Privacy & Face Recognition

What we collect

• Your name, email, campus, and avatar (from sign-in).
• Photos uploaded by official event photographers.
• Optional: a selfie used to enable automatic photo tagging.

How face recognition works

If you opt in, your selfie is sent to AWS Rekognition (Mumbai region, ap-south-1) which converts your face into a mathematical face print (a vector of numbers). AWS does not store the original selfie — only the face print, indexed under your user ID inside a private collection used solely for this event.

When new event photos are uploaded, we ask Rekognition to compare each photo against the collection. Matches above 90% similarity are tagged on your My Photos page.

Your choices

• You can decline face recognition entirely and still use the gallery.
• You can manually tag yourself in any photo.
• You can withdraw consent any time from your dashboard. We will delete your face print from AWS and remove any auto-generated tags.

Retention

• Face prints and the entire AWS collection will be deleted within 30 days after the event.
• Event photos remain on the site for the duration of the program.

Who can see what

• All signed-in faculty can browse the gallery.
• Only you can see "Photos of me" tags on your dashboard.
• Photos and tags are never shared with third parties beyond AWS Rekognition.

Questions

Reach out via the Feedback tab on your dashboard or contact the FDP organising team.