Your Privacy — physmat.org
Hi! This is the short, easy version, written for you. The longer grown-up version is the Privacy Policy. It tells you what we keep about you, who can see it, and what you can ask us to do.
What we keep about you
When you use physmat.org, we keep a few things:
- Your name, so we know whose work is whose.
- Your birthday, so we can give you maths that is the right level for your age — not too easy, not too hard.
- Your answers to the problems, and how you are doing — like which ones you got right and what you have practised.
We keep this so the website works for you. We do not show you adverts. We never send you adverts. That is a promise.
Who can see how you are doing
- You can always see your own stuff. It is yours.
- Your grown-up (your parent or guardian) can see how you are doing — your progress and your work.
- Sometimes your teacher at school can see it too, if you joined through your school. Whether your teacher can see it depends on how your account was set up.
We want the website to show you clearly when a grown-up can see what you are doing.
Your chats with the AI helper are private to you
If you use the AI helper (we call it a tutor), your chats with it are yours to read. Your parent and your teacher cannot read your chats with the helper. Only you can.
About the AI helper
The AI helper is here to help you with a problem when you are stuck. A few important things to know:
- It is a computer helper, not a real person. You are not chatting with a human.
- It can be wrong sometimes. If something it says seems strange, it is okay to check with a grown-up.
- A grown-up has to turn it on and pay for it. It is an extra. So you will only see it if your grown-up chose it for you. You can use all the rest of the website without it.
- When you ask it for help, we only send it the level you are working at and the question you are stuck on. We do not send it your name or your school. So it does not know who you are.
The first time you use the AI helper, you will see a short reminder that tells you these things. There is also a longer note about it, the AI Tutor Notice.
If you ever feel upset or scared
If you type something that shows you are upset, scared, or not safe, a grown-up will see it and try to help. We do not ignore it. You are not in trouble for telling us how you feel — we want you to be okay. You can read more in our Safeguarding Statement.
Practice that fits you
Sometimes the website can pick problems that fit how you are doing, using what you have practised before. This is switched off unless a grown-up turns it on. When it is on and it is choosing problems from your history, you will see a short reminder telling you so.
You can see or delete your information
You can ask to see all the information we keep about you, or ask us to delete it. The easiest way is to ask your grown-up — they can do it for you, or they can contact us. If we delete your account, we take away the things that say who you are.
Your grown-up can write to us at mail@physmat.org. If you or your grown-up are not happy with how we look after your information, you can also tell the Information Commissioner's Office (the ICO) — they are the people in the UK who check that companies look after your information properly (ico.org.uk).
Who we are
We are the people who run physmat.org: to be confirmed. You can reach us, or our privacy person, at mail@physmat.org. to be confirmed
If anything here is hard to understand, ask your grown-up to read it with you, or to read the longer Privacy Policy.