Sparx Times Tables Terms of Use and Privacy Notice
Information about Sparx Times Tables
Sparx Times Tables (App) is a learning games app designed to train times tables ability. Students choose from a range of games and select the times tables they want to practice.
Our App is owned and operated by Sparx Limited (company number 07907042) (Sparx, we, us or our). Sparx is the entity responsible for the use of information in connection with our App. Sparx is registered with the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under registration number ZA006725.
To contact us for any reason in connection with our App (including for technical support), you can send an email to primarysupport@sparx.co.uk. If your query relates to the information that we use in connection with our App, please contact Sparx’s Data Protection Officer by email at privacy@sparx.co.uk. Where you contact us by email, your personal information will be processed in accordance with our privacy notice.
Information about these Terms of Use and Privacy Notice
These Terms of Use and Privacy Notice (Terms) set out the basis on which you (Users or you) may use our App. Our App is designed to be used and accessed for personal use by people living in the United Kingdom. It is made available for free and in good faith.
These Terms were published in April 2021 and they apply to the use of our App, including the use of information by Sparx in connection with our App, from April 2021. We may make changes to these Terms from time to time, so you should review these Terms periodically in case changes have been made.
By using our App, you confirm that you accept these Terms and agree to comply with them. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use our App. The ways in which you can use our App may also be determined by the applicable appstore’s rules and policies, which may apply instead of these Terms where there are differences between the two.
You should only download our App onto devices you own or have permission to use, and you should remove our App from your device if you sell or otherwise cease to use it.
In these Terms:
App Information is any information generated by the use of our App by Users. App Information cannot be used on its own, or in conjunction with other information, to identify an individual User. Accordingly:
App Information is not personal data for the purposes of the UK’s data protection legislation (including the Data Protection Act 2018); and
Users do not provide any personal data to Sparx in connection with our App; and
using (or any derivations of it such as use or uses) in the context of App Information includes (as applicable and without limitation) collecting, recording, organising, combining, storing and deleting.
What App Information is collected?
App Information generated in connection with our App includes:
A token which identifies the device used to access our App. This may include the device type and its operating system, however, information about the device’s location is not collected; and
Activity in our App (questions asked, answers given, actions taken) and associated time stamps.
How is App Information used?
Sparx uses App Information in order to:
Provide our App to Users;
Evaluate and improve our App and other Sparx Learning products and services; and
For marketing purposes (for example, to help us understand the impact of our marketing activities on App downloads and usage).
App Information will never be sold or used to market or sell non-Sparx Learning products or services. Our App does not contain any in-app advertising or marketing. For more information, about Sparx Learning, please see https://sparx-learning.com
When is App Information shared?
App Information may be shared with third party companies who help us to deliver our Appto Users (Support Companies). A list of our Support Companies, including their location, is set out below. This list will be updated regularly.
Support Company | Reason for personal information sharing | Location |
|---|---|---|
Firebase via Google Cloud Platform |
| USA & Europe |
Unity Technologies |
| USA & Europe |
Where is App Information stored?
App Information used in connection with our App is stored locally on the User’s device and uploaded to our Support Companies. In the case of all Support Companies used by our App, we undertake detailed due diligence to ensure that each of our Support Companies has good privacy safeguards and security features in place to prevent unauthorised access to or use of the App Information we send it.
How long is App Information stored for and what happens to it?
App Information is used for the duration of your use of our App. App Information persists for as long as our App remains on your device. Deleting our App from your device has the effect of deleting the App Information from your device. App Information is also deleted from the servers of our Support Company, Firebase, when you delete our App from your device, so Sparx will no longer have access to the App Information from this point.
Security
Appropriate security measures have been put in place to prevent App Information from being lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way and to keep it safe and secure. We limit access to App Information to only those employees, Support Companies and other third parties who have a legitimate need for access.
Availability and changes to our App
We will do our best to ensure our App is available at all times, however, we cannot guarantee this. As such, access is permitted on a temporary basis only.
We may update our App (including its content and functionality), as well as these Terms, from time to time for any reason (for example, to deal with additional features which we introduce).
We may suspend, withdraw, discontinue or restrict the availability of all or any part of our App for business and operational reasons at any time and without notice.
From time to time we may automatically update our App to improve performance, enhance functionality, reflect changes to the operating system or address security issues. Alternatively, we may ask you to update our App for these reasons. If you choose not to install such updates or if you opt out of automatic updates, you may not be able to continue using our App. Updates may also be issued through the app store provider from whose site you downloaded our App (Appstore Provider).
Material and content
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our App, and in the material and content published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You must not modify or use any part of the content on our App for commercial purposes. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our App must always be acknowledged.
Although we believe it is and will make reasonable efforts to ensure that it will continue to be, we do not promise that the content on our App is accurate, complete or up to date and we are under no obligation to update our App if this changes. We do not guarantee that our App (including its content) will be free from errors or omissions.
Our responsibility for loss or damage suffered by you
We do not exclude or limit in any way our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all conditions, warranties, representations or other terms which may apply to our App or any content on it, whether express or implied.
We will not be liable to any User for any loss or damage, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, even if foreseeable, arising under or in connection with use of, or inability to use our App or use of, or reliance on, any information or content displayed in our App. Otherwise, our total liability to you arising in connection with the use of our App is limited to £10.00.
We are not responsible for viruses and you must not introduce them, or any other material which is malicious or technologically harmful, to our App. We do not guarantee that our App will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.
General
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation with whom we may decide to partner at any time in the future. We will let you know if this happens and will ensure that such transfer will not affect your rights under these Terms.
These Terms do not give rise to any rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of these Terms, save that any Appstore Providers are third party beneficiaries of these Terms and shall have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you.
Our App is made available to people living in the United Kingdom only. As such, these Terms are governed by English law. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction in respect of any disputes between us relating to our App or these Terms.