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ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು Andreas . ನಾನು ಇದರ ಸಂಸ್ಥಾಪಕ Yureeca . ಕೆಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಹಿಂದೆ, ನಾನು ನಿಮ್ಮಂತೆಯೇ ಇದ್ದೆ. ಹೊಸ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿ ಕೆಟ್ಟದಾಗಿ ವಿಫಲರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ನಾನು ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಹುಡುಗನಾಗಿದ್ದಾಗಿನಿಂದ, ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನನಗೆ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಗೊಂದಲವಿದೆ . ಯಾಕೆ ಇಷ್ಟು ಕಷ್ಟ ? ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ಹೇಗೆ ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸುತ್ತದೆ? ಮರುದಿನ ನಾನು ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ಏಕೆ ಮರೆತುಬಿಡುತ್ತೇನೆ ?

ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರು ನನಗೆ ರಸಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಮಾಡಲು ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ನೆನಪಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕೆಂದು ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಆದರೆ ನಾನು ಎಷ್ಟೇ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿದರೂ ಅದು ಅಂಟಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲಿಲ್ಲ .

ಪರಿಚಿತ ಅನಿಸುತ್ತದೆಯೇ? ವಿದೇಶಿ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರಾರು ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ನೆನಪಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುವ ಅಂತ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದ ಭಯ .

ಆದರೆ ನಾನು ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರು ಹೇಗೆ ಹೇಳಬೇಕೆಂದು ಕಾಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ . ಇಷ್ಟು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಸಮಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಷ್ಟು ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನು ಹೇಗೆ ನೆನಪಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದೆಂದು ಶಿಕ್ಷಕರು ಏಕೆ ಹೇಳಲಿಲ್ಲ? ಅದು ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುವುದರ ಮೇಲೆ ಏಕೆ ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕೃತವಾಗಿತ್ತು? ಮತ್ತು ಅದನ್ನು ಮಾಡಲು ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆ ಇಲ್ಲವೇ?

ನನಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಸಿಗಲೇ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಮತ್ತು ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ, ನಾನು ಅದನ್ನು ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದೆ.

Fast forward about 20 years. I met a wonderful person who is now my wife. The only challenge was the language barrier, as she is Korean.

But of course, I had no choice. I needed to learn the Korean language.

ಆದರೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಯೂರೋಪಿಯನ್ ಏಷ್ಯನ್ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನಂತೆ. ಇದು ಸುಲಭದ ಸಾಧನೆಯಾಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ . ನಾನು ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಕಲಿಯಲು ಕಷ್ಟಪಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ, ನಾನು ಭಾಷಾ ಶಾಲೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೆ. ನಂತರ ನಾನು ಭಾಷಾ ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಶನ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಡೌನ್‌ಲೋಡ್ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ನಾನು ಪಠ್ಯಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಓದಲು ಸಹ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸಿದೆ.

ಸಮಯ ಮತ್ತು ಹಣ ಸುರಿಯಿತು. ನಾನು ಅದೇ ಹಳೆಯ ಮಾದರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪುನರಾವರ್ತಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೆ. ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ, ನಾನು ಕೆಲವು ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಕಲಿತಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ನನ್ನ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯ ಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಸುಧಾರಿಸಿದೆ. ನಂತರ ನಾನು ಕೆಲವು ಮೂಲಭೂತ ಅಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಮರೆತಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಇದು ಎರಡು ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಮುಂದೆ, ಒಂದು ಹೆಜ್ಜೆ ಹಿಂದಕ್ಕೆ ರೀತಿಯ ವಿಷಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು.

Was it fast? No. Was it effective? Nope. Did I know what I was doing? No!

ನನಗೆ ಇದ್ದ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯೆಂದರೆ ಕಲಿಕೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂದು ನನಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾವು ಕಲಿಯುವುದನ್ನು ಮೆದುಳು ಸಂಗ್ರಹಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು ಯಾವುದು? ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಅವರು ಏನು ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕೆಂದು ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಆದರೆ ಹೇಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಏಕೆ ಅಲ್ಲ.

