Simple Yard Simple Yard
Rated 5.0 — Canada

Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 7, 2025

Simple Yard ("we", "us", or "our") operates the platform available at simpleyard.eu. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit or use our service. Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the platform.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide Directly

  • Account registration details such as name and email address
  • Profile information you choose to add
  • Communications you send to us including support requests and feedback
  • Quiz responses, test submissions, and learning activity data

1.2 Information Collected Automatically

  • Device identifiers and browser type
  • IP address and approximate geographic location derived from it
  • Pages visited, time spent, and navigation paths within the platform
  • Referring URLs and search terms used to reach the platform
  • Session duration and interaction events such as clicks and form completions

1.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies, local storage, and similar tracking technologies to maintain session state, remember preferences, and gather usage analytics. You may control cookie behavior through your browser settings, though disabling certain cookies may affect platform functionality.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To create and manage your account
  • To deliver, personalize, and improve the educational experience
  • To track quiz and test progress and provide instant feedback
  • To communicate with you about your account, updates, and support
  • To send optional promotional or educational communications where you have opted in
  • To analyze usage patterns and improve platform performance and content
  • To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or misuse
  • To comply with applicable legal obligations

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information on the following legal grounds:

  • Contractual necessity: processing required to provide the service you have requested
  • Legitimate interests: improving our platform, ensuring security, and understanding how users interact with content
  • Consent: where you have explicitly agreed to a specific use such as marketing communications
  • Legal obligation: where processing is required to comply with applicable law

4. Sharing of Information

4.1 Service Providers

We may share your information with trusted third-party vendors who assist in operating our platform, including hosting providers, analytics services, email delivery services, and payment processors. These parties are contractually obligated to use your data only as directed by us and to maintain appropriate security standards.

4.2 Business Transfers

If Simple Yard is involved in a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or similar transaction, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will provide notice before your information becomes subject to a materially different privacy policy.

4.3 Legal Requirements

We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal process, or when we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.

4.4 No Sale of Personal Data

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties for their independent marketing or commercial purposes.

5. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the service. We may retain certain information for longer periods where required by law, to resolve disputes, or to enforce our agreements. When data is no longer needed, we delete or anonymize it in a secure manner.

6. Data Security

We implement technical and organizational measures designed to protect your information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include encrypted data transmission, access controls, and regular security reviews. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access: request a copy of the personal information we hold about you
  • Correction: request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
  • Deletion: request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions
  • Portability: request transfer of your data in a structured, machine-readable format
  • Objection: object to processing based on legitimate interests
  • Restriction: request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances
  • Withdrawal of consent: where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time without affecting prior processing

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at contact@simpleyard.eu. We will respond within a reasonable timeframe consistent with applicable requirements.

8. Children's Privacy

Our platform is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected such information, we will take prompt steps to delete it. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

9. Third-Party Links and Services

The platform may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not apply to those third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you access through our platform.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information may be processed and stored in countries other than your country of residence. Where such transfers occur, we take steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information in accordance with this policy.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, notify you by email or through a notice on the platform. Your continued use of the platform after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests relating to this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us: