Privacy Policy

Website Privacy and Cookies Policy

Privacy and Cookies Policy

Effective date: 01.01.2022

Mindfuture World Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom, is committed to protecting our customers’ privacy and takes its responsibility towards the security of customers’ information and data very seriously.

This Policy sets out the following:

  • what Personal Data we collect and process about you in connection with your relationship with us as a customer and through your use of our website and online services;
  • where we obtain the Data from;
  • what we do with the Data;
  • how we store the Data;
  • to whom we transfer or disclose Personal Data;
  • how we deal with your Data protection rights;
  • how we comply with the Data protection rules.

Personal Data is collected and processed in accordance with applicable data protection laws.


  • GLOSSARY

Below you will find an explanation of the basic terms used in this Privacy Policy.

“​Applicable Laws​” means all the laws and regulations relevant to the collection, processing and storage of data, especially all the Data protection laws and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“​GDPR​”).

EU Representative” means the person designated by Mindfuture in writing to be our representative in the Union, established in Spain; this person is mandated by us to be addressed supervisory authorities and data subjects, on all issues related to processing, for the purposes of ensuring compliance with the GDPR.

​Mindfuture​ “or “​we​” or “​us​” or “​our​” means Mindfuture World Ltd with registered office at 160 Kemp House, City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom.

“​Cookies​” means small text files stored in a web browser by a website (here: “​Site​”) or by an ad server. By storing certain information in a cookie, those web browsers, ad servers, and explicitly our Site are able to remember your preferences and recognize websites visited and/or web browsers used from one visit to another.

“​Data Protection Officer​” means a Data Protection Officer as defined in art. 37-39 of the GDPR appointed by Mindfuture to watch the security of your Data (as defined below).

“​Legal Grounds​” means the legal basis for the collection, processing and storage of your Personal Information.

“​Log Data​” means information that is automatically reported by your browser each time you access our Site and which is sent by your web browser that our servers automatically record. Log Data may include information such as your browser type, web requests, domain names or pages viewed.

“​Personal Information​” or “​Information​” or “​Personal Data​” or “​Data​” means any Information relating to an identified or identifiable person as defined in art. 4(1) of the GDPR.

“​Site​” means the Mindfuture’s websites: ​https://mind-future.com, https://streamer.mindfuturegaming and https://overlay.yematube.com

“​You​” means an individual that uses the Site.


  • DATA CONTROLLER

Mindfuture World Ltd is the ,,data controller” of all Personal Data that is collected and used about its customers for the purposes of privacy and Data protection laws, principles and regulations which may apply in your country.

What Personal Data do we collect?

We collect Information about you through:

  • Your use of our contact form;
  • Your use of our newsletter form;
  • Your use of the Site;
  • Your contact with us by our email address.

Personal Data means any information relating to you, which allows us to identify your name, postal address (for accounting purposes) ,year of birth, email address, your social media channels and information about your access to our Site. We may collect Personal Data from you (either directly or indirectly, through our third-party partners or providers) in a number of ways.

Specifically, we may collect the following categories of Personal Data:

  1. Name, surname, year of birth, email address, location, agency, streamer’s name;
  2. Information you provide about yourself in your streaming channel or social media accounts’ profiles (e.g. your Twitch profile);
  3. Information about your use of our Site in cookie files;
  4. Other Data you provide us with when you communicate with us via letters, emails, chat, phone and social media accounts etc.


  • COOKIES, LOG DATA AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

When interacting with our Site, we may also collect information from your activities on our Site through the usage of Cookies and Log Data.

By using those technologies we aim to personalize our Site to better meet your needs, as well as to provide you with customized Site’s content and to act within our advertising purposes if your consent is provided. We may also use this information for the purpose of analytics and monitoring of the effectiveness of our performance, including the collection of the aggregate Site usage data (such as the overall number of Site’s visitors or pages viewed).

Cookies. A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer that contains information that helps the website to identify and track the visitor. Cookies do not contain viruses nor occupy space on your hard drive.