ಮತ್ತು ಆಗ ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಯುರೇಕಾ ಕ್ಷಣವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದೆ. ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯಲು ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ಮಾರ್ಗವಿರಬೇಕು.

ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ನಾನು ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳನ್ನು ಓದಲು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಿದೆ. ಅನೇಕ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು. ನರವಿಜ್ಞಾನ , ಭಾಷಾ ಕಲಿಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪುಸ್ತಕಗಳು. ಮೆದುಳು ಹೇಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯಲು. ಮೆದುಳಿನ ಅಧ್ಯಯನವು ಇನ್ನೂ ಆರಂಭಿಕ ಹಂತದಲ್ಲಿರುವುದರಿಂದ, ಇದು ಪ್ರಿಂಟರ್‌ನಿಂದ ಹೊರಗಿದೆ.

ಹೊಸದನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯುವಾಗ ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆದುಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಏನಾಗುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುದನ್ನು ನಾನು ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕಾಗಿತ್ತು. ನಾನು ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ರಹಸ್ಯ ಘಟಕಾಂಶವನ್ನು ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯಬೇಕಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಕಲಿಯುವುದರಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಅನಾವರಣಗೊಳಿಸಲು.

ಈ ಮಧ್ಯೆ, ನಾನು ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ವಿವಿಧ ಹೊಸ ವಿಧಾನಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಯತ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಲೇ ಇದ್ದೆ. ಹೊಸ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಭಾಷಾ ಕಲಿಕೆ ಅಪ್ಲಿಕೇಶನ್‌ಗಳು ಕಂಡುಬಂದಿವೆ. ನಿಜವಾದ ಭಾಷೆಯ ತಲ್ಲೀನತೆ. ಭೌತಿಕ ಫ್ಲ್ಯಾಶ್‌ಕಾರ್ಡ್‌ಗಳು. ಭಾಷಾ ಶಾಲೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುವುದನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರೆಸಿದೆ. ಇವು ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ಕೆಲವು ಸರಿಯಾದ ಮಾರ್ಗಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದವು. ಅದು ನಿಮಗಾಗಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲದು.

ಆದರೆ ಅವರು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಬಳಕೆದಾರ ಸ್ನೇಹಿಯಾಗಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ ಮತ್ತು ಕಲಿಯುವಾಗ ಮೆದುಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದುದನ್ನು ವಿರಳವಾಗಿ ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

ಅವರು ನನಗಾಗಿ ಆರಿಸಿದ ಪದಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಲಿಯುವುದನ್ನು ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಿದೆ. ನಾನು ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಲೇ ಇದ್ದೆ .

ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಡುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ನಾನು ವೇಗವಾಗಿ, ಚುರುಕಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ತಮವಾಗಿ ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ಕೊನೆಗೂ ನನಗೆ ಸಾಕಾಗುವ ದಿನ ಬಂದೇ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿತು. ಅದನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಬೇಕಾದರೆ, ನಾನೇ ಅದನ್ನು ರಚಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಗುಹೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರವೇಶಿಸಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದುವವರೆಗೂ ಹೊರಗೆ ಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ .

ನಾನು ನರವಿಜ್ಞಾನವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು ಅದನ್ನು ಪ್ರೋಗ್ರಾಮಿಂಗ್‌ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬೆರೆಸಿದೆ. ಕೇಕ್ ಮೇಲೆ ಐಸಿಂಗ್ ಆಗಿ, ಭಾಷಾ ಕಲಿಕೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದಂತೆ ನಾನು ಕಂಡುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದಾದ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ನಾನು ಸೇರಿಸಿದೆ. ಇದೆಲ್ಲವೂ ಭಾಷಾ ಗುರುಗಳನ್ನು ರಚಿಸುವ ಸಾಧನವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಣಮಿಸಿತು.

ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಗುಹೆಯಿಂದ Yureeca .

Did it work? Yes!

ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಿದಾಗ ಅದು ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೆ ಇದು ನನಗೆ ನೂರಾರು ಗಂಟೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸಾವಿರಾರು ಡಾಲರ್‌ಗಳನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಬಹುದೆಂದು ನಾನು ಅರಿತುಕೊಂಡೆ. ಕಲಿಕೆಯ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ನಿಧಾನಗತಿಯ ವಿಧಾನಗಳು ನನ್ನ ಸಮಯ ಮತ್ತು ಹಣವನ್ನು ವ್ಯರ್ಥ ಮಾಡಿವೆ.

