Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 2026 • Last Updated for MHT CET 2026 Admissions
Welcome to CET Compas (“we”, “our”, or “us”). We are committed to safeguarding the privacy and confidential data of students, parents, and counselors utilizing our Maharashtra engineering admission preference generator, rank predictor, and cutoff analytics portal at cetcompas.co.in.
This Privacy Policy describes what information we gather, how it is utilized to power your admissions calculations, and the controls you have over your information.
1. Information We Collect
At CET Compas (accessible at https://cetcompas.co.in), we collect only the necessary information to provide accurate admissions insights and preference list generation:
- Account & Profile Information: When you sign up or log in, we may collect your name and email address to manage your account and save your preference lists.
- Academic & Admission Data: Percentile scores (MHT CET / JEE Main), caste category (OPEN, OBC, EWS, SC, ST, NT, VJ/DT, TFWS), home university region, preferred branches, and tuition fee budget entered during list generation.
- Bookmarked Lists & Preferences: Options saved to your dashboard for reviewing, sorting, and exporting into PDF option forms.
- Technical & Log Data: Standard server logs including IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, and timestamp data for security and performance optimization.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use the collected information strictly for:
- Computing personalized college admission probabilities and predicting state merit ranks.
- Structuring preference-ordered CAP option lists categorized into Dream, Target, and Safe colleges.
- Enabling cross-session bookmarking, PDF downloads, and dashboard access.
- Detecting platform errors, preventing malicious automated abuse, and improving algorithm accuracy.
- No Unsolicited Commercial Sharing: We do not sell, rent, or trade student telephone numbers or personal contact information to external coaching institutes, telemarketers, or private universities.
3. Cookies & Local Storage
CET Compas utilizes client-side local storage and essential cookies to maintain user session persistence (e.g., storing authentication state in cet_compass_user), language preferences (English / Marathi), and offline bookmark state.
You can instruct your browser to refuse cookies or clear local storage at any time; however, some personalized features such as bookmark synchronization may require active local storage to function.
4. Data Security & Retention
We implement industry-standard encryption protocols (HTTPS/TLS) and secure database storage to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.
We retain account information for as long as your account remains active or as needed to provide you with admissions services. You may request account deletion and removal of all associated preference records at any time.
5. Your Rights & Choices
Depending on applicable data protection laws, you possess the right to:
- Access, update, or correct the personal information linked to your profile.
- Request permanent deletion of your stored profile data and saved college preference lists.
- Export your saved preference lists in standard portable formats (such as PDF).
- Opt out of any optional analytical tracking mechanisms.
6. Contact Our Privacy Team
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how your admission profile data is handled on CET Compas, please reach out to us:
Website: https://cetcompas.co.in
Contact Page: cetcompas.co.in/contact