At Dropout Developer (“we,” “our,” or “us”), we are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your data when you visit our website at dropoutdeveloper.in, our learning platform at learn.dropoutdeveloper.in, and our AI development suite at app.dropoutdeveloper.in (collectively, the “Platform”).
1. Information We Collect
We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide to us when registering for an account, expressing an interest in obtaining information about our products, or contacting us directly.
A. Information You Provide Directly
- Account Data: Name, email address, password hash, and profile display name.
- Form Submissions: Information provided through contact forms, feedback surveys, or support tickets.
- User-Generated Content: Code snippets, learning milestones, project submissions, and quiz responses.
B. Information Automatically Collected
- Device & Connection Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, language preferences, and referring URLs.
- Usage Analytics: Pages visited, time spent on lessons, interactive tool usage, and performance telemetry.
- Local Storage: Preferences such as editor theme, font size, and authentication tokens stashed in browser local storage.
2. How We Use Your Information
We process your data to deliver, operate, and maintain an exceptional learning and building experience:
- To facilitate account creation, authentication, and password resets.
- To track your progress across curated learning paths and issue verified completion certificates.
- To power interactive AI dev tools, syntax checking, code explanations, and exam evaluations.
- To respond to user inquiries and provide technical assistance.
- To detect, prevent, and mitigate security threats, abuse, and fraudulent activity.
3. AI Tools & Third-Party Model Providers
Our AI developer tools connect to leading inference providers, including OpenRouter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Groq, NVIDIA, and Google Gemini. When you submit prompts, code, or context to our AI tools:
- Your inputs are transmitted securely to the AI model provider solely to generate the requested response.
- We do not sell your code, queries, or private prompts to third-party data brokers.
- Where feasible, we utilize zero-data-retention or privacy-preserving inference configurations.
- We encourage users to avoid including sensitive personal credentials or API secrets in code prompts.
4. Cookies & Local Storage
We use essential cookies and browser storage mechanisms to maintain session authentication, remember your UI preferences, and ensure responsive application loading. We do not use intrusive cross-site tracking cookies or third-party ad networks.
5. Third-Party Service Providers
We share information only with trusted service providers that assist us in operating our Platform:
- Infrastructure & Hosting: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and Hostinger.
- Authentication & Storage: MySQL relational database systems with salted password hashing.
- Transactional Email: SMTP services for account verification and contact notifications.
6. Data Retention & Deletion
We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by law. You may request deletion of your account and associated learning data at any time by contacting us.
7. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction (such as under GDPR, CCPA, or applicable Indian data protection laws), you may have the right to:
- Access a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information.
- Request permanent erasure of your account and personal data.
- Object to or restrict the processing of your personal information.
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our operational, legal, or regulatory practices. The revised policy will be posted with an updated “Last updated” date.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please contact our team:
- Email: contact@dropoutdeveloper.in
- Website: dropoutdeveloper.in/contact