ವರ್ಷಗಟ್ಟಲೆ ಹಳೆಯದನ್ನೇ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. "ಪುಸ್ತಕವನ್ನು ಓದಿ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ನಂತರ ಪುನರಾವರ್ತಿಸಿ." ಅಥವಾ "ನೀವು ಇದನ್ನು ಕಲಿಯಬೇಕು, ಆದರೆ ಅದನ್ನು ಹೇಗೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು, ನೀವೇ ಕಂಡುಹಿಡಿಯಬೇಕು." ಅಂತಿಮವಾಗಿ, ನಾನು ಅವರ ಸರಪಳಿಯಿಂದ ಹೊರಬರಲು ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು ಅರ್ಹವಾದ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯಬಹುದು. ಮಿಂಚಿನ ವೇಗ.

ನಿಜವಾದ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ ಎಂದರೆ ಹಳೆಯ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಗಳು ನಮ್ಮ ಮೆದುಳು ಹೇಗೆ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಎಂಬುದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕಾಳಜಿ ವಹಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

ಒಮ್ಮೆ ನಾನು ಕಲಿಯಲು, ನಾವು ಕೆಲವು ಹಂತಗಳನ್ನು ಅನುಸರಿಸಬೇಕು ಮತ್ತು ಮೆದುಳಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಅದರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಅಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ನಾನು ಅರಿತುಕೊಂಡೆ. ಆಗ ನಾನು ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಕಲಿಯಲು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಿದೆ!

ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ, ಇದು ನನಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಆದರೆ ಅದೇ ತಂತ್ರಗಳು ನೀವು ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲಿಯಲು ಬಯಸುವ ಯಾವುದಕ್ಕೂ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತವೆ.

ಹಾಗಾದರೆ ನಾನು ಏಕೆ ರಚಿಸಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಈಗ ನಿಮಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿದೆ Yureeca .

ಏನು ಬೇಕು ಎಂದು ಲೆಕ್ಕಾಚಾರ ಮಾಡಲು ನನಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಸಮಯ ಹಿಡಿಯಿತು. ನಾನು ತುಂಬಾ ಹತಾಶೆ ಮತ್ತು ನೋವನ್ನು ಸಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡೆ. ಆದರೆ ಅದು ಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು .

It makes me learn thousands of words super fast.

ನನಗೆ ತಿಂಗಳುಗಳು ಬೇಕಾಗಿದ್ದನ್ನು ನಾನು ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಬಲ್ಲೆ. ಮತ್ತು ನಾನು ಅದನ್ನು ಶಾಶ್ವತವಾಗಿ ನೆನಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೇನೆ.

And now, we at Yureeca bring it to you.

ನಮ್ಮಂತೆಯೇ ನೀವು ಅದನ್ನು ಶಕ್ತಿಯುತವಾಗಿ ಕಾಣುತ್ತೀರಿ ಎಂದು ನಾವು ಭಾವಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ.

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This constitutes the grant of a license, not a transfer of title. This license shall automatically terminate if you violate any of these restrictions or the Terms of Service, and may be terminated by Drew Innovations OÜ at any time.

User-Generated Content

You retain your intellectual property ownership rights over content you submit to us for publication on our website. We will never claim ownership of your content, but we do require a license from you in order to use it.

When you use our website or its associated services to post, upload, share, or otherwise transmit content covered by intellectual property rights, you grant to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly display, translate, or otherwise create derivative works of your content in a manner that is consistent with your privacy preferences and our Privacy Policy.

The license you grant us can be terminated at any time by deleting your content or account. However, to the extent that we (or our partners) have used your content in connection with commercial or sponsored content, the license will continue until the relevant commercial or post has been discontinued by us.

You give us permission to use your username and other identifying information associated with your account in a manner that is consistent with your privacy preferences, and our Privacy Policy.

Liability

Our website and the materials on our website are provided on an 'as is' basis. To the extent permitted by law, Drew Innovations OÜ makes no warranties, expressed or implied, and hereby disclaims and negates all other warranties including, without limitation, implied warranties or conditions of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property, or other violation of rights.