We use two types of cookies: “session cookies” and cookies that are saved permanently on your computer. Session cookies are never stored permanently on your computer and disappear when you close the session. When you visit the Site, our web server assigns your browser a unique identifier string so as not to confuse you with other visitors. The second type of cookies are saved permanently on your computer and are used to track how visitors move around on the website. These cookies serve to offer visitors better services and support. The text files can be deleted. The information stored on your computer is only a unique number, without any connection to Personal Information.

On-site targeting. On the Site we may use (third party) cookie technology for the optimization of our advertising and the entire online offer. This Data is not used to identify you personally but serves the sole purpose of conducting a pseudonymous evaluation of the use made of the home page. With this technology we can present you with advertising and/or special offers. Our aim is to make our online offer as attractive for you as possible and to present you with advertising that corresponds to your areas of interest.

Types of cookies. The types of cookies we may store when you visit the Site are detailed below:

  • Session cookies – they are temporary cookies that are deleted once you end your session. Session cookies make sure that you remain recognized when you move from page to page within Site and this way you are not required to e.g. log in.
  • Functionality cookies – they enable using the basic features of Sites (e.g. remembering information about Sites visited in order to enable “recalling” them upon visitor’s request).
  • Security cookies – they allow controlling the abuse of and inappropriate use of Site.
  • Analytical cookies – they provide analytical and statistical information about your Site use.
  • Marketing cookies – they allow measuring the effects of advertising campaigns and personalizing advertisements for individual users.

Session cookies, Functionality cookies, Security cookies are Necessary cookies – these cookies are required for the Site to function correctly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Site may not work properly. We use that cookies as well as Analytical cookies on the basis of our legitimate interest.

Marketing cookies are optional cookies and require your consent. We won’t set them unless you enable them by selecting Marketing cookies on the Cookies Checkbox displayed during the first visit on our Site.

Third-party cookies used on the Site. Within the types of cookies mentioned above, Mindfuture makes use of web partners who help make the online offer and Site more interesting for you. The cookies of our partner companies also contain solely pseudonymous Data. This relates, for example, to Data about which products you have looked at, whether anything was bought, which products were searched for, etc. 

Below you can find the list of third-party cookies and outline of the purposes for which we use them on our Site. You can be sure that we engage only renowned and trusted vendors who ensure transparent approach to privacy. Such vendors have their own privacy policies in respect to the protection of Personal Data and using of cookies technology. We recommend that you read their privacy policies, so that you can understand the manner in which your Personal Information will be handled by these providers.

  1. Google Analytics

Our Site uses those cookies that can be read by the Google LLC’s IT system in connection with our use of Google Analytics software. Google Analytics is an online tool for analyzing website statistics that automatically collects information about your use of the website. We do not identify website users with this software, and use of it is for statistical purposes only (Analytical cookies). Detailed information on how Google uses user data is available at: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

We have activated IP anonymization. Your IP address is shortened before forwarding. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address is transferred to a Google LLC server in the United States and shortened there. The anonymized IP address provided by your browser as part of Google Analytics is generally not combined with other Google LLC data.

During the first visit to the website, you are shown information on the use of cookies. You can prevent the recording of Data collected by cookies regarding your use of the website as well as the processing of this Data by installing the browser plug-in located at the following address: ​https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout​. 

If you are interested in the details related to Data processing within Google Analytics, you can read also the explanations prepared by Google: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245.

User and event data associated with cookies are stored by Google Analytics on Analytics servers for a period of 50 (fifty) months. After the end of the period, stored data will be automatically deleted once a month.

  • DoubleClick

DoubleClick is a company owned by Google LLC, used to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. We use DoubleClick services to manage our advertising campaigns on web, including on our Site.

