Legal
Privacy policy
What personal data Candle Key collects, why we need it, who we share it with and how you can exercise your rights.
Last updated 24 October 2026. The version you accept at registration is stored against your profile.
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Who is responsible
The entity named in your portal is the data controller for your account. Where a group company processes data on its behalf — for example for infrastructure or support — it does so under a written data-processing agreement.
Privacy questions and rights requests go to [email protected]. We respond within 30 days, or sooner where local law requires.
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Data we collect
We collect what is necessary to open and operate an account:
- Identity: name, date of birth, nationality, identity document number and images, selfie/liveness capture, signature.
- Contact: email, phone, residential and postal address, preferred language.
- Financial: bank or wallet details, payment references, transaction and trading history, account balances, source-of-funds information.
- Technical: IP address, device and browser, session timestamps, approximate location, authentication events.
- Support: emails, chat transcripts, complaints and attachments.
- Partner: business details, audience information and payout details where you apply as an introducing broker.
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Why we use it
- To verify identity and meet AML, sanctions and tax obligations.
- To open and operate accounts, process funding and execute trades.
- To detect fraud, chargeback risk, market abuse and platform misuse.
- To provide support and resolve complaints.
- To calculate partner commission and prevent attribution abuse.
- To send service messages, and marketing where you have opted in.
- To improve the product using aggregated, de-identified usage data.
- To comply with lawful requests from regulators and courts.
We do not sell personal data, and we do not use your identity documents for any purpose beyond verification and legal compliance.
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Legal bases
Where GDPR-style rules apply, we rely on: performance of the contract (operating your account), legal obligation (AML, tax, record-keeping), legitimate interests (fraud prevention, product improvement, security) and consent (marketing, optional cookies). You can withdraw consent at any time without affecting prior processing.
Where local law requires a different basis, we apply it and explain it in the onboarding disclosures.
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International transfers
Data may be processed in countries other than your own, including by cloud and verification providers. Where required, transfers rely on adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses, with additional safeguards for sensitive identity data.
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How long we keep it
Identity, transaction and trading records are kept for at least five years after the account closes, or longer where local law requires. Support transcripts are kept for three years. Marketing preferences are kept until you withdraw consent. Data that is no longer needed is deleted or irreversibly anonymised.
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How we protect it
Access is role-based and logged. Passwords are stored as argon2 hashes, session tokens as digests, and MFA is available on every account. Data is encrypted in transit; identity documents are stored in a restricted bucket accessible only to the verification team. We test access controls and review audit logs.
No system is perfect. If a breach affects your data, we notify you and the relevant authority where the law requires it.
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Your rights
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability or objection to processing, and withdraw marketing consent. Some rights are limited by AML record-keeping obligations.
Send requests to [email protected] from your registered email. We may ask for identity verification before acting. You also have the right to complain to your local data-protection authority.
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Changes and contact
We may update this policy to reflect legal or product changes. Material updates are notified by email or in the portal. The date at the top shows the current version.
Contact: [email protected] · Compliance, Candle Key, Mumbai, India. See the contact page for other routes.