Lode Research
Privacy Policy
Last updated 3 October 2026
We collect as little as the service needs: an email address to sign you in, and what you choose to save. We don't sell data, show ads or use tracking or advertising cookies.
Who is responsible
Ozgun Akdegirmen, trading as Lode Research, 45 Knightstone Beacon, Knightstone Causeway, Weston-super-Mare BS23 2AD, is the data controller under UK GDPR. ICO registration: applied for, number to follow. Contact for anything in this policy: [email protected].
What we collect and why
| Data | Why | Legal basis | Kept for |
|---|
| Email address; your password in scrambled form only (we never keep the password itself); Google account id if you sign in with Google; account creation, email confirmation and last sign-in dates | To run your account and sign you in | Contract | Until you delete the account |
| What you save: setups, portfolios (tokens, quantities, buy prices) and share links | To provide the features you use | Contract | Until you delete them or the account |
| Signed-in devices: browser and system type (for example "Chrome on Windows"), country, sign-in and last-used times | To keep an account to 3 devices and let you sign devices out | Contract | Until that device signs out, or 30 days |
| Waitlist: email, sign-up time, which page, country | To tell you when Crypto Score opens | Consent | Until we announce the opening, then deleted unless you create an account |
| Email confirmation and password-reset links | To confirm your email, and to let you choose a new password | Contract | Stored only as a scrambled code; deleted within a day after they expire |
| IP address, in short-lived counters | To stop abuse (limits on sign-in attempts, sign-up and reset emails, and waitlist sign-ups) | Legitimate interests | Up to 1 hour |
| Emails you send us | To answer you and handle requests | Legitimate interests | Up to 2 years after the last message |
Who receives it
| Company | What for | Where |
|---|
| Cloudflare | Hosting, database, security | Global, including the US |
| Google | Sign-in, if you choose Google | US |
| Resend | Sending sign-in emails | US |
| Zoho | Our mailbox: emails you send to [email protected] | EU |
| Crypto exchanges (Binance, Bitget, Bybit, Coinbase, Gate, Kraken, OKX) | Live prices on your portfolio page: your browser asks the exchanges directly, so they see your IP address | Various |
Transfers outside the UK are covered by the UK–US Data Bridge or by the UK's standard contract clauses. We share data with authorities only when the law requires it.
Cookies and browser storage
We use no tracking, analytics or advertising cookies, so there is no cookie banner. The site uses only what it needs to work:
| Name | Type | Purpose | Lasts |
|---|
lode_session | Cookie | Keeps you signed in | 30 days, or until you sign out |
lode_g | Cookie | Protects a Google sign-in while it happens | 10 minutes |
lode-mode and similar | Browser storage | Your light or dark theme, and copies of your settings so the page loads fast | Until you clear your browser data |
Visitor counts come from Cloudflare's own server statistics, without cookies.
Your rights
You can ask to see, correct, export or delete your data, object to how we use it, or withdraw consent for the waitlist. You can delete your account yourself on the site; for anything else, email [email protected] and we reply within one month.
If you're unhappy with our answer, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Children
The site is not for anyone under 18, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will email account holders before the change applies.