- Information we collect
- Data stored only on your device
- Usage analytics
- Advertising
- Permissions
- External links
- Retention and deletion
- Your choices and rights
- Children
- This website
- Changes to this policy
- Contact
- सारांश (हिंदी)
1. Information we collect
ePandit ("the app") is made by TechTalkByte ("we"). The app has no sign-up, and we run no servers of our own that receive data from it. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number or precise location. The app uses two Google services, described in sections 3 and 4: anonymous usage analytics (Google Analytics for Firebase) and advertising (Google AdMob).
2. Data stored only on your device
To remember your choices, the app saves the following on your phone. It is never sent to us:
- language (Hindi or English), city, theme and text size;
- whether you allow anonymous usage data, and whether background music is on;
- which reminders you have switched on or off;
- the bundled festival, panchang and aarti content, and the background music file.
The background music is a sound file inside the app, played on your device. The app does not use your microphone.
3. Usage analytics (Google Analytics for Firebase)
To learn which parts of the app are useful, ePandit uses Google Analytics for Firebase. It records which screens are opened (for example "Calendar" or "Festival detail", never which festival or aarti you read, and nothing you type), app opens, sessions and time spent, app installs and updates, and, on Android, ad impressions and clicks. With these it records basic device and app information (device model, operating system and version, app version, language) and a coarse location (country or region) that Google derives from your IP address. This data is tied to a random identifier created for this installation of the app, not to your name, account or identity.
- Collection of the advertising ID (Android advertising ID, iOS IDFA) and the Android ID by Analytics is turned off, and Analytics data is not used for personalised advertising.
- You can turn analytics off at any time: Settings → Share anonymous usage data (सेटिंग्स → अनाम उपयोग डेटा साझा करें). When it is off, the app sends no analytics data.
- Google processes this data under its own terms: Privacy and Security in Firebase.
4. Advertising (Google AdMob)
ePandit shows banner ads served by Google AdMob. To show and measure ads, Google may collect and process information such as your device's advertising ID, device and app information, your IP address (which can indicate approximate location), and how you interact with ads. Google handles this under its own policies:
Android: reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, under Settings → Google → Ads (or Settings → Privacy → Ads on some devices).
iPhone and iPad (App Tracking Transparency): the app asks your permission before ads may use your device's advertising identifier, and the ads SDK starts only after you answer. If you choose "Ask App Not to Track", ads are still shown, without that identifier. Change this any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
5. Permissions
The app uses internet access (to load ads, send anonymous usage statistics and open source links you tap) and audio playback for the background music. On Android it uses the advertising-ID permission that AdMob needs; on iPhone and iPad it asks for tracking permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. It does not access your location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos or files.
6. External links
Festival pages cite sources such as encyclopaedias and panchang references. Tapping a source opens that website, which has its own privacy policy.
7. Retention and deletion
Data stored on your device stays there until you delete it, by uninstalling the app or clearing its storage. Google keeps Analytics event data for the retention period set in our Analytics account (2 months), after which it is deleted automatically; AdMob data is kept under Google's policies. Because we never receive your name or any account, we cannot link Analytics data to you personally. See Your data & deletion for step-by-step instructions.
8. Your choices and rights
You can switch off analytics in Settings, limit ad tracking in your phone's settings, and delete all app data at any time. Depending on where you live (for example under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, or the EU/UK GDPR), you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal data. To exercise them, or to raise a concern, email us at the address below and we will respond within 30 days.
9. Children
ePandit is a general-audience app and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
10. This website
This website (techtalkbyte.xyz/epandit) uses no cookies, no analytics and no third-party scripts or fonts. Like any web server, our hosting provider may keep standard access logs (such as IP address and pages requested) for security.
11. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, for example if a future version adds sign-in or sync, we will update this page and its date before that version is released.
12. Contact
TechTalkByte · kishor@techtalkbyte.xyz · techtalkbyte.xyz
सारांश (हिंदी)
ePandit में न खाता है, न लॉगिन। इसकी सामग्री ऑफलाइन चलती है और आपकी पसंद (भाषा, शहर, अक्षर का आकार, रिमाइंडर, संगीत) केवल आपके फ़ोन में सहेजी जाती है। हम आपका नाम, ईमेल या फ़ोन नंबर नहीं माँगते। ऐप Google Analytics for Firebase से अनाम उपयोग आँकड़े भेजता है: कौन-सी स्क्रीन खोली गईं, ऐप कब खोला गया और कितनी देर उपयोग हुआ, ऐप इंस्टॉल/अपडेट, और Android पर विज्ञापन कितनी बार दिखे या टैप हुए, साथ में डिवाइस/ऐप की सामान्य जानकारी और IP से अनुमानित देश/क्षेत्र। यह एक यादृच्छिक ऐप-इंस्टॉलेशन ID से जुड़ा होता है, आपकी पहचान से नहीं, और 2 महीने बाद अपने-आप हट जाता है। इसे आप सेटिंग्स → अनाम उपयोग डेटा साझा करें से कभी भी बंद कर सकते हैं। ऐप में Google AdMob के विज्ञापन दिखते हैं, जिनके लिए Google अपनी नीति के अनुसार विज्ञापन-ID जैसी जानकारी का उपयोग कर सकता है। iPhone/iPad पर ऐप विज्ञापन-ID के उपयोग से पहले आपकी अनुमति माँगता है। ऐप माइक्रोफ़ोन, लोकेशन, संपर्क, कैमरा या फ़ोटो का उपयोग नहीं करता। संपर्क: kishor@techtalkbyte.xyz