PRIVACY POLICY

This Privacy Policy explains how Iteron (operated by Turing Club, IISER Mohali and its core organizers listed on the About page) handles personal information related to this website and tournament workflow.

1. Data Controller and Contact

For purposes of this Platform, Turing Club, IISER Mohali (through its designated core organizers) acts as the primary controller of personal data described in this policy. Contact: iteron.iiserm@gmail.com.

2. Data We May Collect

• Identity/contact data you provide in forms (for example: name, email, institution, submission details).
• Submission data required for tournament administration and publication workflows.
• We do not intentionally collect analytics telemetry, browser profiling/fingerprinting data, or advertising-tracking data for this Platform.

3. How We Use Data

• To receive, evaluate, and administer strategy submissions.
• To communicate updates related to participation, tournament logistics, and results.
• To publish public submissions/results as described in the Terms of Use.
• To maintain platform reliability, safety, and policy enforcement.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

• Consent, where you provide information voluntarily and agree to policy terms.
• Performance of tournament administration and related participant communications.
• Legitimate interests, including platform integrity, security, dispute handling, and publication workflows.
• Compliance with legal obligations, where applicable.

5. Public vs Private Information

• By default, publicly released participant information is limited to strategy content, creator identification, and institute/affiliation details.
• Personal contact details (including email and equivalent contact fields) are not intended to be publicly published.
• If a participant requests anonymized or alternative public attribution, organizers may honor that request on receipt of a valid reason and after reasonable review.

6. Third-Party Services and Data Sharing

Submission workflows may involve third-party form-processing services. Those services process data under their own privacy terms.

• We may share data with service providers that support forms, communications, and hosting.
• We may disclose data when required by law, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, and platform integrity.

7. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This Platform does not intentionally deploy analytics or advertising cookies. Any strictly necessary technical storage used by core site functionality is limited to operational purposes only.

8. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as necessary to run tournament operations, maintain archives, fulfill legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce policies.

• Submission and tournament-operation data may be retained for up to 5 years after the relevant tournament cycle.
• Publicly released research archives may be retained for historical and academic continuity.
• Where deletion is requested and legally applicable, we will process deletion within reasonable operational timelines.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, but no system can be guaranteed fully secure.

10. International Access and Transfers

The Platform may be accessed from multiple jurisdictions. Where data is processed across borders, we aim to apply reasonable safeguards consistent with applicable law and operational necessity.

11. Your Rights and Requests

Depending on applicable law, you may request access, correction, or deletion of personal data. Send requests to iteron.iiserm@gmail.com with subject line "Privacy Request".

• We target acknowledgment of requests within 7 calendar days.
• We target substantive response within 30 calendar days, subject to complexity and legal constraints.

12. Children

The Platform is not intended for children below the age where independent consent is not legally valid in your jurisdiction.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. The "Last Updated" date will be revised when changes are published.

14. Contact and Grievance

Privacy contact: iteron.iiserm@gmail.com. If your concern is unresolved, you may escalate to turingclub@iisermohali.ac.in with subject line "Privacy Escalation".

For anonymity/attribution requests before publication, email iteron.iiserm@gmail.com with subject line "Attribution Request" and include your submission identifier and reason.