Terms, Policies & Agreements
These terms & policies explain our legal relationship with you.
Global Privacy Policy
As a leading provider of international school esports solutions, the privacy and security of individuals about whom we process personal data is critical to us. This Global Privacy Notice (“notice”) explains how we manage and protect your personal data (referred to as “data”) when you visit our website (“Visitor”) or use our esports platform services either as a representative of a School to which we provide services (“School User”) or a student or parent of a school which uses our services (a “Service User”). If you are a Service User, for the majority of personal data we process about you, we are a processor and therefore act on behalf of your school and as directed by them. We recommend that you review your school’s privacy notice to understand how your school manages your personal data.This notice tells you who we are, what data about you we collect in connection with our website and services, and what we do with it.
Who are we?
Daigon Esports Ltd. (“Daigon Esports”, “Daigon” “we, “us”) organises esports solutions through its platform namely, esports competitions and gaming after-school clubs for international schools. We are responsible for managing your data in connection with our services. DAIGON Esports was founded by a team of two international school alumni and the two exited founders of international school software SchoolsBuddy – used by hundreds of international schools. We are also assisted by a highly skilled School Advisor who is currently the Headteacher of an International School in Shanghai with years of experience as an Activity and Athletic Director. Among our team we have over 30 years of experience attending, supplying, and working with, as well as working in, International Schools. Details of how to contact us can be found below at Who should you contact with questions?
What data about you do we collect?
We use various types of data about you for purposes connected with the management of our website or the delivery of our esports and gaming platform.
Visitor
We may collect and process the following information about you in order to provide you with our website or services:
- We will collect and process the information you provide to us if you register for a demonstration, trial account, blog or webinar, which includes your name, email address, phone number, school name, information regarding the curriculums your school offers and other information collected to provide the website or services. We will also process your name and email address to send you email messages about our newsletters, product updates and other marketing materials. We will only send you such email messages as permitted under applicable law and in line with your marketing preferences which you can update at any time as described below.
- We will collect information through cookies, including analytics information about your use of our website and information about your device, internet connection, browser, location, page and search terms used, etc. Learn more about how we use cookies and similar technologies in our cookies policy
- Process a job application which you submit to us. We will collect and process any personal data you provide in your CV / resume and cover letter.
School User
We may collect and process the following information in order to provide your school with our esports and gaming platform services:
- your name, title, business telephone number, details about the school you represent, details about your position at the school (e.g., subjects you teach or how long you have worked at the school) and e-mail address used during our registration process in order to communicate with you in relation to the provision of esports solutions platform services to your school.
- responses to our surveys you choose to take.
- your e-mail address to send email marketing to you, including our newsletters and updates as permitted under applicable law and in line with your preferences.
- details of your interactions with us when you contact us with enquiries through our online customer support, or via telephone or email.
Service User
We may collect and process the following information:
- information captured in your student account, provided by you or your parents including information such as your name, email address, date of birth, gender, parents’ names and contact details (for billing purposes if required), and gamer tags from video game providers.
- feedback and responses to our surveys you choose to take.
- details of your interactions with us when you contact us with enquiries through our customer support system online, or via telephone or email.
For what purposes do we use data about you, and on what legal basis?
Throughout your use of our website and/or our provision of services to you or a school, we use data about you for various purposes.
The purposes for which we use data about you, with corresponding legal basis for use, are set out below:
Visitors
Purpose & Legal Basis for Proceeding
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Management of our website - e.g. site maintenance and analytics of website usage (which will include the sharing of data with Google Analytics). It is our legitimate business interest to manage and develop our website.
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Fulfilment of online services - e.g. registering for a demonstration, webinar, blog or trial account. We process your data in order to provide you with the online service which you have requested. Our processing is based on your consent.
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Marketing - e.g. to send you marketing emails relating to product updates and other services we think you may be interested in. We either rely on your consent or our legitimate business interest to send email marketing to you depending on how we collected your personal data and the nature of our relationship. Any email marketing will only be sent to you as permitted by applicable law and in accordance with your preferences which you can update at any time as described below.
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Legal & regulatory compliance and compliance with law enforcement requests. In some instances, we will be required by law to process your personal data and share it with law enforcement or other government or regulatory bodies. We may also choose to do so in other circumstances, in accordance with our legitimate interests.
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Processing a job application - e.g. if you apply for a job or position via our website. If you decide to apply for a job with us, we will process your personal data on the basis of our legitimate interests in order to ascertain your suitability for the job.
School Users
Purpose & Legal Basis for Proceeding
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Customer support activities - e.g. interacting with you via our online customer support or by phone, e-mail. It is our legitimate business interest to provide customer support to School Users in order to provide the esports solutions platform services to schools.
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Provision and management of esports solutions platform services to school - e.g. managing requests, managing user accounts, handling invoices, etc. It is our legitimate business interest to provide and manage the esports solutions platform services we provide to schools.
