Privacy Policy

Information about featured projects and their creators

The archive contains information about hackathon projects — project names, descriptions, the prizes won, event names and years, representative images, and the names and public profile links of team members as they were publicly credited. This information is collected from publicly accessible sources, primarily project pages on Devpost, and from the platforms that host the linked demos and code.

We publish it to document and celebrate winning work and to help newcomers learn, and we rely on our legitimate interest in maintaining this public-interest, educational archive as the basis for doing so. We do not add private contact details, and we do not track or profile the people featured. If you are featured and would like your name, image, or project removed, email matthewashere0@gmail.com and we’ll remove it promptly — you don’t need to give a reason.

Account information we collect

When you sign in with Google or GitHub, we receive your name, email address, and profile image from that provider. We also store the projects you save and any collections you create. We do not collect payment information, and the service is free.

Newsletter subscriptions

If you subscribe to the newsletter, we send your email address to Resend, our email provider, and activate the subscription immediately. Resend then delivers the weekly issues. Newsletter consent is separate from having a Hall of Hacks account. We subscribe the email from your Google or GitHub account only if the newsletter checkbox is selected when you continue signing in. You can also enter an email address directly in the newsletter form beneath a project description.

How we use it

Your name, email, and image identify your account and personalize the header. Your saved collections are stored so they sync across your devices. We do not sell your data or use it for advertising. A newsletter address is used only to deliver the newsletter and measure basic delivery and engagement.

Where it’s stored and who processes it

Account and collection data are stored in a managed PostgreSQL database (Neon). The site is hosted on Vercel. Sign-in is handled via Google and GitHub OAuth. Newsletter subscriptions and delivery are handled by Resend. These providers process data on our behalf under their own privacy terms.

Analytics

To understand how the site is used and improve it, we use Vercel Web Analytics and PostHog. PostHog may record anonymized usage such as page views, clicks, and session replays of how people navigate the site. We use this only to make Hall of Hacks better, and we never sell it.

Cookies

We use a secure, http-only session cookie to keep you signed in. Our analytics tools (above) may also set cookies or local storage to measure how the site is used. We do not use advertising cookies or sell your data.

Your choices and rights

You can sign out at any time, and you can delete your account, which permanently removes your profile and all your collections. You can unsubscribe from every newsletter email; deleting an account does not alter a separate newsletter subscription. If you’re a featured creator, you can ask us to remove your personal information from the archive as described above. To request access to, a copy of, or deletion of your data, contact us at the address below and we’ll act on reasonable requests.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email matthewashere0@gmail.com.