PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated: April 7, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how American Standard Typing Certificates™ ("Company," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our website and services (collectively, the "Service"). It also explains your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

Important: We do not use your personal data for commercial purposes. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party under any circumstances. Your data is collected and used solely for the purpose of administering and verifying your typing assessment and maintaining your account with us.

1. Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

Capitalized terms have meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural form.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

  • Account means a unique account created for you to access our Service or parts of our Service.

  • Company refers to American Standard Typing Certificates™.

  • Cookies are small files placed on your computer or mobile device by a website, containing browsing history details.

  • Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, mobile phone or tablet.

  • Personal Data means any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.

  • Service refers to the Website and any related services offered by the Company.

  • Service Provider means any person or entity that processes data on behalf of the Company.

  • Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service or from Service infrastructure.

  • Website refers to the American Standard Typing Certificates website, accessible at www.americanstandardtypingcertificates.com.

  • You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service.

2. Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Types of Data Collected:

Personal Data

When you register for or use our Service, we may ask you to provide the following personally identifiable information:

  • Email address

  • First name and last name

Note regarding payment information: Payment transactions are processed directly by our third-party payment processors (Stripe and PayPal). These processors may collect additional information such as billing address and phone number as required for payment processing. We do not store payment card details, billing addresses, or phone numbers in our own systems. Please refer to the respective privacy policies of Stripe and PayPal for information on how they handle your payment data.

We do not collect sensitive personal information such as government-issued identification numbers, Social Security numbers or health information.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.

Usage Data is collected automatically when you use the Service. It may include information such as your device's IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time and date of your visit, time spent on pages, and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor activity on our Service and store certain information. Types of cookies we use include:

  • Necessary / Essential Cookies - essential to provide you with services available through the Website.

  • Functionality Cookies - allow us to remember choices you make, such as login details or language preference.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, refusing cookies may affect your ability to use some parts of our Service.

3. Use of Your Personal Data

American Standard Typing Certificates uses your Personal Data solely for the following purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service, including monitoring usage for performance and security purposes.

  • To manage your Account and provide access to Service features available to registered users.

  • To deliver the contracted service, process your typing test, generate your certificate and enable certificate verification.

  • To contact you by email regarding updates, security notices, or information directly related to your contracted services.

  • To manage requests you submit to us, including support and data access requests.

We explicitly confirm that: your Personal Data is not used for commercial purposes, direct marketing, profiling, or any purpose other than administering and verifying your typing assessment and managing your account. We do not sell, rent, share, or disclose your Personal Data to any third party for commercial gain.

4. Third-Party Service Providers

We engage the following third-party service providers who may process personal data on our behalf in order to deliver our Service. Each operates under its own privacy policy:

Each of these providers is contractually obligated to handle your data only as necessary to provide their respective services and in accordance with applicable privacy law. We do not authorise any service provider to use your Personal Data for their own commercial purposes.

5. Retention of Your Personal Data

We retain different categories of data for different periods, based on the purpose for which they were collected and our ongoing legitimate operational needs:

  • Test results and performance data (WPM, accuracy, date, test metadata): retained for 5 years from the date of test completion.

  • Certificate verification records (minimum record required to answer QR code or URL verification queries - comprising name, result, date, and certificate ID): retained for the duration of the platform's operation, as deletion would invalidate issued certificates already relied upon by third parties such as employers.

  • Account and registration data: retained for 5 years following the date of last account activity.

  • Usage Data: retained for 12 months.

Upon expiry of the applicable retention period, data is permanently deleted from our systems. Where you request deletion of your data, we will comply within 30 days except where we are required to retain a minimum record for legal compliance or to preserve the validity of an issued certificate as described above. We will inform you of any such exception at the time of your request.

6. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy. Any successor entity will be required to honour the terms of this Privacy Policy or obtain fresh consent from affected users.

Law Enforcement and Legal Requirements

We may disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (such as a court or government agency). We may also disclose Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation

  • Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company

  • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service

  • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public

  • Protect against legal liability

7. Security of Your Personal Data

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your Personal Data from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorised access, modification, or disclosure. These measures include:

  • HTTPS/TLS encryption for all data in transit between your device and our servers.

  • Encryption at rest for stored personal data and assessment records.

  • Role-based access controls ensuring that only authorised personnel can access personal data, and only to the extent necessary for their function.

  • Secure, reputable cloud hosting infrastructure with industry-standard security configurations.

  • Regular monitoring and review of our security practices.

Please note that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Age Restriction

Our Service is intended for individuals who are 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under the age of 18. By using our Service, you represent and confirm that you are at least 18 years of age.

If you are under 18, please do not use our Service or provide any personal information on this Website. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected Personal Data from a person under 18, we will take steps to delete that information as promptly as possible.

9. Your Rights Under Applicable Laws

General Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your Personal Data. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 12.

  • Right to Access - you may request a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you.

  • Right to Correction - you may request that inaccurate or incomplete Personal Data be corrected.

  • Right to Deletion - you may request that we delete your Personal Data, subject to the retention exceptions described in Section 5.

  • Right to Restriction - you may request that we restrict the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances.

  • Right to Object - you may object to the processing of your Personal Data in certain circumstances.

California Residents — CCPA/CPRA Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

  • Right to Know - you have the right to know what Personal Data we collect about you, the purposes for which it is used, and whether it is disclosed to third parties.

  • Right to Delete - you have the right to request deletion of your Personal Data that we have collected, subject to certain exceptions.

  • Right to Correct - you have the right to request correction of inaccurate Personal Data.

  • Right to Opt-Out of Sale or Sharing - you have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your Personal Data. We confirm that we do not sell or share your Personal Data for cross-context behavioural advertising or any commercial purpose.

  • Right to Non-Discrimination - we will not discriminate against you for exercising your CCPA rights. Exercising your rights will not result in denial of services, different pricing, or a reduced quality of service.

  • Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information - to the extent we collect any sensitive personal information, you have the right to limit its use to what is necessary to provide our Service.

California residents may submit requests to exercise their rights by contacting us at the email address provided in Section 12. We will respond to verifiable consumer requests within 45 days.

Other US State Residents

If you are a resident of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, Texas, or another US state with applicable privacy legislation, you may have rights similar to those described above. Please contact us to exercise your rights and we will respond in accordance with applicable law.

10. Do Not Track Signals

Our Service does not currently respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals. As there is no industry-wide standard for DNT, we will continue to monitor developments and update this policy accordingly.

11. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to websites not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every website you visit.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Your continued use of the Service following the posting of changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your privacy rights, or wish to request access to or deletion of your Personal Data, please contact us:

We will endeavour to respond to all privacy-related requests within 30 days of receipt.