1.Who we are
NOKATI LLP, registered in India, operates the StarkSeek website and services: practice problems, learning tracks, mock interviews, events and hackathons, company opportunities, certificates, the wallet and the rewards store. For the information described here, NOKATI LLP decides how and why it is used.
This policy covers starkseek.com and the features above. Events are run by independent organizers and opportunities are posted by independent companies. They receive some of your information because you chose to register or apply. Section 3 explains this, and the organizer or company may also have its own policy.
2.What we collect
We collect information you give us, information created by using the platform, and a small amount from sign-in providers. Here is what each part of StarkSeek holds:
Account and profile
- What we collect
- Name, email, username, profile photo, college, graduation year, bio and the social links you add. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address and profile photo from Google.
- Why
- Signing you in, your profile and your public portfolio.
- Who can see it
- Your public profile is visible to everyone. Your email address stays private.
Practice and DSA
- What we collect
- Submitted code, language, runtime, memory use, test results, solved problems and streaks.
- Why
- Judging your solutions, tracking streaks and building leaderboards.
- Who can see it
- Solved counts, streaks and ranks are public. Draft code is private.
AI help and mock interviews
- What we collect
- Prompts, code you ask us to review, resumes you upload for a mock interview, and your interview answers.
- Why
- Generating hints, reviews and interview scorecards.
- Who can see it
- Private to you. Never used to train public models.
Learning tracks and certificates
- What we collect
- Enrolments, module progress, quiz answers, project links, and certificate details (verification ID, your name, track, date).
- Why
- Moving you through a track and issuing certificates you can verify.
- Who can see it
- Certificates are public through their verification link and QR code. Progress is private unless you show it on your profile.
Events and hackathons (as a participant)
- What we collect
- Your registration answers, phone number, college, team members, submissions, repository and demo links, and scores.
- Why
- Registering you, running the event, scoring and prize delivery.
- Who can see it
- Shared with the organizer of that event. Leaderboards and showcased projects are public.
Events (as an organizer)
- What we collect
- Organization name, official email, website, city, lead organizer name and phone, social channels, and the verification details you submit.
- Why
- Reviewing and approving your workspace and contacting you about it.
- Who can see it
- Organization name, description and logo appear on your event pages. Contact and verification details stay with our review team.
Opportunities and applications
- What we collect
- Your application answers, resume, links, assignment submissions and application status. Saved listings and search preferences.
- Why
- Letting you apply and letting the company evaluate you.
- Who can see it
- When you apply, the company that posted the opportunity can see your application. Saved listings are private.
Opportunities (as a company)
- What we collect
- Company name, website, logo, verification details, hiring contact name, email and phone, and the postings you publish.
- Why
- Reviewing your company and showing your postings.
- Who can see it
- Company name, logo and postings are public. Hiring contact and verification details are not.
College licences
- What we collect
- The details your college uploads to enrol you (name, email, roll number, branch, graduation year) and the classrooms you belong to.
- Why
- Giving you campus access and showing your college how its students are progressing.
- Who can see it
- Visible to the administrators and coordinators of your college.
Rewards store
- What we collect
- Recipient name, delivery address, PIN code and phone number.
- Why
- Delivering merchandise.
- Who can see it
- Shared only with the courier that delivers your order.
Wallet and points
- What we collect
- Points balance, what earned each point, and your redemptions.
- Why
- Keeping the points ledger and fulfilling redemptions.
- Who can see it
- The ledger is private. A points badge can appear on your profile.
Payments and plans
- What we collect
- Plan (Pro or Elite), billing term, order and transaction IDs, amounts and dates. Card, UPI and bank details go to the payment provider and never reach us.
- Why
- Activating your plan, invoices and accounting.
- Who can see it
- Private.
Newsletter, bug reports and support
- What we collect
- Your email for the newsletter. For bug reports: what you wrote, the page you were on and your browser details. For support: your email and whatever you send us.
- Why
- Sending updates you asked for, fixing problems and answering you.
- Who can see it
- Private to our team.
Security and activity logs
- What we collect
- Sign-in and key actions with time, IP address and device details, plus anti-cheat signals during contests and timed tests.
- Why
- Keeping accounts safe, spotting abuse and cheating, and investigating disputes.
