Privacy Policy

We collect information in the following ways:

• Locally Stored Data: Your reading progress, bookmarks, notes, and study records are stored exclusively in your browser's localStorage. This data never leaves your device and is never transmitted to our servers.
• Theme Preferences: Your selected reading theme (Light, Sepia, Dark) is saved in localStorage for your convenience.
• Contact Form: If you choose to contact us, we collect your name, email address, and message to respond to your inquiry.
• Analytics (Anonymous): We may use privacy-first analytics (such as aggregate page-view counts) that do not identify individual users and do not use cookies.

We use any information collected solely to:

• Respond to your contact form inquiries and provide support.
• Understand how visitors use our website in aggregate to improve the content and experience.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not sell, rent, or trade any personal information to third parties, ever.

Our website uses no advertising cookies and no third-party tracking cookies. The only browser storage used is localStorage for:

• Your selected reading theme
• Verses you have marked as studied
• Verses you have bookmarked
• Personal notes you have written on verses

You can clear this data at any time via your browser's "Clear Site Data" feature, or directly by using our Reset All Data option. We have no access to this data.

Our website uses the following third-party services:

• Google Fonts: We load typefaces from Google Fonts. Google may collect IP address data as part of delivering these font files. See Google's Privacy Policy.
• Hosting / CDN: Our website is hosted on Vercel/Cloudflare infrastructure. These providers may log standard server access data (IP addresses, timestamps). See their respective privacy policies for details.

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Request access to or deletion of any personal data we hold about you.
• Opt out of any communications from us.
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect any personal information shared with us via our contact form. However, no method of internet transmission is 100% secure. We encourage you to use caution when sharing personal information online.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please reach out:

• Website: bhagavadgitavani.com/contact
• Email: hello@bhagavadgitavani.com