If you have previously agreed on this Marketing cookie, you can prevent the recording of Data collected by cookies regarding your use of the website as well as the processing of this Data by installing the browser plug-in located at the following address:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/iba-opt-out-by-google/gbiekjoijknlhijdjbaadobpkdhmoebb?hl=en

If you are interested in the details related to Data processing within DoubleClick, you can read also the explanations prepared by Google LLC at the following address:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

  • YouTube

Our Site has integrated videos from our official YouTube channel. When you visit our Site, YouTube will set third party cookies to collect analytics data such as how long you have watched the integrated YouTube videos while browsing pages and what YouTube videos you have seen. We also use YouTube Cookies that store your video preferences while watching the embedded videos. 

The types of YouTube Cookies we may store when you visit the Site are detailed below:

Cookie Name

Type and description

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

YSC

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen

yt-remote-cast-installed

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-connected-devices

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-device-id

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-fast-check-period

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-session-app

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

yt-remote-session-name

Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video

 

Aforementioned cookies will not collect and process Data unless you give us your consent by selecting Marketing Cookies on the Cookie Checkbox displayed during the first visit on our Site.

If you are interested in the details related to Data processing within Youtube, you can read the explanations prepared by Google at the following address:

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=pl&gl=pl 

How do I change my cookie settings?

Your browser may offer tools to enable or disable cookies by modifying the settings in your browser. However, please note that certain features of our Site may not work if you delete or disable some types of cookies. Some third parties may use cookies and other technologies. We recommend that you read their privacy policies​.

The help function in your preferred browser should provide you with the correct information. Some browsers provide helpful cookie guides:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647&p=cpn_cookies 

Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Cookies 

Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835 

Safari 5 for Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265 

Opera:     http://help.opera.com/Linux/10.50/en/cookies.html 

Alternatively: http://www.allaboutcookies.org provides further information on cookies and how to manage them.

Log Data. Using the Site involves sending queries to the server on which the website is stored. Each query directed to the server is saved in the server’s logs. Logs include among others your server date and time, information about the web browser and operating system you are using. Logs are saved and stored on the server.

The data saved in the server logs are not associated with a specific person using the site and are not used by us to identify you. Server logs are only additionally used to operate the Site, and their content is not disclosed to anyone except those authorized to operate the server.


  • PURPOSES AND LEGAL GROUNDS FOR DATA PROCESSING

 

We will only process your Personal Data if we have a legal basis to do so, which will depend on the reasons for which we have collected and needed to use your Personal Data.

Your data may be used for the following purposes:

  1. Providing newsletter services or other publications based on your voluntary consent (Article 6 (1) (a) of the GDPR): we will be processing your email address (which is necessary in order to provide you email newsletter) and your name and surname as well as information about your preferences (e.g. what type of newsletter(s) you wish to receive).
  2. Providing services you request (Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR): we use the information you give to us to conclude an agreement with you and to perform services you have signed up for;
  3. Customer service communication (Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR): to manage our relationship with you as our customer in order to perform the agreement concluded between us;
  4. Tax, security, administrative, crime prevention/detection (Article 6 (1) (c) of the GDPR): we may pass your Information to government authorities or enforcement bodies for compliance with legal requirements;
  5. Service communication (Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR): to manage our relationship with you as our potential customer in order to answer on your question or communicate with you;
  6. Administrative (Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR): we use your Data for statistical and marketing analysis, system testing, customer surveys, maintenance and development;
  7. Providing tailored services (Article 6 (1) (f) of the GDPR): we use your Data to provide the information we believe is of interest to you, prior to, during, and after your interactions with us, and to personalize the services we offer to you, such as special offers.

Additionally, when you give us your voluntary consent, we process your Personal Data by using Cookie technology in scope and for the purposes described in section III (COOKIES, LOG DATA AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES).

In any case, you give us your voluntary consent, you may opt-out at any time. You may opt-out of processing of your data in the cookie files by changing your browser’s settings or by withdrawing your consent (contact details in section XI of this Privacy and Cookies Policy).

You may opt-out of receiving our newsletter by withdrawing your consent (contact details in section XI of this Privacy and Cookies Policy) or by clicking on the ‘unsubscribe’ link or button included in our newsletter. This means you no longer consent to the receiving of the newsletter.


