Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy

The Funded Pick (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and safeguard personal data when you use our services. It also outlines your rights under data protection laws. We additionally provide a dedicated Cookie Policy (see below) describing our use of cookies and similar technologies. By using The Funded Pick website or services, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

Information We Collect

We collect personal data from you to operate and improve our services. This includes information you provide directly and data collected automatically:

Personal Identifiers: When you create an account or interact with our site, you may provide information such as your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, or other contact details.

Identity Verification (KYC) Data: Before we can pay out any funds to you, we are required to verify who you are. This means we collect identity data such as your date of birth, nationality, country of residence, the details read from your government-issued identity document, images of that document and of your face, and the results of the compliance checks run on them. This is the most sensitive category of data we handle, and it is described in full in the dedicated section “Identity Verification (KYC), Anti-Money-Laundering and Anti-Exploitation Checks” below.

Technical and Usage Data: We automatically collect certain information through cookies and similar technologies, including your Internet Protocol (IP) address, device and browser type, operating system, pages or screens viewed, dates/times of visits, and referring website URLs. We also gather behavioral data about how you use our site (e.g. clicks, features used, and time spent on pages). This usage data helps us understand user interactions and improve the user experience.

Device Information: We may collect device identifiers and mobile network information when you access our services from a phone or tablet. This technical data helps with service optimization and fraud detection.

Location Data: Approximate geographic location may be inferred from your IP address or device settings. We do not collect precise GPS location without your permission.

Cookies and Tracking: As described in our Cookie Policy, we use cookies, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to automatically collect some of the above information when you visit our site (see “Cookie Policy” below for details).

We do not knowingly collect data from children. Our services are intended for users over the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18 years old, and will delete such information if we become aware of it.

How We Use Your Information

We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:

Providing and Managing Services: To create and manage user accounts, authenticate logins, and operate our website and services. This includes processing transactions or fulfilling requests made by you (for example, allowing access to member-only features).

Service Improvement and Personalization: To analyze how users interact with our site, troubleshoot issues, and improve our platform’s functionality and content. We also use data to personalize your experience – for example, by remembering your preferences and settings, and by showing content or recommendations tailored to your interests.

Communication: To send service-related communications (such as confirmations, technical notices, updates, security alerts), respond to your inquiries, and provide customer support. With your consent, we may send newsletters or marketing emails about new features, offerings, or promotions. You can opt out of marketing communications at any time.

Analytics and Performance: To monitor and measure usage of our website and services. For instance, we use Google Analytics and similar tools to understand traffic patterns and user behavior on our site. This helps us gauge the performance of our pages and features, and make data-driven improvements.

Marketing and Personalized Advertising: To provide you with relevant content and advertising. We may process data to personalize the marketing messages or site content you see, in order to better match your interests. For example, data about your site usage or preferences may be used to customize what content is highlighted for you or to segment our email communications.

Fraud Prevention and Security: To protect the integrity of our platform, ensure account security, and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity. We may use personal data to detect, investigate, and mitigate fraudulent transactions, spam, abuse, security incidents, and other harmful activities. This includes enforcing our terms and policies and protecting the rights and safety of our users and the public.

Identity Verification, Age Verification and Financial-Crime Prevention: To confirm that you are who you say you are, that you are at least 18 years old, that you are not subject to international sanctions or otherwise barred from using our services, and that our platform is not being used to launder money, finance terrorism, or facilitate human trafficking or any other form of exploitation. Completing this verification is a precondition for receiving any payout. See the dedicated section below for full details.

Legal Compliance: To comply with applicable legal obligations, such as financial record-keeping, user consent management, and responding to lawful requests by public authorities. We may also process your information to exercise or defend legal claims.

We process your information only where we have a valid legal basis to do so (for example, your consent for marketing cookies, performance of a contract to provide you services, our legitimate interests in improving our services and security, or compliance with legal obligations).