In no event shall Drew Innovations OÜ or its suppliers be liable for any consequential loss suffered or incurred by you or any third party arising from the use or inability to use this website or the materials on this website, even if Drew Innovations OÜ or an authorized representative has been notified, orally or in writing, of the possibility of such damage.

In the context of this agreement, “consequential loss” includes any consequential loss, indirect loss, real or anticipated loss of profit, loss of benefit, loss of revenue, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of savings, loss of reputation, loss of use and/or loss or corruption of data, whether under statute, contract, equity, tort (including negligence), indemnity, or otherwise.

Because some jurisdictions do not allow limitations on implied warranties, or limitations of liability for consequential or incidental damages, these limitations may not apply to you.

Accuracy of Materials

The materials appearing on our website are not comprehensive and are for general information purposes only. Drew Innovations OÜ does not warrant or make any representations concerning the accuracy, likely results, or reliability of the use of the materials on this website, or otherwise relating to such materials or on any resources linked to this website.

Links

Drew Innovations OÜ has not reviewed all of the sites linked to its website and is not responsible for the contents of any such linked site. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement, approval, or control by Drew Innovations OÜ of the site. Use of any such linked site is at your own risk and we strongly advise you make your own investigations with respect to the suitability of those sites.

Right to Terminate

We may suspend or terminate your right to use our website and terminate these Terms of Service immediately upon written notice to you for any breach of these Terms of Service.

Severance

Any term of these Terms of Service which is wholly or partially void or unenforceable is severed to the extent that it is void or unenforceable. The validity of the remainder of these Terms of Service is not affected.

Governing Law

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Estonia. You irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in that State or location.

Refunds

Unless it's legally required, we issue no refunds. Service begins as soon as your initial payment is processed. You may cancel or pause your Subscription at any time. The Subscription will remain until the end date.

Your privacy is important to us. It is Drew Innovations OÜ's policy to respect your privacy and comply with any applicable law and regulation regarding any personal information we may collect about you, including across our website, https://yureeca.com, and other sites we own and operate.

Personal information is any information about you which can be used to identify you. This includes information about you as a person (such as name, address, and date of birth), your devices, payment details, and even information about how you use a website or online service.

In the event our site contains links to third-party sites and services, please be aware that those sites and services have their own privacy policies. After following a link to any third-party content, you should read their posted privacy policy information about how they collect and use personal information. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any of your activities after you leave our site.

This policy is effective as of 12 June 2022.

Last updated: 12 June 2022

Information We Collect

Information we collect falls into one of two categories: “voluntarily provided” information and “automatically collected” information.

“Voluntarily provided” information refers to any information you knowingly and actively provide us when using or participating in any of our services and promotions.

“Automatically collected” information refers to any information automatically sent by your devices in the course of accessing our products and services.

Log Data

When you visit our website, our servers may automatically log the standard data provided by your web browser. It may include your device’s Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and version, the pages you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on each page, and other details about your visit.

Additionally, if you encounter certain errors while using the site, we may automatically collect data about the error and the circumstances surrounding its occurrence. This data may include technical details about your device, what you were trying to do when the error happened, and other technical information relating to the problem. You may or may not receive notice of such errors, even in the moment they occur, that they have occurred, or what the nature of the error is.

Please be aware that while this information may not be personally identifying by itself, it may be possible to combine it with other data to personally identify individual persons.

Device Data

When you visit our website or interact with our services, we may automatically collect data about your device, such as:

• Device Type
• Operating System
• Geo-location data

Data we collect can depend on the individual settings of your device and software. We recommend checking the policies of your device manufacturer or software provider to learn what information they make available to us.

Personal Information

We may ask for personal information — for example, when you subscribe to our newsletter or when you contact us — which may include one or more of the following:

• Name
• Email

User-Generated Content

We consider “user-generated content” to be materials (text, image and/or video content) voluntarily supplied to us by our users for the purpose of publication, processing, or usage on our platform. All user-generated content is associated with the account or email address used to submit the materials.

Please be aware that any content you submit for the purpose of publication will be public after posting (and subsequent review or vetting process). Once published, it may be accessible to third parties not covered under this privacy policy.

