Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Best Study Tips ("we", "our", or "us"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the site.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information in the following ways:

Information you provide directly: If you contact us via email or a contact form, we may collect your name and email address to respond to your enquiry.

Information collected automatically: When you visit our website, certain information is collected automatically by our hosting provider and analytics tools, including:

• Your IP address (anonymised where possible)
• Browser type and version
• Operating system
• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Referring website (how you arrived at our site)
• Date and time of your visit

Cookies and similar technologies: We use cookies to improve your experience on our site. Please refer to our Cookie Policy for full details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain our website
• Understand how visitors use our site so we can improve content and usability
• Respond to enquiries or feedback you send us
• Monitor and analyse usage patterns and trends
• Detect and prevent technical issues or abuse
• Comply with legal obligations

We do not use your information for advertising, marketing, or profiling purposes.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information is:

• Legitimate interests — to operate and improve our website through analytics
• Consent — where you have provided explicit consent (e.g. accepting non-essential cookies)
• Legal obligation — where processing is required to comply with applicable law

5. Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with:

• Service providers — such as our hosting provider and analytics platform, who process data on our behalf under strict data processing agreements
• Legal authorities — if required to do so by law or in response to valid legal requests

Any third-party service providers we use are contractually required to keep your information confidential and use it only to provide the services we request.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Analytics data is typically retained for a maximum of 26 months. Email correspondence is retained for up to 2 years. You may request deletion of your data at any time — see Section 8.

7. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies. Some are essential for the site to function; others help us understand how visitors use the site. You can control cookie settings through your browser or our cookie consent tool.

For full details of the cookies we use and how to manage them, please see our Cookie Policy.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right to access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Right to erasure — request deletion of your personal data ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to restrict processing — request that we limit how we use your data
• Right to data portability — request your data in a portable, machine-readable format
• Right to object — object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Right to withdraw consent — withdraw consent at any time where processing is consent-based

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the address in Section 10. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites (such as Anki, Notion, or Google Calendar). This Privacy Policy does not apply to those sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data rights, or have a complaint, please contact us at:

If you are in the UK or EEA and are unhappy with our response, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority (in the UK: the Information Commissioner's Office).

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.