PRIVACY POLICY
We have created RePresent and RePresent: Renter (collectively RePresent) using the StudyCrafter platform so people like you could learn how to represent yourself in court. To make this happen, we collect some information from and for our users. RePresent, StudyCrafter, Hubble Games, Test Tube Games, Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, New Hampshire Legal Assistance, Pine Tree Legal Assistance of Maine, and Northeastern University are committed to delivering services that recognize and respect users’ privacy concerns. This Privacy Policy describes how we recognize these concerns and uphold our commitments to address them.
This Privacy statement is intended to inform you of our policies and practices regarding our collection, use, and disclosure of the information that you submit to us and that we collect from you during your use of the RePresent games (“Services”).
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at help@StudyCrafter.com.
WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
Games You Play
When you play a RePresent game, we collect data on the choices you make. The exact information differs from game to game. This data is also accessible by StudyCrafter and Northeastern University game research team, however, this data is anonymized with a unique player identifier. This identifier will only show up more than once if a single registered user plays a game multiple times.
General Website Use
If you play the games on a web browser, we also collect information based on your interaction with those sites. This includes:
■ Browser type
■ Games played
■ What pages you visit
■ The date and time you visit
■ What you click on
HOW DO WE COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION?
We collect information about you as follows:
● When you use our Services
● When you voluntarily provide it to us
● When you communicate with us
● When you contact us offline or submit information to us offline
● When you provide it through our website
HOW DO WE USE YOUR INFORMATION?
We limit the collection of personal information to that which is required in order to provide services to you. We collect data to deliver and better tailor the features, performance and support of our services, and to offer you additional information about our services, personalized to you, your role, and interests. Uses of some common categories of information are described below.
Project Data Sets
Based on the play data, we automatically generate data sets for each game that are accessible to the RePresent and StudyCrafter teams.
Statistics
From all the data, we generate statistics for the Services at large. The purpose of these statistics is to display the number and type of activities you performed and that all users performed while playing the games.
Research
RePresent is an academic research project in addition to being a teaching game for legal aid organizations. The RePresent team seeks to collect data from users to develop a better platform but also to advance the science on human behavior, learning research methods, and access to justice. In accomplishing our research goals, we take a number of necessary steps to protect the privacy of our users. We work with fully anonymous user data and secure and limit access to profile information to site administrators only. The results of this research are shared with researchers and educators through conferences, journals, and other publications. We may also share the results on the StudyCrafter platform. Your willingness to participate will help shape the next generation of science and access to justice through game-based and crowdsourcing technologies. For more information on the work pursued by the RePresent team, see www.nulawlab.org.
HOW DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION?
Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, rent, or share your information with third parties. We may disclose your information to: departments within the University; third parties involved in assisting the RePresent team and University in providing services, including but not limited to human subjects protection, employee background checks, administrative services, and technical services; local, state and/or Federal agencies, pursuant to valid legal process; and other parties as we deem reasonably necessary in order to protect and defend our rights, or the rights or safety of third parties.
How Personal Information is Shared
All data collection on RePresent is anonymized.
How to Request Access to or Deletion of Information and Files Pertaining to You
We cannot identify data from guest game users and, therefore, we cannot handle any requests to access or delete information from such users.
HOW DO WE PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION?
We maintain a multi-disciplinary approach to privacy, aimed to address all aspects of information protection, including both security and privacy programs. We strive to protect your information from any unauthorized access and/or disclosure. We also anonymize all data. Your identity will not be known to other users and to the RePresent team.
Age Restrictions on Data Collection
By the laws of the United States of America and the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the legal age of consent to research participation is 18 years and older. Minors need to receive parental/guardian consent. Minors can still play the RePresent games as guests.
Rights as Research Participant
Users of RePresent are research participants as part of the work pursued by the RePresent team. If you have any questions about your rights in this research, you may contact Nan C. Regina, Director, Human Subject Research Protection, 490 Renaissance Park, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 02115. Tel: (+1) 617.373.4588, Email: n.regina@northeastern.edu. You may call anonymously if you wish.
Changes to the Privacy Policy
The Privacy Statement is subject to change at any time, and the revision date will be noted here. We encourage users to regularly review the Privacy Policy for any changes. You will also receive an email from us everytime we update our Privacy Policy with the most recent changes listed.
The RePresent Privacy was last updated on October 22, 2018.