Cookies policy.

1 · The session cookie

Cookie name: fxbd_session

Purpose: remembers that you're signed in so you don't have to log in on every page. Stores a signed reference to your session — not your password, and not your personal data.

Set when: you sign in (email/password or Google).

Expires: 30 days after the cookie was set. We also invalidate it when the London date rolls over (so a session is good for the rest of "your day" but expires overnight, forcing a fresh login each trading day).

Without it: the site doesn't work. You'd have to log in on every page-load. There is no opt-out for this cookie specifically because it's "strictly necessary" under UK GDPR / PECR rules — the consent requirement doesn't apply to cookies that are essential for the service the user is requesting.

2 · Local storage (not technically a cookie, but related)

A handful of keys, all prefixed fxbd:, remember how you like the app set up. For example:

• fxbd:theme — your light/dark choice, so the next page-load doesn't flash the wrong colours.
• fxbd:sidebar-hidden — whether you've collapsed the sidebar.
• fxbd:news:filters, fxbd:cal:currencies, fxbd:geo:layers and similar — the filters and map layers you last picked on the news, calendar and geopolitics pages.
• fxbd:cookieAck — that you've dismissed the cookie banner, so it doesn't reappear on every page.

These live in your browser's localStorage, not as cookies, so they never get sent to the server and never leave the device you set them on. None of them holds personal data. You can clear them any time via your browser's developer tools or by clearing the site data for fxpatrol.com.

3 · Third-party cookies we don't set

• No Google Analytics, no Mixpanel, no Hotjar, no advertising pixels. You won't be remarketed at across the internet because of visiting this site.
• No Facebook pixel, no LinkedIn tag, no TikTok pixel.
• No CDN-side tracking cookies. Fonts come from Google Fonts, the charting and page libraries from unpkg.com, and country flags from flagcdn.com — those services may log the request for caching purposes, but they don't drop a cookie on your browser through us.

4 · How to control cookies

Every modern browser lets you block or delete cookies. If you block the fxbd_session cookie specifically, the dashboard won't let you stay logged in — that's not a privacy issue, it's a feature of how login works. There's no way to use a login-based service without a session cookie.

Browser settings:

• Safari: Settings → Privacy → Manage Website Data
• Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Site settings → Cookies
• Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data