1. Introduction
Welcome to Times Tables World Cup 2026.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to parents, carers, teachers, schools and users.
Times Tables World Cup 2026 is designed to help children practise multiplication tables through a football-themed learning game. We aim to collect as little personal information as possible, especially from children.
2. Who We Are
Times Tables World Cup 2026 is an online educational game provided by NumeracyGuru. It allows students to practise times tables by playing football-themed maths activities and competitions.
For any privacy-related questions, please contact:
Email: admin@numeracyguru.com
3. Who Uses the Website
The website may be used by:
- Parents or carers who create or manage access for a child
- Teachers or schools who use the website with students
- Children who play the Times Tables World Cup learning game
Where a child uses the website, the account should be created and managed by an appropriate adult, such as a parent, carer, teacher or school administrator.
4. Information We Collect
Adult Account Information
When an adult registers for an account, we may collect:
- Email address
- User account identifier
- Account plan or access type
This information is used to manage login, access, subscriptions and support.
Children’s Information
We do not require children to provide personal contact information. In particular, we do not ask children to provide:
- Their own email address
- Their home address
- Their phone number
- Payment information
Depending on how the account is set up, a child may be represented inside the game by a non-personal display name, nickname, avatar, team choice or progress record. Parents, carers, teachers and schools should avoid using a child’s full real name as a display name.
Learning and Game Progress Data
To provide the educational features of the website, we may store limited learning and gameplay information, such as:
- Times tables practised
- Answers submitted during activities
- Correct and incorrect answer records
- Scores, progress, achievements or tournament results
- Difficulty settings or game preferences
This information is used to support learning, show progress and improve the experience. It is not used to target advertising at children.
Subscription and Payment Information
If an adult purchases a subscription, pass or paid access, payment processing may be handled securely by Stripe or another payment provider.
We do not store:
- Credit card numbers
- Debit card numbers
- Banking information
We may receive information from the payment provider such as:
- Subscription status
- Subscription type or pass type
- Renewal or expiry date
- Cancellation status
Technical Information
We may automatically collect limited technical information needed to run, secure and maintain the website, including:
- Browser type
- Device type
- IP address
- Date and time of access
- Diagnostic, performance and security information
5. How We Use Information
We use information to:
- Create and manage adult accounts
- Authenticate users
- Provide access to the Times Tables World Cup game
- Record learning progress and game results
- Manage subscriptions, passes or paid access
- Provide customer support
- Improve the reliability, safety and quality of the service
- Protect against misuse, fraud and unauthorised access
6. Children’s Data and Safeguards
Because Times Tables World Cup 2026 is likely to be accessed by children, we take a privacy-first approach. Our safeguards include:
- Collecting only the information needed to provide the learning game
- Avoiding the collection of children’s direct contact details
- Not asking children for their email addresses
- Not selling children’s information
- Not using children’s information for targeted advertising
- Encouraging adults to use nicknames, initials or non-identifying labels instead of full child names
- Limiting access to progress information to the relevant account holder, parent, carer, teacher or school
Parents, carers, teachers or schools may contact us to ask about a child’s data, request correction, or request deletion where appropriate.
7. Schools and Teachers
Where the website is used by a school, the school may be responsible for deciding how student access is organised and what information is entered into the system.
Schools should ensure that they have appropriate authority to use the website with students and should avoid entering unnecessary personal information about children.
8. Cookies and Local Storage
The website may use cookies, session storage or local storage to:
- Maintain login sessions
- Remember game settings
- Preserve progress during a session
- Improve performance and user experience
These technologies do not store payment card information.
9. Third-Party Services
Firebase
We may use Google Firebase for:
- Authentication
- Database storage
- Hosting
- Security and diagnostic services
Firebase may process personal data in accordance with Google’s privacy policies and service terms.
Stripe
We may use Stripe to process payments for subscriptions, passes or paid access.
Stripe handles payment information securely. Payment details are subject to Stripe’s privacy policies and security standards.
10. Data Sharing
We do not sell personal data. We may share limited information only where necessary to:
- Provide the website and its learning features
- Process payments
- Maintain hosting, database and security services
- Comply with legal obligations
- Protect the service from misuse or unauthorised access
11. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information held by the website.
However, no internet-based service can guarantee absolute security. Adults responsible for child accounts should keep login details secure and should not share passwords unnecessarily.
12. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as it is needed for the purposes described in this policy, including:
- Providing account access
- Showing learning progress
- Managing subscriptions or passes
- Meeting legal, accounting or security requirements
You may request deletion of your account or associated learning records by contacting us.
13. Your Rights
Depending on your location and circumstances, you may have rights to:
- Access personal information held about you
- Correct inaccurate information
- Request deletion of information
- Restrict or object to certain processing
- Request a copy of information
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
Parents, carers, teachers or schools may also contact us about information connected to a child’s use of the website.
14. Advertising and Marketing
We do not use children’s data for targeted advertising.
We may contact adult account holders about service updates, account matters, support, subscriptions or relevant NumeracyGuru services. Adults can contact us if they no longer wish to receive non-essential communications.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
The latest version will always be available on this website and will include the date of the most recent update.
16. Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or if you are a parent, carer, teacher or school and want to ask about child data, please contact:
Email: admin@numeracyguru.com
