Privacy
What we store, and why.
Last updated: October 2026
Who holds your information
RACE Riyadh is run by Dr. Muddesar Iqbal with the College of Engineering, Prince Sultan University, which hosts the Season 1 competitions. Information is stored on our own server and is not shared with anyone else or used for marketing.
Your code
Practice runs happen in your own browser. Your code is not uploaded when you press Run. A file is sent only when your team hands it in on the My team page; official entries are kept only to run, check and archive the competition.
Scores
The leaderboard shows player IDs, never names. Scores are kept as the season's results. Each student's rating is worked out from their team's published official results and is shown only to that student.
Contact details
If you register interest, we store your name, role, organisation, email, the approximate number of students and your message, only to contact you about RACE Riyadh. We delete them 12 months after the end of the season, or sooner if you ask. A school's or university's coordinator also has an account here, with their name and email, to manage their own students' teams.
Students under 18
Each student creates their own account with their school's join code: their full name (for certificates), a username they choose and a password. We never ask students for emails or phone numbers, and passwords are stored only in scrambled form. A student's account waits until their school's coordinator approves it; for school students the coordinator confirms that the school has a parent's or guardian's permission for them to take part and to share their names with the organisers. Students see their own rating and ranks; the public leaderboard shows player IDs, never names or usernames. We use names only to print certificates and to call finalists at the Grand Final. Accounts and names are deleted 12 months after the end of the season, or sooner if the school or the student asks.
Questions or removal
To see, correct or remove what we hold about you, use the form on the Schools & Universities page and say what you need.