Privacy Policy

Overview

This Privacy Policy describes how MyDailyTake collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you visit MyDailyTake.com, register an account, purchase or use any of our products or services, subscribe to our newsletter, comment on our content, or otherwise interact with us. It also describes your rights regarding your personal information and how to exercise those rights.

This Privacy Policy is incorporated into our Terms and Conditions and Software Agreement, each available on MyDailyTake.com. By using the Site, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to the practices described in it. If you do not agree, do not use the Site or our services.

1. Who We Are and How to Contact Us

The data controller responsible for your personal information is:

MyDailyTake
Website: MyDailyTake.com
Privacy Contact: jack@mydailytake.com

For any privacy-related question or to exercise any right described in this Privacy Policy, contact us at the privacy email above.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information directly from you, automatically from your use of the Site, and from third parties such as payment processors and analytics providers. The categories of information we collect include:

2.1 Account and Registration Information

When you create an account, we collect:

• Name
• Email address
• Username and password (passwords are stored in hashed form)
• Country and, for tax purposes, state or province
• Phone number (optional)
• Marketing preferences

2.2 Payment and Billing Information

When you purchase a product or subscribe to a service, we collect:

• Billing name, address, and email
• Payment method details (processed by our payment processors; we do not store full payment card numbers on our systems)
• Transaction history, including products purchased, dates, amounts, and currency
• Tax identification information where required
• Refund and chargeback history

2.3 License and Software Telemetry

When you use our software products, our license validation and telemetry systems collect:

• License key and activation history
• IP address at time of activation and during use
• Hardware identifiers and machine fingerprints used to enforce activation limits
• Operating system version, NinjaTrader® version, and other platform information
• Software version and build identifiers
• Feature usage data, error logs, crash reports, and performance metrics
• Session timestamps and duration
• Configuration choices made within the software

2.4 Trade Data

Certain of our products — including the Trade Copier and Risk Manager — operate on trade information. In connection with the use of these products, we may transmit, log, or process:

• Order details (instrument, side, quantity, type, time)
• Fill and execution details
• Account balances and equity
• Positions, including size and timing
• Risk parameter configurations

Our commitments regarding Trade Data are described in Section 5 below.

2.5 Website Usage and Cookies

When you visit the Site, we and our third-party providers may automatically collect:

• IP address
• Browser type, version, and language
• Device type and operating system
• Referring URL and exit URL
• Pages visited, time on page, and clickstream data
• Search terms used within the Site
• Approximate geographic location derived from IP
• Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 9)

2.6 Comments

If you leave a comment on a post:

• The data you submit in the comment form (name, email, website, comment text)
• Your IP address and browser user-agent string (for spam detection)
• An anonymized hash of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to retrieve your profile picture (see https://automattic.com/privacy/)
• Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely unless you request deletion

2.7 Newsletter and Marketing Subscriptions

When you subscribe to our newsletter or other marketing communications:

• Email address
• Name (where provided)
• Source of subscription (which form or campaign)
• Subscription preferences and consent records
• Engagement data, including email opens, link clicks, and unsubscribes

2.8 Support Communications

When you contact us for support, we collect:

• Content of your communications (email, chat, ticket)
• Attachments you provide (log files, screenshots, etc.)
• Any account, software, or system information you share

2.9 Affiliate Tracking

If you arrived at the Site via an affiliate link, we may collect:

• Affiliate identifier and referral source
• Cookies associated with the affiliate program (typically valid for 60 days)

If you participate in our Affiliate Program (governed by separate Affiliate Program Terms), we collect additional information necessary to administer the program, including payment details and tax forms.

2.10 Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from:

• Payment processors (transaction status, fraud signals)
• Analytics providers (aggregated traffic data)
• Identity verification or fraud prevention services
• Social media platforms (where you interact with us publicly)
• Affiliate partners

2.11 Media You Upload

If you upload images to the Site, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included, as such data may be readable by other visitors.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

1. Provide and operate the Site and services, including hosting your account, processing transactions, delivering software products, validating licenses, and providing customer support;
2. Authenticate users and prevent unauthorized access;
3. Enforce license terms, including detecting and preventing license sharing and abuse;
4. Process payments, manage subscriptions, issue invoices and receipts, and handle refunds and chargebacks;
5. Communicate with you about your account, transactions, security alerts, product updates, and support requests;
6. Send marketing communications, where you have consented or where permitted by law, including newsletters, product announcements, and promotional offers;
7. Improve our products and services, including analyzing usage patterns, identifying bugs, and developing new features;
8. Conduct analytics on aggregated, anonymized data;
9. Operate the Affiliate Program, including tracking referrals and calculating commissions;
10. Comply with legal obligations, including tax reporting, recordkeeping, and responding to lawful requests from authorities;
11. Detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, security incidents, abuse, and violations of our policies;
12. Enforce our agreements and protect our rights, property, and the rights of others;
13. Conduct business operations, including audits, internal reporting, and corporate development.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (EU and UK Users)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar laws, we rely on the following legal bases under the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and equivalent laws:

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have weighed those interests against your rights and freedoms. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests as described in Section 12.

