During January 2025, Alex focused on enhancing data privacy and governance for the 1334Robotics/2025Reefscape repository. He identified and resolved a privacy vulnerability by removing the teamNames.txt file, which contained real names and posed a risk of exposing personally identifiable information in a public setting. Using Git for version control and leveraging repository hygiene best practices, Alex addressed both the technical and compliance aspects of the issue, including governance concerns around direct commits to the main branch. His work, primarily involving shell scripting and repository management, improved the project's privacy posture and ensured traceable, documented remediation of sensitive data exposure.