Educating MIND-Y (trading name), also known as Educating MINDY (registered name) and refered to as Educating MIND-Y from hereon, respects the privacy concerns of the users of its website, https://www.podia.com/ and the services provided therein (the “Site”). Educating MIND-Y thus provides this privacy statement to explain what information is gathered during a visit to the Site and how such information may be used.
Your use of Educating MIND-Y’s services and this site are also governed by those of Podia Labs, Inc., an American company. Please also review the Podia® website Terms of Use at https://www.podia.com/terms and Privacy Policy of https://www.educatingmindy.com/privacy–policy which also govern use of this Site.
Use of Information: As a general policy, no personally identifiable information, such as your name, address, or e-mail address, is automatically collected from your visit to the Site. However, certain non-personal information is recorded by the standard operation of Educating MIND-Y’s internet servers. Information such as the type of browser being used, its operating system, and your IP address is gathered in order to enhance your online experience.
Compliance with e-Commerce and Digital Services Regulations: In compliance with applicable e-commerce and digital services regulations, including the US FTC Act, UK Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, EU Digital Services Act, and related laws, we ensure transparency in advertising, product and service offerings, and the use of our platform. We also comply with the regulations governing platform responsibilities, user-generated content, and advertising practices.
Equal Access and Non-Discrimination: We are committed to ensuring equal access to our services for all users, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) (U.S.), Equality Act 2010 (UK), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU), and related non-discrimination laws. We provide services that are accessible to all, and make reasonable adjustments for individuals with disabilities, as required under the relevant legislation. Our platform is designed to meet WCAG accessibility standards to ensure that our content is accessible to all users.
The Site’s various mailing lists, downloads, special offers, contests, registration forms, and surveys may request that you give us contact information such as your name, mailing and/or e-mail address, demographic information such as your age and gender, and personal preference information such as your preferred software and interests. Information submitted at the time of submission will be used by Educating MIND-Y only as necessary for our legitimate business interests, including without limitation the improvement of our products, services and the contents of the Site. Educating MIND-Y may also share such information with our business and promotional partners to further those interests. Personally identifiable information is never sold or leased to any third parties. With your permission, we may use your contact information to send you information about our company and products. You may always opt-out of receiving future mailings as provided below. Educating MIND-Y does not store any credit card information it may receive in regard to a specific transaction and/or billing arrangement except as necessary to complete and satisfy its rights and obligations with regard to such transaction, billing arrangement, and/or as otherwise authorised by a user.
Educating MIND-Y may disclose user information in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference (either intentionally or unintentionally) with Educating MIND-Y’s rights or property, other users of the Site, or anyone else that could be harmed by such activities.
Educating MIND-Y may also be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
Please also note that third-parties who provide and/or publish content via Educating MIND-Y’s Podia® Service shall be deemed the data controllers for any personal data contained in the content uploaded by any such party to Educating MIND-Y’s Podia® Service (“Third-Party Content”) and any other personal data processed in relation to such Third-Party Content. This privacy policy only concerns the processing for which Educating MIND-Y is data controller. If you have any questions regarding personal data contained in the Third-Party Content, please contact the third-party provider responsible for such Third-Party Content.
Children Aged 16 and Under: Educating MIND-Y recognises the special obligation to protect personally identifiable information obtained from children aged 16 and under. AS SUCH, IF YOU ARE 16 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER, EDUCATING MIND-Y REQUESTS THAT
YOU NOT SUBMIT ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO THE SITE OR TO EDUCATING
MIND-Y. If Educating MIND-Y discovers that a child aged 16 or younger has signed up on the Site or provided us with personally identifiable information, we will delete that child’s identifiable information from our records.
Podia nonetheless encourages parents to go online with their kids. Here are a few tips to help make a child’s online experience safer:
Use of Cookies: Cookies are pieces of information that a website transfers to an individual’s computer hard drive for record keeping purposes. Cookies make using our Site easier by, among other things, saving your passwords and preferences for you. These cookies are restricted for use only on our Site, and do not transfer any personal information to any other party. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. You can, however, reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. Please consult the technical information relevant to your browser for instructions. If you choose to disable your cookies setting or refuse to accept a cookie, some parts of the Site may not function properly or may be considerably slower.
Podia uses the following types of cookies on the Site:
You can decide whether or not to accept Cookies. One way you can do this is through your internet browser’s settings. Most browsers have an option for turning off the Cookie feature, which will prevent your browser from accepting new Cookies, as well as (depending on the sophistication of your browser software) allow you to decide on acceptance of each new Cookie in a variety of ways. You can also delete all Cookies that are already on your computer. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some Services and functionalities may not work.
To find our more information about Cookies, including information about how to manage
and delete Cookies, please visit https://ico.org.uk/for–thepublic/online/cookies/ or http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.
Malware/Spyware/Viruses: Neither Educating MIND-Y nor the Site knowingly permit the use of malware, spyware, viruses, and/or other similar types of software.
Links to External Sites: Educating MIND-Y is not responsible for the content or practices of third party websites that may be linked to the Site. Educating MIND-Y is also not responsible for any information that you might share with such linked websites. You should refer to each website’s respective privacy policy and practices prior to disclosing any information.
