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Math Bits has been developed by an interdisciplinary team of renowned researchers in mathematics education and learning sciences, along with teachers and educational technology developers.

The project is supported by the Math Bits Chair of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. While many individuals are involved in this new initiative, we would like to especially acknowledge the experts in mathematics education and learning sciences.

Pablo Beltrán-Pellicer

Pablo Beltrán-Pellicer

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza and a teacher at the Val de la Atalaya Integrated Public Center. His research focuses on the analysis and design of teaching and learning sequences.

Sergio Martínez-Juste

Sergio Martínez-Juste

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza and a teacher at IES Pilar Lorengar, Zaragoza. His research focuses on proportionality.

Eva Cid

Eva Cid

Retired Senior Lecturer and current collaborator in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. With expertise in teaching integers, her research focuses on the teaching and learning of algebra.

José M. Muñoz-Escolano

José M. Muñoz-Escolano

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. His research interests include the analysis of textbooks and resources for teaching mathematics, as well as the design of instructional sequences.

Antonio M. Oller-Marcén

Antonio M. Oller-Marcén

Professor at the Faculty of Education of the University of Zaragoza. He holds a PhD in Mathematics Education and works in the fields of numerical and algebraic, as well as the history of mathematics education.

Alberto Arnal-Bailera

Alberto Arnal-Bailera

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. His research focuses on the analysis and design of teaching and learning sequences in geometry, and the impact of dynamic geometry software on these processes.

Rafael Escolano

Rafael Escolano

Retired Senior Lecturer and current collaborator in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. He has conducted extensive research on the teaching of rational numbers and teacher education.

Héctor Ruiz Martín

Héctor Ruiz Martín

Director of the International Science Teaching Foundation. Specializing in neuroscience and the cognitive psychology of memory and learning in educational settings, his research centers on developing and applying evidence-based educational methods and resources.

Núria Begué Pedrosa

Núria Begué Pedrosa

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. Her research focuses on the teaching and learning of probability and statistics, with additional interests in the affective domain of mathematics education.

Mónica Arnal-Palacián

Mónica Arnal-Palacián

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. Her research focuses on the teaching and learning of limits in both sequences and functions.

Núria Begué Pedrosa

Núria Begué Pedrosa

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. Her research focuses on the teaching and learning of probability and statistics, with additional interests in the affective domain of mathematics education.

Mónica Arnal-Palacián

Mónica Arnal-Palacián

Professor in the area of Mathematics Education at the University of Zaragoza. Her research focuses on the teaching and learning of limits in both sequences and functions.

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Data Controller	Learning Bits, S.L. (hereinafter, Math Bits) C/Sant Joan de la Salle, 37, 08022, Barcelona (Spain) TIN: B65569790
Contact	[email protected]
Purposes of the data processing	Your data may be processed, as appropriate, for the following purposes: Maintaining contractual or business relationships that connect you with Math Bits. Addressing your doubts, queries and/or requests. Managing hiring and recruitment processes. Commercial and promotional communications concerning the contracted service. Maintaining the up-to-date no mailing lists to avoid being contacted if the user so requests. Carrying out statistics. Management, maintenance and improvement of the website and its content and the services that the company offers. Prevention of fraud and online abuse Compliance with our legal obligations, resolution of disputes and prevention of undue uses. If there is any other purpose not included in this list that is applicable in a specific case, you will be informed immediately and your consent will be requested, when appropriate.
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Categories of the data recipients.	The only recipients of your data will be the company, Math Bits, the other companies of the group if the user accepts this and the professionals who provide service to us by virtue of a contract as the data processors. In all cases, the personnel of these companies will have access to the data. Public or legal authorities may also eventually have access to your data if they require it to carry out their duties.
Categories of personal data	Based on the specific case, we can collect the following types of user data: Identification Work/Academic/Professional Experience Economic/Wealth (bank account) Business, such as transactions of goods and services (licenses)
The source of the data	The user data that the company holds has been obtained either: a) because the user has provided them directly b) because the education center in which the user works/studies has provided them
International data transfer	We not envision transferring data outside of the European Union.
Data storage period	Your data will be stored the necessary amount of time to comply with the purpose for which said data was obtained unless you withdraw your consent beforehand, never exceeding the legally established limits. The data may later be stored with the mere purpose of providing a response to future requests from a competent authority.
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By accessing this website, you acquire the capacity of user.

