Privacy Policy

StrategyForge Chrome Extension — Version 1.0.0
Effective date: 2026-10-14 — Contact:privacy@strategyforge.tech

1. Single Purpose

StrategyForge is a Chrome extension with a single purpose: to enhance the TradingView experience by automating strategy parameter optimization (sequential grid-search backtesting) on charts the user owns and controls. It does not track browsing across websites, does not collect browsing history, and does not place or modify any real trades or orders.

2. Data We Collect

We collect only the minimum data required for the purpose above:

  • Account data — your email address, used for authentication and password-reset emails.
  • Authentication token — a JWT kept in your browser via chrome.storage.local and sent only to our API to authenticate your requests.
  • Chart & strategy parameters — the inputs of your Pine strategy and the backtest results shown on your TradingView chart. These are captured and processed only when you explicitly run an optimization session.
  • CSV trade reports are captured in memory and intentionally not saved to disk.
  • Guest mode — when you are not authenticated, parameters and results stay in your browser's LocalStorage and are never sent to our servers.

We do not collect payment card data: subscriptions are processed by our hosted payment provider (Dodo Payments) in a separate page opened by the extension, so card numbers never pass through it. We also do not use tracking cookies, keystroke logging, or collect any data from websites other than TradingView. The extension does not support incognito windows and is disabled there by default.

3. How We Use Your Data

  • Only to run, store, and display your backtests and optimization results, and to manage your account and subscription status.
  • We never sell your data and never share it with third parties for marketing or advertising.
  • The only external service the extension communicates with is our own API at https://api.strategyforge.tech.
  • No remote code — every line of code the extension executes ships inside the published package. The extension never downloads or executes code from any remote source.

4. Data Storage & Retention

Local (chrome.storage.local).On logout, the extension deletes all user-session keys:

userParameters, discoveredParameters, replayData, optimization_results, optimization_sessions, active_optimization_session, autoStartReplay, guestMode, postAuthIntent

App-level preferences intentionally survive logout:serverUrl,locale,debugMode,standaloneModeEnabled. Uninstalling the extension removes all locally stored data.

Server-side. For authenticated users, account data is retained for as long as your account remains active. Strategy parameters, optimization sessions and results are stored in our database and retained until you request deletion. When you request deletion of your account or server-side data, we remove it within a maximum of 30 days.

5. Permissions Justification

  • storage — persists the parameters and results listed above inside your browser only.
  • Content script on https://tradingview.com — required to read strategy inputs and backtest result panels, and to set parameters, only on TradingView tabs while you run an optimization.
  • activeTab — interacts with the current TradingView tab during the optimization workflow.
  • Host access to api.strategyforge.tech — authenticated API requests for users who choose backend sync.

No other website or host is ever accessed by the extension.

6. Your Rights

  • Clear local data at any time — log out (deletes all session keys listed in section 4) or uninstall the extension.
  • Access, export, correction or deletion of server-side data — email privacy@strategyforge.tech from your registered address. We respond within 30 days.

GDPR / UK GDPR. If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you have the right to access, rectify, erase and restrict the processing of your personal data, the right to data portability, the right to object to processing and the right to withdraw consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority (the Spanish Data Protection Agency, AEPD, in Spain).

CCPA / CPRA. We do not sell or share your personal data, and we do not use it for cross-context behavioural advertising.

7. Legal Bases for Processing

  • Performance of a contract: to create and manage your account, authenticate you, and provide the synchronization and optimization features you request.
  • Legitimate interests: to keep the service secure, prevent abuse and fraud, and maintain reliability.
  • Consent: where required by law, for example when you contact us or opt in to optional communications.

8. International Transfers

We process data on infrastructure controlled by the developer. Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA or the UK, we apply appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses approved by the relevant authorities.

9. Children

The extension is not directed to children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has registered, emailprivacy@strategyforge.techand we will delete the data.

10. Security & Subprocessors

  • Encryption in transit: all communication with our API uses HTTPS.
  • Authentication token: the JWT is stored in the browser's chrome.storage.local. MV3 does not offer user-key encryption, so a residual risk on a compromised device is accepted; it is mitigated by a short token lifetime, rotation, revocation, and local cleanup on a terminal 401.
  • No tracking SDKs: the extension ships zero analytics, advertising or tracking SDKs.
  • Sole external processor: the only third party that processes personal data on our behalf is our payment provider, Dodo Payments.

11. Changes & Contact

If this policy changes materially while the extension is published, we will update the version and effective date at the top of this page. Material changes are reflected here and in the privacy declaration of the Chrome Web Store listing in the same publication cycle. Contact:privacy@strategyforge.tech.