Identity Verification (KYC), Anti-Money-Laundering and Anti-Exploitation Checks

Because The Funded Pick pays real money to real people, we verify the identity of every user before any payout is made. We know that this is the most intrusive thing we ask of you, so this section explains in full why we do it, who performs it, exactly what is collected, on what legal basis, where it is stored, how long it is kept, and what happens if you would rather not go through it.

Why We Take Identity Verification Seriously: Know Your Customer (“KYC”) is not a formality or a box-ticking exercise for us. A platform that moves money to individuals across borders is exactly the kind of channel that criminals look for, and an unverified payout channel would put our users, our company and third parties at risk. We carry out verification for the following distinct reasons:

• Age Verification: Our services are strictly for adults. We ask for your date of birth and check it against our minimum age requirement of 18 years before a verification can be started, and the date of birth read from your identity document is recorded as part of your verification file. Because our activity involves money and sports outcomes, allowing a minor to participate would be unacceptable to us regardless of what any particular jurisdiction requires.
• Anti-Money-Laundering (AML): Verifying who you are is the foundation of every anti-money-laundering framework. Without knowing the identity of the person we are paying, we cannot detect or prevent the use of our platform to move or disguise the proceeds of crime, and we could not meet the customer due diligence and record-keeping duties that apply to us.
• Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF): The same checks are how we prevent our services being used, directly or indirectly, to move funds connected to terrorism or its financing.
• Sanctions and Financial-Crime Screening: The verification carried out through our provider includes screening against international sanctions regimes, politically exposed person (PEP) lists, law-enforcement and regulatory watchlists, and adverse media sources, so that we can identify users who are designated, restricted, or credibly linked to serious criminal activity anywhere in the world. Our related geographic and eligibility restrictions are set out in our Supported Countries policy.
• Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking and Exploitation: We are opposed to every form of human exploitation, and we do not want our platform to become a link in that chain. Human trafficking and forced labour are financed and laundered through anonymous, cross-border movements of money, and the sanctions, watchlist and adverse-media sources our checks screen against expressly cover human-rights abuses, trafficking and related offences. Identity verification is therefore the practical mechanism through which we identify, assess and mitigate that risk rather than merely stating a position on it. Where a check indicates such a connection, we will refuse or terminate the relationship, block the account, and report the matter to the competent authorities where the law requires us to do so.
• Fraud, Multi-Accounting and Collusion: Verification also allows us to detect the same person operating several accounts or the same identity document being used across different accounts, which protects the fairness of our challenges and the integrity of our payouts for every other user.

Verification Is a Condition of Being Paid: You can create an account and use our platform before verifying your identity, but no payout can be requested, approved or paid until your verification has been completed and approved. This is not a commercial preference on our part: making a payout to a person whose identity has not been verified would breach the anti-money-laundering rules that apply to us. If you decline to verify, or the verification cannot be completed, we will not be able to release funds to you.

Who Performs the Verification: We do not build identity-verification technology ourselves. We use KYCAID, a specialist regulated-technology provider operated by Compligate Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 15376538, with its registered office at 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London W1W 7LT, United Kingdom. The verification session takes place on KYCAID’s secure hosted form, and the resulting file is held on KYCAID’s infrastructure, which runs on Google Cloud in European data centres.

Our Role and KYCAID’s Role: The Funded Pick is the data controller for your verification data. We decide why the verification is carried out, which checks are run, what outcome follows, and how long we keep the record. KYCAID acts as our data processor for that verification: it processes your data on our documented instructions and on our behalf, under a data processing agreement that incorporates the EU Standard Contractual Clauses and the UK International Data Transfer Addendum for any transfer outside the European Economic Area. In the interests of complete transparency, however, we must tell you that KYCAID is not exclusively a processor: under its own privacy policy it additionally processes a limited set of data as an independent controller — for example to improve and train its verification technology, to generate generalised risk indicators and detect fraud patterns across its client base, and to maintain its own audit logs — and it may retain that data for its own legal and legitimate purposes. That processing is governed by KYCAID’s own privacy policy rather than by ours, and you can read it at kycaid.com/privacy-policy. We encourage you to review it before starting your verification.

What Is Collected During Verification: The verification file consists of the following:

• Identity details you provide: first and last name, date of birth, nationality and country of residence.
• Identity document data: the document type, document number, issuing authority, and issue and expiry dates, together with the name, date of birth, nationality and gender recorded on the document.
• Images: photographs or scans of your identity document and a portrait image (selfie) captured during the session.
• Address data: your residential address and, where a proof of address is required, the type and status of the document supplied.
• Contact data: your email address and, where requested, your telephone number.
• Session and device data: the IP address, browser and operating system (including versions) and user agent used for the verification session, together with the approximate location derived from those signals and, where your device supplies them, geographic coordinates. This data is collected to evidence where and how the verification took place, which is itself an anti-fraud and anti-money-laundering control.
• Check results: the outcome of each individual check (profile, document, facial, address, database screening and adverse media), the reasons given for any decline, a numeric face-match confidence score, and any indication that the same document or face has already been used on another account.

Is a Copy of My Identity Document Kept? Yes — but not by us. The image files of your document and your selfie are stored on KYCAID’s systems. Our own database stores the data read from those documents and secure references to the image files, not the image files themselves. When a member of our compliance team needs to review your case, the image is retrieved from KYCAID at that moment through an access-controlled internal channel restricted to authorised administrators; it may remain briefly in that reviewer’s browser cache during the review, and is not copied into our own storage.

Are Facial Images and Biometric Data Processed? Yes. The verification includes a facial check: the portrait taken during your session is compared against the photograph on your identity document to confirm that the document actually belongs to you, and the same face is checked against other accounts to detect duplicate registrations. This comparison necessarily involves the processing of biometric data and is performed by KYCAID. What we receive and store is the result of that comparison — whether the facial check passed, a numeric confidence score, and any duplicate match — rather than a facial template of our own. We do not generate biometric templates ourselves, we do not use your images or any biometric data for any purpose other than verifying your identity and preventing fraud, and we never use them for advertising, profiling or any commercial purpose. Where the verification record we receive from KYCAID contains additional technical fields, those fields are stored solely as part of that record and are used for no other purpose.

Legal Basis for Biometric Processing: Biometric data used to uniquely identify a person is a special category of personal data under Article 9 of the GDPR and requires a specific legal basis beyond the ordinary ones. We rely on your explicit consent under Article 9(2)(a) GDPR, which is requested from you within the verification flow before any facial check is carried out, and, where applicable, on Article 9(2)(g) GDPR — processing necessary for reasons of substantial public interest, namely the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing. You may withdraw that consent at any time with effect for the future; the practical consequence is that we can no longer verify your identity and therefore cannot release any payout to you.

Legal Bases for the Rest of the Verification: Outside the biometric element, we process verification data on the basis of: compliance with our legal obligations under applicable anti-money-laundering, counter-terrorist-financing, sanctions and record-keeping legislation (Article 6(1)(c) GDPR); the performance of our contract with you, since a completed verification is a condition of any payout (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR); and our legitimate interests in preventing fraud, multi-accounting and collusion, in protecting the fairness of our competitions and the safety of our other users, and in ensuring our services are not used in connection with crime or exploitation (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

Automated Decisions and Your Right to Human Review: The pass or fail outcome of a verification is produced automatically by the checks described above, and after a limited number of failed attempts your ability to submit further verifications is locked automatically as an anti-fraud measure. Because such a decision can prevent you from withdrawing funds, you have the right not to be subject to it without recourse: you may obtain human intervention, express your point of view and contest the outcome by writing to support@thefundedpick.com, and a member of our compliance team will review your file manually.

Who Can See Your Verification Data: Access is limited to KYCAID and its sub-processors (principally its cloud hosting provider) acting on our instructions, and to the small number of authorised members of our own compliance and administration team who need it to review a case. We may also be required to disclose verification data to regulators, financial-intelligence units, law enforcement or courts where the law obliges us to, including where we are required to report a suspicion of money laundering, terrorist financing or exploitation. Where the law prohibits us from doing so, we may not be permitted to inform you that such a report has been made. We never sell verification data, and we never share it for marketing or advertising purposes.