Users are also informed that Math Bits will not use their data to take automated individual decisions or to create profiles.

Likewise, users are reminded that they can transfer the data requested in the contact form on the website of their own free will. However, it must be taken into account that the sections that appear with an asterisk (*) are mandatory if the user wants to contact us given that, based on the nature and type of service that Math Bits provides, this information is essential to be able to do it and so that the company can manage the query, application, service or demand you have sent.

Concerning the company contracts and licenses, users must take into account that they are free to provide the data requested, but by not doing so, our contractual relationship cannot be formalized nor can the license be used as the data must be provided for this purpose.

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Data controller

This privacy policy applies to the information that Math Bits collects from users through its website, electronic communications, contact forms, instant messaging services and any other service that we enable to improve our users' experience. This is also applicable to other communications in which we specifically refer to this privacy policy.

The privacy policy will be updated in order to clarify or reflect new practices in the management of our users' privacy or the legal modifications that must be applied. All the modifications will be sent to users by email and by notifications on the website.

When we collect your personal data

If a user interacts through our website or if a user registers through our social network, we will process their demographic data, their operating system, their cell phone data (if the user accesses the website through this device) and, in general, information about sessions, number of visitors, number of pages visited, number of pages that each visitor visits in each session, the average duration of the session, the bounce rate and the percentage of new sessions.

a) Means through which the your data and information is collected

We will process user data whenever a user:

Visits our website.
Interacts with or contacts us.
Links with our website through social networks.
Uses any of our electronic communication services.
Sends us an email or uses our contact form.
Uses our messaging service.

The personal data that the user provides us will be incorporated in our files.

b) The different times in which we collect user data are:

When a person accesses the website as a user or when a person requests information about any publication or information, we can collect their name(s) and surname(s), email address and the message they have written. This is considered identifying data.
We can collect information about the use that users make of our services: website, technical information, when and how they use our services, and so on, as indicated above.

Technical information about the user's device and Internet connection
Through logs and other tools we register information about the device and their Internet connection, including the operating system used and other unique identifiers. This type of information is generally used in aggregate form to analyze how our website and the services offered through it are used, and to be able to make improvements to our service.
Information about the use of our services
We register the activity that is carried out in the account, as well as the visits made to the website for the purposes of, among others, preventing fraud, improving our services and providing personalized services, recommendations and advertising.
Location information
By using our services, users will have the possibility to use geolocation services that will allow us to better tailor the services that we offer.

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Data collection purposes

The personal data that users provide us by accessing their account or by using our services will be used for the management, administration, provision, expansion and improvement of our services, specifically those to which the user has registered or used, as well as to keep users up-to-date about improvements and news of the services that we offer or any other related purpose. This is also applicable for the other purposes detailed previously.

When a user uses our contact form, after accepting the privacy policy and terms and conditions, they will provide us their consent so that their personal data and the rest of the information that the user has provided us are used to manage their doubt, query or request.

In certain cases part of their information will be published and indexed by web browsers. If a user does not want this information to be public, they must re-edit their data through the user menu.

Third-party personal data
If a user has included personal data from other people, the other person or persons must be informed of our policy and conditions, as well as the use that we make of the data, and must have given their prior consent.

Exercising Rights

Users have the right to request from us the access to any personal data that we have about the user and ask that we update, correct or delete the data, that we no longer use it, and to object to data processing, as well as to limit the portability of their data, limit their processing and withdraw their consent if the user so requests.

If a user wants to exercise their rights, they should write an email to [email protected] or to enabled links in our emails or publications.

