Privacy Policy
GenMitra Innovations LLP is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of all VAYUTHON participants, mentors, and website visitors in accordance with the Indian Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act.
Scope & Data Fiduciary Details
This Privacy Policy explains how GenMitra Innovations LLP ("GenMitra", "we", "our") collects, processes, and protects your personal data when you visit our website (vayuthon.genmitra.com) or register for VAYUTHON 2026. We act as the Data Fiduciary responsible for ensuring lawful and transparent handling of your information.
Information We Collect
We collect information strictly necessary to administer competition logistics, verify student status, and issue official certificates:
- Contact & Identity Data: Full legal name, email address, mobile contact number, college/institution name, branch, and academic year.
- Technical & Portfolio Links: GitHub handles, LinkedIn/portfolio links, and dietary or shirt preferences for on-site amenities.
- Squad & Project Submissions: Team squad name, team member roster, selected innovation spark/track, code repositories, and project abstracts.
- Transaction Reference Metadata: Order identifiers, payment timestamps, and transaction status tokens issued by payment aggregators.
Zero Cardholder Data Storage & Payment Security
GenMitra Innovations LLP never stores, handles, or views your sensitive financial data. We do not store credit/debit card numbers, CVVs, expiry dates, bank passwords, or UPI MPINs on our servers.
How We Use Your Personal Data
- Enrolling your squad and issuing team management credentials.
- Generating digital access tokens and on-site check-in badges.
- Transmitting essential schedule alerts, reporting times, sprint checkpoints, and judging queues.
- Minting cryptographically verified digital certificates of participation and cash prize awards.
- Preventing duplicate submissions or fraudulent registrations.
Data Sharing & Non-Disclosure
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third-party marketers or advertisers. Data is shared strictly with operational partners required for event execution: (a) Campus security at Chalapathi University for entry gate clearance, (b) Designate jury members for evaluating your project submissions, and (c) Cloud infrastructure providers hosting the portal under strict enterprise data protection contracts.
Your Rights & Data Retention
Under Indian data protection laws, participants have the right to request access to their personal data, request correction of inaccurate records, or request deletion of data following the conclusion of the event and certificate issuance. Basic transaction records are retained in compliance with statutory Indian financial record-keeping obligations.
Mandatory Policies
Grievance Officer
For privacy inquiries, data correction requests, or grievances:
Andhra Pradesh, India