5. Trade Data Commitments

Author makes the following commitments regarding Trade Data:

1. We do not sell Trade Data. Individual Trade Data is not sold to any third party for any purpose.
2. We do not use Trade Data for our own trading. Neither Author nor any of Author’s employees, contractors, or affiliates uses individual user Trade Data to inform Author’s own personal trading.
3. We may use Trade Data in aggregated, anonymized form for product improvement, statistical analysis, and quality assurance. Such use is limited to data from which no individual user can be identified.
4. Trade Data is protected by reasonable technical and organizational security measures consistent with industry standards.
5. Trade Data is retained only as long as necessary to provide the relevant service, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes (see Section 11).

6. How We Share Your Information

We share personal information only as described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell your personal information.

6.1 Service Providers (Data Processors)

We share information with third-party service providers who process data on our behalf to provide services to us. These providers are contractually required to use data only as instructed, to maintain confidentiality, and to implement appropriate security measures. Our principal service providers are listed in Section 7.

6.2 Affiliates and Business Partners

We may share information with our affiliates and certain business partners (such as brokers or Prop Firms with whom we have referral relationships) only to the extent necessary to fulfill a specific request from you or to administer a relationship you have elected to enter into.

6.3 Legal Compliance

We may disclose personal information when required by law or in good-faith belief that disclosure is necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law, regulation, or legal process (subpoena, court order, etc.);
• Respond to lawful requests from public authorities, including national security or law enforcement;
• Enforce our Terms and Conditions, Software Agreement, or other policies;
• Detect, prevent, or address fraud, security, or technical issues;
• Protect the rights, property, or safety of Author, our users, or others.

6.4 Business Transfers

If Author is involved in a merger, acquisition, asset sale, financing, bankruptcy, reorganization, or similar transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you (typically by email or notice on the Site) before personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

6.5 With Your Consent

We may share information with third parties when you have given us your explicit consent to do so.

6.6 Aggregated or De-Identified Data

We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you for any business purpose, including with partners, advertisers, or the public.

7. Third-Party Service Providers

The following are the principal third-party service providers we use. Each operates under its own privacy policy and applicable data protection terms.

We may add, remove, or replace service providers from time to time. Material changes to the principal providers will be reflected in an updated version of this Privacy Policy.

8. Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles, pages, and other content on the Site may include embedded content from third parties (videos, images, articles, social media posts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website. These third-party sites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged into that other site.

Author is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party site or service. You should review the privacy policy of any third-party service before interacting with embedded content.

9. Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

9.1 What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. We and our service providers use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage) to:

• Recognize you and remember your preferences;
• Keep you logged in;
• Maintain shopping cart and checkout state;
• Track affiliate referrals;
• Measure traffic and analyze usage;
• Detect and prevent fraud and abuse;
• Deliver and measure marketing communications;
• Improve the Site.

9.2 Categories of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies. Required for the Site to function (e.g., login session, shopping cart, security). These cannot be disabled in our systems.

Functional Cookies. Remember your preferences (e.g., comment form details, screen options, “Remember Me” login).

Analytics Cookies. Help us understand how users interact with the Site, in aggregated form.

Marketing Cookies. Used to deliver and measure marketing communications, including affiliate tracking.

9.3 Specific Cookies

• Comment cookies (one year): If you leave a comment and opt in, your name, email, and website are saved so you don’t have to fill them in again.
• Login cookies (two days, or two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected): Save your login session.
• Screen options cookies (one year): Save your preferences for the WordPress admin display.
• Post edit cookies (one day): Indicate which post you most recently edited (administrators only).
• Affiliate tracking cookies (typically 60 days): Identify the affiliate who referred you so they can be credited with any resulting purchase.
• Analytics cookies: Set by our analytics provider; lifetimes vary.

9.4 Managing Cookies

Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. You may modify your browser settings to decline cookies or delete cookies from your browser. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of the Site, including the ability to log in, complete purchases, and use certain features.

10. International Data Transfers

Author is based in the United States. By using the Site or our services, you understand that your personal information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States and other countries where Author or our service providers operate. These countries may have data protection laws that differ from those of your country of residence.

For users in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or other jurisdictions with restrictions on cross-border transfers, we rely on appropriate safeguards, including:

• Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office;
• Data processing agreements with our service providers requiring equivalent protection;
• Other lawful transfer mechanisms as applicable.

By providing personal information to us, you consent to such transfers where consent is the applicable legal basis.

11. How Long We Retain Your Data

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to comply with legal, accounting, tax, or reporting requirements, and to resolve disputes and enforce our agreements. Specific retention periods vary by category:

We may retain certain information for longer periods where required or permitted by law, including for fraud prevention, security investigations, or legal proceedings.

