Bhakti Mala

📋 Overview

Bhakti Mala ("we", "our", or "us") operates the website bhaktimala.online (the "Service"). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

👤 Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

• Google Account Info — When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile photo via Google OAuth. This is used solely for authentication and personalising your experience.
• Japa Data — Your prayer counts, mala counts, selected mantra, custom mantras, daily goal, and session history are stored in Google Firestore linked to your account.
• Device Preferences — Sound, vibration, and reminder settings are saved in your browser's local storage (not transmitted to our servers).
• Usage Data — Basic analytics may be collected automatically (browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent). This does not identify you personally.

🍪 Cookies & Local Storage

We use cookies and browser local storage for the following purposes:

• Authentication — Firebase Auth uses cookies/tokens to keep you signed in.
• Preferences — Sound on/off, vibration, reminder time, and theme preference are stored locally on your device.
• Consent Record — Your cookie consent choice is stored locally so we don't ask again.
• Advertising Cookies Third Party — We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

🔧 How We Use Your Information

• To provide and maintain the Service (japa counting, mantra selection)
• To sync your data across devices via your Google account
• To send daily prayer reminders (only if you enable this feature)
• To display relevant advertisements via Google AdSense
• To improve and optimise the app experience
• To respond to your support requests

🤝 Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services that may process your data:

• Google Firebase (Authentication & Firestore) — Privacy Policy
• Google AdSense (Advertising) — Privacy Policy
• Vercel (Hosting) — Privacy Policy

These services have their own privacy policies and may use your data independently. We encourage you to review them.

🔒 Data Security & Retention

• All data is transmitted over HTTPS (TLS encryption).
• Your japa data is stored in Google Firestore with Firestore security rules ensuring only you can read or write your own data.
• We retain your account data for as long as your account is active.
• You may delete your account and all associated data at any time from Menu → My Profile → Delete Account.

🌍 Your Rights (GDPR / Privacy Rights)

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

• Access — Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction — Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Deletion — Delete your account and all data in-app, or contact us.
• Portability — Request your data in a portable format.
• Opt-out — Opt out of personalised advertising at any time.

👶 Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will take steps to remove it.

🔄 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

✉️ Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

• Email: privacy@bhaktimala.online
• Website: bhaktimala.online