How Long Verification Data Is Kept: The verification file held by KYCAID — including the document images, the portrait image and the check results — is retained on KYCAID’s servers for two (2) years, after which it is deleted from their systems. The verification record held in our own systems — your identity fields, the document details, the outcome of each check and the audit trail of the decision — is retained for as long as you hold an account with us and thereafter for the period required by the anti-money-laundering and record-keeping legislation applicable to us. Where that legislation prescribes a retention period longer than the one stated above, the statutory period prevails, because we are not permitted to delete customer due diligence records before it expires. Retention is therefore partly a fixed period and partly determined by law; it is never open-ended and never left to our discretion alone.

Your Rights Over Verification Data: The rights set out in the “Your Data Rights” section below apply to your verification data as they do to the rest of your personal data, with one legally required limitation: where we are obliged to retain customer due diligence records for anti-money-laundering purposes, we cannot erase them on request until the statutory period has expired. In that case we will restrict processing of the records to what the law requires instead of deleting them, and we will tell you that we have done so. You may also contact KYCAID’s Data Protection Officer in respect of the processing KYCAID carries out as an independent controller, using the contact details published in its privacy policy.

Use of Third-Party Advertising and Analytics Services

Targeted Advertising: The Funded Pick partners with third-party advertising networks to deliver targeted ads to our users on our site or on other platforms. In particular, we use services such as Google Ads (including Google remarketing), Meta Ads (Facebook/Instagram advertising), TikTok Ads, and Snapchat Ads to reach you with advertisements that are relevant to your interests. These advertising platforms deploy tracking technologies (like cookies or pixels) on our site to collect information about your interactions. For example, they may record that you visited certain pages or clicked on specific content, and use that data to show you tailored ads on their networks. These third-party ad platforms can also measure the effectiveness of our campaigns by tracking conversions (such as if you sign up after clicking one of our ads). The data they collect may include identifiers like cookies or mobile ad IDs, device and browser information, and information about your on-site activities (e.g. pages viewed, links clicked). We do not share information that directly identifies you (such as your name or email) with these advertisers; however, they may be able to link your site visitation data to your user profile on their platform if you are logged in to their services.

Social Media and Pixels: We also use tracking pixels provided by social media and advertising platforms to assist with our marketing efforts. For example, the Meta Pixel (Facebook Pixel) is integrated on our site to help us understand ad performance and build custom audiences on Facebook/Instagram. Similarly, we utilize the TikTok Pixel and the Snapchat Pixel on our website for conversion tracking and ad optimization related to TikTok and Snapchat ads. These pixels allow us to measure how you interact with our ads and website, and subsequently to optimize ad delivery and create targeted advertising audiences. For instance, the TikTok Pixel may log pages you visit or actions you take on our site, which helps us refine our TikTok ad campaigns. The Snapchat Pixel likewise collects data about your website interactions in order to measure the effectiveness of our Snapchat advertising and to serve you more relevant ads on that platform. All these third-party tools are implemented in compliance with applicable privacy laws, and where required, we obtain your consent before enabling such tracking (see Cookie Policy below). Each of these companies has its own privacy policies – we encourage you to review Google’s, Meta’s, TikTok’s, and Snapchat’s privacy notices to learn how they handle your data. You can also opt out of targeted ads from many of these providers through mechanisms such as your ad preferences on their platforms or via industry opt-out sites.

Analytics Tools: The Funded Pick uses third-party analytics services to better understand overall performance and usage of our website. In particular, we use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our site. Google Analytics may set cookies or use similar identifiers to gather data such as your IP address (which we anonymize when possible), browser type, device information, pages visited, and time spent on pages. We use these analytics insights to evaluate how our site is functioning, to report on usage statistics (e.g. total visitors, popular pages), and to guide improvements for usability and content. Google Analytics provides aggregated reports to us; we do not receive personally identifying information through this tool. Google may also use the data collected from our site for its own analytics and ad personalization purposes. To mitigate privacy risks, we have configured Google Analytics to respect “Do Not Track” signals where feasible and to mask IP addresses. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking if you prefer: for example, Google offers a browser opt-out add-on that you can install to prevent data collection by Google Analytics on any site. We may also use other analytics or tracking tools from time to time to monitor performance, debug errors, or test new features. Any such tools will be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy and, if they set cookies or similar technologies, they will be covered by our Cookie Policy and consent management practices.

Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

We want to be transparent about our use of cookies and related technologies, as they are integral to how our online services function. The Funded Pick uses cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar tracking technologies to collect and store information when you interact with our website. This helps us ensure the website functions properly, improve your user experience, remember your preferences, and deliver relevant content and advertisements. Some cookies are necessary for the site to work at all, while others are optional and help us improve or personalize your experience.

Cookies: Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognize your browser and remember information like your user settings or login status. We use both session cookies (which expire when you close your browser) and persistent cookies (which remain for a set period or until you delete them). Cookies help us, for example, keep you logged in, save your preferences (such as language or layout choices), and understand how people are using our site.

Web Beacons & Pixels: Our emails and webpages may contain tiny electronic files or code snippets (often called pixels or web beacons) that are used to track activities. For instance, if you receive an email from us, a pixel can tell us if you opened it or clicked a link. On our site, pixels (like the Facebook, TikTok, or Snapchat Pixel mentioned above) help record when you view certain pages or interact with certain content. These technologies often work in conjunction with cookies to facilitate analytics and advertising features.

Device Identifiers & SDKs: If you use our mobile app (if applicable), we may utilize mobile SDKs or device identifiers that function similarly to cookies. These help us recognize your device and gather usage data within the app for analytics and personalization.

For detailed information about the cookies and tracking technologies we use, please see our Cookie Policy below. There you will find the types of cookies, their purposes, and how you can manage your preferences.

Data Sharing with Third Parties

We do not sell or rent your personal information. However, we do share certain categories of data with third parties under strict conditions, as needed to operate our business and provide our services to you:

Service Providers and Processors: We use trusted third-party companies to perform services on our behalf – for example, hosting our website, processing payments, sending emails, providing analytics, or assisting with marketing. These service providers may need access to personal data to perform their functions, but only for the purposes we’ve specified. We require all such partners to protect your data through strict data protection agreements and to handle it in compliance with applicable privacy laws. They are not permitted to use your data for their own unrelated purposes.

Identity Verification and Compliance Providers: We share the personal data needed to verify your identity with KYCAID (Compligate Ltd), our identity-verification and anti-money-laundering screening provider, which acts as our processor for that verification under a data processing agreement, and with its own sub-processors (principally its European cloud hosting provider). This is the only category of sharing that involves your identity documents and facial images, it is strictly limited to compliance purposes, and it is described in detail in the “Identity Verification (KYC), Anti-Money-Laundering and Anti-Exploitation Checks” section above.

Advertising and Marketing Partners: As noted, we work with advertising networks (Google, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.) and analytics partners (like Google Analytics) who may receive certain information about your activity through cookies/pixels on our site. This data sharing is generally pseudonymous (e.g. a cookie ID) and is used to provide analytics or targeted ads on our behalf. These partners are bound by their own privacy commitments and, where required by law, we have appropriate contracts (such as Data Processing Agreements) in place with them.

Business Transfers: If The Funded Pick undergoes a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or asset sale, your personal data may be transferred to the successor or acquiring entity. In such cases, we will ensure the receiving party is bound to respect your personal data in a manner consistent with this policy.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose personal information to third parties (such as regulators, law enforcement or courts) if we believe in good faith that such disclosure is required by law or legal process, or if it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected illegal activities, fraud, or security issues. We only share the information that is reasonably necessary in these circumstances and ensure any request is legally valid.

In all cases, we strive to share the minimum amount of data necessary for the purpose. Whenever we engage a third-party processor, we remain responsible for the handling of your personal data and ensure that appropriate safeguards and confidentiality obligations are in place. Each third party is contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the services they are providing.

