At Bastion C O R E, we are committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of our users’ personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of data we collect, how we use, disclose, and protect it, and your rights regarding your personal information when using our equity research providing platform. You consent to the practices described in this policy by accessing or using our platform.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Personal Information
We may collect personal information directly from you, such as your name, email address, contact details, and other information you provide when registering an account, subscribing to our services, or interacting with our platform.

1.2 Financial Information
As we are an equity research platform, we don’t collect financial information such as investment preferences, portfolio data, transaction history, etc.

1.3 Log Data
Like many websites and platforms, we automatically collect technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and device information. This data is used for analytics, platform maintenance, and service improvement.

2. Use of Information 

2.1 Providing Services

We do not use your personal or financial information to provide you with our equity research services. The research, which is uploaded on our platform, is only to gain an understanding of the businesses we cover. We don’t provide buy/sell/hold recommendations and request users to conduct their own due diligence and consult their financial advisors if they need to before making an investment decision based on information provided by Bastion CORE.

2.2 Communication

We may use your contact information to send you important updates, newsletters, marketing materials, and promotional offers related to our services. You can opt out of marketing communications at any time by unsubscribing the same.

2.3 Analytics and Improvement

We may use aggregated and anonymized data for analytical purposes to improve our platform’s functionality, user experience and develop new features.

2.4 Use of Cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyses web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyses data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

3. Disclosure of Information

3.1 Third-Party Service Providers

We may share your information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in delivering our services, such as data storage, analytics, customer support, and payment processing. These third-party providers are contractually obligated to handle your data securely and confidentially.

3.2 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required by law, regulation, legal process, or government request. Additionally, we may share your data to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and those of our users or the public.

4. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or alteration. However, no data transmission over the Internet or electronic storage method is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. Your Rights 

5.1 Access and Correction

You can access, correct, or update your personal information through your account settings or by contacting us directly.

5.2 Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected unless a longer retention period is required by law.

5.3 Refund

A subscription, once purchased, can be canceled from your account settings but will not result in any refund of the subscription fees. Please refer to the Refund Policy for more information

6. Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as and when required to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes through our platform or via your contact information.