Privacy Notice

Amrit Vani is built to be a calm, trusted place to read and listen to Hindu scripture. Privacy is part of that trust. This notice describes, plainly, what the app stores and what it does not.

The short version

Amrit Vani does not require an account, does not show ads, and does not use third-party analytics or tracking. The small amount of information the app keeps stays on your own device. Nothing about your reading is sent to us or to anyone else.

What is stored on your device

The app saves a few preferences and your place in a text so it can pick up where you left off. This is stored locally in your browser (or in the installed app) and is not transmitted to a server:

• Preferences (stored as amritvani-prefs in your browser’s local storage): your chosen theme (light or dark), your reader font size, and whether the screen is kept awake automatically while reading.
• Reading history and position (stored as amritvani-history in your browser’s local storage): which scriptures you have opened, your most recent verse, and a count of reading sessions, so the app can offer “continue reading.”
• UI language (stored as a NEXT_LOCALE cookie): the language the app’s interface is shown in. This is independent of the language of the scripture you read.

You can clear all of the above at any time by clearing your browser’s site data for Amrit Vani, or by using the in-app controls where available.

What we do not collect

• No accounts, names, email addresses, or passwords (Phase 1 has no sign-in).
• No advertising — there are no ads in Amrit Vani, ever.
• No third-party analytics, tracking pixels, or behavioural profiling. We do not use Google Analytics, Firebase Analytics, Plausible, or any similar service.
• No selling or sharing of personal data, because we do not collect it.

Hosting and server logs

Amrit Vani is delivered from Google Cloud (Cloud Run and Cloud CDN). As with any website, the hosting and content-delivery infrastructure may process standard technical request logs (such as IP address, timestamp, and the resource requested) for security, abuse prevention, and reliability. These logs are operational and are not used to build a profile of you or to advertise to you.

Children

Amrit Vani is suitable for all audiences and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If the app ever begins collecting additional information — for example, if optional accounts are introduced in a later phase — this notice will be updated before that change ships.

This is a working draft and should be reviewed by qualified legal counsel before launch.