Effective Date: August 19, 2025
Last Updated: August 19, 2025
SKOJ (“we,” “our,” or “us”) provides this Privacy Policy to explain how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website (“Site”) and related services (collectively, the “Services”). By using the Services, you agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy.
When you use our Services, we may collect information that identifies you directly or indirectly, such as your username, email address, and other details you provide during registration or while interacting with the platform.
We also automatically collect technical data, including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, pages visited, and timestamps of your activity. This information helps us operate and maintain the platform, improve functionality, and provide a better user experience. To understand usage patterns and enhance performance, we may use third-party analytics tools that process aggregated and anonymized data.
We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and improve SKOJ and its Services. This includes providing essential account-related functions such as password resets, responding to inquiries, and delivering support. We also use this information to analyze trends, monitor platform performance, and ensure security by detecting and preventing misuse or fraudulent activity. In the future, we may use your information to communicate updates about new features or policy changes, subject to your preferences.
We do not sell your personal information. However, certain information you provide or generate while using the platform may be shared or made visible to others as part of the normal operation of our services. For example, your user profile, including your username, display name, avatar, and any optional details you choose to share, is public by default and may appear on leaderboards, contest standings, and community areas.
Submissions, scores, and rankings may also be visible to other participants, contest organizers, or the public, depending on contest settings. We share data with trusted service providers who help us operate the platform, such as cloud hosting, email delivery, analytics, and plagiarism detection services; these providers are bound by strict confidentiality and data protection obligations. If you participate through an institution or contest organizer, relevant data (such as submissions, scores, and activity logs) may be shared with them for administration and evaluation purposes.
We may also disclose information when required by law, to enforce our terms, or to protect the rights, safety, and integrity of our users and services. In the event of a business transfer, such as a merger or acquisition, your information may be transferred under appropriate safeguards.
When you submit solutions or code through SKOJ, your submissions are stored and processed to evaluate correctness, generate results, and maintain contest integrity. Authorized SKOJ staff and jury members may access your submissions for purposes such as judging, rejudging, plagiarism detection, dispute resolution, and improving problem quality. We may also use anonymized or aggregated submission data for research, analytics, and educational purposes. Your source code will never be sold or shared with third parties for commercial purposes without your consent.
We use cookies only for essential purposes to ensure the proper functioning of our platform. Specifically, we use cookies to maintain your logged-in session and to store your user preferences, such as language or theme settings. These cookies are necessary for the platform to work correctly and cannot be disabled without affecting core functionality. We do not use cookies for advertising, tracking, or analytics at this time.
We implement a combination of administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. All data transmitted between your device and our servers is encrypted using industry-standard protocols (such as TLS), and sensitive information like passwords is stored in hashed form using secure algorithms. Submissions are executed in isolated sandbox environments to prevent unauthorized access to your code or system resources. We apply strict access controls and role-based permissions to limit internal access to personal data only to those who need it for legitimate purposes. While we strive to use commercially reasonable measures to protect your data, no system can be guaranteed 100% secure. We cannot ensure that your information is completely secure.
Our platform is open to users of all ages, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or the minimum age required by local law) without appropriate consent from a parent, guardian, or school. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided personal information without your consent, please contact us so we can take appropriate action, including deleting the data if necessary.
We may contact you by email to provide important information about your account and the services you use. Currently, this includes messages necessary for account security, such as password reset instructions. In the future, we may also send other service-related notifications, such as updates about new features, contest announcements, or policy changes. If we introduce optional communications like newsletters or promotional emails, you will have the ability to opt in or unsubscribe at any time. Please note that essential communications related to your account and security cannot be disabled.
If you wish to delete your account, you can request deletion by sending an email to contact@skoj.app from the email address associated with your account. Once we verify your request, we will permanently remove your account and associated personal data, except for any information we are required to retain for legal, security, or contest integrity purposes. Please note that some data, such as anonymized statistics or aggregated reports, may remain in our system for analytical purposes but will no longer be linked to your identity.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services, or legal requirements. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page and display a notification on our homepage. You will need to acknowledge this notification to continue using our services, and by doing so, you agree to the updated Policy. We encourage you to review the Policy whenever it is updated to stay informed about how we handle your information.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, you can contact us at:
Email: contact@skoj.app