We value your trust and are committed to protecting the personal data of our members, students, instructors, and visitors.
Dhaka Polytechnic Institute Computing Society (DPICS) is an educational, student-led computing organization affiliated with Dhaka Polytechnic Institute. We operate this web platform to empower polytechnic students through coding workshops, competitive programming, tech write-ups, and collaborative software projects.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you use our website, join as a member, participate in workshops, or publish articles, and describes how that data is protected and handled with complete confidentiality and transparency.
We believe in data minimization. We only collect information essential for managing student membership, verifying campus identities, and delivering community platform services:
Your full name, email address, and profile picture provided via Google or GitHub OAuth authentication.
Student Roll number, Registration number, Technology/Department (e.g. Computer), Shift, and Academic Session for verifying DPI membership.
Optional personal biography, technical skills tags, GitHub profile, LinkedIn URL, and portfolio links you choose to display on your member profile.
Articles, tutorials, technical blogs, workshop submissions, and contest participations that you author and publish on the platform.
We integrate only trusted, industry-standard third-party providers. We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data with any advertisers or third-party marketing companies.
Used exclusively for secure identity verification. We only request basic public profile information (name, email, avatar). We never request or have access to your passwords, private repositories, or personal Google drive files.
Our PostgreSQL database is hosted on secure, isolated cloud servers with automated encrypted backups and TLS connection requirements.
We adopt modern cybersecurity measures to protect your personal details against unauthorized access, modification, or disclosure:
As a member of DPICS, you retain full rights over your data:
We may update our Privacy Policy periodically to reflect new features, workshops, or community offerings. Any updates will be posted here with an updated revision date. For substantial changes, notice will be highlighted on the platform banner.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data protection, please get in touch with us:
