Privacy policy. What we collect, why, and how you control it.

TraderPayout (traderpayout.com) is an independent editorial publication for funded traders. It is operated by Unicorn, Building No. 60, Al‑Jazeera Street No. 342, Zone 22, Doha, Qatar, which is the data controller for the personal data described in this policy.

Because we are based in Qatar, we follow Qatar's Law No. 13 of 2016 on the protection of personal data. If you are in the European Union, the EEA or the United Kingdom, the GDPR and UK GDPR also apply to how we handle your data (section 08). If you are a California resident, the rights in section 09 apply. Wherever you are, the protections in this policy are our minimum standard.

Google Analytics. We use Google Analytics 4 to measure traffic. It sets first-party cookies to recognise returning visits. For visitors in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the UK, we load it only after you accept analytics cookies, and you can change your choice at any time from the cookie settings link in the footer. Google states that it does not log or store IP addresses of EU, Swiss or UK users: they are used to derive an approximate location and then discarded. For other visitors, Google uses the IP address for location and spam filtering and does not associate it with user identifiers. We do not use Google Analytics for advertising, remarketing or personalisation, and we do not combine it with other personal data. You can also block it on every site with Google's Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Fonts. Our pages load typefaces from Google Fonts. To deliver them, Google receives your IP address and browser details. Google Fonts does not set cookies.

Live data in our tools. The Trade Validator loads positioning data directly from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (publicreporting.cftc.gov). Your browser connects to that public government service, which therefore receives your IP address. We send it nothing else.

We use a small number of service providers that process data on our behalf and under our instructions (processors). They are bound by contract to use it only to provide their service to us.

Affiliate links. Some links, for example to Apex Trader Funding, carry our referral code so the partner can credit us if you sign up. Once you land on the partner's site, it collects data under its own privacy policy, which we do not control. We receive only aggregate reports of commissions earned. Affiliate links are labelled on every page that contains them.

What we never do. We do not sell, rent or trade personal data, and we do not share it with data brokers or advertising networks. If a valid legal order requires disclosure, we disclose the minimum required and, where the law allows, tell the person concerned.

If something goes wrong. No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your personal data, we will notify the competent authority within the deadlines the law sets, including 72 hours under the GDPR and Qatar's data protection law, and we will inform affected users without undue delay.

We keep personal data only for as long as the purpose requires, then delete it.

• Newsletter: until you unsubscribe. Unsubscribed addresses are removed within 30 days.
• Contact messages: until the conversation is resolved, plus up to 12 months for our records.
• Analytics: event-level data is kept for no longer than 14 months, the maximum Google offers for standard properties, then deleted automatically. Aggregated reports contain no personal data.
• Server logs: a few weeks, under our hosting provider's standard retention.

Wherever you live, you can ask us to access, correct or delete your data, and to stop email at any time. Write to info@traderpayout.com, ideally from the address we hold, and say which right you are using. We may ask you to confirm your identity before acting on an access or deletion request.

Qatar. Under Law No. 13 of 2016 you may access, correct and ask us to delete your data, and withdraw consent to marketing email at any time. Complaints may be addressed to the competent authority at Qatar's National Cyber Security Agency.

We operate from Qatar and our readers are worldwide, so your data may be processed in other countries, including the United States (Google) and the European Union (our email service). For data from the EU, EEA and UK, transfers rely on the safeguards the law requires: the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and its UK extension where the recipient is certified, as Google is, and Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission otherwise.

TraderPayout is intended for adults. Trading carries substantial financial risk and is not suitable for minors. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has sent us personal data, write to info@traderpayout.com and we will delete it.

The current version always lives at this address, with its version number and effective date at the top. For material changes, meaning anything that affects what we collect, why, or who receives it, we will update the version and date, email newsletter subscribers before the change takes effect, and show a notice on the home page for at least 14 days. Minor edits such as typos, clarifications and link fixes are made without notice.

Version history. 2.0, 28 September 2026: controller and Qatar law identified, legal bases corrected, Google Fonts and live CFTC data disclosed, affiliate partners described as independent controllers, breach and response deadlines aligned with the law. 1.0, 12 May 2026: first version.