Transaction Data

Transaction data refers to data that accumulates over the normal course of operation on our platform. This may include transaction records, stored files, user profiles, analytics data and other metrics, as well as other types of information, created or generated, as users interact with our services.

Legitimate Reasons for Processing Your Personal Information

We only collect and use your personal information when we have a legitimate reason for doing so. In which instance, we only collect personal information that is reasonably necessary to provide our services to you.

Collection and Use of Information

We may collect personal information from you when you do any of the following on our website:

• Register for an account
• Purchase a subscription
• Sign up to receive updates from us via email or social media channels
• Use a mobile device or web browser to access our content
• Contact us via email, social media, or on any similar technologies
• When you mention us on social media

We may collect, hold, use, and disclose information for the following purposes, and personal information will not be further processed in a manner that is incompatible with these purposes:

• to provide you with our platform's core features and services
• to contact and communicate with you
• to enable you to access and use our website, associated applications, and associated social media platforms

We may combine voluntarily provided and automatically collected personal information with general information or research data we receive from other trusted sources. For example, If you provide us with your location, we may combine this with general information about currency and language to provide you with an enhanced experience of our site and service.

Security of Your Personal Information

When we collect and process personal information, and while we retain this information, we will protect it within commercially acceptable means to prevent loss and theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.

Although we will do our best to protect the personal information you provide to us, we advise that no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and no one can guarantee absolute data security.

You are responsible for selecting any password and its overall security strength, ensuring the security of your own information within the bounds of our services. For example, ensuring any passwords associated with accessing your personal information and accounts are secure and confidential.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information

We keep your personal information only for as long as we need to. This time period may depend on what we are using your information for, in accordance with this privacy policy. For example, if you have provided us with personal information as part of creating an account with us, we may retain this information for the duration your account exists on our system. If your personal information is no longer required for this purpose, we will delete it or make it anonymous by removing all details that identify you.

However, if necessary, we may retain your personal information for our compliance with a legal, accounting, or reporting obligation or for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific, or historical research purposes or statistical purposes.

Children’s Privacy

We do not aim any of our products or services directly at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information about children under 13.

Disclosure of Personal Information to Third Parties

We may disclose personal information to:

• a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of our company
• third-party service providers for the purpose of enabling them to provide their services, including (without limitation) IT service providers, data storage, hosting and server providers, analytics, error loggers, debt collectors, maintenance or problem-solving providers, professional advisors, and payment systems operators
• our employees, contractors, and/or related entities
• our existing or potential agents or business partners
• credit reporting agencies, courts, tribunals, and regulatory authorities, in the event you fail to pay for goods or services we have provided to you
• courts, tribunals, regulatory authorities, and law enforcement officers, as required by law, in connection with any actual or prospective legal proceedings, or in order to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights
• third parties, including agents or sub-contractors, who assist us in providing information, products, services, or direct marketing to you
• third parties to collect and process data
• an entity that buys, or to which we transfer all or substantially all of our assets and business

Third parties we currently use include:

• Google Analytics
• Google Payments
• Apple Pay
• Paddle

Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information

Your choice: By providing personal information to us, you understand we will collect, hold, use, and disclose your personal information in accordance with this privacy policy. You do not have to provide personal information to us, however, if you do not, it may affect your use of our website or the products and/or services offered on or through it.

Information from third parties: If we receive personal information about you from a third party, we will protect it as set out in this privacy policy. If you are a third party providing personal information about somebody else, you represent and warrant that you have such person’s consent to provide the personal information to us.

Marketing permission: If you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by contacting us using the details below.

Access: You may request details of the personal information that we hold about you.

Correction: If you believe that any information we hold about you is inaccurate, out of date, incomplete, irrelevant, or misleading, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy. We will take reasonable steps to correct any information found to be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or out of date.

Non-discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your rights over your personal information. Unless your personal information is required to provide you with a particular service or offer (for example processing transaction data), we will not deny you goods or services and/or charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties, or provide you with a different level or quality of goods or services.

Downloading of Personal Information: We provide a means for you to download the personal information you have shared through our site. Please contact us for more information.

Notification of data breaches: We will comply with laws applicable to us in respect of any data breach.

