Privacy Policy

Welcome to DevLinkHub (“DevLinkHub”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). DevLinkHub is a technology and developer community platform focused on helping students, developers, founders, creators, and technology enthusiasts build, connect, learn, and grow together.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose information when you access or use the DevLinkHub website, platform, community services, events, programs, applications, and related services (collectively, the “Services”).

We collect different categories of information depending on how you interact with DevLinkHub.

Note: You should only provide information that is accurate, up to date, and that you are legally authorized to provide.

When you register for or participate in a DevLinkHub event, workshop, hackathon, competition, campus roadshow, or community program, we collect additional operational data necessary to administer the activity:

• Participant and team member names and contact info.
• Institution details, registration credentials, and check-in logs.
• Project submissions, GitHub repositories, demo links, and pitch decks.
• Competition results, judging evaluations, and prize distributions.
• Attendance records, verified digital certificates, and feedback responses.
• Event photographs or video streams captured during IRL/virtual sessions.

Public Showcase Notice: Some event information (such as participant names, winners, featured repositories, and project summaries) may be displayed publicly on DevLinkHub leaderboard feeds and event recap pages.

If you make a payment through DevLinkHub (e.g. for ticketed workshops, premium hackathon passes, or swag gear), transactions are processed through certified third-party payment gateways (such as Razorpay / Stripe).

Depending on the payment provider, we only receive limited transaction references:

When you browse or interact with DevLinkHub, technical telemetry is automatically recorded for security, diagnostics, and performance optimization:

• IP address and approximate geographic location (city / country level).
• Browser type, engine version, operating system, and screen resolution.
• Pages visited, referring URLs, timestamps, and page interaction duration.
• System crash diagnostics, error logs, and API latency metrics.

DevLinkHub uses local storage, session cookies, and essential tokens to provide authentication, save builder track preferences, prevent CSRF attacks, and measure aggregate platform analytics.

You can modify your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Note that disabling essential session cookies may limit certain platform functions such as project submission workflows.

We do NOT sell, rent, or trade personal data to commercial data brokers under any circumstances.

Information is shared only under specific, bounded operational scenarios:

• Infrastructure & Service Providers: Trusted cloud hosting (Vercel / AWS / Supabase), email delivery (Resend), and security providers under strict data protection contracts.
• Authorized Event Partners: Verified hackathon sponsors, university partners, mentors, and judges when you register for co-sponsored competitions.
• Legal Compliance: When required by court order, statutory regulation, or lawful governmental requests in accordance with applicable Indian law.

Certain profile fields you submit are intentionally public to empower developer networking and discovery across our roster:

Please do not publish confidential credentials, private API keys, or personal addresses in public bio fields.

When you submit architectural teardowns, open-source toolkits, comments, or repository walkthroughs, your content is displayed for community review.

You retain full intellectual property ownership of your code, governed by the license file in your GitHub repository (MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, etc.). DevLinkHub claims zero intellectual property claims over your source code.

DevLinkHub connects with third-party developer platforms (including Discord, WhatsApp, GitHub, LinkedIn, and YouTube).

These external services operate under independent privacy terms. We encourage you to review their policies when utilizing third-party community rooms.

We retain personal data only for as long as needed to maintain your active builder profile, verify competition credentials, comply with legal requirements, and resolve dispute audits.

When data is no longer necessary for operational or legal mandates, it is securely purged or irreversibly anonymized.

We employ multi-layer administrative and technical safeguards to secure our database systems against unauthorized access, alteration, or interception:

Under applicable data protection laws (including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act), you have the right to:

• Right to Access: Request a summary of personal information we maintain about your account.
• Right to Rectification: Update inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated profile details.
• Right to Erasure: Request the deletion of your account and personal identifiers.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Revoke consent for non-essential processing at any time.

You may initiate an account deletion request at any time by emailing hello.devlinkhub@gmail.com with the subject "Account Deletion Request".

Upon verification, your profile, contact details, and private tokens will be permanently scrubbed within 30 days, except records required to be retained by tax or statutory compliance laws.

DevLinkHub is designed for university students, developers, founders, and adult tech enthusiasts. We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals under the legal age threshold without parental or institutional consent.

Our cloud hosting and database systems may process encrypted data through data centers located across global availability zones (including India, Singapore, and the US) with industry-standard contractual safety measures.

You can opt out of community digest newsletters and event promotions at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link located in our email footer. Essential transactional messages (e.g. security alerts, RSVP passes) will continue as necessary.

During IRL hackathons, campus meetups, and live streamed demo days, DevLinkHub photographers or partners may capture crowd footage and stage presentations for community documentation. If you have concerns regarding specific media usage, contact us for prompt review.

In the event of an identified security incident affecting personal information, DevLinkHub will execute containment protocols, perform forensic analysis, and notify affected members and appropriate regulatory bodies as mandated under statutory law.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect new features, infrastructure changes, or legal updates. Material updates will be highlighted with a revised "Last Updated" date and community notifications where appropriate.

For questions or requests concerning your data and privacy preferences:

This Privacy Policy shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of India, including the Information Technology Act (2000), Digital Personal Data Protection Act (2023), and applicable rules enacted thereunder.