Privacy Policy

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. However, Train The Brain is designed to work without requiring any personal information. You can use all of our brain training games without creating an account or providing any personal details.

The information that we may collect (if you choose to provide it) will be used to contact or identify you, improve our Service, and provide you with a personalized experience. However, all core functionality of our Service is available without providing any personal information.

Legal basis for processing (GDPR): We process personal data based on: (1) Consent — for non-essential cookies, analytics, and personalized advertising; (2) Legitimate interest — for essential website functionality, security, and analytics to improve our Service; (3) Contract — when you use features that require providing information.

Local Storage and Game Data

Train The Brain uses your browser's local storage to save your game scores and progress. This data is stored entirely on your device and is never transmitted to our servers. This includes:

• Your high scores for each game
• Your game history and statistics
• Your preferences and settings

This data remains private and is only accessible on the device where it was created. If you clear your browser's local storage, this data will be deleted. We do not have access to this information.

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you visit our Service, we collect information that your browser sends to us that is called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser version, pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, and other statistics.

This information is used to improve our Service, analyze usage patterns, and ensure the security and functionality of our website. We do not use this information to identify individual users.

Data retention: Log Data and analytics data are typically retained for up to 26 months. Cookie data retention varies by type: session cookies are deleted when you close your browser; persistent cookies may be stored for up to 12 months. You can clear cookies at any time through your browser settings.

Cookies

Cookies are files with small amount of data that is commonly used as an anonymous unique identifier. These are sent to your browser from the website that you visit and are stored on your computer's hard drive.

Our website uses these "cookies" to collect information and to improve our Service. We use cookies for:

• Analyzing website traffic and usage patterns
• Remembering your preferences and settings
• Providing personalized content and advertisements
• Ensuring website security and functionality

You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies, and know when a cookie is being sent to your computer. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service. You may withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time through our cookie consent banner or your browser settings.

For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".

Service Providers

We may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

• To facilitate our Service
• To provide the Service on our behalf
• To perform Service-related services
• To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used
• To display advertisements and monetize our Service

We want to inform our Service users that these third parties have access to your Log Data and may use cookies. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Third-party services we use include:

• Ezoic: For ad serving and optimization. Ezoic may collect information such as your IP address and browsing behavior to deliver relevant advertisements. You can learn more about Ezoic's privacy practices at Ezoic's Privacy Policy and our site-specific policy at g.ezoic.net/privacy/trainthebrain.app.
• Google Analytics: For understanding how visitors use our website. Google's privacy policy applies to this service.
• Vercel: For hosting our website. Vercel's privacy policy applies to their hosting services.

We use third-party advertising partners, including Ezoic, to display ads on our Service. These partners may use cookies and collect information such as IP address and browsing behavior to deliver relevant advertisements and improve ad performance.

International transfers: Some of our service providers (including Ezoic, Google, and Vercel) are located outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States. When we transfer your data to these providers, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission, to protect your data in accordance with GDPR.

Profiling and automated decision-making: Our advertising partners may use your browsing behavior to deliver personalized advertisements. This may involve profiling based on your interests. We do not use automated decision-making that produces legal effects or similarly significantly affects you. You can opt out of personalized advertising through our cookie consent settings or your browser preferences.

Ezoic Services: This website uses the services of Ezoic Inc. ("Ezoic"), including to manage third-party interest-based advertising. Ezoic may employ a variety of technologies on this website, including tools to serve content, display advertisements and enable advertising to visitors, which may utilize first and third-party cookies. Ezoic and its partners may place third-party cookies, tags, beacons, pixels, and similar technologies to monitor interactions with advertisements and optimize ad targeting. Please note that disabling cookies may limit access to certain content and features, and rejecting cookies does not eliminate advertisements but will result in non-personalized advertising. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them at allaboutcookies.org.

The following information may be collected, used, and stored when serving personalized ads: email (in hashed or encrypted form), web browser type, language preferences, device type, operating system type and version, and IP address. Ezoic and its partners may use this data to deliver targeted advertisements across various platforms and websites. Ezoic's partners may also gather additional data such as unique IDs, advertising IDs, geolocation data, usage data, device information, traffic data, referral sources, and interactions between users and websites or advertisements. You can find more information about interest-based advertising at youradchoices.com. View Ezoic's privacy policy at ezoic.com/privacy-policy and Ezoic's advertising partners at ezoic.com/privacy-policy/advertising-partners.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information, including:

• Using HTTPS encryption for all data transmission
• Storing minimal personal information (most data stays on your device)
• Regular security updates and monitoring
• Following industry best practices for data protection

Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Children's Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers.

If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we will be able to do necessary actions.

Our brain training games are designed to be safe for users of all ages, but we do not intentionally collect information from children under 13. All game data is stored locally on the user's device and is not transmitted to our servers.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, we advise you to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately, after they are posted on this page.

The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised.

Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:

• The right to access your personal information
• The right to correct inaccurate information
• The right to delete your information
• The right to opt-out of certain data collection practices
• The right to data portability
• The right to withdraw consent at any time (for processing based on consent)
• The right to object to processing based on legitimate interests
• The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority — if you are in the EU/EEA, you may contact your local data protection authority. For Slovakia, this is the Office for Personal Data Protection of the Slovak Republic (Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov SR).

Since most of your data is stored locally on your device, you can delete it at any time by clearing your browser's local storage. For any questions about your rights or to exercise them, please contact us using the information below.