About this notice
This notice explains how IT71 handles personal information submitted through the IT71 ambassador application form on it71.ae. It is written in plain language. It is a draft and has not yet been reviewed by a legal professional. It may change after that review. Each application records which version of this notice was shown.
Nothing in this notice limits any rights you have under the law that applies to you.
Who is responsible
IT71 is an independent, student-led initiative. It is currently a personal project owned and managed by Hamad Alahbabi, and is not registered as a company or other legal entity. IT71 is not part of, and is not endorsed by, any university, government body or business.
For anything about your personal information, contact help@it71.ae.
What we collect
When you apply to become an ambassador, we collect only what you enter in the form:
- Your full name.
- Your confirmation that you are 19 or older, and that you are enrolled at a higher-education institution in the UAE.
- Your university or institution, and — if you chose “Other” — the institution name exactly as you typed it.
- One contact method you choose: a university email address, a personal email address, or a phone number.
- Optionally, the name of a club or organization and your role in it.
- Your written answers about your experience, your motivation, how you would reach students, and what you could contribute.
- Your agreement to be contacted.
- Technical details recorded with the application: a random reference number, the date and time it was submitted, and which versions of the form and of this notice were used.
We also record a review status for each application (for example “pending” or “contacted”) as it is reviewed.
We do not ask for your nationality, date of birth, student ID or any government identifier, and we do not store your IP address with your application.
Why we use it
We use your application only to:
- review whether you are suitable for the IT71 ambassador role;
- contact you about your application; and
- contact you about IT71 activities, which you agree to when you submit the form.
We do not use your application for advertising, and we do not sell or rent it to anyone.
Who can see it
Applications are stored privately. They are never displayed on the IT71 website, and the public website has no way to read them.
During the founding phase, only Hamad Alahbabi reviews applications. In future, a small IT71 review group may help review applications. If that happens, this notice will be updated.
Where it is stored and who processes it
The website and the application database run on Cloudflare (Cloudflare Pages and Cloudflare D1). Cloudflare processes data on IT71’s behalf to host the site, store applications and protect the site from abuse. Cloudflare’s infrastructure is global, so your information may be stored or processed outside the UAE.
To limit repeated automated submissions, the site briefly keeps a one-way scrambled code (a salted hash) derived from your internet connection’s IP address. That code is not stored with your application. It becomes eligible for deletion after about two hours and is deleted automatically the next time the form is used.
Cloudflare may also produce its own security and traffic records about visits to the site, and may set strictly necessary security cookies (for example, to tell people from automated traffic). The exact contents and retention of those records and cookies are being confirmed before this notice is finalized.
How long we keep it
There is currently no fixed deletion date for applications. We keep your application for as long as it is needed to review applications, contact applicants and run the IT71 ambassador program, unless you ask us to delete it sooner or the law requires a different period.
If you ask us to delete your application, we will delete it from the live database and from any exported copies we hold. Copies may remain for a limited time in backups: Cloudflare D1’s built-in point-in-time recovery keeps history for up to 30 days, and private backup files are kept only until they are replaced. We will not restore deleted applications from backups except to recover from a technical failure, in which case we will delete your application again.
Your choices and rights
You can contact help@it71.ae at any time to:
- ask what information we hold about you;
- correct information that is wrong;
- ask us to delete your application;
- withdraw your agreement to be contacted about IT71 activities; or
- ask any question about this notice.
You also have any other rights the law gives you. We will respond within a reasonable time. We may ask you to confirm your identity — for example, by replying from the contact method in your application — so we do not share or delete someone else’s information.
Cookies, analytics and tracking
The IT71 website does not use analytics tools, advertising trackers, marketing pixels, session recording or tracking cookies, and the website’s own code sets no cookies. Fonts and images are served from the IT71 website itself. Cloudflare security cookies are described under “Where it is stored and who processes it”.
Age
The ambassador role is only open to people aged 19 or older. If you are under 19, please do not submit an application.
Changes to this notice
If this notice changes, the updated version will be published on this page with a new version date.
Contact
Privacy and data requests: help@it71.ae General questions: hello@it71.ae