Cookie Policy

About this Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how ARMA EDGE uses cookies and similar technologies, such as browser local storage, when you visit or use our website and web application. It tells you what these technologies are, why we use them, the specific categories we rely on, how long they last, and the choices available to you for controlling them.

ARMA EDGE is an independent, read-only verification and attribution layer for trading track records. We are non-custodial and we are not an investment adviser, broker-dealer, exchange, or fund. This policy focuses solely on cookies and local storage; it should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which describes how we handle personal data more broadly.

This Cookie Policy was last updated on 23 June 2026. We may revise it from time to time to reflect changes to the technologies we use or for legal and operational reasons. When we make material changes, we will update the date above and, where appropriate, prompt you again through our consent banner.

What cookies and local storage are

A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. When you return, the browser sends the cookie back, which lets the site recognize your session, remember your choices, and operate reliably. Cookies set by the site you are visiting are called first-party cookies; cookies set by another domain are called third-party cookies.

Local storage and session storage are related browser technologies that let a web application keep small amounts of information on your device without sending it back to the server with every request. We use these mechanisms for the same kinds of purposes as cookies, such as remembering interface preferences, and we treat them under the same categories described below.

Throughout this policy we use the word "cookies" as a convenient shorthand for cookies, local storage, session storage, and similar device-based technologies, unless we specifically say otherwise.

Our approach to cookies

We take a deliberately minimal, privacy-respecting approach. We use only the cookies we genuinely need to run the service securely and, with your consent, a small amount of privacy-respecting analytics that help us understand how the product is used so we can improve it.

We do not use cookies for advertising. ARMA EDGE sets no third-party advertising trackers, no cross-site behavioral profiling, and no data-broker or ad-network pixels. We do not sell or share cookie-derived data for marketing purposes.

• •No third-party advertising or marketing trackers.
• •No cross-site tracking or behavioral ad profiling.
• •Optional analytics are privacy-respecting and load only after you consent.
• •Strictly necessary cookies are limited to what keeps the service secure and functional.

Categories of cookies we use

We group the technologies we use into two categories. The first, strictly necessary cookies, are essential for the website and application to function and to keep your account and data secure. These are always active because the service cannot operate properly without them, and under most privacy laws they do not require consent.

The second category, optional analytics, is used only if you have given consent. These help us measure general usage patterns, such as which features are used and where errors occur, in a privacy-respecting way. If you decline, we do not load them and the service continues to work normally.

We do not maintain any advertising, marketing, or social-media tracking category. There is nothing in that bucket to enable or disable, because we do not use such technologies at all.

Strictly necessary cookies and storage

These technologies enable core functionality such as keeping you signed in, protecting your account, remembering your consent choice, and storing lightweight interface preferences on your device. Without them, secure authentication and basic navigation would not work.

Some of these items are stored in browser local storage rather than as traditional cookies, but they serve the same essential purposes. None of them are used to track you across other websites, and none are used for advertising.

• •Authentication token: maintains your signed-in session so you do not have to re-enter credentials on every page.
• •Security and anti-abuse: helps protect against forgery, session hijacking, and automated abuse (for example, CSRF protection and request integrity).
• •Consent choice: records whether you accepted optional analytics or chose essential-only, so we honor your decision and do not re-prompt unnecessarily.
• •Local preferences: remembers interface settings such as theme, language, and an investor's saved watchlist so the app behaves the way you left it.

Optional analytics cookies

If you consent, we use a small amount of privacy-respecting analytics to understand how ARMA EDGE is used in aggregate. This helps us find broken flows, prioritize improvements, and measure whether changes make the product better. We aim to use analytics that minimize data collection, avoid building cross-site profiles, and do not power advertising.

These analytics cookies are set only after you accept them through our consent banner. If you choose essential-only, or you never interact with the banner, we do not set them. You can change your decision at any time as described below, and withdrawing consent stops further analytics collection through cookies.

• •Usage analytics: counts page and feature usage in aggregate to show which parts of the product are used.
• •Performance and error monitoring: captures anonymized signals about slow pages or failures so we can fix them.
• •Session continuity for analytics: a short-lived identifier that groups events within a single visit without identifying you personally.

Illustrative list of cookies

The list below is illustrative and is intended to give you a clear sense of the kinds of cookies and storage items we use and why. Exact names, values, and lifetimes may change as we update the product and our security practices. Where an item is held in local storage rather than as a cookie, we note this.

Strictly necessary items in this list are always active. Items marked as analytics are set only if you have consented.

