1. Introduction
TechAlfa ("we", "our", or "community") respects your privacy. This policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your information when you join our community, register for our events, or use our website.
2. Information We Collect
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when registering for hackathons, workshops, or joining the TechAlfa student community:
- Account & Profile Details: Name, email address, contact information, GitHub username, LinkedIn profile, college/university name, and graduation year.
- Event Submissions: Project details, source code repositories, and demo videos submitted during hackathons or coding challenges.
- Usage & Device Data: Technical logs, IP address, browser characteristics, operating system, and interactions with our website via internal analytics tools.
3. How We Use Your Information
We process your information for purposes based on legitimate community interests, managing event participation, and communicating with you:
- To facilitate and manage your community membership and event registrations.
- To issue certificates of participation, verify credentials, and track leaderboard points.
- To communicate community announcements, newsletters, tech opportunities, and cohort updates.
- To maintain, optimize, and protect the security of our platform and website.
4. Data Protection & Sharing
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We only share information with:
- Event Partners & Sponsors: Only when you register for a specific sponsored hackathon or cohort that requires partner access (this will always be explicitly stated during signup).
- Service Providers: Trustworthy third-party hosting, mailing, or database services that help run our student platform.
5. Your Rights & Consent
By using our platform, you consent to our Privacy Policy. You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, request corrections, or request that we completely erase your details from our systems. For any inquiries, please contact us via our main contact channel.