Privacy Policy

1. About Compare Stock Brokerages

Compare Stock Brokerages is an informational website that helps users compare stock brokers, brokerage charges, account features, trading platforms, investment-related services and other publicly available information relevant to Indian investors and traders. Our website may also allow visitors to voluntarily submit ratings and reviews of stock brokers.

We do not require visitors to create an account merely to browse or read the publicly available content on our website.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information You Provide Voluntarily

You may voluntarily provide information when you:

• Submit a broker review or rating.
• Sign in using Google to submit a review.
• Contact us through a contact form or email.
• Communicate with us regarding our website or content.

Depending on the feature you use, this information may include your name, email address and the information contained in your message, review or other submission.

3. Google Sign-In

Our visitor review system allows users to sign in using Google Sign-In.

When you choose to sign in with Google, Google may provide basic account information to our authentication service, including:

• Your name.
• Your email address.
• Your Google account identifier.
• Your profile information that Google makes available to the authentication service.

We use this information primarily to:

• Authenticate your identity.
• Allow you to submit a broker review.
• Associate your review with your authenticated account.
• Allow you to access or update your own review.
• Help prevent duplicate reviews and unauthorized review activity.

We do not use Google account information for targeted advertising, personalized advertising, selling data to data brokers, or unrelated marketing purposes.

4. Visitor Reviews and Ratings

If you submit a broker review, we may store information associated with your review, including:

• Broker name or broker identifier.
• Your authenticated user identifier.
• Your display name.
• Overall rating.
• Category ratings.
• Written review.
• Review status.
• Date and time of submission or update.
• Review-related moderation information.

Our review system may use categories such as:

• Brokerage & Charges
• Trading Platform
• Customer Support
• Features & Tools
• Account Opening & Experience

Reviews may initially be placed into a pending moderation state. A review may become publicly visible only after moderation and approval.

We may reject, remove or restrict reviews that violate our review guidelines, contain inappropriate material, appear fraudulent, or otherwise require moderation.

5. Firebase

We use Google Firebase to provide authentication and database functionality for our visitor review system. Firebase Authentication is used to authenticate users who choose Google Sign-In. Review information may be stored using Firebase services, including Cloud Firestore.

Firebase may process certain technical information as part of providing authentication and security services. Firebase services use security measures including encryption in transit and, for applicable services including Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore, encryption at rest.

6. How We Use Information

Information collected through voluntary interactions with our website may be used to:

• Provide Google authentication.
• Provide and manage visitor reviews and ratings.
• Display approved reviews.
• Prevent duplicate or unauthorized reviews.
• Moderate user-generated content.
• Respond to enquiries and support requests.
• Maintain and improve website functionality.
• Protect the website against abuse, fraud and unauthorized activity.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not use Google user data for purposes unrelated to providing or improving the user-facing features of Compare Stock Brokerages.

7. How We Share Information

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information.

Information may be processed or shared with service providers that are necessary to operate our website and the features you voluntarily use, including:

• Google / Firebase — for authentication, database and related infrastructure.
• Website hosting and technical service providers.
• Other service providers where reasonably necessary to operate or secure the website.

We do not transfer Google user data to third parties for:

• Targeted advertising.
• Personalized advertising.
• Selling to data brokers.
• Information reselling.
• Creditworthiness decisions.
• Lending purposes.
• Unrelated marketing.
• Training generalized AI or machine-learning models.

8. Public Reviews

If you submit a review that is approved for publication, some information associated with the review may be displayed publicly. For example, your display name, rating and review text may appear alongside the broker review.

Your private authentication credentials are not displayed publicly. Please do not include sensitive personal information, financial account information, passwords, payment information or other confidential information in a review.

9. Broker Referral Links and Affiliate Commissions

Compare Stock Brokerages may contain links to third-party stock brokers and financial service providers. Some links may be referral or partner links through which we may receive a commission or other benefit if a visitor opens an account or completes a qualifying action.

Clicking a third-party link and opening an account is voluntary. We do not share your personal information with brokerage partners for the purpose of opening an account. Account creation, KYC and trading are handled directly by the relevant brokerage platform.

Once you leave Compare Stock Brokerages, the privacy practices of the third party apply. We recommend reviewing the relevant broker's privacy policy before providing personal information or opening an account.

10. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies that are necessary for website functionality, security, preferences, analytics or other legitimate website operations. Third-party services used by the website may also use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own policies.

You can generally control or restrict cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.

11. Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. Our website uses HTTPS to protect information transmitted between your browser and the website.

Authentication and review-related data may be processed through Firebase services. Firebase provides security measures including encryption of data in transit and applicable encryption at rest. However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

12. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing website functionality, maintaining reviews, preventing abuse, resolving disputes and meeting legal obligations.

Review information may remain available for as long as the review is required for moderation, historical review information, website functionality or legitimate business purposes.

13. Requesting Deletion of Your Information

If you have used Google Sign-In or submitted a review and would like to request deletion of information associated with your account or review, contact us at:

Email: marketlearning2023@gmail.com

Please include enough information for us to understand and locate the relevant account or review. We may need to verify your request before processing it.

Some information may need to be retained where required by law or where reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution or other legitimate purposes.

14. Children's Privacy

Compare Stock Brokerages is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed toward children. We do not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children in violation of applicable laws. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the situation and take appropriate action.

15. Third-Party Websites

Our website may contain links to external websites, including stock brokers, financial service providers and other resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of each third-party website you visit.

16. IPO Calendar and External Allotment Links

Our IPO Calendar displays public market information, which may be obtained from third-party data feeds and official documents. You can browse the IPO Calendar without providing your PAN, demat account number or IPO application number to us.

Links to stock exchange websites, issuer documents and official registrar allotment-checking portals open external websites. If you choose to check allotment status, the information you enter on the external website is handled by that website under its own privacy policy. Normal technical information, such as your IP address and browser details, may be processed by the external destination when you visit it.

We may record standard website analytics or security information about visits to IPO pages and clicks on external links where such functionality is enabled, subject to the cookies and other disclosures in this Policy. We do not use the IPO Calendar to collect or store visitors' PAN or application numbers.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in website functionality, authentication services, review functionality, data practices, legal requirements or third-party services. When we make material changes, we will update the Last Updated date at the top of this page.

18. Google User Data and Limited Use Disclosure

Compare Stock Brokerages' use of information received from Google APIs and Google Sign-In will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Google user data is used only as necessary to provide the authentication and visitor-review functionality described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell Google user data, use it for targeted advertising or personalized advertising, or transfer it to data brokers. We do not use Google user data to develop, improve or train generalized artificial intelligence or machine-learning models.

19. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our data practices, Google Sign-In, visitor reviews, or requests concerning your personal information, please contact us.

Compare Stock Brokerages
Website: https://comparestockbrokerages.in/
Email: marketlearning2023@gmail.com