This Cookie Policy (the “Policy”) explains how Bequant Pro Limited (“Bequant”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on our website and technology platforms (the “Site”), and, where applicable, in our marketing communications.
The Site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users, to operate core functionalities, and to help us monitor, measure and improve the performance, security and reliability of our Services. As a MiCA-aligned crypto-asset service provider, the use of cookies also supports our ICT-resilience and digital-operational-resilience obligations under Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (DORA) where relevant.
This Policy should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Business. By using the Site, you consent to our use of cookies as described below, to the extent that consent is required under applicable law.
A “cookie” is a small text file of letters and numbers that is stored on your browser or device when you access the Site. It may include an anonymous, unique identifier and is used to recognize your browser or device during subsequent visits.
Cookies on the Site may be used to:
For the purposes of this Policy, the term “cookies” includes cookies and other similar tracking technologies such as web beacons, pixels, local-storage objects, and other terminal-equipment-based identifiers.
We use certain cookies and local-storage mechanisms to support our ICT-resilience and cybersecurity functions under MiCA- and DORA-aligned frameworks. These include:
These cookies are primarily strictly necessary for the operation of the Site and for the purposes of:
Consent is not required for such strictly-necessary cookies under ePrivacy-style rules.
We categorise cookies on the Site as follows, in line with recognized cookie-law practice and ICO-style guidance:
| Category | Purpose and examples | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary cookies | Essential for the Site to function (e.g., user login, session-management, security-tokens, and core trading-platform navigational-state). These cookies cannot be disabled in our systems without affecting core functionality. They do not store sensitive personal data but may carry session identifiers. | Performance of contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and legitimate interest (security and service-operation). |
| Security and DORA-aligned ICT-resilience cookies | Support MiCA and DORA-aligned ICT-resilience and cybersecurity obligations, including user-session-monitoring, incident-logging, and abuse-detection. Such cookies may be combined with other technical and usage data to enable compliance monitoring and incident-reporting. | Legal obligation (ICT-security and financial-sector-resilience requirements) and legitimate interest (fraud-prevention). |
| Performance cookies | Analytics. Used to count visitors, measure traffic sources and understand how users interact with the Site (e.g., pages viewed, feature usage, error-rates). All information collected is aggregated and anonymized where possible. We will only set these cookies where you have given valid consent, in line with ePrivacy-style rules. We use Google Analytics (provided by Google LLC) and certain internal analytics tools to help us understand how users interact with the Site and to optimise the user experience, reliability and security of our Services. Google Analytics uses cookies that may collect information such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited and session duration. This information is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers outside the EEA and the UK, and may be used by Google to compile reports on Site-activity and to provide other usage-related services. You may configure your browser to block or delete cookies, but if you do so you may lose access to certain features of the Site. By using the Site and accepting our cookie-consent banner, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes described herein, where consent is required under applicable law. We do not control these third-party cookies, and the data is processed under the respective providers' privacy and cookie policies. Where applicable, such providers are contractually bound to comply with GDPR- and MiCA-aligned data-protection obligations. | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR) where required. |
| Targeting cookies | Used to build interest-based profiles, measure advertising-campaign effectiveness and to serve more relevant advert-creative on our Site or on third-party platforms. These may be set by us or by third-party advertising partners and may identify your browser or device, often in pseudonymized form. | Consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). |
| Functionality cookies | Enable the Site to recognize you when you return, remembering preferences (language, region, theme, dashboard-layout, etc.) and certain configurable settings. Some functionality cookies may be set by us; others may be provided by third-party widgets. | Consent (where profiling-related), or legitimate interest (where non-personalized or anonymized). |
You may manage your consent for non-essential categories (performance, functionality, targeting) via our cookie-consent banner or your browser settings.
We place cookies across the following environments:
Cookies may be:
We require all third-party providers that place cookies on our behalf to comply with applicable data-protection and ICT-resilience obligations, and, where they act as processors, with GDPR-style data-protection-by-design and data-protection-by-default expectations.
The duration for which a cookie remains on your device depends on whether it is a session cookie or a persistent cookie:
Typical expiry durations for key categories are as follows:
| Cookie category | Typical expiry window (illustrative only) |
|---|---|
| Strictly necessary / session cookies | On session / deleted when the browser is closed |
| Performance / analytics cookies (e.g., Google Analytics) | Up to 2 years, although the actual lifetime may be shorter depending on browser behaviour and provider settings |
| Functionality cookies | 1 year or less, depending on provider |
| Targeting / advertising cookies | Typically, 3–12 months, depending on provider and category |
These periods correspond with the underlying third-party providers' cookie-settings where applicable and are subject to change in line with MiCA-, DORA- and GDPR-aligned cookie-law updates.
You may control, manage or delete cookies in several ways:
Please note:
As a MiCA-aligned crypto-asset service provider, our use of cookies contributes to:
Any processing of personal data via cookies is carried out in accordance with:
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, for example to reflect:
When we do so, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and recommend that you review this Cookie Policy periodically.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, or if you wish to exercise your rights in relation to cookies-based tracking, you may contact our Privacy and Data Protection team at: legal@bequant.io
© 2026 Bequant Pro Limited. Last updated: 8 April 2026.