Privacy policy

At IQmeter, we take online privacy seriously, and we respect the concerns of our customers and community of users. In this policy (the "Privacy Policy") we describe our privacy practices concerning information we collect through the IQmeter website to help you make informed decisions about how you share information when you visit or use the site, as well as your rights in determining what we do with the information that we collect or hold about you.

1. Understanding how information is collected

Information you may choose to provide to us

We may collect information, including personal data, directly from you if you choose to provide that information. For example, you may provide us with your name and contact information (such as an email address), date of birth, or other details of that nature, when you take an IQ test, subscribe to our newsletters, or participate in promotions or surveys on the IQmeter website.

Information that is automatically collected

When you access the IQmeter website, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect certain information about your visit using tools such as cookies and other similar technologies. The information collected automatically when you visit the IQmeter website may include your IP address, characteristics of your operating system, information about your browser and system settings, data about the computer or mobile device you use to access the IQmeter website, or unique device identifiers. We or our third-party partners may combine information that each of us collects automatically with other information about you, including information you choose to provide.

Cookies are small files that websites and other online services use to store information about users on the users’ computers. This IQmeter website may use cookies (such as HTTP and HTML5 cookies), as well as other types of local storage. For more information about cookies, you may visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org. See the section below regarding "Eu Privacy" to learn more about how you may limit or disable cookies on your computer. If you choose to disable cookies, that could affect certain features of the IQmeter website that use cookies to enhance their functionality but will not affect the browsing data.

We also use third-party web analytics services, such as Google Analytics, on the IQmeter website, to provide us with statistics and other information about visitors to the IQmeter website.

Finally, companies that provide certain third-party apps, tools, widgets, and plug-ins that may appear on the IQmeter website (for example, Facebook), also may use automated means to collect information regarding your interactions with these features. This information collection is subject to the privacy policies or notices of those providers.

2. How we may use the information we collect

We may use the information gathered on the IQmeter website for various purposes, including the purposes listed below. For example, if you were to contact us with a question and provide your email address, we would use the email address you provided to respond to your inquiry. In addition, we use the information we collect from you and through the IQmeter website to:

• Provide products and services you request (such as when you take an IQ test);
• Respond to requests, questions, and comments, and provide other types of user support;
• Offer you products and services via marketing communications, or direct you to portions of this website or other websites, that we believe may interest you;
• To serve advertising, content and offers to you based on your interests and online activities, from us or third parties;
• Communicate about, and administer your participation in, events, programs, contests, and other offers or promotions;
• Carry out, evaluate, and improve our business (which may include developing new features for the IQmeter website; analyzing and enhancing the user experience on the IQmeter website; assessing the effectiveness of our marketing and advertising; and managing our communications);
• Perform data analytics regarding usage of the IQmeter website (including market and customer research, trend analysis, and financial analysis;
• Guard against, identify, and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims, and other liabilities; and
• Comply with applicable legal requirements, law enforcement requests, and our company policies.

3. Data retention and access

We will retain your data only for as long as necessary for the purposes it was retained, such as to enable you to use the Website and your products or to provide services to you. In some instances, we may retain data for longer periods to comply with applicable laws (including those regarding document retention), resolve disputes with any parties, and otherwise as necessary to allow us to conduct our business. All personal data we retain will be subject to this Privacy Policy and our internal retention guidelines.

We respect your control over your information and, upon request, we will seek to confirm your identity and whether we hold or are processing information that we have collected from you. You also have the right to amend or update inaccurate or incomplete personal information, request deletion of your personal information, or request that we no longer use it. Under certain circumstances we will not be able to fulfill your request, such as if it interferes with our regulatory obligations, affects legal matters, we cannot verify your identity, or it involves disproportionate cost or effort, but in any event, we will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and provide you an explanation.

4. How we protect personal information

We maintain appropriate administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the personal data you provide against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorized destruction, loss, alteration, access, disclosure, or use. That said, it is not possible to guarantee the security of information transmitted online, and you assume some risk with regard to the security of information you provide through any website, including this website. If you have a data security inquiry, you may contact us in the contact section of the website.

5. Children's privacy

This website is not designed or intended for use by children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children under the age of 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under the age of 16, we will delete any such information.

Updates on this notice

We reserve the right to make any changes and corrections to this notice. Please refer to this page from time to time to review these and new additional information.