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Marketing - e.g. to send you marketing emails relating to product updates other services we think you may be interested in. We either rely on your consent or our legitimate business interest to send email marketing to you depending on how we collected your personal data and the nature of our relationship. Any email marketing will only be sent to you as permitted by applicable law and in accordance with your preferences which you can update at any time as described below.
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Sharing data with other third parties - Please see “Who do we share data with and for what purpose?” below. It is our legitimate business interest to share data with third parties to assist with the purposes described below.
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Legal and regulatory compliance and compliance with law enforcement requests - In some instances, we will be required by law to process your personal data and share it with law enforcement or other government or regulatory bodies. We may also choose to do so in other circumstances, in accordance with our legitimate interests.
Service Users
Purpose & Legal Basis for Proceeding
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Conducting statistical analyses for reporting - e.g. to conduct data analyses that enables us to improve and develop our services. It is our legitimate business interest to improve our esports solutions platform services through the use of statistical analyses and reporting.
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Customer support activities - e.g. interacting with you via our online customer support or by phone or e-mail. It is our legitimate business interest to provide customer support to Service Users.
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Feedback and surveys - e.g. to request survey responses or feedback from you in relation to future product developments and educational plans. It is our legitimate business interest to gather feedback and survey results to improve user experience and develop improved services. We store this data in an anonymised form.
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Sharing data with other third parties - Please see “Who do we share data with and for what purpose?” below. It is our legitimate business interest to share data with third parties to assist with the purposes described above.
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Legal and regulatory compliance and compliance with law enforcement requests - In some instances, we will be required by law to process your personal data and share it with law enforcement or other government or regulatory bodies. We may also choose to do so in other circumstances, in accordance with our legitimate interests.
Please note that we do not process any special category data about you (e.g., information of race or ethnicity) for our own purposes. You may be requested to provide such information by your school which may be passed to us for processing but we do not use it for any other purpose.In some instances, we may use personal data about you in ways that are not described above. Where this is the case, we will provide a supplemental privacy notice that explains such us and consent if required. You should read any supplemental notice in conjunction with this notice.
Who do we share your data with, and for what purposes?
Sharing data with third parties
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If you are a Service User, we will share data with partners as instructed to do so by your school such as payment processors or integration partners, such as other school systems providers, as instructed by your school. We may share data about you with our third-party service providers, such as IT providers or customer support services.
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We may share data about you with other third parties, where required or permitted by law, for example: regulatory authorities; government departments; in response to a request from law enforcement authorities or other government officials;
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We may share data when we consider disclosure to be necessary or appropriate to prevent physical harm or financial loss or in connection with an investigation of suspected or actual illegal purpose; and
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We may share data in the context of organisational restructuring
If you would like to learn more about the parties with which we share data, please contact us using the details below at Who should you contact with questions.
Where might your data be processed?
As with any multinational organisation, and as a result of the global nature of our services, we are often required to transfer data internationally as described above. Accordingly, data about you may be transferred both within our company and to third parties internationally.These countries may not have the equivalent data protection standards to the country in which you provided your data. We will ensure that we implement appropriate data transfer mechanisms to protect your personal data. If data is transferred outside the EU, we will only transfer such data on the basis of a European Commission adequacy decision, Binding Corporate Rules or, the EU Model Clauses (Standard Contractual Clauses).If you would like to receive a copy of the information relating to the safeguards we put in place, please contact us using the details below at Who should you contact with questions?
How long will data about you be kept?
The period for which we may retain data about you will depend on the purposes for which the data was collected, whether you have requested the deletion of the data, and whether any legal obligations require the retention of the data (for example, for regulatory compliance).
We will not retain data about you for longer than is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the data was collected.
What rights do you have over your data?
Depending on where you are resident, you may have some or all of the following rights under applicable law in respect of data about you which we hold:
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request us to give you access to it, and have us provide you with a copy of any data we hold about you
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request us to rectify or update it
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request us to erase it in certain circumstances
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request us to restrict our using it, under certain circumstances
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object to our using it, in certain circumstances
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withdraw your consent to our using it, where our processing is based on consent
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data portability, in certain circumstances
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opt out from our using it for email marketing. You may opt out by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the email marketing messages we send you or by contacting us as set out below and we will always comply with this request; and
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lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country (if there is one).
You can exercise these rights, or learn more about them, by contacting us using the details below at Who should you contact with questions? We may be required to confirm your identity before we action any request from you in connection with your data. This may involve asking you to provide identification documents.
Who should you contact with questions?
If you have any questions, or wish to exercise any of your rights, then you can contact us at admin@daigonesports.com. If your country has a supervisory authority, you have a right to contact it with any questions or concerns. If we cannot resolve your questions or concerns, you also have the right to seek judicial remedy before a national court. Daigon Esports Limited operates under the jurisdiction of the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office
Water Lane, Wycliffe House Wilmslow – Cheshire SK9 5AF
international.team@ico.org.uk
+44 1625 545 745
www.ico.org.uk
Changes to this notice
We may update this notice (and any supplemental privacy notice), from time to time as shown below. We will notify you of the changes where required by applicable law to do so.
Last modified on April 14, 2023.