Information We Collect
The information collected through IGCSE360 may fall into two main categories:
- information collected automatically when you use the website; and
- information that you voluntarily provide to us.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit IGCSE360.com, our web server, hosting provider, analytics services, security services, or other technologies used by the website may automatically collect technical information about your visit.
This may include:
- your IP address;
- the date and time of your visit;
- the pages and resources you access;
- the website or search engine that referred you to IGCSE360;
- your browser type and version;
- your operating system;
- your device type;
- approximate geographic information derived from your IP address;
- screen or browser characteristics;
- language settings;
- time spent on pages;
- navigation and interaction information; and
- technical information relating to errors, security events, or website performance.
This information is primarily used to operate, secure, maintain and improve IGCSE360.
It may also help us understand which educational resources are most useful, how visitors navigate the website, which devices and browsers are commonly used, and where improvements may be needed.
We do not use ordinary server-log information for the purpose of personally identifying individual visitors unless this is reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, troubleshooting, compliance with the law, or protection of the website and its users.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
IGCSE360 does not require you to provide personal information simply to read most of the educational material available on the website.
However, you may voluntarily provide information when you:
- contact us by email;
- send us a question, suggestion or feedback;
- communicate with us through a contact method provided on the website;
- submit information through a form, if such a form is available;
- make a donation or use a third-party service linked from IGCSE360; or
- otherwise communicate directly with us.
Depending on the way you contact us, this information may include your name, email address, telephone number, message, and any other information you choose to provide.
We use information submitted voluntarily mainly to:
- respond to your enquiry;
- provide requested assistance;
- investigate technical problems;
- consider suggestions or feedback;
- improve IGCSE360;
- communicate with you when necessary; and
- provide any service or information that you have specifically requested.
Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your request.
Educational Practice Tools and Simulators
IGCSE360 includes interactive educational features such as quizzes, practical exercises and examination-style simulators.
These tools may temporarily process information relating to your interaction with the activity, such as:
- answers entered;
- task progress;
- scores or marks;
- simulated files or documents;
- settings selected during an exercise;
- evidence created within a simulator; and
- other information needed for the activity to function.
Some interactive features may use browser storage, session storage, local storage, cookies, or similar technologies to maintain settings or progress on your device.
Unless a feature specifically tells you otherwise, information created inside a simulated examination or practical environment should not be treated as information submitted to an actual examination board, school, college or university.
You should avoid entering genuine confidential information into practice simulations. Where a task requests a candidate name, centre number, candidate number, email address or similar information for practice purposes, you may use appropriate practice information unless genuine details are specifically required.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
IGCSE360 may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website and improve the visitor experience.
A cookie is a small piece of information that a website stores through your browser. Similar technologies include local storage, session storage and other browser-based storage mechanisms.
These technologies may be used for purposes such as:
- remembering preferences;
- maintaining website functionality;
- keeping an interactive activity working while you move through it;
- remembering settings or progress;
- measuring website traffic;
- understanding how visitors use the website;
- improving performance;
- providing security;
- preventing abuse; and
- supporting advertising where advertising is displayed.
Cookies may be either session cookies, which normally expire when your browser session ends, or persistent cookies, which may remain on your device until they expire or you delete them.
Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their privacy or security settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- block all cookies;
- block third-party cookies;
- delete existing cookies;
- clear local website data;
- receive a warning before a cookie is stored; or
- limit tracking technologies.
Disabling cookies or browser storage may affect some features of IGCSE360, particularly interactive exercises, preferences, practice activities or other functionality that depends on browser storage.
Analytics
IGCSE360 may use analytics and measurement services to understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics technologies may collect information such as:
- pages viewed;
- approximate visitor location;
- browser and device type;
- referring pages;
- length of visits;
- interaction with website features; and
- general website usage patterns.
We use this information to understand the performance of IGCSE360 and to improve our educational content, navigation, usability and technical performance.
Where third-party analytics services are used, those providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and contractual arrangements.
Advertising and Third-Party Advertising Services
IGCSE360 may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising companies.
Advertising providers may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers or similar technologies to help:
- deliver advertisements;
- measure advertising performance;
- prevent fraud;
- limit how often an advertisement is shown; and
- provide advertisements that may be relevant to a visitor.
Depending on your location, consent choices and the advertising provider involved, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised.
Third-party advertising providers may receive information about your browser, device and visits to this or other websites in accordance with their own privacy policies.
IGCSE360 does not provide advertisers with information such as your name, personal email address, home address or telephone number simply because you visit the website.
Google Advertising Services
Where Google advertising services such as Google AdSense are used, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies in connection with advertisements displayed on IGCSE360.
Google may use advertising cookies to help serve and measure advertisements. Depending on applicable law, your location and your consent choices, these technologies may also be used to provide personalised advertising.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from websites and applications that use its services through Google's privacy and advertising information pages.
Google also provides controls that allow users to manage certain advertising preferences.
Other Advertising Partners
IGCSE360 may work with additional advertising, advertising-management, consent-management, measurement or monetisation partners.