12. Your Rights (EU, UK, and Other GDPR-Like Jurisdictions)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar privacy laws, you have the following rights regarding your personal information:

1. Right of access. Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
2. Right to rectification. Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
3. Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”). Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions, including data we are obligated to retain for legal, tax, or security purposes.
4. Right to restrict processing. Request that we limit how we use your data while a complaint or correction request is pending.
5. Right to data portability. Receive a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
6. Right to object. Object to processing based on our legitimate interests, including marketing.
7. Right to withdraw consent. Where processing is based on consent, withdraw consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing prior to withdrawal.
8. Right to lodge a complaint. File a complaint with a supervisory authority in your country of residence.
9. Right not to be subject to automated decision-making producing legal or similarly significant effects, except as permitted by law (see Section 16).

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the privacy email above. We will respond within thirty (30) days, or longer if expressly permitted by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

13. California Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”):

1. Right to know. Request disclosure of the categories of personal information we have collected about you, the sources, the purposes, the categories of third parties with whom we share it, and the specific pieces of information.
2. Right to delete. Request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
3. Right to correct. Request correction of inaccurate personal information.
4. Right to opt out of “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. Author does not sell personal information for monetary value. To the extent any of our practices (including use of analytics or marketing cookies) qualify as “sharing” under California law, you may opt out by contacting us at the privacy email.
5. Right to limit use of sensitive personal information. Where applicable.
6. Right to non-discrimination. We will not deny services, charge different prices, or provide different quality of service because you exercised your rights.

To exercise these rights, contact us at the privacy email above. We will respond within forty-five (45) days, or within ninety (90) days where permitted by applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

California Shine the Light Act. California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits California residents to request information regarding disclosure of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes. Author does not currently share personal information with third parties for their own direct marketing purposes.

14. Other U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia, Utah, Texas, and other U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws may have rights similar to those described in Sections 12 and 13, including the right to access, correct, delete, port, and opt out of certain processing. To exercise these rights, contact us at the privacy email. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable state law.

15. Children’s Privacy

The Site and our services are not directed at children under the age of eighteen (18). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will delete that information promptly.

For purposes of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“COPPA”), we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. For purposes of the GDPR and similar laws, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children below the age of consent in their jurisdiction (typically 13 to 16, depending on the country).

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us immediately at the privacy email, and we will take appropriate steps to delete the information and terminate any associated account.

16. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

We use automated systems to:

• Detect fraudulent transactions and prevent payment fraud;
• Detect license sharing and abuse;
• Filter spam in comments and support communications;
• Personalize content recommendations and marketing communications based on your prior interactions;
• Calculate affiliate commissions and Subscription billing.

These systems may make decisions about you that have effects on your access to or use of our products and services. Where such decisions produce legal effects or significantly similar effects on you, you have the right to request human review of the decision, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision, except where automated decision-making is necessary for contract performance, authorized by law, or based on your explicit consent.

17. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, and destruction. These measures include:

• SSL/TLS encryption for data transmitted between your browser and our servers;
• Encrypted storage of passwords using industry-standard hashing algorithms;
• Restricted access to personal information on a need-to-know basis;
• Use of reputable hosting providers and payment processors that maintain industry-standard security certifications;
• Regular review of access controls and security practices.

Despite these measures, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and for notifying us promptly of any suspected unauthorized access.

If a data breach affects your personal information, we will notify you and applicable regulators as required by law.

18. Password Reset and Account Recovery

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email for security purposes. Author will never ask you for your password by email, chat, phone, or any other means. Any communication purporting to be from Author and requesting your password should be treated as suspicious and reported to us immediately.

19. “Do Not Track” Signals

Some browsers offer a “Do Not Track” (“DNT”) signal. Because there is no industry standard for how to respond to DNT signals, we currently do not respond to them. We will adopt a DNT response policy when an industry standard is established.

You can manage tracking through your browser cookie settings and through any cookie consent banner we display on the Site.

20. Marketing Communications and Opt-Out

If you have opted into marketing communications, you may opt out at any time by:

• Clicking the “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any marketing email;
• Updating your communication preferences in your account portal;
• Contacting us at the privacy email.

Note that even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may continue to send you transactional and account-related communications (e.g., billing notices, security alerts, software updates) for which you cannot opt out while maintaining an active account.

21. Third-Party Links

The Site may contain links to third-party websites, services, or resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of any third-party site. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party site before providing any personal information to it.

22. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this Policy reflects the most recent change. Material changes will be communicated by posting on the Site and, where required by law, by email or other notice to registered users.

Your continued use of the Site or our services after the effective date of any change constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to a material change, your sole remedy is to discontinue use of the Site and our services and to close your account.

23. Relationship to Other Documents

This Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference into our Terms and Conditions and Software Agreement, each available on MyDailyTake.com. In the event of any conflict between this Privacy Policy and the Terms and Conditions or Software Agreement on the subject of personal information, this Privacy Policy controls.