Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Paper Trading ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use the Paper Trading mobile application and website (together, the "Service"). Paper Trading is a paper-trading (simulation) app — it does not handle real money, real funds, or real brokerage accounts. By using Paper Trading, you agree to this policy.

1. Information We Collect

• Name & email address — used to create your account, log you in, and send verification / password-reset codes (OTP) by email.
• Password — stored only as a salted one-way hash; we can never see your actual password.
• Trading activity — your virtual balance and simulated trade history (all practice data with no monetary value).
• Rewarded-ad activity — when you watch a rewarded ad, we record the time and virtual amount credited so we can apply the daily limit. We do not take any payment.
• Advertising & device data — when ads are shown, Google AdMob may collect your device's advertising identifier and related data to serve and measure ads (see Section 4).

2. How We Use Your Information

• To create and secure your account and log you in.
• To send email verification and password-reset codes.
• To store your virtual balance and simulated trade history.
• To credit virtual balance for rewarded ads and enforce daily limits.
• To improve, maintain, secure, and support the Service.

3. Login & Email OTP

We verify your email address using a one-time code sent by email through an SMTP email provider. Only your email address is used for the purpose of delivering and verifying the code.

4. Advertising (Google AdMob)

Paper Trading uses Google AdMob to show ads. Google may collect and use data (such as your device's advertising ID, IP address, and ad-interaction data) to provide and personalize ads. This is governed by Google's Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy
Learn how Google uses data from apps that use its services: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

5. Market Data

Live and historical prices shown in the app are fetched from public market-data sources (e.g. Yahoo Finance) for simulation purposes only. Prices may be delayed or approximate and must not be relied upon for real trading decisions.

6. Rewarded Ads

Rewarded ads add virtual practice balance only — it does not purchase real currency, securities, or trading capital, and has no cash value. Ads are served by Google AdMob as described above.

7. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with the service providers needed to run Paper Trading — our email/SMTP provider (email address, for OTP), Google AdMob (advertising data) — or where required by law.

8. Data Retention

We keep your account information for as long as your account is active. If you delete your account, we remove your personal data except where we must retain limited records (for example, records of past paid top-ups) to comply with legal, tax, or financial obligations.

9. Account & Data Deletion

You can request deletion of your account and associated personal data at any time from our Delete Account page or by emailing bilalmalik1561@gmail.com from your registered email. We will process your request within 30 days.

10. Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data. Passwords are stored as salted hashes and accounts are authenticated with signed tokens. However, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

11. Not Financial Advice

Paper Trading is an educational simulator. Nothing in the app — including technical signals — is financial, investment, or trading advice. See our Terms.

12. Children's Privacy

Paper Trading is not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, contact us and we will delete it.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes are effective when posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.

14. Contact Us

For any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, contact us at:
bilalmalik1561@gmail.com