  • RETENTION OF PERSONAL DATA

We will not retain your Data for longer than necessary. To determine the appropriate retention period, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the Personal Data, the purposes for which we process it, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means. We also consider the periods for which we might need to retain Personal Data in order to meet our legal obligations.

When we no longer need your Personal Data, we will securely erase it. We will also consider if and how we can minimize over time the scope of Personal Data that we use, and if we can anonymize your Personal Data so that it can no longer be associated with you or identify you, in which case we may use that information without further notice to you.

  1. Providing newsletter services or other publications based on your voluntary consent – for the duration of our services until you do not withdraw your consent;
  2. Service communication – 30 days since your last contact with us unless keeping this data is necessary to defend against claims;
  3. Activities related to concluded agreement (including customer service communication) – for the duration of our services and then for the period of limitation of claims;
  4. Tax, security, administrative, crime prevention/detection – for the appropriate time specified in applicable law;
  5. Administrative (e.g. for statistical and marketing analysis, system testing, customer surveys, maintenance and development) and tailored services – for the duration of our services.

If you need more detailed Information about the retention of your Information, please contact our Data Protection Officer.


  • SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL DATA

We follow strict procedures in the storage and disclosure of your Personal Data, and to protect it against accidental loss, destruction or damage. The Data you provide to us is protected using SSL (secure socket layer) technology, which is a method of encrypting personal information and credit card details so that they can be securely transferred over the Internet. After a transaction, your private Information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not also be stored on our servers.

Only qualified and authorized employees or contractors are permitted to access Personal Information, and they may do so only for permitted business functions.

We appointed the Data Protection Officer who in particular watches over the security of your Data, monitors our compliance with the applicable data protection legislation, and is a point of contact for you in all matters regarding Data protection. 

Here you have contact to our Data Protection Officer:​​ monika.w@mind-future.com.

If you come from European Union you can also contact with our EU Representative, established in Spain  the following email address:monika.w@mind-future.com

We want you to feel confident using our Site to conduct business. However, you should also take care of how you handle and disclose your Data and avoid sending Personal Information through insecure channels or networks. It is important for you to protect yourself against unauthorized access to your password and to your computer. Be sure to sign off when you finish using a shared computer and under no circumstances do not share your password with anyone, even with us – we will NEVER ask for it.


  • SHARING YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Public and government authorities.​ Your Personal Data may be shared with the government authorities, law enforcement bodies and regulators for compliance purposes.

Social media:​ You might be able to access third-party social media services through our Site. We will obtain the Personal Data you choose to share with us through social media services when you are registered with your social media account. The Site also uses plugins and other social tools provided by social network administrators such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

By displaying the Site containing such a plug-in, your browser will establish a direct connection to the servers of social network administrators (service providers). The content of the plugin is transmitted by the respective service provider directly to your browser and integrated with the Site. Thanks to this integration, service providers receive information that your browser has viewed the Site, even if you do not have a profile with a given service provider or are not currently logged in to it. This information (along with your IP address) is sent by your browser directly to the server of the given service provider (some servers are located in the USA) and stored there.

If you have logged in to one of the social networking sites, then this service provider will be able to directly assign a visit to the Site to your profile on the given social networking site.

If you use a given plugin, e.g. by clicking on the “Like” or “Share” button, the relevant information will also be sent directly to the server of the given service provider and stored there.

In addition, this information will be published on the respective social network and will appear to people added as your contacts. The purpose and scope of Data collection and their further processing and use by service providers, as well as the possibility of contact and your rights in this regard and the ability to make settings to protect your privacy are described in the privacy policy of individual service providers, e.g.:

  1. Facebook – ​ https://www.facebook.com/policy.php; ​ 
  2. Instagram – ​https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875?helpref=page_content; ​
  3. LinkedIn – ​https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy
  4. Twitter – ​https://twitter.com/en/privacy.  

If you do not want social networking sites to match the Data collected during visits to the Site directly to your profile on a given website, then before visiting our Site you must log out of your social media account. You can also completely prevent the plugins from loading on the page using the appropriate extensions for your browser, e.g. script blocking.

Data processing agreements.​ We may also engage third parties that support the operation of our Services (acting on our behalf) i.e. companies, which acts as contractors or agents on the behalf of Mindfuture World Ltd to provide services, including marketing, communications, customer service, information technology providers, hosting providers.


  • INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER

Mindfuture World Ltd operates businesses in multiple jurisdictions. We require all services providers to process your information in a secure manner and in accordance with EU and other applicable laws on privacy and Data protection.

Mindfuture may transfer Data to a country outside of the United Kingdom but only to the territory for which the United Kingdom has adopted an adequacy decision, or by using standard contractual clauses adopted by the European Comission (EU Commission Decision on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of Personal Data to processors established in third countries under Directive 95/46/EC 9 ”the Model Contract Clauses”) or based on other applicable transborder data transfer mechanisms, in order to protect storage and processing of data, using IT services, as well as operating the Site and providing our services. 

According to the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement of December 24, 2020, the UK has, on a transitional basis, deemed the EU and EEA EFTA States to be adequate to allow for data flows from the UK. Also it has been accepted continued free flow of Personal Data from the EU and EEA EFTA States to the UK until adequacy decisions are adopted, and for no longer than 6 months.

Template contracts incorporating standard contractual clauses are available on the Information Commisioner’s Office website: 

https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-at-the-end-of-the-transition-period/data-protection-at-the-end-of-the-transition-period/the-gdpr/international-data-transfers/

If you are located in the EEA, you may contact us if you require a copy of the safeguards which we have put in place to protect your Data transferred outside of the EEA and your privacy rights in these circumstances.


  • CHILDREN’S PRIVACY

Protecting children’s privacy is very important to us. Our Site is not intended nor designed to be used by, or targeted at children. We do not knowingly collect the Data from any person who is an individual under the age of 13 years of age. If you are a parent or a guardian who knows or has discovered that your child has submitted their Personal Information to us without your permission, please do not hesitate to contact us on monika.w@mind-future.com. We will promptly remove your child’s personal information or other information from our system, cease the use of such information and direct any third party with access to it to do the same.


  • YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS

Mindfuture will respect your legal rights to your Personal Information.

Under certain circumstances, by law, you have the right to:

  1. Request information about whether we hold Personal Information about you, and if so, what that Information is and why we are holding it/using it.
  2. Request Access to your Personal Information, which enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  3. Request correction of the Personal Information that we hold about you.
  4. Request erasure of your Personal Information, where there is no good reason for us to continue to process it.
  5. Object to processing of your Personal Information where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third-party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object. You can also object processing your Personal Information for direct marketing purposes.
  6. Object to automated decision-making including profiling.
  7. Request the restriction of processing of your Personal Information.
  8. Request transfer of your Personal Information in an electronic and structured form to you and to another party (“data portability”).
  9. Withdraw consent. Once we receive notification that you have withdrawn your consent, we will no longer process your Information for the purpose to which you originally agreed, unless we have another proper and legitimate basis for doing so.

In order to exercise any of your rights please contact us by email atmonika.w@mind-future.com. We may ask you to deliver specific information in order to help us to identify you and to ensure your right to access the Information. This security measure is to ensure that Personal Data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.


  • GENERAL PROVISIONS

Our policy may change and any changes will be communicated to you by way of an email or notice on our website. This Policy does not cover the links within the site linking to other websites.

Those websites are not governed by this Privacy and Cookies Policy, and if you have questions about how other websites use your Data, you’ll need to check that websites’ privacy statements.

If you need any more information please contact us:

Mindfuture World Ltd.

160 Kemp House, City Road,

London, EC1V 2NX

United Kingdom

Tel.: +44 207 859 4402