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Privacy Policy

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This policy explains what data the Forum holds about you, why we hold it and the control you keep over it.

Last updated: 06 August 2026

1. Information we collect

Account information: name, email address, mobile number, district and member category supplied during registration.
Verification documents: national ID, birth certificate, student ID or passport pages uploaded for KYC review. These are stored in a private storage bucket and are readable only by you and authorised verification staff.
Profile and portfolio content you choose to publish, including profession, institution, biography and project samples.
Payment records: invoice number, amount, method and transaction reference. We never store card numbers, PINs or mobile wallet passwords.
Technical data: device type, browser and access timestamps used for security auditing and abuse prevention.

To verify your identity and issue your digital member ID card and certificates.
To operate the training academy, scholarship review, job board and support desk.
To send you official notices, membership status updates and service notifications.
To detect fraud, impersonation and fake certificate claims.
To publish anonymised, aggregated statistics about the freelancing community.

Public verification at /verify only returns your member serial, name, member category, photo, district, card status and validity dates so third parties can confirm a card is genuine.
Profession, institution, biography and portfolio items appear publicly only if you enable the public profile option in your dashboard. You can switch it off at any time.
Your email address, phone number, uploaded documents and payment history are never exposed publicly.

We do not sell member data. Information is shared only with authorised Forum staff, and with training or scholarship partners strictly where you have applied for that programme.
We may disclose information where required by a lawful order from a competent authority.

All traffic is encrypted in transit. Access to member records is controlled by row-level database policies and role-based permissions, and every administrative action is written to an immutable audit log.
Leaked-password protection is enforced at sign-up, and staff accounts are limited to the minimum privileges required.

Verification documents are retained for the life of your membership and deleted on request once your membership ends.
You may access, correct or export your data, withdraw your public profile, or request account deletion by writing to us. We respond within 30 days.

Student membership is open to applicants aged 13 and above. Applicants under 18 must have guardian consent, and we do not knowingly collect data from children below 13.

Questions about this policy? Write to office@nffbd.org or call +880 1977-400400. See also our Terms of Service and security documentation.