Remember that the user must provide the most-detailed information possible: name(s) and surname(s), ID document, and email address.

Protection of rights before the supervisory authority

If you believe that your rights have been violated, you can contact the Spanish Data Protection Agency, www.agpd.es.

Account closure and withdrawal procedure

Any user may withdraw as a user from the website by going to their user area. By withdrawing, the information and data that may be in the account will be lost, as well as the right to enjoy any benefits that the fact of being a user may provide them.

In the case of withdrawal, we can maintain all the users' personal data during the period of time necessary to be able to ensure the exercise of our processes and legal obligations and to resolve possible disputes.

All the user's personal data will be processed and saved to the strictly necessary measure to comply with the law or with the purposes that we have described. When the user's data are no longer pertinent for the purposes for which they have been collected, the data will be deleted.

With whom we share user data

Public Agencies.
Math Bits guarantees the confidentiality of the user's personal data. However, Math Bits can disclose them to the competent authorities when we are required to do so in accordance with the applicable legal and regulatory provisions in each case. This is for the purpose of preventing abuses of services or fraudulent activities in the services that we may provide through our website.
Therefore, we can make the users' data available to administrative and legal authorities.
Service providers.
Math Bits may have different contracted services. Some of them require access to the data that we process to provide a service to us. All the providers with access to the data have signed a contract as sub-processors in which a specific clause is included concerning personal data protection. This clause ensures that they will maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of any information that may come to their knowledge by virtue of our contractual relationship with them.

Veracity of the data and responsible use

The fact of having an account or being a user of Math Bits implies that the user must ensure the veracity of the information provided, and that it is up-to-date, and that it belongs to them. For this reason, users are responsible for ensuring that their data are correct and of suitable quality.

Therefore, we reserve the right to verify this information at any time, requesting an official certification document or equivalent procedure and to disable or delete their account if we find any irregularity.

Math Bits ensures the security and confidentiality of user data and for this reason we adopt the technical security measures to prevent their loss, undue use or access to unauthorized individuals. However, we shall not be held liable for the information that you decide to share with other users.

We are committed to acting quickly and responsibly in the case that the security of user data is affected and informing users if deemed relevant.

Use of plug-ins or social complements

When a user uses our website, the user accesses our social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn, through an incorporated social plug-in.

If a user chooses to share information through a social plug-in, we do not have any involvement with the information that social networks collect through the use of plug-ins, but it must be take into account that your browser will transfer the following data to said social network.

Date and time of visit.
The Internet address or URL for the address that the user is temporarily visiting.
The user's IP address.
The browser the user is using.
The operating system the user is using.
The user name and password of the social network and, if it is a registered user, the name(s) and surname(s).
The information for which the user has used this specific plug-in.

Special or third-party privacy policies

a) Special privacy policies
On our website users can find an additional privacy policy to this general privacy policy. In that case, the terms of both privacy policies will be applicable: the specific policy for the service and the general policy. In the case that any of the clauses are contradictory, please note that the clause of the specific privacy policy shall be applicable.

b) Third-party privacy policies
Concerning the data collection and processing that third parties may make through the interaction with our website, these third parties have their own privacy policies and Math Bits has no connection with said policies.

Security measures

Math Bits has implemented the necessary security measures to guarantee that the data are used and processed effectively, that it protects the intimacy, privacy and confidentiality of these data, complying with the requisites set forth in the current legislation, employing the necessary means to prevent the processing, alteration or loss of user data or the unauthorized access thereof, according to the state of the technology at any given time, as well as the scope of Math Bits' control.

What are cookies?

A "cookie" is a small data file that is downloaded to the terminal (computer/Smartphone/Tablet) of visitors who access certain web pages (hereinafter, the "Users"), in order to store and retrieve information about the browsing performed from them.

These files are stored in the User’s terminal, and contain data that is not harmful to their equipment. They are used to remember User preferences, such as the selected language, access data or page customisation. Cookies may also be used to record anonymous information about how a visitor uses a website. For example, the website from which they are accessed, or if they have used an advertising “banner” to arrive.

