1. Introduction

Judging Hub ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our platform and services. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

• Providing, maintaining, and improving our Services
• Creating and managing your account
• Processing submissions and facilitating judging for events
• Sending you important notifications and updates
• Responding to your inquiries and providing customer support
• Processing payments and preventing fraud
• Analyzing usage patterns to improve user experience
• Sending marketing communications (with your consent)
• Complying with legal obligations
• Enforcing our Terms of Service and protecting our rights

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your information in the following circumstances:

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. When we no longer need your information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

7. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

• Access: Request access to the personal information we hold about you
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal information
• Portability: Request a copy of your information in a structured format
• Objection: Object to certain types of processing
• Restriction: Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances
• Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

To exercise these rights, please contact us at support@judginghub.com.

8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our Services and store certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Services.

Types of cookies we use include essential cookies, analytics cookies, and functionality cookies.

9. Third-Party Links

Our Services may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

10. Children's Privacy

Our Services are not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us, and we will delete such information.

11. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ. If you are located outside our operating jurisdiction and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data to our servers and process it there.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes are effective when posted on this page.

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