Privacy Policy

back

Personal data

We take the protection of your personal data very seriously. You can use Hack The Web without disclosing personal data. Registration works without specifying an e-mail address, instead you enter a self-chosen pseudonym. If you want to remain anonymous, make sure that the pseudonym does not allow conclusions to be drawn about your person.

Account data

Your username is publicly displayed in the highscore and may also appear on the homepage. The time of your last activity on the platform is stored and displayed. For each task, it is visible which users have already solved it and the time of the solution. In your profile, you can delete your account completely at any time or export your full data. The operator reserves the right to modify or delete accounts without prior notice for a valid reason.

Hosting

This website is hosted on uberspace.de. Data processing takes place entirely in Germany and is subject to the GDPR. When using the website, logs of visits and errors are kept in part. The IP address is masked during this process.

LLM

Some tasks use a language model (Mistral Small). The inputs are transmitted to the French provider mistral.ai. No personal data is transmitted. The inputs are only used to answer the request and are not stored or used to train models.

Statistics

Various statistics about the use of the platform are collected to improve the tasks and identify possible issues. These statistics are evaluated exclusively to improve the platform. Possible use for scientific research is reserved.

Cookies

When you register or log in to Hack The Web, the website sets a cookie with a session ID. This is necessary to maintain your login status. The cookie is automatically deleted when you close your browser window or after one day. No tracking takes place with this cookie. Additionally, the selected language is stored in your browser for one week.