Last updated: July 28, 2026
DesperateMinds operates desperateminds.com. In this Privacy Policy, "DesperateMinds", "we", "our", and "us" refer to the operator of this website. This policy explains what information we collect, how it is used and shared, the choices available to you, and how to contact us. Some features cannot work unless the information needed to provide them is processed.
The information we may collect depends on how you use the website:
We use information only for purposes connected with operating and improving DesperateMinds, including to:
Depending on your location and the activity involved, we may process information to provide a service you requested, with your consent, for our legitimate interests in operating and securing the website, or to comply with legal obligations. Where consent is required, you may withdraw it through the available consent controls or by contacting us, although this does not affect processing that occurred before withdrawal.
DesperateMinds uses browser technologies such as cookies, localStorage, and sessionStorage. These technologies are not all the same, but they can store information on your device.
Information stored in your browser may remain until it expires, is removed by website logic, or is cleared through your browser settings. Clearing browser data may remove saved progress, access state, or locally stored results and may prevent some website features from working correctly.
Open-ended responses submitted through the Advanced and CMIAS assessments may be sent to a third-party artificial-intelligence service provider for automated evaluation under the applicable scoring rubric. The AI provider receives the open-ended response content needed for that evaluation.
We do not intentionally send your name, email address, payment-card information, or completed PDF report to the AI provider as part of the evaluation request. AI-generated evaluations can contain errors and are used only to support the educational assessment experience. They are not clinical diagnoses or professionally supervised psychological evaluations and must not be used for medical, employment, educational-placement, legal, or Mensa eligibility decisions.
We do not sell your personal information. We disclose information only when needed to provide the website, fulfil your requests, operate advertising and analytics, protect the service, or comply with law. Relevant recipients include:
External providers process information under their own terms, privacy notices, security practices, and retention requirements. Links to third-party websites are governed by those third parties' policies.
We retain information only for as long as reasonably needed for the purposes described in this policy, including providing reports, resolving support requests, maintaining security, meeting legal obligations, and handling disputes.
Because retention periods can depend on the provider, type of record, and legal requirements, we do not promise a single fixed deletion period for all information. You may request deletion as described in Section 10, subject to information we or our providers must retain for legal or legitimate operational reasons.
DesperateMinds uses Google Analytics and participates in Google AdSense. Google and its partners may collect and use information from this website through cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, device identifiers, and similar technologies. This information may be used to measure traffic, prevent fraud, limit repeated ads, report advertising performance, and personalise ads where permitted.
We use Google AdSense's privacy and consent messaging tools for regions where a consent message is presented. Depending on your location, you may be asked to accept, reject, or manage purposes and advertising providers before certain analytics or advertising technologies are used. Your choices may affect whether ads are personalised, non-personalised, or limited.
You can manage Google advertising preferences through Google's Ads Settings. You can learn how Google uses information from partner sites at Google's partner-sites information page. You may also use available consent controls on the website and your browser's cookie or privacy settings.
Browser-level controls may not remove advertisements entirely, and blocking or clearing essential storage may affect assessments, payment access, or report functionality.
DesperateMinds and its service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live. Those countries may have different data-protection laws. Where required, providers may use contractual, organisational, or other safeguards for international transfers. By requesting services that depend on these providers, your information may be processed in the locations where they operate.
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, or alteration. These measures include using established payment, cloud, email, analytics, and infrastructure providers and limiting the information sent to services where practical.
No website, browser storage system, email service, AI service, or internet transmission is completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security. You should use a device and email account you trust and avoid submitting sensitive personal, medical, financial, or identifying information in open-ended assessment responses.
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information associated with you, including:
To make a request, contact us using Section 12. We may need to verify your identity and may ask for information needed to locate the relevant record, such as the email address used for report delivery and approximate transaction or assessment details. Some information may be held primarily by Paddle, Google, an email provider, or another service provider, in which case you may also need to contact that provider directly.
DesperateMinds is intended for a general audience. Our assessments are primarily designed for adults, and use by people aged 18 or older is preferred. The website is not directed to children under 13, and children under 13 should not submit assessment responses, email addresses, payment information, or other personal information through the website.
Users aged 13 to 17 should use the assessments with the knowledge or supervision of a parent or legal guardian. A parent or guardian should authorise any purchase and the submission of an email address for report delivery.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child under 13 has provided personal information, contact us so that we can take reasonable steps to investigate and delete eligible information.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to make a privacy request, contact DesperateMinds:
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, providers, legal requirements, or practices change. The current version and its "Last updated" date will be posted on this page. Where applicable law requires additional notice or consent, we will provide it through an appropriate notice or consent mechanism.