Privacy Policy

Naos Simulations’ Privacy Policy

Last Updated: OCTOBER 16, 2024

Protecting your privacy is important to Naos Simulations. This Privacy Policy explains how Naos Simulations processes personal data collected through websites, products, and services.

This Privacy Policy describes how we process personal data for our purposes. We do not control our customers’ data processing or protection practices, which may differ from those set out in this Privacy Policy.

“Personal data” is information that identifies or can reasonably be linked directly or indirectly to an identifiable person. Personal data does not include anonymous, de-identified, or aggregated information, as those terms may be defined under applicable law. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “personal data” and “personal information” have the same meaning and are used interchangeably.  

What Information Does Naos Simulations Collect About You?

We obtain personal data in different ways. Some personal data is collected directly from our users. Other data is automatically collected or generated about how, when, and why you interact with our website, including data obtained through cookies and other tracking technologies.

Information You Provide

Certain visitors to Naos Simulations’ websites choose to interact with Naos Simulations in ways that require Naos Simulations to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Naos Simulations gathers depends on the nature of the interaction.

For example, we ask visitors who sign up for an account on our website to provide the following:

Identifiers include Full Name, email addresses, account username, and account password.

Protected Characteristics include birth year, sex, alternative email, province, country, and region. Furthermore, those who join as students and are part of the class must provide additional professional information (e.g., university affiliation).

In each case, Naos Simulations collects such information only as necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Naos Simulations’ website. Naos Simulations does not disclose personally-identifying information other than what is described below. There is optional personal data; visitors may choose not to provide it while interacting with our website.

Information That We Automatically Obtain or Generate

Like most website operators, Naos Simulation automatically collects or generates certain personal information about you that web browsers and servers typically make available based on your interactions with our website, such as when you create an account on our website or play the available games on our website, and we may associate that information with your account. The information we automatically collect or generate includes:

• Identifiers, such as unique user identifiers, device identifiers, IP addresses, cookie identifiers, information about product licenses, and usernames.
• Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as the website domain visited; which activities and products are used, how, and for how long;
• Geolocation information, such as region, country, state, Zip, or postal code.
• Electronic information, such as information about operating systems, device types, browsers, automatic updates and technical errors, your preferred tools and experiences, and your engagement with our activities.
• Information that may be deemed sensitive under applicable laws, such as usernames and passwords used to access your account and precise geolocation information.

Additionally, we also use cookies (small text files stored by your web browser when you use websites) and related technologies, such as pixels and beacons (collectively “Cookies”), to collect and store information when you use our applications.

Except as described in our Privacy policy, whether we collect data through Cookies is up to you. You can change your mind at any time by going into your application settings or clicking a link in the footer of our websites. The relevant link may be titled “Cookie preferences,” “Privacy settings,” or similar.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our website, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology.

How Do We Use Cookies

Our company uses cookies to improve your experience on our website, including keeping you signed in and understanding how you use our website.

What Type of Cookies Do We Use

Functionality

Our company uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and the location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies is used.

Advertising

Our company uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed, and information about your browser, device, and IP address.

 How To Manage Cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, some of our website features may not function in a few cases.

How Does Naos Simulation Use The Information It Collects About You?

We use the personal information you provide us for the following purposes:

1. This personal data is used mainly to provide a better understanding of the demographic background of the players for research purposes. For instance, if a researcher is getting case study results (e.g., 157 players of Julian Assange’s case: 100 found him guilty, 50 not guilty, 2 did not respond), It would be useful for such researchers to see the breakdown of the genders, country locations, etc.
2. To send you newsletters or other information relevant to your interests or preferences to further our legitimate interest in improving your customer experience or, where needed, with consent.
3. To validate your identity to perform our contract with you.
4. To send you important information, such as about your account within the scope of our contract.
5. To send you the information you requested to the extent necessary to perform our contract with you or, when not necessary to perform a contract, to further our legitimate interest, for example, in responding to customer inquiries.
6. To maintain and improve the security of, and to troubleshoot any issues relating to, our services as necessary to perform our contract with you or, when not necessary to perform a contract, in furtherance of our legitimate interest in protecting our business.
7. To develop and improve our current and future services and your experience. 
8. To understand the ways our services are used and who is using them to further our legitimate interest in improving our services and the overall user experience or, where needed, with consent.
9. To analyze information about how you interact or may interact with us or our websites to further our legitimate interest in improving our services and your experience with us or, where needed, with consent.
10. To make strategic decisions concerning our business operations, including reporting on the performance of our business, in furtherance of our legitimate interest in making those decisions or, where needed, with consent.
11. To enforce and review compliance with the legal terms that govern our offerings to further our legitimate interest in ensuring adherence to the relevant terms.
12. To comply with our legal obligations under applicable laws.
13. For other purposes, we obtain your consent.

We rely on your consent to process personal data, and you may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us using the contact details below or as otherwise indicated to you in writing. Please note that your withdrawal of consent will not affect our processing activities based on the consent that occurred before your withdrawal.

Where we rely on our legitimate interests to process your personal information, we balance your rights against ours so that our interest is not overridden by the interests you have to protect your information.

When we process personal data about you to comply with legal requirements or to perform our obligations under a contract with you or with our customer through whom you use our services, failure to provide such data may prevent or delay our fulfillment of these obligations.

Data Storage Duration

We store your data securely using specific storage methods. Your data will be retained for the following periods:

General data: Retained until the purpose is fulfilled or consent is revoked.

Decisions from case studies: Retained until the purpose is fulfilled or consent is revoked.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

Your personal information will not be sold to any third parties. However, we will sell aggregated and anonymized data from your participation in case studies with researchers, news outlets, universities, and other institutions for research purposes. This data may include demographic information such as sex and age but will not be linked to your identity. For example, it will not contain information like; “John Smith, with this email, born in Nigeria, male, from University of Lagos, decided to prosecute Divine Favour……”

Data Security

We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement reasonable measures to protect it from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.