- Who can see it
- Private to our team.
3.Who can see your information
The public
Your public profile (name, username, photo, college, bio, links, solved counts, streaks, badges and certificates you share), contest leaderboards and projects you publish for an event.
Event organizers
When you register for an event, its organizer can see your registration details, including your name, email, phone number, college, team and anything the registration form asked. Organizers use this to run the event and contact you about it.
Companies
When you apply to an opportunity, the company that posted it can see your application: your answers, resume, links and assignments. We do not give resumes to companies you have not applied to, and we do not sell them to recruiters.
Colleges
If your college gives you a campus licence, its administrators and coordinators can see the details they enrolled you with (name, email, roll number, branch, graduation year) and your progress and activity on StarkSeek inside their dashboard.
Delivery partners
Your name, address and phone number go to the courier delivering a store order, and nothing else.
Authorities
We disclose information if the law requires it, for example in response to a valid order from a court or government authority, or to protect the safety of our users and platform.
4.Service providers
We use a small number of providers to run StarkSeek. They process data on our behalf and only as needed to provide their service:
- Sign-in provider: handles sign-in and account security, including when you choose to sign in with Google.
- Cloud infrastructure: hosts the website, stores our data and delivers pages to you quickly.
- Security and bot protection: checks that sign-ups, registrations and submissions come from people, not scripts.
- AI model providers: generate hints, reviews and interview feedback from what you send (see section 5).
- Payment partner: handles card, UPI and net-banking payments. You enter payment details with them, and they never reach our servers.
- Image storage: stores and delivers images you upload, such as avatars, event banners and company logos.
- Code execution service: runs the code you submit in isolated sandboxes and returns the result.
- Email delivery: sends account, registration and application emails.
- Couriers: deliver rewards store orders.
Some of these providers run servers outside India, so your data may be processed in other countries. We choose providers that protect data to a comparable standard.
5.AI features
AI hints, code reviews and mock interviews send your prompt, the relevant code or resume text and your answers to an AI model provider so it can respond. Providers process this to produce your result.
- We do not use your code, prompts, resume or interview answers to train or fine-tune public foundation models.
- AI output is a learning aid and can be wrong. Check it before relying on it.
- Do not paste confidential employer information, secrets or other people's personal data into prompts or resumes.
6.Security
- Connections use TLS encryption, and stored data is encrypted at rest.
- Code you submit runs in temporary, isolated containers with no outside network access and strict time and memory limits.
- Bot checks and rate limits protect sign-in, registration and submissions from abuse.
- Access to personal data inside our team is limited to people who need it, and admin actions are logged.
No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your personal data, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as the law requires.
8.How long we keep data
- Account, profile and progress data stay for as long as your account exists.
- Payment and invoice records are kept for the period tax and accounting law requires, even after account deletion.
- Security and activity logs are kept for a limited period for abuse prevention and dispute handling.
- Certificates stay verifiable through their public link so that employers and universities can keep checking them. If you want a certificate removed along with your account, say so in your deletion request.
- Information an organizer or company received from you is held by them under their own policy. We cannot delete it from their systems, but we can ask them to.
9.Your rights and deleting your account
Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and similar laws, you can:
- Access: ask what personal data we hold about you and get a copy (we can send a JSON or CSV export).
- Correct: fix inaccurate or incomplete data. Most of it you can edit yourself on your profile.
- Erase: ask us to delete your account and the personal data tied to it.
- Withdraw consent: for example, unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link in any email.
- Nominate: name someone who can exercise these rights on your behalf if you cannot.
10.Age
StarkSeek is for learners aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone younger. If you believe a child has given us their data, contact us and we will delete it.
11.Changes to this policy
When we change this policy in a way that matters, we will update the date at the top and tell signed-in users by email or an in-app notice before the change takes effect. Continuing to use StarkSeek after that means you accept the updated policy.
12.Contact and grievances
For privacy questions, data requests or complaints, write to contact@starkseek.com with “Privacy” in the subject. We acknowledge every request within 48 business hours and aim to resolve it within 30 days. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
NOKATI LLP, India.
Questions about this page?
Write to contact@starkseek.com. We reply within 24 to 48 business hours, Monday to Saturday.