Privacy Policy _

GrowthRace is an educational project coordinated by Leonardo Ollero López and another anonymous student (minor). This project is not a registered company or business entity.

Contact Information:

• Email: privacy@growthrace.com
• Project Coordinator: Leonardo Ollero López

As an educational project, we collect the following categories of personal data:

• Account Information:
  • X (Twitter) account information and public profile data
  • Follower count and growth metrics
  • Email address for communication
• Technical Information:
  • IP address
  • Browser type and version
  • Device information
  • Usage data and analytics

As an educational project, we process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:

• Your consent (primary basis for all data processing)
• Legitimate interests (improving the educational project, fraud prevention)
• Legal obligations (where applicable)

We use your information for educational and research purposes:

• Track competition progress and leaderboard rankings
• Analyze social media growth patterns
• Improve the educational project
• Send important updates about the competition
• Prevent fraud and ensure fair competition
• Analyze usage patterns for educational research

As an educational project, we retain your personal data for as long as necessary to:

• Fulfill the educational purposes of the project
• Complete the competition period
• Conduct educational research

Competition data is automatically purged 1 month after race completion, unless required for educational research purposes.

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights:

• Right to access your personal data
• Right to rectification of inaccurate data
• Right to erasure ("right to be forgotten")
• Right to restrict processing
• Right to data portability
• Right to object to processing
• Right to withdraw consent
• Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@growthrace.com

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data:

• Encryption of sensitive data
• Regular security assessments
• Access controls and authentication
• Regular backups

We use the following third-party services for educational purposes:

• Analytics:
  • Vercel Analytics
• Database and Infrastructure:
  • Neon.tech (Database)
  • AWS (Cloud hosting)
• Authentication:
  • Better Auth
• Payment Processing:
  • Stripe
• Social Media Integration:
  • X (Twitter) API

All third-party services are used in compliance with their respective terms of service and privacy policies.

We use cookies and similar technologies for:

• Essential functionality
• Performance monitoring
• Analytics for educational research
• Preferences and settings

You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings.

Our services are not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13.

We may update this privacy policy periodically. We will notify you of any material changes through our platform or via email.

Last updated: 6/10/2025

For privacy-related inquiries or to exercise your rights:

• Email: privacy@growthrace.com
• Project Coordinator: Leonardo Ollero López

We will respond to your request within 30 days.