Bulletin Boards and Chat Areas: Guests of the Site are solely responsible for the content of messages they post on Educating MIND-Y’s forums, such as chat rooms and bulletin boards. Users should be aware that when they voluntarily disclose personal information (e.g., username, e-mail address, phone number) on the bulletin boards or in the chat areas, that information can be collected and used by others and may result in unsolicited messages from other people. You are responsible for the personal information you choose to submit in these instances. Please take care when using these features.
Choice/Opt-Out: The Site may provide you the opportunity to opt-in to receive communications from us at the point where we request information about you. You always have the option of removing your name from any e-mail list in order to discontinue any such future communications. In order to ensure immediate removal from any list, please follow the specific instructions set forth within the communications you receive from Educating MIND-Y which you no longer wish to receive. If you are unsuccessful in completing the instructions specified in any such communication, please e-mail us at info@educatingmindy.com, including a copy of the undesired email attached to the request, and state you wish to be removed from the mailing list.
Transfer of Information Across National Borders: Our site and various information we collect are operated on servers located in various jurisdictions, including the United States (U.S.). When you access or use the Site and/or our services, personal information about you may be transferred outside the country in which you are situated to these other locations. Educating MIND-Y’s policies ensure that such personal information is protected to the same standard when processed by any Company entity or office around the world. We also ensure that appropriate contracts containing standard data protection clauses approved by the European Commission to protect that information and the rights of individuals are in place with any and all third-party service providers we may use.
Your Access to and Control Over Your Personally Identifiable Information: At any time, but only once per calendar year, or as otherwise required under applicable law, users may contact Educating MIND-Y to review the personally identifiable information that Company has collected about you. If you discover any errors, please notify Educating MIND-Y and the information will be corrected. To review the personally identifiable information that Educating MIND-Y has collected about you, please send an email to info@educatingmindy.com with the subject line: “Personal Information Review Request.” Users may also request that Company delete a user account(s) or, if you have not established a user account, your email address, and any related data at any time. If you wish to delete your user account(s), please email us at info@educatingmindy.com with the words “Delete Account” in the subject line. If you do not have a user account and wish to delete your email address or other personally identifiable information that you might have provided through your use of the Site, any Games, and/or any Services, please email us at info@educatingmindy.com with the words “Delete My Information” in the subject line.
You may also choose to confirm that Educating MIND-Y does not use your personal information in certain ways and/or to otherwise “opt out” of certain uses of that personal information, including without limitation (i) when your personal may to be disclosed to a third party unrelated to Educating MIND-Y and/or parties directly related to providing your Services and/or (ii) when your personal information may be used for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorised by you. If you wish to limit your personal data in either such way, or have other questions about how Educating MIND-Y may use your personal data, please contact us at info@educatingmindy.com with the words “Privacy Request” in the subject line.
Your UK and EU Privacy Rights: Under the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), residents of the UK and EU have the right to request information regarding the personal data a company holds about them, including any disclosures to third parties for direct marketing purposes. Educating MIND-Y has not and will not share your personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes; accordingly, it does not maintain a list of such third parties. If you are a resident of the UK or the EU and seek further confirmation on how Educating MIND-Y does not share your personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, you may contact us at info@educatingmindy.com with the words “UK/EU Privacy” in the subject line of your email.
Your New York Privacy Rights (U.S.): Under the New York SHIELD Act, residents of New York are entitled to protections regarding the security of their personal data. Educating MIND-Y has not and will not share your personal data with third parties for their direct marketing purposes. If you are a resident of New York and seek further confirmation on how Educating MIND-Y protects your personal data and does not share it with third parties for direct marketing purposes, you may contact us at info@educatingmindy.com with the words “New York Privacy” in the subject line of your email.
Contact Information for Complaints or Concerns: If you have any questions about Educating MIND-Y or about this privacy statement, please contact The Team: Via email: info@educatingmindy.com. Information provided by you via general e-mail inquiries to Educating MIND-Y such as your e-mail address is used only to respond to your inquiries in the ordinary course of business, and is never shared with third parties. If you are a resident of the EU and have an unresolved data privacy concern or personal information collection, use, or disclosure concern, you may file a complaint/enquiry with The Team: Via email: info@educatingmindy.com
Security/How Your Personally Identifiable Information Is Protected: Security for all personally identifiable information is extremely important to us. We have implemented technical, administrative and physical security measures to attempt to protect your personally identifiable information from unauthorised access and improper use. We also protect your personally identifiable information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment. We continually review all such measures and update them when appropriate. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your personal information, Educating MIND-Y cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit via the internet. By transmitting any such information to Educating MIND-Y, you accept that you do so at your own risk.
Your Acceptance of These Terms: By using the Site, you accept the policies and restrictions set forth in this Online Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to this policy, please do not use the Site. This Online Privacy Policy may be revised from time to time by updating this posting. You are bound by any such revisions and should therefore periodically visit this page to review the then current Online Privacy Policy to which you are bound.
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Last Updated: February 20, 2025
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