Privacy notice

Last updated: 12 November 2026

This notice explains, in plain language, what personal data the Cortex website, the free trial and the Cortex app's licence checks collect, and what we do with it. Cortex is run by iTradeAIMS (AIMS Cortex) ("we", "us"). Questions: support@aimscortex.com.

Your trading stays on your computer

Cortex runs on your own Windows computer. It does not send us your orders, positions, account balance or broker login. The app contacts us only for the licence check and the update check described below.

Beyond that, your trading data leaves your computer only through what you choose to connect yourself:

• AI or agent tools you connect through Cortex's local agent API. Depending on the access you give them, they can read your trading data.
• TradingView webhooks you route to Cortex through a tunnel you run.
• Cloud AI providers you configure in the app.

These connections run under your own accounts and their providers' terms. They do not go through us.

The free trial form

To get a trial key you give us your first name and email address. You can also tick an optional box to get product news and tips.

• We email you a 6-digit code to confirm your address. The email is sent through Amazon SES (Amazon Web Services, us-east-1 region, United States).
• Your name, email and choice are stored as a contact in our CRM, FluentCRM, at crm.aimscortex.com. Confirmed sign-ups go on our General list; you go on the Marketing list only if you ticked the box. Today we tag contacts free when they sign up and activated when their key is first checked in the app. Tags such as paid or expired will be added when subscriptions start.
• To stop repeat sign-ups from restarting a trial, our licence service keeps a trial record keyed by a hash of your email address, so signing up again keeps the same end date.

Licence checks

When the Cortex app checks your key, it sends the key, a machine ID and the app version. The machine ID is a pseudonymous ID derived from your computer and user names; we use it to count how many computers use a key.

• Our licence service on Netlify keeps, for each key, the date it was first activated and, for each computer, the dates of its first and last check.
• Your CRM contact gets the activation date, the date of the last check, the app version and how many computers use the key.

The app does not report which features you use.

Update check

When it starts, and every 4 hours while it runs, the app downloads a small file (cortex-latest.json) from this site to see whether a new version is out. It sends no trading data. As with any web request, standard request details such as your IP address reach our host, Netlify.

Abuse limits

To limit abuse of the trial form and the licence check, our licence service keeps short-lived request counters keyed by a hash of your IP address.

Website analytics

We count site visits with Matomo, run on our own server at analytics.itradeaims.net in cookieless mode. It records pages viewed, the referring page, browser and device type, and an approximate location. The site sets no cookies, and its fonts are served from this site.

Hosting

The website and the licence service are hosted on Netlify. Like any web host, Netlify keeps server logs of requests, such as IP address, time, page requested and browser.

What we do not do

We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use advertising cookies.

How long we keep it

• Your CRM contact is kept until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete it.
• Licence-check records are kept for the life of the licence.

Unsubscribing, access and deletion

• To stop product news, use the unsubscribe link in any of our emails.
• To see the data we hold about you, or to ask us to delete it, email support@aimscortex.com. Deleting your licence records means your key stops working.

Changes

If this notice changes, we will update this page and the date at the top. Our Terms of use cover the beta itself.