Privacy Policy & Data Protection Notice

1. Who We Are & Scope of Policy

Kenya Forex Academy (“we”, “our”, or “the Academy”) is an independent financial education institution headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. This Privacy Policy applies to all students, visitors, and users accessing our online learning platform, interactive tools, and live trading journals at fxcourse.online.

Our mission is to raise the standard of financial literacy across East Africa through macroeconomic rigor and CPA-audited risk management. Protecting the privacy and dignity of our students is foundational to that mission.

2. Compliance with the Kenya Data Protection Act (2019)

We process personal data in strict conformity with the Kenya Data Protection Act (No. 24 of 2019) and the guidelines issued by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC). Under the Act, we operate as a Data Controller for educational records created within our platform.

We uphold the statutory principles of data minimization, lawfulness, purpose limitation, accuracy, and storage limitation.

3. What Information We Collect

We only collect data that is necessary to deliver a structured educational experience:

• Authentication & Identity Data: When you sign in using Google Firebase Authentication, we receive your basic Google account profile information, including your email address, display name, and profile picture URL.
• Educational Progress Data: We track module completion timestamps, interactive quiz scores, bookmarked lessons, and final examination attempts.
• Technical & Usage Logs: We collect standard anonymous device and browser information (such as viewport size, theme preference, and general EAT session timestamps) to optimize user interface performance.

4. How We Use Your Data & Our Zero Data Selling Guarantee

Your data is used exclusively to operate, personalize, and improve your learning journey:

• To synchronize your course progress across mobile and desktop devices.
• To grade your topic quizzes and issue Academy completion certificates.
• To maintain secure authentication and protect against unauthorized account access.

5. Third-Party Educational Infrastructure

We partner with industry-leading, enterprise-grade cloud providers to host our educational content securely. Our authentication and database infrastructure is powered by Google Firebase (Google Cloud Platform), which enforces end-to-end encryption at rest and in transit (SSL/TLS). These providers process data strictly on our instructions and comply with global SOC 2 and GDPR security frameworks.

6. Financial & Educational Disclaimer

Kenya Forex Academy is an educational institution, not an asset manager, financial advisor, or deposit-taking institution. All curriculum materials, trading journals, order flow tools, and market commentary provided on this website are for educational and informational purposes only.

Foreign exchange and institutional order flow trading involve substantial risk of loss and are not suitable for every investor. We strictly advocate for CPA-audited risk management (capping risk at a maximum of 1.0% per trade). Nothing on this platform constitutes a solicitation to buy or sell financial instruments.

7. Your Rights Under Kenyan Law (KDPA 2019)

Under Section 26 of the Kenya Data Protection Act, you possess explicit legal rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to be Informed: To be notified of the use to which your personal data is being put.
• Right to Access: To request a full copy of your account data and quiz records at any time.
• Right to Rectification: To correct inaccurate or outdated profile information.
• Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): To request permanent deletion of your Firebase user account and all associated educational records from our servers.
• Right to Data Portability: To receive your educational records in a structured, machine-readable format.

8. Cookies & Local Storage

We use minimal browser storage (such as LocalStorage and session cookies) solely for functional purposes—including retaining your dark/light theme preference, keeping you authenticated across pages, and temporarily caching quiz progress so you do not lose work on poor network connections. We do not use third-party tracking or cross-site behavioral advertising cookies.

9. How to Contact Our Data Protection Officer (DPO)

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your KDPA 2019 data rights, or want to request an immediate account deletion, please contact our Nairobi office: