Privacy policy

We are Nirmaan: ML Research Forum (“we”, “our”, “us”). We operate an online discussion forum focused on machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and related topics. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. If you have questions about this policy or about your personal information, please contact us.

What information we collect

We may collect and process the following categories of information about you:

• Your name or username.
• Your email address.
• Your IP address and basic technical information about your browser and device.
• Optional profile information you choose to provide (for example, biography, links, interests).
• Content you submit, such as posts, replies, messages, reactions and attachments.

We collect some or all of this information in the following cases:

• You register as a member on this site.
• You fill out our contact form.
• You browse this site. See “Cookie policy” below.
• You fill out or update fields on your profile.
• You create or interact with content on the forum.

How your personal information is used

We may use your personal information in the following ways:

• To create and manage your account so that you can access and participate in the forum.
• To display your username, profile information and content in connection with your activity on the forum.
• To provide essential communications such as registration confirmation, password reset, security alerts and notifications you have enabled.
• To maintain the security and stability of the site, including spam prevention, abuse detection, logging and debugging.
• To produce anonymised or aggregated statistics about use of the forum (for example, visitor counts and popular topics).

User-generated content and responsibility

This forum hosts user-generated content. Posts, comments, code snippets, links, attachments and other contributions are created by users, not by Nirmaan: ML Research Forum.

• You are solely responsible for the content that you post, including ensuring that it is lawful, does not infringe third-party rights and does not breach confidentiality obligations.
• We do not routinely review, approve or verify user-generated content and we do not guarantee its accuracy, completeness or safety.
• You access and rely on content on this forum at your own risk and should independently verify information before acting on it.

Our liability for content

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Nirmaan: ML Research Forum and its operators, administrators, moderators and affiliates are not liable for any loss, damage, cost or harm arising from:

• Content posted by users (including illegal, offensive, inaccurate or misleading content).
• Your use of, or reliance on, any information, code, files or links obtained from this forum.
• Any third-party websites or services that are linked from this forum.

We reserve the right, but have no obligation, to monitor, edit, move or remove any content at our sole discretion and to suspend or terminate user accounts that breach our rules or applicable law.

Other ways we may use your personal information

In addition to notifying you of activity on our site which may be relevant to you, from time to time we may wish to communicate with all members important information such as announcements or newsletters by email. You can opt in to or opt out of such emails in your profile settings where this functionality is available.

We may also collect non-personally identifiable information about you in the course of your interaction with our site. This information may include technical information about the browser or type of device you're using. This information is used purely for the purposes of analytics and tracking the number of visitors to our site and how they use it.

Keeping your data secure

We are committed to ensuring that any information you provide to us is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we put in place reasonable technical and organisational measures to safeguard and secure the information that we collect. However, no online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Cookie policy

Cookies are small text files which are set by us on your computer or device and which allow us to provide certain functionality on our site, such as keeping you logged in, remembering your preferences and understanding how the site is used.

We have a detailed cookie policy and more information about the cookies that we set on this page.

Rights

You have a right to access the personal data we hold about you or obtain a copy of it. To do so please contact us. If you believe that the information we hold for you is incomplete or inaccurate, you may contact us to ask us to complete or correct that information.

You also have the right to request the erasure of your personal data, subject to our need to retain certain information for legal, security or operational reasons. Please contact us if you would like us to remove or anonymise your personal data.

Children

This site is intended for users who are at least 16 years old (or the minimum age of digital consent in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under that age. If you believe that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps.

Acceptance of this policy

Continued use of our site signifies your acceptance of this policy. If you do not accept the policy then please do not use this site. When registering we will further request your explicit acceptance of the privacy policy.

Changes to this policy

We may make changes to this policy at any time. When we do so, we will update the “last updated” date and, where appropriate, we may also notify you via the site or by email. You may be asked to review and re-accept the information in this policy if it changes in the future.

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