This policy covers the Hindu Teachings website and mobile app. It describes what we collect, why, who we share it with, and how you can ask us to delete it.
Information we collect
- Account details. If you sign in with Google we receive your name, email address, profile picture and Google account identifier. If you continue as a guest we create an anonymous session and store no account details.
- Astrology details you enter. Date, time and place of birth, the coordinates and timezone we derive from that place, and gotra. These are used only to calculate the charts you asked for.
- Palm photographs. If you use the palm reading feature, the photograph is analysed and an annotated copy is stored on our server so the result can be shown back to you. See “Palm images” below.
- Activity. Favourites, comments, shares, ritual streaks and content you open.
- Purchases. Orders, subscriptions and wallet transactions. Card and UPI details are entered with our payment providers and never reach our servers.
- Device and usage data. IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed, and — only if you grant permission — your approximate location, used to calculate an accurate panchang for where you are.
Cookies and advertising
We set a session cookie to keep you signed in. Beyond that:
- Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can opt out of third-party vendor cookies at aboutads.info/choices.
- Analytics. We use PostHog to understand how the app is used. This includes session recording, which captures your interactions with pages — clicks, navigation and scrolling — so we can find and fix problems. We do not use it to read anything you type into payment forms.
Who we share information with
- Google — sign-in, advertising, and the AI models that draft devotional text and palm-reading summaries.
- Cloudflare — content delivery, and AI text generation.
- Razorpay and Stripe — payment processing.
- PostHog — product analytics.
We do not sell your personal information.
Palm images
An annotated copy of an uploaded palm photograph is written to our media store under a filename derived from a hash of the image, and is served over the same public media path as our other images. The filename is not linked to your account or listed anywhere, but the URL is not access-controlled. If you would prefer your palm image removed, email us and we will delete it.
Retention and deletion
We keep account data for as long as your account exists. Write to contact@himtec.au to request a copy of your data or to have your account and its contents deleted. Guest sessions store favourites only in your own browser and are cleared when you clear site data.
Children
The service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.
Your rights
Depending on where you live you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal information, and to object to certain processing. Contact us at contact@himtec.au and we will respond.
Changes
We will update this page when our practices change and revise the date shown above.