Types of cookies

Depending on which entity manages the domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, two types of cookies can be distinguished: own cookies and third-party cookies.

There is also a second classification according to the length of time that they remain stored in the client’s browser, which may be session cookies (they disappear at the end of the session) or persistent cookies (the data is still stored on the terminal for a defined period of time).

Finally, there is another classification based on the types of cookies according to the purpose for which the data obtained is processed: technical cookies, personalisation cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies, behavioural advertising cookies, etc.

Cookies used on the Web

The cookies that are being used on this webpage (hereinafter, the "Web") are identified below, as well as their type and function:

Technical cookies: those that allow the User to browse through a Web, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist therein.
Analytical cookies: these cookies help us measure how Users interact on our web page.
Advertising cookies: these cookies are used to show you advertisements on the Web.

Name	Origin	Type	Expiry	Purpose
_cfduid	Cookies from Cloudflare, Inc.	Technical	29 days	This cookie is used by the web content network to identify trusted web traffic.
CONSENT	Cookies from Google, LLC	Technical	6,105 days	This cookie is used to detect whether the User has accepted the "advertising cookies" category in the enabled banner.
Cookielwawinfo-checkbox-essential	Cookies from Mozilor Technologies Private Limited	Technical	11 months	Cookie that makes it possible to determine whether the User has accepted cookies that are considered "essential".
Cookielwawinfo-checkbox-non-essential	Cookies from Mozilor Technologies Private Limited	Technical	11 months	Cookie that makes it possible to determine whether the User has accepted cookies that are considered "non-essential".
G_ENABLED_IDPS	Cookies from Google, LLC	Technical	2,914,164 days	This cookie allows access to the Web from a Google account.
_ga	Cookies from Google, LLC	Analytical	2 years	Records a unique identification of the User that generates statistical data on how the Web is used.
_gat	Cookies from Google, LLC	Analytical	1 day	Controls the request rate.
_gid	Cookies from Google, LLC	Analytical	1 day	Records a unique identification of the User that generates statistical data on how the Web is used.
IDE	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	1 year	Registers and reports on the User’s actions on the Web after viewing or clicking on any of the advertisements in order to measure the effectiveness of an advertisement and present specific advertisements for the User.
NID	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	6 months	Records a unique identification that identifies the device of a returning User. The identification is used for specific advertisements.
Oauth2_cs::https://science-bits.com::969913844153-4of3r43tc8o9suluq7ntlddtk6a36nmb.apps.googleusercontent.com	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	Session	Authentication of the Google session with our web page.
test_cookie	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	1 day	Allows checking if the User’s browser supports cookies.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	179 days	Enables the calculation of the User’s bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
YSC	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	Session	Registers a unique User ID to maintain statistics of which YouTube videos have been watched.
yt.innertube::nextId	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	179 days	Registers a unique User ID to maintain statistics of which YouTube videos have been watched.
yt.innertube::requests	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	179 days	Registers a unique User ID to maintain statistics of which YouTube videos have been watched.
yt-remote-cast-installed	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	Session	Logs the User’s video player preferences when viewing YouTube videos embedded on the Web.
yt-remote-connected-devices	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	179 days	Logs the User’s video player preferences when viewing YouTube videos embedded on the Web.
yt-remote-device-id	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	179 days	Logs the User’s video player preferences when viewing YouTube videos embedded on the Web.
yt-remote-fast-check-period	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	Session	Logs the User’s video player preferences when viewing YouTube videos embedded on the Web.
yt-remote-session-app	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	Session	Logs the User’s video player preferences when viewing YouTube videos embedded on the Web.
yt-remote-session-name	Cookies from Google, LLC	Advertising	Session	Logs the User’s video player preferences when viewing YouTube videos embedded on the Web.
managecookies	Own cookie	Technical	1 year	Stores the cookies enabled by the user.

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