Privacy Policy

The Cyber Physical Laboratory ("CPLAB", "we", "us", or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us through this website. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

We collect information you voluntarily provide when you interact with the site, including:

• Contact details submitted through the Contact form (name, email, subject, message).
• Application details submitted through the Recruitment form (name, email, phone, academic background, research interests, and statement of purpose).
• Your email address if you subscribe to our Newsletter.
• Basic usage data such as pages visited, collected automatically to help us maintain and improve the site.

Information collected through this site is used to:

• Respond to inquiries submitted via the contact form.
• Review and process recruitment applications.
• Send newsletter updates to subscribers who opt in.
• Maintain, secure, and improve the functionality of the website.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.

This website uses trusted third-party infrastructure providers to operate:

• Firebase (Google) — used to securely store submitted form data and manage administrator authentication.
• Cloudinary — used to host and deliver images displayed on the site.

These providers process data on our behalf and are bound by their own privacy and security practices. We only share the minimum information necessary for the site to function.

We restrict administrative access to submitted data to authorized CPLAB staff only, using authenticated accounts. While no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, we take reasonable technical measures to protect your information from unauthorized access.

We retain contact messages, recruitment applications, and newsletter subscriptions for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose they were collected for, or until you request their removal.

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of the personal information you have submitted to us at any time by contacting us using the details below.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at help@cplab.org.