🔒 Data Protection

Privacy Policy — GET ENGINEERING SEAT

Our commitments regarding the collection, storage, and safeguarding of student information on the GET ENGINEERING SEAT educational platform.

Effective Date: September 2026 Version: 1.0 (Public Release)

1. Introduction & Scope

GET ENGINEERING SEAT ("we", "us", or "our") operates this educational discovery platform to help engineering aspirants find colleges, branches, and historical cutoff information. This Privacy Policy governs your use of our website, account creation features, and student dashboard workspace.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information only to facilitate your admission research and workspace management:

  • Account Information: When you register, we collect your email address, full name, and hashed password.
  • Student Profile & Preferences: Information you voluntarily provide in your student workspace, such as state domicile, category, preferred engineering branches, and target examination scores/ranks.
  • Saved Lists & Applications: Colleges you bookmark, custom comparison sessions, and tracked application deadlines.
  • Usage & Technical Data: Browser user-agent, IP address for rate-limiting security, and session authentication tokens.

3. How We Use Your Information

Your information is used strictly to:

  • Authenticate your access to the student workspace.
  • Save and synchronize your personal college shortlists and application timelines.
  • Protect the platform against abusive queries, automated scraping, and unauthorized access.
Zero Commercial Sale Commitment: We do NOT sell, rent, or trade your personal information, phone numbers, or email addresses to commercial third parties, private coaching centers, or marketing agencies.

4. Cookies & Local Storage

We use standard session cookies and browser LocalStorage solely to maintain your login session and preserve interface preferences (such as Light/Dark theme selection). We do not use third-party tracking cookies or behavioral advertising pixels.

5. Data Retention & Student Rights

You retain full control over your student profile data. You may update your personal preferences, clear saved college lists, or delete your account at any time through your dashboard settings or by contacting our data protection support.

6. Contact Information

For any privacy-related inquiries or data requests, please contact our team at: support@getengineeringseat.local.