Privacy Policy – EaOnWay.com

Effective Date: October 26, 2024 

1. Introduction
Welcome to EaOnWay.com (the “Website,” “Site,” “We,” “Us,” or “Our”). We are committed to providing valuable information and in-depth knowledge about the Forex Expert Advisor (EA) niche. Protecting your private information is our priority. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect your personal data when you visit and interact with our Website. It also outlines your rights regarding your data.
This policy applies to all information collected through our Website and any related services, sales, marketing, or events. By using EaOnWay.com, you consent to the data practices described in this statement and agree to our Terms of Service. We aim for transparency and clarity, ensuring you understand how your information is handled.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information to operate effectively and provide you with the best experience on our Website. The types of personal data we may collect include:

  • Personal Identification Information (Provided Voluntarily):
  • Technical and Usage Data (Collected Automatically):
    • IP Address: Your unique internet protocol address.
    • Browser Type and Version: E.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, including version number.
    • Operating System: E.g., Windows, macOS, Android, iOS.
    • Device Information: Type of device used to access the site (e.g., desktop, mobile).
    • Referring URLs: The website you came from before visiting EaOnWay.com.
    • Pages Visited: The specific pages you view on our Website.
    • Time and Date Stamps: When you access the site and specific pages.
    • Time Spent on Pages: How long you stay on certain pages.
    • Website Interaction Data: Clicks, navigation paths, scrolling activity.
    • Cookie Data: Information collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 9).

3. How We Collect Information
We use different methods to collect data from and about you:

  • Direct Interactions: You may give us your identity and contact data by:
    • Filling in forms on our Website (e.g., contact form, comment form).
    • Subscribing to our newsletter or publications.
    • Corresponding with us by email or other means.
  • Automated Technologies or Interactions: As you interact with our Website, we may automatically collect Technical and Usage Data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this personal data by using:
    • Server Logs: Standard web server logs recording basic information about visits.
    • Cookies: Small text files stored on your device (see Section 9 for details).
    • Analytics Tools: Such as Google Analytics, to understand website traffic and usage patterns. These tools may use cookies and other tracking technologies.

4. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To Operate and Maintain Our Website: Ensuring the site functions correctly and efficiently.
  • To Improve Our Website:Analyzing usage data helps us understand what content is popular, how users navigate the site, and where improvements can be made (e.g., user experience, content strategy). See more about our mission on our About Us page.
  • To Communicate With You:
    • Responding to your comments, questions, and inquiries submitted via contact forms or email.
    • Sending newsletters, updates, or marketing communications if you have explicitly consented (opted-in) to receive them. You can opt-out at any time.
  • For Security Purposes: Monitoring for and preventing fraudulent activity, security breaches, and protecting the rights and safety of our users and the Website, in line with our Terms of Service.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: Fulfilling legal requirements or responding to lawful requests from public authorities, including those related to copyright as outlined in our DMCA Policy.

5. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data (GDPR/UK GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom (UK), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described above will depend on the personal information concerned and the specific context in which we collect it.

  • Consent: We rely on your consent to process personal data for certain purposes, such as sending newsletters or placing non-essential cookies. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legitimate Interests: We process some data based on our legitimate interests, provided these interests are not overridden by your data protection interests or fundamental rights and freedoms. Our legitimate interests include operating, maintaining, and improving our Website, understanding user behaviour for analytics, ensuring network and information security, and responding to user inquiries.
  • Legal Obligation: We may process your data where it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.

6. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We respect your privacy and do not sell your personal data. We may share your information under the following limited circumstances:

  • Third-Party Service Providers: We may share information with third-party vendors, consultants, and other service providers who perform services on our behalf. These may include:
    • Website Hosting Providers: To host the EaOnWay.com website.
    • Analytics Providers: (e.g., Google Analytics) To help us analyze website usage. Data shared is often aggregated or pseudonymized where possible.
    • Email Marketing Services: (e.g., Mailchimp, Sendinblue) If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is shared with our provider to manage subscriptions and send emails.
    • Security Providers: To help protect the website infrastructure.
      These providers are obligated to protect your data and are restricted from using it for purposes other than providing services to us.
  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
  • Business Transfers: If EaOnWay.com is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your personal data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

7. Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. These measures include:

  • Using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)/Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption for data transmitted over the internet.
  • Limiting access to personal data to personnel who need it to perform their job functions.
  • Regularly reviewing our information collection, storage, and processing practices.
    However, please remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

8. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

  • Usage Data: Generally retained for shorter periods for internal analysis purposes, except when used for security, improving site functionality, or where legally obligated to retain it longer.
  • Contact Information (Forms/Emails): Retained as long as necessary to address your inquiry and for potential follow-up, then securely deleted or anonymized.
  • Newsletter Subscription Data: Retained as long as you remain subscribed. Upon unsubscribing, your data will be removed from active mailing lists according to the email service provider’s process and our retention policies.

9. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to track activity on our Website, hold certain information, and improve your experience.

  • What are Cookies? Cookies are small data files placed on your device (computer, tablet, mobile) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site owners.
  • How We Use Cookies: We use different categories of cookies for various purposes:
    • Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the Website to function properly (e.g., navigating pages, accessing secure areas). The Website cannot function correctly without these cookies, and they cannot typically be disabled in our systems.
    • Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Site (e.g., using Google Analytics). They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.
    • Functionality Cookies: These cookies enable the Website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. They are used to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.
    • [Optional – Add/Remove based on actual use] Marketing/Targeting Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners (if any). They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising. We will only use these cookies with your explicit consent.
  • Managing Cookies: You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
    • Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Please consult your browser’s help menu for instructions. Popular browser guides can be found here: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari. If you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Website.
    • Consent Tool: [Add if applicable] We may also utilize a cookie consent management tool on our Website, which allows you to review and adjust your cookie preferences at any time (except for strictly necessary cookies).

10. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to access: You can request copies of your personal data we hold.
  • The right to rectification: You can request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure (Right to be forgotten): You can request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing: You can object to our processing of your personal data based on legitimate interests.
  • The right to data portability: You can request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • The right to withdraw consent: If we rely on your consent to process your data (e.g., for newsletters or non-essential cookies), you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
  • The right to lodge a complaint: You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal data.
  • California Residents (CCPA/CPRA Rights): If you are a California resident, you have specific rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). In addition to the rights listed above, these include:
    • Right to Know/Access: You have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources from which the information is collected, the business purposes for collecting the information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share personal information.
    • Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information that we have collected, subject to certain exceptions.
    • Right to Correct: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
    • Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: We do not sell your personal information. Furthermore, we do not “share” your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising purposes as defined under the CPRA. Therefore, we do not offer an opt-out mechanism for sale/sharing.
    • Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information (SPI): We do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA (such as social security numbers, genetic data, precise geolocation, etc.). Therefore, a right to limit its use is not applicable.
    • Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights. This means we will not deny you goods or services, charge different prices, or provide a different level or quality of goods or services based on your exercise of these rights.
  • Exercising Your Rights: To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 14. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable data protection laws. We may need to verify your identity before processing your request, which may require you to provide additional information.

11. Children’s Privacy
EaOnWay.com is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 16 (or the relevant age of digital consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under this age. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data without your consent, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

12. International Data Transfers
Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. This is particularly relevant as we utilize global service providers (e.g., hosting, analytics, email services).
If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including personal data, to the United States and process it there. For users in the EEA/UK, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers, such as relying on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission/UK Information Commissioner’s Office, or an adequacy decision where applicable. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes, along with our Terms of Service and DMCA Policy. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us: