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Privacy Policy

Contrarian Stocks — contrarianstocks.com
Last updated: 3 August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Contrarian Stocks (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, and protects information
when you visit contrarianstocks.com (the “Site”). We are committed to handling your personal data in accordance
with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who We Are

Contrarian Stocks is a personal investment research website publishing commentary, stock picks, and analysis. For
the purposes of UK data protection law, the data controller for information collected through this Site is Contrarian Stocks. You can contact us using the details in Section 10.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Information you provide directly

When you use the contact form on our Site, we collect:

  • Your name (optional)
  • Your email address
  • Any message or content you submit to us

We use this information solely to respond to your enquiry.

2.2 Information collected automatically

Like most websites, we and our service providers automatically collect certain technical information when you visit
the Site, including:

  • IP address and approximate location
  • Browser type, device type, and operating system
  •  Pages viewed, time spent on the Site, and referring/exit pages
  • Date and time of visit

This information is collected via cookies and similar tracking technologies, described in Section 4.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • Respond to enquiries submitted through our contact form
  • Operate, maintain, and improve the Site
  • Understand how visitors use the Site through analytics (see Section 5)
  • Detect and prevent spam or abuse of our contact form (see Section 6)
  • Comply with our legal obligations
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Our lawful bases for this processing under UK GDPR are: your consent (for analytics and non-essential cookies), our legitimate interests (in operating and securing the Site and responding to enquiries), and, where applicable, compliance with a legal obligation.

4. Cookies

The Site uses cookies to analyse traffic and improve your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files stored on your device. You are shown a cookie banner on your first visit and can choose to Accept or Decline non-essential cookies. You can also control or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings, though doing so may affect how the Site functions.

5. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the Site, such as which pages are viewed and how long visitors stay. Google Analytics uses cookies and collects information such as your IP address (which may be
anonymised), browser and device details, and browsing activity on the Site. This data is processed by Google LLC and may be transferred outside the UK/EEA; Google provides appropriate safeguards for such transfers.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout, or by declining analytics cookies via our cookie banner. For more information,
see Google’s Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

6. reCAPTCHA

Our contact form is protected by Google reCAPTCHA to prevent spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA collects hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sends this to Google for analysis. This use is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy (policies.google.com/privacy) and Terms of Service (policies.google.com/terms).

7. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal data. We may share information with:

  • Service providers who help us operate the Site (e.g., our website hosting platform, Google Analytics, and Google reCAPTCHA), who process data on our behalf
  • Regulators or law enforcement, where required by law

This Site may also contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.

8. Data Retention

We retain contact form submissions only as long as necessary to respond to and resolve your enquiry, unless a longer retention period is required by law. Analytics data is retained in accordance with Google Analytics’ standard
retention settings.

9. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  •  Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction of inaccurate data
  •  Request deletion of your data
  • Restrict or object to our processing of your data
  • Request a copy of your data in a portable format
  •  Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in Section 10. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk if you believe your data has been
mishandled.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us via
the contact form at contrarianstocks.com/contact.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.