These providers may use technologies such as cookies, pixels, scripts, local storage or similar mechanisms when their services are active on IGCSE360.
Any such third party processes information according to its own privacy practices and applicable contractual and legal requirements.
IGCSE360 does not control cookies placed directly by independent third parties. You can usually manage these technologies through the consent controls provided on the website, where available, and through your browser or device privacy settings.
Interest-Based Advertising and Opt-Out Choices
Depending on your region and the advertising services being used, you may have choices regarding personalised or interest-based advertising.
You can also configure your browser to restrict third-party cookies.
Deleting advertising cookies does not necessarily constitute a permanent opt-out. If cookies remain permitted, new cookies may be stored during a later visit.
Your available choices may vary according to your country, browser, device and the advertising providers involved.
Third-Party Websites and Services
IGCSE360 contains links to external websites and may use or link to services operated by third parties.
These may include educational resources, examination-board websites, video or media services, donation/payment providers, social platforms, advertising providers or other external websites.
When you follow a link to another website, that website operates under its own privacy policy and terms.
IGCSE360 is not responsible for the privacy, security, content or data-handling practices of independently operated third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any external service before providing personal information to it.
Donations and Payments
If IGCSE360 provides donation or payment options through a third-party provider, payment information may be collected and processed directly by that provider.
IGCSE360 does not necessarily receive or store complete payment-card information.
The payment or donation provider's own privacy policy, security practices and terms will apply to information processed through its service.
Children's and Students' Privacy
IGCSE360 is an educational website and may be used by school-age students.
We encourage younger users to avoid providing unnecessary personal information online and to ask a parent, guardian, teacher or other responsible adult for assistance when appropriate.
IGCSE360 does not knowingly seek to collect sensitive personal information from children for behavioural profiling or similar purposes.
Students should not enter confidential school records, passwords, financial information, private identification numbers or other sensitive information into IGCSE360 practice activities.
Parents or guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information to us inappropriately may contact us so that the matter can be reviewed.
Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information associated with IGCSE360 against unauthorised access, misuse, loss, alteration or disclosure.
These measures may include technologies and practices relating to:
- HTTPS encryption;
- server security;
- access controls;
- software updates;
- backups;
- monitoring;
- anti-abuse measures; and
- other appropriate website-security practices.
However, no website, internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You should therefore take appropriate precautions when sending information over the internet.
Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, for website operation and security, or where retention is required by law.
Technical logs may be retained for a limited period for purposes such as:
- server administration;
- troubleshooting;
- performance monitoring;
- security;
- preventing abuse; and
- investigating technical incidents.
Messages or correspondence may be retained for a reasonable period where necessary to respond to an enquiry, maintain records or resolve an issue.
Browser data stored locally on your own device may remain until it expires or you delete it.
Sharing of Information
IGCSE360 does not sell your directly identifying personal information.
Information may be shared with service providers where reasonably necessary to operate the website, including providers involved in areas such as:
- web hosting;
- content delivery;
- security;
- analytics;
- advertising;
- communications;
- technical services; and
- payment or donation processing.
These services may process information according to their own privacy terms and applicable agreements.
Information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary to:
- comply with applicable law or a valid legal request;
- protect the rights, safety or security of IGCSE360, its visitors or others;
- investigate fraud, misuse or security incidents; or
- establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
International Processing
Some third-party service providers used by IGCSE360 may operate in countries different from the country in which you are located.
As a result, information processed through those services may be transferred to or processed in other countries.
Where applicable, third-party providers are responsible for using appropriate legal safeguards for international data transfers.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights relating to personal information about you.
These may include the right to:
- ask what personal information is held about you;
- request correction of inaccurate information;
- request deletion of certain information;
- object to or restrict certain processing;
- withdraw consent where processing relies on consent; and
- exercise applicable choices regarding cookies or personalised advertising.
These rights are subject to applicable law and may not apply in every situation.
You may contact IGCSE360 if you have a privacy-related request concerning information that you have directly provided to us.
Do Not Track and Browser Privacy Controls
Some browsers and devices provide privacy signals or "Do Not Track" settings.
Because there is not always a single universally applied standard governing these signals, the way IGCSE360 and its third-party providers respond may depend on the technology involved, applicable law and the services active on the site.
You can also use your browser's cookie, tracking-protection and privacy settings to control many forms of browser-based tracking.
Security and Abuse Prevention
We may process technical information where reasonably necessary to protect IGCSE360 against:
- malicious traffic;
- unauthorised access;
- automated abuse;
- spam;
- attacks;
- fraud;
- scraping that interferes with website operation; and
- other security threats.
Information associated with serious abuse or security incidents may be retained for longer where reasonably necessary to investigate or prevent further incidents.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
IGCSE360 may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:
- changes to the website;
- changes to technologies or third-party services;
- new educational features;
- changes to advertising or analytics arrangements; or
- legal or regulatory requirements.
When this policy is updated, the Last updated date at the top of the page will be changed.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of information by IGCSE360, please contact us through the Contact page on IGCSE360.com.
Website: IGCSE360.com