Data Retention and Security

Data Retention: We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. In practice, this means we keep your information for as long as you maintain an account or subscription with us or as needed to provide you with services. If you delete your account or withdraw consent for certain data processing, we will delete or anonymize your personal data within a reasonable timeframe, except to the extent we need to keep it for legitimate business or legal purposes (for example, backup archives, fraud prevention, tax and accounting obligations, or to comply with a court order). When we have no ongoing legitimate need to retain your data, we will securely dispose of it or irreversibly anonymize it. Identity verification (KYC) data is subject to its own, stricter retention regime, set out in the “Identity Verification (KYC), Anti-Money-Laundering and Anti-Exploitation Checks” section above: it is retained for a defined period and, where anti-money-laundering law requires it, for the statutory period, which we are not permitted to shorten even at your request.

Data Security: The Funded Pick takes data security seriously and has implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information. We use industry-standard security practices to safeguard data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. Measures include encryption of data in transit (e.g., using HTTPS for our website), firewalls, access controls to limit who in our organization can access sensitive information, and regular security assessments. Despite our efforts, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security of your information. You share and transmit data to us at your own risk. In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as required by law and take appropriate steps to address the issue.

Your Data Rights

You have rights and choices regarding your personal data. Depending on the laws that apply to your jurisdiction (for example, the General Data Protection Regulation in the EU), you may exercise some or all of the following rights:

Right to Access: You can request confirmation of whether we are processing your personal information, and if so, request a copy of the data we hold about you. This allows you to know and review what information we have collected.

Right to Rectification: If any of your personal data is inaccurate or incomplete, you have the right to request that we correct or update it. We encourage you to keep your account information up to date to help us ensure its accuracy.

Right to Deletion: You may ask us to delete your personal data under certain circumstances (often called the “right to be forgotten”). We will honor deletion requests unless an exemption applies – for example, we might retain certain data if required for legal obligations or if the data is needed to prevent fraud. In particular, identity verification records that we are required to keep under anti-money-laundering legislation cannot be deleted on request until the statutory retention period has expired; in that case we will restrict their processing to what the law requires instead.

Right to Withdraw Consent: If we are processing your personal data based on your consent (such as for optional marketing emails or non-essential cookies), you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. For instance, you can unsubscribe from our marketing emails through the provided link, or adjust your cookie settings via our Cookie Preference center (described below). Withdrawing consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal.

Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to certain processing activities, especially those based on legitimate interests. For example, you can object to the use of your data for direct marketing or profiling. If you lodge an objection, we will stop the processing in question unless we have compelling legitimate grounds to continue or as otherwise permitted by law. This includes the right to opt out of any tracking for targeted advertising or analytics; you can do so by using our cookie management tools or contacting us (see Cookie Policy and Your Choices).

Right to Data Portability: Where applicable, you can request a copy of certain personal data in a machine-readable format, or ask us to transfer it to another provider. This typically applies to data you provided to us, if processed by us on the basis of consent or contract.

Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to restrict (pause) the processing of your personal data in certain scenarios – for example, while we verify the accuracy of your data or handle an objection request.

Right to Lodge a Complaint: If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you have the right to file a complaint with a supervisory authority or regulatory agency in your country. We would, however, appreciate the chance to address your concerns directly before you do so – please see Contact Us below for how to reach us.

Exercising Your Rights: You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us (see Contact Us section). We will respond to requests in accordance with applicable data protection laws. For security, we may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests (such as accessing or deleting personal data) to ensure that we do not disclose data to an unauthorized person. If your request is complex or you have made a large number of requests, we may notify you that we need an extension of time to respond, but we will always communicate any delays. There is generally no fee for exercising your rights, though a reasonable fee may be charged or a request refused if it is manifestly unfounded or excessive.

Do-Not-Track Signals: Some web browsers or devices include “Do Not Track” (DNT) features that can send a signal to websites indicating you do not wish to be tracked. At this time, our site responds to such signals by treating them as a preference to disable non-essential cookies. If a DNT signal is detected, we will not set analytics or advertising cookies on your browser, in line with the choices indicated by that signal. However, not all tracking may be fully preventable (for instance, certain essential cookies may still function). We continue to monitor industry and legal developments around DNT to ensure compliance. You can also use our cookie management tools described below to directly control tracking on our site.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at:

Company Name: VMG Solutions (Operator of TheFundedPick)
Registered Address: 25 Vitosha Blvd., fl. 2, Sredets District, Stolichna Municipality, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria
Company Registration: UIC/PIC (Unique Identification Code): 208043639
Email: support@thefundedpick.com

We will be happy to answer your questions and address any issues you may have about our privacy practices. For security and record-keeping, we prefer communication via email. If you contact us to exercise your data rights, please provide sufficient information for us to verify your identity (for example, writing from the email address associated with your account or providing your account details).

Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy is a part of The Funded Pick’s Privacy Policy and explains in detail how we use cookies and similar technologies on our website. It also describes your choices regarding these technologies. By using The Funded Pick website, you can choose whether to allow or refuse non-essential cookies as described here.

What Are Cookies and Why We Use Them: Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device (computer, smartphone, etc.) when you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site owners. Cookies help us in several ways, for example by letting us recognize your browser, remember your preferences (such as your login status or language selection), and understand how you navigate through our content. Other technologies related to cookies include pixels, web beacons, and tags, which function similarly by tracking certain actions or viewing of emails/webpages. We refer to all these as “cookies” or “tracking technologies” in this policy for simplicity.

Types of Cookies We Use: The Funded Pick uses both first-party cookies (set by our domain) and third-party cookies (set by partners like analytics or advertising providers). The cookies on our site can be categorized into the following types:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions you take, such as logging in, filling out forms, or setting your privacy preferences. Without these cookies, core functionalities of the site (like page navigation, access to secure areas, or user account features) would not work. Because they are necessary for delivering our service, you cannot disable them via our cookie banner (though you can set your browser to block them, but some parts of the site may then not work).
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow us to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personalized features. For instance, they may recall your region or language selection, or keep you logged in when you return. They can also enable optional features like social sharing tools. Functional cookies help tailor your experience but are not strictly required for core service.
• Performance & Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect aggregated information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are most frequently visited, whether users encounter errors, and how they arrived at our site. We use these cookies to understand and improve site performance and user experience. For example, analytics cookies from Google Analytics (or similar tools) help us see overall statistics on visits and feature usage. The data collected by these cookies is usually anonymized or pseudonymized and is used for statistical purposes. Disabling these cookies may make it harder for us to identify and fix issues or to optimize the site’s performance.
• Advertising & Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver relevant advertisements to you and track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. They may be set through our site by our advertising partners (like Google, Meta/Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, etc.). They work by uniquely identifying your browser and device, and they may build a profile of your interests based on your browsing activity on our site and other sites. This information allows us and these partners to show you targeted ads that are more likely to interest you, and to avoid showing the same ad repeatedly. For example, if you visit pages on our site about a certain topic, we or our ad partners might later show you an ad related to that topic. These cookies also help us measure ad campaign performance (e.g., whether you clicked on an ad and later took an action on our site). Advertising cookies are only set on your device if you have given us consent via the cookie banner. If you disable these cookies, you will see less targeted advertising, but you will still see generic ads.

Other Tracking Technologies: In addition to cookies, we use pixels, tags, and web beacons as described. These often accompany advertising and analytics cookies. For instance, when we send a marketing email, we may include a tiny graphic (beacon) that tells us if you opened the email. On our site, clicking a “share” button might trigger a third-party social media pixel. These technologies either rely on cookies or track your interactions in a way that helps us measure reach and effectiveness.

