Data Privacy Notice and Cookie Policy

At Brght, we take data protection and individuals' rights relating to their personal data seriously. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, integrity, and security of personal data and using it responsibly.

Who we are

We at Brght are the Data Controller of personal data supplied to us when individuals sign up for our IQ test.

You can contact us at [email protected].

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

While using our service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you and to provide a more personalized experience.

The primary reasons for collecting this data include:

Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

For every answered question:

Your personal data held by Brght 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.

Sharing Anonymized Data for Research Purposes

Brght is committed to supporting and contributing to research in the field of intelligence and cognitive abilities. With your consent, we will use your personal data in an anonymized format for research purposes. 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.

By accepting this privacy policy, you give your explicit consent for us to use your personal data in an anonymized format for these research purposes. However, you can withdraw your consent at any time by managing your consent preferences in the ‘settings’ page on brght.org/update or by contacting us at [email protected].

To ensure the privacy and confidentiality of your personal data, we will not share any directly identifiable information, such as your first name, last name, email address, IP address or any other 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 data 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.

Data Anonymization

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.

Data Security

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.

Third-Party Involvement

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 Brght, 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 Brght supports them, please contact us at [email protected].

New Purpose for Data Processing

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.

Updating Your Data

If you wish to update or change the information we hold about you or how we use it, you can contact us by emailing [email protected]. Please ensure that you notify us of any updates, amendments, or corrections to your information by contacting us through the means provided.

Cookie Policy

At Brght, we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience and provide personalized recommendations. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device when you visit our website.

We use cookies for the following purposes:

By using our website, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with this policy. You can choose to disable cookies in your web browser settings, but please note that some features of our website may not function properly without cookies.

If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies, please contact us at [email protected].

Contacting Us

For any queries, comments, or requests related to this privacy notice or the rights listed above, please contact Brght at [email protected].

If you have a complaint about how we use your information, please contact us in the first instance at [email protected], and we will do our best to help.

We will occasionally update this privacy notice and our privacy policy. We encourage you to periodically review this notice to stay informed about how we use your information.

This Privacy Notice was last updated in May 2023