MATHEMARMITE – TERMS OF USE
We are a public research group headed by Prof. Cardoso-Leite at the University of Luxembourg. Our goal is to better understand how the human mind works. More specifically, we are interested in cognitive abilities (such as attention or learning), their interrelationships, how they vary with variables of interest (e.g., age, gender or personality) and how they might be improved with training.
This is why we are continuously developing game-like tasks and questionnaires that we invite you to complete within our online/mobile application called “Mathemarmite”. Mathemarmite is an application of the University of Luxembourg.
By participating in this project, you will provide valuable data for science. The goal of Mathemarmite is to better understand the human mind in general and not to make any claims about a specific user of Mathemarmite. We hope you will have fun participating in this study but we do not claim you will get any direct benefit from participating. We do not expect any negative effects for you either. Hopefully, you will just have fun.
Privacy Policy
Principles:
- We will not sell any of your data to anyone;
- We will not share your personal data (unless legally obliged);
- We treat your data with confidentiality;
- Only anonymized data may be shared openly.
Data Collection. We will collect data about your performance in our games and questionnaires. That data will be associated to an arbitrary code (e.g., bx#2245) and will not contain any personal data (e.g., your actual full name, address). To our best knowledge, it is close to impossible to recover a person’s identity from that data.
If you agree, you can provide limited additional information that is directly relevant to the research project. This includes the gender, month and year of birth and country of residence of the user (but NOT your full name or address). This type of data can be useful for research because they are strong predictors of performance in this type of activity but is not sufficient to identify a person. The first name you may provide when creating a profile for the game will not be stored or accessible outside the user’s device.
All collected data is secured with industry-standard encryption, so that unauthorized parties can never read it. We will not sell any data to any third party. If you are asked questions you do not want to answer, please feel free not to.
Use of data.
For the purpose of running this study we might need to store additional information such as device properties, software platform version, browser (e.g. “Chrome”), the date and time you accessed Mathemarmite. This data is necessary for the performance and the maintenance of the tools. This type of information may help us for example to debug software issues that are specific to a device.
Data sharing.
In the spirit of open-science we ask you to agree to make your anonymised data public and freely accessible. Making data public is important because it allows other researchers to replicate our analyses and possibly challenge or confirm our conclusions. It may also allow other researchers to attempt interesting analyses we did not think of.
Also, in the spirit of open-science, the results of our research that are based on your data will be freely accessible online (via pre-prints, open-access articles, or other forms). This way you can see for yourselves how and what your data is used for.
Use by Children.
The use of Mathemarmite by minors under 16 years old needs to be done under the control of a parent or legal guardian
Communications.
We might occasionally communicate with you if we believe those communications to be relevant regarding your participation in this research. We will however not exploit your participation to send you advertisement or marketing messages. Communications may take the form of app notifications on your device. You can turn off these notifications in the app options.
Term and Termination.
If you do not want to participate any longer in this study, you can simply stop using the app and uninstall it. Be aware that uninstalling the app will delete all progress you have made in the game.
Tracking Technologies
Although we do not use browser cookies, we may store cookie-like data on your device for technical reasons. This data is required to be stored on your device for the game and our study to work and cannot be used to track you on the web like other cookies.
Ownership of copyright
The copyright of this application and of the material in this application (including without limitation the text, computer code, artwork, photographs, images, music, audio material, video material and audio-visual material in this application) is owned by The University of Luxembourg.
Copyright license
The University of Luxembourg grants you a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable license to use this application and the material in this application.
The University of Luxembourg does not grant you any other rights in relation to this application or the material on this application. In other words, all other rights are reserved.
For the avoidance of doubt, you must not adapt, edit, change, transform, publish, republish, distribute, redistribute, broadcast, rebroadcast or show or play in public this application or the material in this application (in any form or media) without The University of Luxembourg’s prior written permission.
Updates to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
We may update the terms of this Agreement if and when you install and update or upgrade to the Software and/or Services. The latest version of this Agreement will be linked to our website and we encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information.
Contact Us
We welcome your comments and questions regarding this Agreement or any other aspect of Mathemarmite. If you have questions or concerns please send an email at contact@xcit.org
Note that because the data in the game is collected anonymously we will not be able to identify you as a user of the game with your email address.
This agreement does not cover the personal information you might send us by email (including for example your email address).
Please specify in the title of your email the reason for contacting us. Here are few useful keywords: Privacy, Ethics, Data Protection, Minors, Research, Other. These keywords are not mandatory but make it easier for us to process your email.
Ability to Use the Services.
In order to accept this Agreement and to use the Mathemarmite, you must be at least 18 years of age, or, if you are younger than 18 years of age, you must have the consent of a parent or legal representative.
BY ACCEPTING DELIVERY OF THE SOFTWARE AND/OR SERVICES, YOU (HEREINAFTER “User”) ARE EXPRESSLY AGREEING TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT TO THE EXCLUSION OF ALL OTHER TERMS. IF THESE TERMS ARE CONSIDERED AN OFFER BY MATHEMARMITE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG, AS (“MATHEMARMITE”), ACCEPTANCE IS EXPRESSLY LIMITED TO THESE TERMS.
MATHEMARMITE IS WILLING TO MAKE THE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE TO USER ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT USER ACCEPTS THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. WRITTEN APPROVAL IS NOT A PREREQUISITE TO THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Disclaimers of warranties.
MATHEMARMITE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE OR THAT THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES DO NOT CONTAIN ANY VIRUSES.
MATHEMARMITE SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY COSTS RELATED TO THE ACCESS DATA CHARGES FROM THE USERS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDE OR MOBILE OPERATOR.
THIS WARRANTY DISCLAIMER IS A FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENT OF THE BASIS OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN USER AND MATHEMARMITE.
MATHEMARMITE WILL NOT PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE OR SERVICES ABSENT OF SUCH DISCLAIMER. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ARE MADE BY ANY SUPPLIERS TO MATHEMARMITE UNDER OR BY VIRTUE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Law and jurisdiction
These terms and conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with Luxembourgish law, and any disputes relating to these terms and conditions will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Luxembourgish jurisdiction.