires, about our products or services;
(f) complying with any applicable laws, regulations, codes of practice, guidelines, directives or rules, or to assist in law enforcement and investigations conducted by any governmental and/or regulatory authority;
(g) any other purposes for which you have provided the information;
(h) transmitting information to any affiliated third parties, including our third party service providers and agents, and relevant governmental and/or regulatory authorities, whether in Europe or no EU jurisdictions, for the aforementioned purposes in this section;
(i) any other incidental business purposes related to or in connection with the above;
(j) update, fix errors, administer and improve the features and functionality of our applications and associated services;
(k) to analyze application performance via collection of statistical data.

The purposes listed in the above clauses may continue to apply even in situations where your relationship with us (for example, pursuant to a contract) has been terminated or altered in any way, for a reasonable period thereafter (including, where applicable, a period to enable us to enforce our rights under any contract with you or other lawful purposes).

In addition to the specific purposes for which we may process your personal data set out in this Section , we may also process your personal data where such processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another person.

We provide our services in collaboration with companies that provide services on our behalf, such as handling the processing and delivery of information, publication of information in the applications, delivery of content and services provided by the applications and services of our websites, or performing statistical analysis on the use of the applications and the aforementioned services. These service providers will be given limited access to your information as is reasonably necessary to deliver the Service, and we will require that such third parties comply with this Privacy Policy, or operate under a similar privacy policy.

We do not sell, rent, lease or freely distribute our mailing lists to any third party.

When you voluntarily disclose your personal information in your profile, on forums and comment online in forum /chat areas, it becomes publicly available and can be viewed by other users. Forums, chats, and other areas of the community of users of our applications, that are available through our websites and applications, are public. In such areas, you should not disclose any information that can be used to establish your identity or the identity of any other person. We are not responsible for the security and protection of information disclosed by you in such areas.

1.4 Minor's personal information and privacy

We recognize the importance of protecting the information about minors and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from minors under eighteen (18) years of age. Our website and services are directed to persons over eighteen (18) years of age, MetaQuotes Ltd accepts no responsibility for any failure to comply with this requirement.

We encourage parents and legal guardians to take the appropriate measures to prevent children under eighteen years of age from viewing at this Website without the appropriate permission.

In the event we become aware that we have received personal information from a visitor under eighteen (18) years of age, we shall delete as soon as reasonably practicable and not make use of such information.

1.5. Collection of other information

We may collect other non-personal information about the use of our Software Applications, visits to our websites or use of additional services, including links you have clicked, software or information you have downloaded, as well as other actions related to the use of our products or services. We may also collect certain technical information necessary for the operation and update of our products/services and the collection of anonymous statistics on the use of such products/services, along with any error reports about our products.