Privacy Notice
This notice explains what the JWU CyberPaw CTF collects and why.
What we collect
- Account details: username, email address, and a securely hashed password. We never store your password in plain text.
- Optional profile details: affiliation and website, only if you add them.
- Competition activity: challenges you open, flags you submit (right and wrong), hints you unlock, solves and scores, with timestamps.
- Connection information: IP addresses, kept in logs for security and to enforce the Rules.
How we use it
- To run the competition: accounts, scoring and the scoreboard.
- To send account emails, such as email verification and password resets. No marketing emails.
- To keep the competition fair and secure, and to investigate rule violations.
What others can see
- Your username, score, solves and badges are shown on the scoreboard and your public profile.
- Your email address is never shown to other players.
Who has access
Only the CyberPaw organizers and authorized JWU staff. We do not sell or share your data with anyone else.
Keeping and deleting data
Competition data may be kept after the event for results and to improve future competitions. To have your account deleted, contact the organizers.