GLOBAL BRAIN INSTITUTE
IQ research . Assessment
At GBI, we commit to respecting data protection and individuals' rights relating to their personal data strictly. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of personal data and using it responsibly.
While doing our test, we may ask you to provide us with several personal information that can be used to identify you and to provide a more personalized experience.
The major reasons for collecting this data are:
To analyze IQ test results: We collect several personal information for calculating average IQ ranges per country, education level, etc. This information allows us to better understand the distribution of IQ scores across different demographics and provides valuable insights for researchers and users alike.
Personalized experience: By gathering data about your background, such as your country, education level, and field of study, we can provide you with a more personalized experience. This enables you to compare your test results with your peers and understand how your performance relates to others with similar backgrounds.
Service improvement: Collecting your personal data allows us to identify areas for improvement in our service, optimize the user experience, and ensure that our IQ tests remain relevant and accurate.
Research purposes: We may use your personal data in an anonymized format for research purposes, which may include sharing anonymized data with university researchers or other legitimate research institutions to help improve and advance knowledge in the field.
Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to: First Name, Last Name, Age Group, Country, Highest Education Level, Email, Question ID, Correct/wrong, Spent time, and Test results.
Your personal data held by GBI has been supplied by you for the purpose of managing and supporting your Test results. We are the Data Controller of your personal data. It will be processed under our Legitimate Interests of providing you with the described service, authenticating you, and addressing you in communication about the service.
GBI is committed to supporting and contributing to research in the field of intelligence and cognitive abilities. With your permission, we will use your personal information under an anonymized format for research purposes only. This may involve sharing anonymized data with university researchers or other legitimate research institutions to help drive advancements in knowledge, methodologies, and understanding of human cognitive abilities.
To ensure the security and privacy of your personal data, we will not share any directly identifiable information, including your first name, last name, email address, IP address or any other sensitive information that could be traced back to you by third parties. Before sharing any data with researchers, we will apply rigorous anonymization techniques to remove any personally identifiable information, ensuring that the private information cannot be linked to individual users.
The anonymized data shared with researchers may include, but is not limited to:
To further protect user privacy, we will only share anonymized data with researchers who have demonstrated a commitment to ethical research practices and who are affiliated with recognized academic or research institutions. Additionally, researchers will be required to adhere to strict data protection agreements and use the data solely for the intended research purposes.
Users have full control over their consent for the use of their anonymized data for research purposes. You can be confident that your data is being used responsibly and ethically while contributing to valuable research efforts.
We use industry-standard techniques to ensure that the anonymized data we collect cannot be traced back to individual users. This includes data aggregation, de-identification, and other methods to protect your privacy while allowing your data to contribute to research endeavors.
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include encryption techniques, secure storage facilities, and access controls to ensure the safety and confidentiality of your information.
We may use third-party service providers to process or store your personal data. These providers are carefully selected to ensure they maintain the same level of data protection and confidentiality as we do. We have contracts in place with these providers to ensure they only process your data in accordance with our instructions and applicable data protection laws.
Your Rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
As a user of GBI, you have various rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that we fully support and uphold. These rights include:
If you have any questions or concerns about these rights and how GBI supports them, please contact us at [email protected].
If we intend to use your personal data for a purpose not covered by this Notice, we will provide you with a new Notice explaining the new use prior to commencing the processing, detailing the relevant purposes and processing conditions. We will seek your prior consent to the new processing when and where necessary.
If you want to change or update the information we hold about you or how we use it, you can directly contact us by sending an email to [email protected]. Please ensure that you notify us of any updates, amendments, or corrections to your information by contacting us through the means provided.
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