PRIVACY Policy

Circuit Breakers FTC Team 21829 ("we", "us", or "our") operates the website cb21829.org, the code platform at code.cb21829.org, and other related services (collectively, the "Services"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal information you may provide us through these Services.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, and how we safeguard it. By using our Services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

We collect information in the following ways depending on how you use our Services:

• Main Website (cb21829.org): We collect information you voluntarily provide, such as your name and email address when you use our contact form or sign up for our newsletter.
• Code Platform (code.cb21829.org): When you register and use our coding platform, we collect account information (username, email, password hashes), source code you submit, project metadata, and platform activity (e.g., submission timestamps, execution logs, and scoring telemetry).
• Automated Analytics: We may collect standard usage data such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages visited, and timestamps to help us understand how our Services are used and to improve their performance.

We use the collected information for various purposes, including:

• To provide, maintain, and improve our Services.
• To facilitate competition judging, code execution, and leaderboards on code.cb21829.org.
• To communicate with you, respond to inquiries, and send updates (only if you have opted in).
• To detect, prevent, and address technical issues or misuse of our platforms.

We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Services (such as hosting providers, analytics, and code execution environments). These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Some of our infrastructure relies on Vercel and GitHub, whose respective privacy policies also apply to data processed through their systems.

The security of your data is important to us. We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure.

We retain your data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy. For code.cb21829.org, account data and source code submissions may be kept to maintain historical records of competitions unless you request their deletion.

You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data stored on our systems. If you have an account on code.cb21829.org and wish to delete it and your associated data, please contact us.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our contact page or email us directly at: