Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

AI Coding Gym ("we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.

2. Information We Collect

When you use AI Coding Gym, we may collect the following information:

• GitHub Account Information: When you sign in via GitHub OAuth, we receive your GitHub username, email address, and profile avatar.
• Submission Data: Code submissions, commit hashes, branch names, and test results associated with challenges you attempt.
• Usage Data: Pages visited, features used, and interactions with the platform for improving user experience.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To authenticate your identity and provide access to the platform.
• To process and evaluate your code submissions.
• To display your progress on leaderboards.
• To improve and optimize our services.
• To communicate important updates about the platform.

4. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share limited data with:

• GitHub: For OAuth authentication purposes.
• Service Providers: Cloud hosting and infrastructure providers necessary to operate the platform.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. You may request deletion of your account and associated data at any time by contacting us.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Request deletion of your data.
• Withdraw consent for data processing at any time.

8. Cookies

We use session storage for authentication state management. We do not use cookies for advertising purposes.

With your consent, we use Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage data such as pages visited, session duration, and general traffic patterns. Google Analytics sets cookies to distinguish unique users and throttle request rates. This data helps us understand how our site is used and improve the experience.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings banner on our site. Analytics cookies are only loaded after you provide explicit consent. No analytics data is collected if you decline.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify users of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated revision date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at datasmithlab@gmail.com.