Privacy Policy & Your Data
This policy explains what information en.brainbee.org.cn collects when you read our Brain Bee guidance or send an enquiry, how that information is used, and the choices you have. We are an independent English-language guidance site about the International Brain Bee neuroscience competition, not the official organiser.
A readable account of how data moves
Privacy should be understandable. This policy explains which information may reach us, why it is used, and the choices available to every visitor.
en.brainbee.org.cn is an independent, English-language resource that helps students, parents, and teachers understand the International Brain Bee competition. This Privacy Policy describes how this website handles personal information. It is written to be clear rather than legalistic, and it applies to the pages on this domain, not to the official Brain Bee organisation or any other site we link to.
What information does this site collect?
This site collects two kinds of information. The first is information you choose to give us when you contact us, for example a name, a messaging handle, an email address, the student’s grade or region, and the question you ask. We only receive this when you deliberately reach out, typically through the WeChat contact channel or an enquiry form. The second is basic technical information collected automatically when any website is visited, such as your approximate location, browser type, device, referring page, and the pages you view. This automatic data is aggregated and is not used to personally identify you.
How is your information used?
The information collected by en.brainbee.org.cn is used for two purposes only: to respond to your enquiry with relevant Brain Bee guidance, and to understand how the site is used so we can improve it. We do not use your enquiry details for unrelated marketing, we do not sell personal information, and we do not share it with third parties except the service providers described below that make the site and its contact channels function.
Cookies and analytics
Like most websites, en.brainbee.org.cn may use cookies and similar technologies. Essential cookies keep the site working and remember basic preferences. Analytics cookies help us count visits and see which guidance pages are most useful, in aggregate. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the informational pages of this site will still work if you do, though some conveniences may be affected.
Third-party services
en.brainbee.org.cn relies on a small number of third-party services. A web analytics provider processes the aggregate usage data described above. Contact enquiries are handled through WeChat and its associated messaging tools, so when you message us through that channel your interaction is also subject to WeChat’s own privacy terms. Our hosting provider processes standard server logs. These providers act on our behalf to operate the site and are not permitted to use your information for their own unrelated purposes.
How long is information kept?
We keep enquiry information only as long as needed to answer your question and to maintain a reasonable record of the conversation, after which it is deleted or anonymised. Aggregated analytics data may be retained longer because it does not identify you individually. If you ask us to delete an enquiry you sent, we will do so unless we are required to keep it for a legitimate reason.
Your rights and choices
You can ask what enquiry information we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. You can also decline cookies through your browser and simply read the site without contacting us at all, in which case no personal enquiry data is collected. Because this is a guidance site aimed partly at school-age students, we ask younger students to involve a parent or teacher before sending personal details, and we do not knowingly collect more information from a child than is needed to answer a question.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as the site or the services it uses change. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date shown above. Continued use of en.brainbee.org.cn after an update means the current version applies.
Contacting us about privacy
If you have a question about this Privacy Policy, or you want to access or delete information you sent us, please reach out through the contact channel on this website and mention that your message concerns privacy. We will respond as promptly as we reasonably can. For matters relating to the official Brain Bee competition itself, the official organiser is the appropriate point of contact.
This is an independent guidance site
en.brainbee.org.cn is not the official Brain Bee website and does not act on behalf of the International Brain Bee, its national coordinators, or any host conference. This policy covers only the information practices of this guidance site.