Cookie Consent and Your Choices: We respect your privacy and provide you with control over which cookies are used. When you first visit The Funded Pick website (and periodically thereafter, as required), you will see a cookie consent banner. This banner lets you know that we use cookies and asks for your consent for certain categories of cookies (such as analytics and advertising cookies). You have the option to accept all cookies or to manage your cookie preferences. If you choose to manage preferences, you can typically select which categories of cookies you want to allow (e.g., you might enable strictly necessary and performance cookies but disable targeting cookies). In jurisdictions where consent is required (for example, countries in the European Economic Area), we will not set non-essential cookies (analytics or advertising) on your device unless you opt in to them. In other words, until you give consent via the banner, we only use essential cookies needed for the site to run. Your decision on the banner will be remembered in a preference cookie so that on subsequent visits the banner may not reappear (unless you clear cookies or significantly change context, or as required by law).

Please note: if you decline or disable certain cookies, some functionality of the site may be impacted. For example, blocking functional cookies might mean that certain features or preferences (like remembering your login or your chosen settings) will not be retained, and blocking performance cookies might affect our ability to quickly identify issues or adapt the site to your preferences. However, we will always honor your choices and ensure that no non-essential cookies are deployed if you do not consent.

Managing and Disabling Cookies: You have the ability to control cookies at any time through several methods:

• Cookie Preference Center: On our site, you can revisit the cookie settings by clicking a “Cookie Settings” link or similar (often found in the website footer). This will bring up our cookie management tool, allowing you to adjust your preferences or withdraw consent entirely.
• Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to refuse or delete cookies. You can adjust your browser’s settings to block new cookies, delete existing cookies, or notify you when cookies are set. Please consult your browser’s help documentation for instructions on how to do this. Be aware that if you block all cookies from our site (including essential cookies) via your browser, some parts of our service might not work properly.
• Advertising Opt-Out: For third-party advertising cookies, you can also use industry opt-out websites for more control. The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) provide web-based opt-out tools (such as NAI’s opt-out page or DAA’s WebChoices) that allow you to opt out of many participating ad networks’ cookies. Similarly, on mobile devices, you can usually limit ad tracking via your device settings. Using these options will typically not remove cookies entirely but will prevent those partners from using your data for targeted advertising on that browser or device.

Keep in mind that cookie preferences are typically browser- and device-specific. If you use multiple browsers or devices to access our site, you may need to set your preferences on each one. Also, if you clear your cookies, you will remove the cookie that stored your preferences, so our banner may appear again to obtain consent.

Cookie Data Sharing and Third Parties: Some of the cookies and tracking technologies on our site come from third parties. When these are loaded, those third parties (such as Google, Meta, TikTok, Snapchat) may collect information that can sometimes be considered personal data (like an IP address or a unique identifier). We only allow third-party cookies that are operating under agreements with us, and we endeavor to vet these parties for their privacy commitments. For example, our analytics and advertising partners are not allowed to use data collected via our site for their own independent purposes unrelated to providing the services to us. We also implement tools like the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) to communicate your consent choices to third-party ad tech partners where applicable, ensuring they honor your selected preferences. That said, interactions with third-party cookies are also subject to those third parties’ privacy policies. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the companies that set cookies via our site (we have provided links in our Privacy Policy section above for some of the major partners).

International Cookie Compliance: The Funded Pick complies with international privacy laws regarding cookies and tracking. If you are in the European Union, United Kingdom, or other regions with cookie regulations, we implement a consent mechanism (as described) in line with the EU ePrivacy Directive and GDPR requirements. For users in California, we handle cookies in accordance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and related regulations – for example, certain advertising cookies could be considered a “sale” of personal information under CCPA, and we will honor opt-out signals (like the Global Privacy Control or our site’s “Do Not Sell My Info” link) to disable those cookies as required. Our goal is to be transparent and give all users control, regardless of location, so our cookie management tools are available to everyone.

Updates to this Cookie Policy: We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or to comply with legal requirements. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy will indicate when the latest changes were made. If changes are significant (for example, if we add new cookie categories or new third-party partners), we may provide a more prominent notice or seek renewed consent as required by law. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are using these technologies.

By continuing to use our site with cookies enabled (after having the opportunity to set your preferences via the banner or your browser), you signify your understanding of and agreement to our use of cookies as described herein. If you have any questions about our use of cookies or how to manage them, please contact us at privacy@thefundedpick.com for assistance.