Privacy Policy

1. The management of personal data on the website www.brainring.co.uk is handled by Brain Ring Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as www.brainring.co.uk).

2. This privacy policy applies to all customers (hereinafter referred to as Visitors) who access the website www.brainring.co.uk (hereinafter referred to as the Site), their actions on the Site, including (but not limited to) registration on the Site, participation in contests, reading published information, providing and receiving any type of information data (hereinafter referred to as Services).

3. Visitors unequivocally agree to the privacy policy when using the Services, which outlines the purpose and methods of information collection, as well as conditions for its storage, etc. If a Visitor does not agree to this privacy policy, they do not have the right to use the Site's Services.

4. www.brainring.co.uk is responsible for storing the personal data provided by Visitors and managing this information. Personal data cannot be transferred to third parties without the explicit and clear consent of the Visitor, except in cases provided by the laws of the United Kingdom.

5. Each Visitor has the right to visit the Site without providing any information about themselves, but if a Visitor wants to use certain Site Services, www.brainring.co.uk will request personal information for registration in the system or for the provision of other Site Services.

6. www.brainring.co.uk has the right to use all collected information about the Visitor at its own discretion, in full and by any means, except those prohibited by the laws of the United Kingdom, in order to provide the highest quality Services to Visitors.

Visitor Registration

7. In order for Visitors to effectively use the Site Services and access all Services, it is necessary to register on the Site and provide personal information. By providing their contact information, Site Visitors agree that employees of www.brainring.co.uk may contact them.

8. Processing of personal data provided by Visitors in the site system is carried out by manual and automatic methods. If a Visitor does not agree to www.brainring.co.uk managing their personal data, the Visitor has the right not to use the Site and not to provide personal information.

9. In addition to collecting data through the Site, Visitors may also be asked to provide personal information through emails (including electronic mail), phone calls and other means of communication with www.brainring.co.uk when ordering or providing other Services, as well as when registering for surveys on the Site, participating in promotions, etc. In these cases, the Visitor may be asked to give consent to the processing of the provided personal data for www.brainring.co.uk, if such consent is required by law and the Visitor has not yet provided it.

10. Visitors are required to update (or) change their contact information on the Site if it has been changed.

11. When a Visitor (but not a registered Visitor) enters the site, information (such as the type of browser used, IP address, operating system, Visitor location, number of visits, pages viewed on the Site, time spent on the Site, and other information) is automatically collected. This information is used to improve the content, functionality, and attractiveness of the Site.

Consent

12. www.brainring.co.uk keeps all available personal data of Visitors: name, email address, postal address, phone number, school name, and any other information about the Visitor that the Visitor voluntarily provided; information that the Visitor leaves while using the Site's services (such as browser type, operating system type, IP address, etc.); and other information about the Visitor.

13. The Visitor agrees that their name, grade, difficulty level, school name, address, result, answers to questions, and other information related to participation in the contest will be displayed and used on www.brainring.co.uk.

14. www.brainring.co.uk uses Site monitoring to collect information about the Visitor: how many Visitors have entered the Site, what domain is used by the Visitor, and other information. This information is collected automatically each time the Visitor visits the Site. This helps www.brainring.co.uk understand how Visitors use the Site and improve the quality of the Services provided by the Site.

15. The Visitor understands and agrees that www.brainring.co.uk collects information using cookies (text files stored on their computer that allow analysis of their site usage) and web beacons (small invisible images). This information about Visitors' use of the site is used by www.brainring.co.uk only for collection. Data obtained through the use of cookies is anonymous and does not contain any personal information about the Visitor. Using cookies is mandatory for the site to function correctly. It is prohibited to use the Site with disabled cookies.

Purpose of Personal Information Use

16. Examples of the purposes for which www.brainring.co.uk may use personal information collected from a particular Visitor are set forth below:

16.1. General data is used for statistical analysis of the general characteristics and behavior of registered Visitors to better understand the needs related to specific site Services and to analyze their effectiveness. Without this data, www.brainring.co.uk would be unable to properly modify and edit content and site Services;

16.2. www.brainring.co.uk collects general lists of search words and phrases from various search engines. This information is anonymous and used for monitoring and improving the quality of services, improving targeted advertising, and for other purposes;

16.3. www.brainring.co.uk may use personal information about Visitors to be able to contact them in any way and notify them of changes and new Services on the site, inform them of new events, or notify them of rule violations, as well as provide other information.

16.4. www.brainring.co.uk publishes all information about competition participants, their full names, class, difficulty level, name of educational institution, results, answers to questions, and other information related to participation in the competition on the site www.brainring.co.uk and in social networks.

17. Using the website, it is prohibited to: deceive, provide false information, insult and compromise physical and legal entities, perform actions that may cause direct or indirect harm to www.brainring.co.uk and other physical and legal entities. Persons who provide false (harmful) information bear full responsibility for the possible consequences that arise as a result of providing such information and are directly responsible for these actions under the laws of the United Kingdom.

18. www.brainring.co.uk is not responsible for the truthfulness and accuracy of advertisements for products and services on the website, provided by third physical and legal entities, as well as for the quality and consequences that may arise from the use or non-use of this advertising.

19. www.brainring.co.uk reminds that the visitor is responsible for the confidentiality of all information from authorization. www.brainring.co.uk asks to be careful when using and storing authorization information. After completing work, the visitor should log out of the site to ensure that no one could use their account. It is also recommended to log out of email and other applications where the visitor left their personal data, especially in cases where the visitor used a public computer (for example, in an internet cafe, computer class or library).

Account deletion

20. Visitors of www.brainring.co.uk may delete their account from the database of www.brainring.co.uk at any time by sending a request to [email protected].

Data retention time 

21. www.brainring.co.uk retains personal data of registered visitors for no more than 1 year from the moment when the registered visitor of the website has opted-out of the Services of www.brainring.co.uk by sending a request to [email protected].

22. www.brainring.co.uk has the right to delete the registration of visitors, as well as any information recorded by visitors in the database of the website if it violates the rules of the website. www.brainring.co.uk has the right to appeal to the appropriate authorities with a statement of responsibility for unauthorized acts that cause material (including lost profits) and non-material damages to www.brainring.co.uk, its partners, clients, and other physical and legal persons.

23. www.brainring.co.uk is not responsible under any circumstances for any consequences caused by force majeure circumstances that could not be influenced or predicted.

24. www.brainring.co.uk is not responsible for ensuring the privacy policy of third-party websites when visitors access them through www.brainring.co.uk and recommends that visitors familiarize themselves with the privacy policy of each third-party website.

25. All terms of the privacy policy provided here may be changed and supplemented unilaterally by www.brainring.co.uk. Such amendments take effect after they are published on the website, and registered Visitors will be notified of them by the email they provided. If the Visitor continues to use the website services, it means that the Visitor agrees to all revisions in the privacy policy. If the Visitor does not agree to the amendments, they lose the right to use the website and its services, and must immediately delete their registration on the website. Website Visitors are required to ensure that they are familiar with the latest version of the privacy policy.

26. In order to ensure the security of Visitors' personal data, www.brainring.co.uk uses various administrative, technical, and physical security measures. Only authorized personnel of www.brainring.co.uk have access to Visitors' personal data on the website.

27. These terms of the privacy policy are governed by the laws of the United Kingdom. All disputes regarding these terms of the privacy policy must be resolved through negotiations between the parties, and if the dispute cannot be resolved in this manner, it must be brought to court in the place of registration of Brain Ring Ltd in the United Kingdom.