Complaints: If you believe that we have breached a relevant data protection law and wish to make a complaint, please contact us using the details below and provide us with full details of the alleged breach. We will promptly investigate your complaint and respond to you, in writing, setting out the outcome of our investigation and the steps we will take to deal with your complaint. You also have the right to contact a regulatory body or data protection authority in relation to your complaint.

Unsubscribe: To unsubscribe from our email database or opt-out of communications (including marketing communications), please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy, or opt-out using the opt-out facilities provided in the communication. We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity.

Use of Cookies

We use “cookies” to collect information about you and your activity across our site. A cookie is a small piece of data that our website stores on your computer, and accesses each time you visit, so we can understand how you use our site. This helps us serve you content based on preferences you have specified.

Please refer to our Cookie Policy for more information.

Business Transfers

If we or our assets are acquired, or in the unlikely event that we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, we would include data, including your personal information, among the assets transferred to any parties who acquire us. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any parties who acquire us may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, continue to use your personal information according to this policy, which they will be required to assume as it is the basis for any ownership or use rights we have over such information.

Limits of Our Policy

Our website may link to external sites that are not operated by us. Please be aware that we have no control over the content and policies of those sites, and cannot accept responsibility or liability for their respective privacy practices.

Changes to This Policy

At our discretion, we may change our privacy policy to reflect updates to our business processes, current acceptable practices, or legislative or regulatory changes. If we decide to change this privacy policy, we will post the changes here at the same link by which you are accessing this privacy policy.

If the changes are significant, or if required by applicable law, we will contact you (based on your selected preferences for communications from us) and all our registered users with the new details and links to the updated or changed policy.

If required by law, we will get your permission or give you the opportunity to opt in to or opt out of, as applicable, any new uses of your personal information.

Additional Disclosures for Australian Privacy Act Compliance (AU)

International Transfers of Personal Information

Where the disclosure of your personal information is solely subject to Australian privacy laws, you acknowledge that some third parties may not be regulated by the Privacy Act and the Australian Privacy Principles in the Privacy Act. You acknowledge that if any such third party engages in any act or practice that contravenes the Australian Privacy Principles, it would not be accountable under the Privacy Act, and you will not be able to seek redress under the Privacy Act.

Additional Disclosures for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance (EU)

Data Controller / Data Processor

The GDPR distinguishes between organisations that process personal information for their own purposes (known as “data controllers”) and organizations that process personal information on behalf of other organizations (known as “data processors”). We, Drew Innovations OÜ, located at the address provided in our Contact Us section, are a Data Controller with respect to the personal information you provide to us.

Legal Bases for Processing Your Personal Information

We will only collect and use your personal information when we have a legal right to do so. In which case, we will collect and use your personal information lawfully, fairly, and in a transparent manner. If we seek your consent to process your personal information, and you are under 16 years of age, we will seek your parent or legal guardian’s consent to process your personal information for that specific purpose.

Our lawful bases depend on the services you use and how you use them. This means we only collect and use your information on the following grounds:

Consent From You

Where you give us consent to collect and use your personal information for a specific purpose. You may withdraw your consent at any time using the facilities we provide; however this will not affect any use of your information that has already taken place. You may consent to providing your email address for the purpose of receiving marketing emails from us. While you may unsubscribe at any time, we cannot recall any email we have already sent. If you have any further enquiries about how to withdraw your consent, please feel free to enquire using the details provided in the Contact Us section of this privacy policy.

Performance of a Contract or Transaction

Where you have entered into a contract or transaction with us, or in order to take preparatory steps prior to our entering into a contract or transaction with you. For example, if you purchase a product, service, or subscription from us, we may need to use your personal and payment information in order to process and deliver your order.

Our Legitimate Interests

Where we assess it is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as for us to provide, operate, improve and communicate our services. We consider our legitimate interests to include research and development, understanding our audience, marketing and promoting our services, measures taken to operate our services efficiently, marketing analysis, and measures taken to protect our legal rights and interests.

Compliance with Law

In some cases, we may have a legal obligation to use or keep your personal information. Such cases may include (but are not limited to) court orders, criminal investigations, government requests, and regulatory obligations. If you have any further enquiries about how we retain personal information in order to comply with the law, please feel free to enquire using the details provided in the Contact Us section of this privacy policy.