• •arma_session — strictly necessary — keeps you authenticated during your session.
• •arma_csrf — strictly necessary — protects form and request submissions against forgery.
• •arma_consent — strictly necessary — stores your cookie consent choice and its date.
• •arma_prefs — strictly necessary (local storage) — stores UI preferences such as theme and language.
• •arma_watchlist — strictly necessary (local storage) — stores an investor's saved strategy watchlist on the device.
• •arma_analytics_id — analytics (consent required) — groups usage events for privacy-respecting measurement.
• •arma_perf — analytics (consent required) — collects anonymized performance and error signals.

How consent works

When you first visit ARMA EDGE, we show a consent banner before any optional analytics are loaded. The banner lets you accept all cookies, including optional analytics, or choose essential-only, which keeps strictly necessary cookies active and declines everything optional. Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent and are always on, because the service cannot function securely without them.

We remember your decision in the arma_consent item so we do not have to ask again every time you visit. If you take no action, we do not treat that as consent to optional analytics; we load only strictly necessary cookies until you make a clear choice.

You can change your mind at any time. Withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it: you can clear the consent choice or your cookies in your browser to be prompted again, and you can adjust or block cookies through your browser settings at any point.

How long cookies last

Cookies are either session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser, or persistent cookies, which remain for a defined period or until you delete them. We keep lifetimes as short as is practical for each purpose.

Authentication and security cookies are generally short-lived and tied to your active session, so that an idle or closed session expires for your protection. Your consent choice is stored for a longer period so we can honor it across visits without re-prompting you unnecessarily. Local preferences and an investor watchlist persist on your device until you change them or clear your browser storage. Optional analytics identifiers, where set after consent, are kept only for as long as needed for the relevant measurement and are typically short-lived.

• •Session items (for example, authentication): expire when you close the browser or after a period of inactivity.
• •Consent choice: retained for an extended period so we respect your decision across visits.
• •Local preferences and watchlist: persist on your device until you change or clear them.
• •Analytics identifiers (if consented): retained only as long as needed for measurement, typically short.

How to control cookies

You are always in control. You can accept or decline optional cookies through our consent banner, and you can revisit that choice at any time. Beyond the banner, your browser gives you further control over all cookies and local storage.

Most browsers let you view, delete, and block cookies, clear local storage, and set preferences for first-party and third-party cookies. Please note that blocking or deleting strictly necessary cookies may break essential functionality, such as staying signed in or keeping your account secure, and may prevent parts of ARMA EDGE from working.

• •Use the consent banner to accept optional analytics or choose essential-only.
• •Clear your cookies or the arma_consent item to be prompted by the banner again.
• •Use your browser settings to view, delete, or block cookies and clear local storage.
• •Consider using your browser's private or incognito mode to limit persistence between sessions.

Third parties and data sharing

ARMA EDGE does not use third-party advertising networks, ad pixels, or cross-site tracking technologies, and we do not sell cookie data. The technologies described in this policy are predominantly first-party and are used to operate and improve our own service.

Where we use any service provider to support functions such as privacy-respecting analytics, we choose providers that align with our minimal, non-advertising approach and we limit them to processing data on our behalf for the purposes described here. We do not allow them to use cookie data to build advertising profiles.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over personal data associated with cookies, including the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict it, to object to certain processing, to data portability, and to withdraw consent for optional cookies. Frameworks such as the EU GDPR, the UK GDPR, and US state privacy laws like the CCPA provide rights of this kind.

Because ARMA EDGE serves a global audience, we aim to honor these rights generically wherever you are based. The governing law and jurisdiction for our services are being finalized and will be specified in our Terms and Privacy Policy. To exercise any cookie-related privacy right, contact us using the details below.

Security of data stored on your device

We design our cookies and storage to minimize sensitive data on your device. Authentication and security cookies are intended to be transmitted securely and protected against tampering, and data exchanged with ARMA EDGE is encrypted in transit and at rest.

Items such as an investor watchlist or interface preferences are stored to make the product convenient to use and do not include exchange API secrets. Consistent with our broader security model, sensitive credentials such as exchange API secrets are never stored in your browser; they are held only as encrypted ciphertext on our side and are never returned to the browser.

Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy as our product, technologies, or legal obligations change. When we do, we will update the "last updated" date and, where the changes affect optional cookies or your consent, we will ask for your consent again through the banner.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically so you stay informed about how we use cookies and the choices available to you.

Contact us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, want to exercise a privacy right, or need help managing your cookie choices, please contact us. We are happy to help and will respond as promptly as we reasonably can.

You can reach our team for all legal, privacy, and data requests at hello@armaedge.com.