Privacy Policy

1. What This Covers

This Privacy Policy describes how AlgoEdge ("we," "us," "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you use the AlgoEdge mobile app, website, or related services.

2. Information We Collect

Information you provide

• Account information: email address and password (stored hashed) when you sign up
• Display name: an optional handle you choose for the leaderboard (defaults to "Anonymous")
• Simulator preferences: your chosen starting virtual balance, which strategies you enable, which politicians you follow, and risk settings such as stop-loss and position-size limits

Information collected automatically

• Simulated activity: virtual buys and sells generated in your account, including timestamps, tickers, sides, quantities, and the strategy signal or politician disclosure that triggered each simulated trade. These are simulated records only — no real orders are ever placed.
• Simulated portfolio state: your virtual equity, cash, positions, and performance, all computed by our software
• Advertising identifiers: if you use the free, ad-supported version, our advertising partner (Google AdMob) may collect a device advertising identifier to serve and measure ads. You can limit this in your device settings.
• Purchase status: whether you have purchased "Remove Ads" or a subscription (the transaction itself is handled by Apple; we do not see your payment details)
• Technical & analytics data: device type, OS version, app version, anonymized usage events, and crash reports used to fix bugs and improve the app

Information we do NOT collect

• Brokerage credentials or API keys — AlgoEdge is a simulator and does not connect to any broker
• Payment card numbers or banking details — purchases are processed entirely by Apple
• Social security numbers or government IDs
• Real-time location, contacts, photos, microphone, or camera

3. How We Use Your Information

• Operate the simulator: authenticate your account, run the trading simulation, and display your virtual portfolio, history, and leaderboard rank
• Show ads (free tier): serve and measure advertising through Google AdMob, unless you have removed ads
• Improve the app: diagnose crashes, understand which features are used, and plan future development
• Communicate with you: account confirmations, password resets, important service or launch announcements, and security alerts

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

4. Third-Party Services We Use

AlgoEdge relies on these providers to deliver the service. Each has its own privacy policy.

• Supabase — authentication and database hosting for your account and simulated portfolio
• Railway — backend hosting that runs the simulation and fetches public Congressional disclosures
• Market data providers — public stock-price data used to value your simulated positions (no personal data is shared with them)
• Google AdMob — serves ads in the free version and may collect a device advertising identifier
• Apple App Store & In-App Purchase — app distribution and processing of any "Remove Ads" or subscription purchase
• Expo — mobile app builds and over-the-air updates

Because AlgoEdge is a simulator, we never collect or store brokerage credentials and never place real trades or move money on your behalf.

5. Where Your Data Is Stored

• Supabase project region: US West (Oregon)
• Backups: managed by Supabase per their retention schedule
• Logs on Railway: retained per Railway's default policy, typically 7 days

6. How Long We Keep Data

• Account data: retained while your account is active. Deleted within 30 days of an account deletion request.
• Simulated trade records: retained for your historical reference unless you reset your portfolio or request deletion.
• Backend logs: auto-rotated after approximately 7 days.

7. Your Rights

You may at any time:

• View what we store about you in the app (Settings, Portfolio, Activity)
• Reset your virtual portfolio (Settings → Reset portfolio)
• Opt out of personalized ads via your device's advertising settings, or remove ads entirely with the one-time in-app purchase
• Request account deletion by emailing info@algoedge.pro
• Request a copy of your data by emailing info@algoedge.pro

If you are a California resident, the CCPA grants you additional rights to know, delete, and opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell). EU/UK residents have similar rights under GDPR.

8. Security

We use:

• TLS for all network traffic
• Hashed password storage via our authentication provider
• Row-level security policies in Supabase so users can only access their own data
• Service-role keys used only by backend services, never exposed in the mobile app

No system is perfectly secure. If we become aware of a breach affecting your data, we will notify you within 72 hours where required by law.

9. Children

AlgoEdge is rated for users 17 and older and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be communicated in-app or by email at least 30 days before they take effect. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance.

11. Contact

Questions, data requests, or deletion requests: info@algoedge.pro