International Transfers Outside of the European Economic Area (EEA)

We will ensure that any transfer of personal information from countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) to countries outside the EEA will be protected by appropriate safeguards, for example by using standard data protection clauses approved by the European Commission, or the use of binding corporate rules or other legally accepted means.

Your Rights and Controlling Your Personal Information

Restrict: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information if (i) you are concerned about the accuracy of your personal information; (ii) you believe your personal information has been unlawfully processed; (iii) you need us to maintain the personal information solely for the purpose of a legal claim; or (iv) we are in the process of considering your objection in relation to processing on the basis of legitimate interests.

Objecting to processing: You have the right to object to processing of your personal information that is based on our legitimate interests or public interest. If this is done, we must provide compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which overrides your interests, rights, and freedoms, in order to proceed with the processing of your personal information.

Data portability: You may have the right to request a copy of the personal information we hold about you. Where possible, we will provide this information in CSV format or other easily readable machine format. You may also have the right to request that we transfer this personal information to a third party.

Deletion: You may have a right to request that we delete the personal information we hold about you at any time, and we will take reasonable steps to delete your personal information from our current records. If you ask us to delete your personal information, we will let you know how the deletion affects your use of our website or products and services. There may be exceptions to this right for specific legal reasons which, if applicable, we will set out for you in response to your request. If you terminate or delete your account, we will delete your personal information within 30 days of the deletion of your account. Please be aware that search engines and similar third parties may still retain copies of your personal information that has been made public at least once, like certain profile information and public comments, even after you have deleted the information from our services or deactivated your account.

Additional Disclosures for California Compliance (US)

Under California Civil Code Section 1798.83, if you live in California and your business relationship with us is mainly for personal, family, or household purposes, you may ask us about the information we release to other organizations for their marketing purposes.

To make such a request, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy with “Request for California privacy information” in the subject line. You may make this type of request once every calendar year. We will email you a list of categories of personal information we revealed to other organisations for their marketing purposes in the last calendar year, along with their names and addresses. Not all personal information shared in this way is covered by Section 1798.83 of the California Civil Code.

Do Not Track

Some browsers have a “Do Not Track” feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. At this time, we do not respond to browser “Do Not Track” signals.

We adhere to the standards outlined in this privacy policy, ensuring we collect and process personal information lawfully, fairly, transparently, and with legitimate, legal reasons for doing so.

Cookies and Pixels

At all times, you may decline cookies from our site if your browser permits. Most browsers allow you to activate settings on your browser to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. Accordingly, your ability to limit cookies is based only on your browser’s capabilities. Please refer to the Cookies section of this privacy policy for more information.

CCPA-permitted financial incentives

In accordance with your right to non-discrimination, we may offer you certain financial incentives permitted by the CCPA that can result in different prices, rates, or quality levels for the goods or services we provide.

Any CCPA-permitted financial incentive we offer will reasonably relate to the value of your personal information, and we will provide written terms that describe clearly the nature of such an offer. Participation in a financial incentive program requires your prior opt-in consent, which you may revoke at any time.

California Notice of Collection

In the past 12 months, we have collected the following categories of personal information enumerated in the California Consumer Privacy Act:

• Identifiers, such as name, email address, phone number account name, IP address, and an ID or number assigned to your account.
• Geolocation data.

For more information on information we collect, including the sources we receive information from, review the “Information We Collect” section. We collect and use these categories of personal information for the business purposes described in the “Collection and Use of Information” section, including to provide and manage our Service.

Right to Know and Delete

If you are a California resident, you have rights to delete your personal information we collected and know certain information about our data practices in the preceding 12 months. In particular, you have the right to request the following from us:

• The categories of personal information we have collected about you;
• The categories of sources from which the personal information was collected;
• The categories of personal information about you we disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
• The categories of third parties to whom the personal information was disclosed for a business purpose or sold;
• The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the personal information; and
• The specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in this privacy policy.

Shine the Light

If you are a California resident, in addition to the rights discussed above, you have the right to request information from us regarding the manner in which we share certain personal information as defined by California’s “Shine the Light” with third parties and affiliates for their own direct marketing purposes.

To receive this information, send us a request using the contact details provided in this privacy policy. Requests must include “California Privacy Rights Request” in the first line of the description and include your name, street address, city, state, and ZIP code.

Contact Us

For any questions or concerns regarding your privacy, please contact us.