Privacy Policy

A lot of companies say they care about your privacy — we say it and mean it! This document is our Privacy Policy, which describes what information we collect from you and how we use it. This is important; we hope you will take time to read it carefully.

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Privacy Policy for Weekly Quiz Competition

This Privacy Policy explains how Selfstudys ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you participate in our Weekly Quiz Competition. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal data.

Age Requirements and Consent

By participating in our Weekly Quiz Competition, you represent and warrant that:

You are at least 18 years of age, or
If you are under 18 years of age, you have obtained parental or guardian consent to participate
Your participation in the quiz constitutes acceptance of these terms and conditions We assume all quiz participants are adults unless explicitly notified otherwise. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a person under age 18 without parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information promptly.

Information We Collect

When you participate in our Weekly Quiz Competition, we collect the following information:

Full Name
Email Address
Mobile Number
School Board Information
Preferred College (for students in Class 12 or higher)
Quiz participation data and responses
Time and date of participation
Device information (device type, operating system, IP address)

How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information for the following purposes:

Essential Uses

To facilitate your participation in the Weekly Quiz Competition
To verify your eligibility for participation
To randomly select and notify winners
To distribute prizes to winners
To prevent fraudulent activities and maintain fair competition

Communication and Promotional Activities

To send competition results and prize notifications
To communicate important updates about the quiz competition
To respond to your queries or concerns
To send promotional materials about our educational services and products
To inform you about upcoming competitions, events, and special offers
To provide personalized educational content and recommendations
To conduct market research and surveys to improve our services

Improvement and Analysis

To analyze participation patterns and improve the quiz experience
To generate anonymous statistical data
To maintain and improve the security of our platform
To enhance user experience through system improvements
To develop new educational products and services

Data Protection and Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

Encryption of data during transmission
Secure storage of personal information
Regular security assessments and updates
Limited access to personal information by authorized personnel only

Data Sharing and Third Parties

Third-Party Sharing

We may share your information with trusted third parties for the following purposes:

Analytics partners to improve our system performance
Educational technology providers to enhance learning experiences
Marketing service providers to deliver relevant promotional content
Research institutions for educational studies and analysis
Technology partners for platform optimization
Customer service providers to improve user support

All third-party partners are contractually obligated to:

Use your data only for specified purposes
Maintain strict confidentiality and security measures
Comply with applicable data protection laws
Delete or return all personal data after service completion

We Do Not Share Your Information For:

Unrelated marketing activities
Any purpose that violates applicable laws

Legal Requirements

We may share your information with:

Legal authorities (if required by law)
Government agencies for regulatory compliance
Law enforcement for fraud prevention
Courts in response to valid legal processes

Children's Privacy

We assume all participants are adults unless explicitly informed otherwise.

Participants under 18 years must provide parental consent
Parents must notify us if their child is participating
We collect only necessary information from minor participants
Parents can review, delete, or refuse further collection of their child's information
Special protections are in place for data sharing involving minors
We reserve the right to terminate participation if age requirements are not met

By participating in our Weekly Quiz Competition, you acknowledge that:

You are at least 18 years old or have parental/guardian consent
You have read and understood this Privacy Policy
You agree to its terms
You consent to the collection, use, and sharing of your personal information as described in this policy
You understand that participation implies acceptance of these terms

If you do not meet these requirements, you must not participate in the quiz competition.

User-Provided Information

Full Name:
- We collect your full name to personalize your user experience.
Email Address:
- Your email address is used for communication purposes, account management, and to send you promotional emails related to our app and services.
Mobile Number:
- We collect your mobile number to enhance app security and to send promotional SMS related to our app and services.
Class:
- Providing your class information helps us tailor educational content to your academic level.
State and City:
- Your state and city information is used for localized content and to improve your overall app experience.
[Other relevant details]

How We Use Your Information

Enhancing App Experience:
- We use the collected information to personalize content, providing a tailored and improved app experience.
Communication:
- Your email address and mobile number are used to communicate with you about app updates, account-related information, and promotional offers.
Service Improvement:
- We may share non-personal, aggregated, and anonymized data with third parties to improve our services and enhance user experience.

Data Security

We prioritize the security of your personal information and employ industry-standard measures to protect it from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

User Consent

By using the Website/Application, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to the collection and use of your personal information as outlined herein.

Sharing Your Information

We assure you that we will not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to outside parties without your consent. We may share your information with third parties for the sole purpose of improving our services and enhancing user experience.

Cookies

Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. (Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.)
The only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply. A cookie cannot read data off your hard drive. Our advertisers may also assign their own cookies to your browser (if you click on their ads), a process that we do not control. We receive and store certain types of information whenever you interact with us via website, Application or Service though your computer/laptop/netbook or mobile/tablet/pad/handheld device etc.

Opting out

If a user opts out using the Ads Settings, the unique DoubleClick cookie ID on the user's browser is overwritten with the phrase "OPT_OUT". Because there is no longer a unique cookie ID, the opt-out cookie can't be associated with a particular browser.

Links to third party sites / Ad-Services

The Application may include links to other websites or applications. Such websites or applications are governed by their respective privacy policies, which are beyond our control. Once you leave our servers, use of any information you provide is governed by the privacy policy of the operator of the application, you are visiting. That policy may differ from ours. If you can't find the privacy policy of any of these sites via a link from the application's homepage, you should contact the application owners directly for more information.

When we present information to our advertisers to help them understand our audience and confirm the value of advertising on our websites or Applications it is usually in the form of aggregated statistics on traffic to various pages / content within our websites or Applications. We use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our websites or Applications. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number or other personally identifiable information) about your visits to this and other websites or application, in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

We do not provide any personally identifiable information to third party websites / advertisers / ad-servers without your consent.

Automatically Collected Information

This app does not automatically collect any persional information.

Use of your Personal Information

We use the information to conduct research and to help us improve the Application and our service. We may use the contact information provided by you to communicate with you. We may use the individual data and behavior patterns combined with personal information to provide you with personalized content.

Confidentiality

We do not collect sensitive personal data or information of users like password of your e mail account, financial information such as Bank Account details or Credit Card or Debit Card or other payment related details.

Notification of modification & changes to the T&C & Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change the Terms and Privacy Policy from time to time as it sees fit and your continued use of the site will signify your acceptance of any adjustment to these terms. You are therefore advised to re-read the Terms and Privacy Policy on a regular basis. Should it be that you do not accept any of the modifications or amendments to the Terms and Privacy Policy, you may terminate your use of this application immediately.