Privacy Policy, Data Rights & Scholar Trust

When you create an account, browse events, or submit academic conferences on AcademicAlerts.org, we collect:

• Account Credentials: Full name, institutional email address, password hash, and profile picture.
• Professional Credentials: Research field, academic designation, department, and university affiliation.
• Event Submissions & CFPs: Conference titles, dates, descriptions, brochure uploads, and organizer contact details.
• Interaction Data: Saved events, search preferences, newsletter alerts subscriptions, and workspace activity.

We use collected information solely for legitimate educational and platform operations, including:

• Delivering personalized conference recommendations and email notifications for your selected research disciplines.
• Verifying academic credentials and preventing fraudulent conference submissions.
• Enabling event bookmarking, calendar integration, and event organizer workspaces.
• Maintaining platform security, authenticating sessions, and diagnosing server health.

AcademicAlerts.org utilizes strictly necessary cookies and local browser storage to provide core functionality:

• Session & Auth Tokens: Secure HTTP-only cookies storing your authenticated JWT session.
• User Preferences: Storing dark/light theme mode and saved bookmarks for guest scholars.
• Analytics: Aggregated, privacy-preserving telemetry to improve directory navigation speed and reliability.

Under the Indian Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and international privacy frameworks (such as GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access and export a copy of all personal records associated with your account.
• Request rectification of incorrect institutional or contact details.
• Request immediate deletion (erasure) of your scholar profile and alert preferences by contacting our support desk.

For questions regarding data privacy, security compliance, or grievance redressal, please reach out to our dedicated privacy desk: