Privacy Policy

1. Data We Collect

• Candidate & Student Information: Full name, university email, academic credentials, verified skills, and project submissions.
• Company & Partner Data: Entity name, business email address, corporate representative details, challenge specifications, and verification data.
• Technical Logs: Browser types, IP addresses, and interaction metrics logged to monitor platform health and security.

2. Purpose of Processing

We process personal data strictly to:

• Facilitate team matching and challenge execution.
• Deliver essential transactional updates and automated challenge alerts.
• Prevent unauthorized access, fraudulent submissions, and platform abuse.

3. Data Retention & Automated Purge Policy

We do not retain operational data beyond its active processing necessity. Platform inquiry messages, helpdesk correspondence, and support chat transcripts are bound by an automated 180-day Time-to-Live (TTL) deletion policy, permanently purging inactive contact records from our database.

4. Infrastructure & Third-Party Service Providers

We utilize enterprise cloud infrastructure to secure your data. Database and hosting services are managed via Google Cloud / Firebase. Transactional communications are processed through encrypted email gateway protocols (Zoho Mail). We never sell or license personal data to marketing brokers.

5. User Rights Under DPDPA

In strict compliance under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA), users have the right to access a summary of their personal data processed by the platform, request corrections to inaccurate or incomplete entries, withdraw consent, and request the permanent deletion of their account profile and associated personal data by contacting our grievance redressal infrastructure.