Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 4, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Prabhupada Ashraya ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our application and website (collectively, the "Service").

By accessing or using Prabhupada Ashraya, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways, depending on how you interact with our Service:

Account Information: To participate in the listener leaderboard, you may be required to provide a username, email address, or display name.
Usage Data & Listening History: We collect data on your listening habits, including lectures played, duration of listening, and features utilized (such as subtitles and video clipping). This is primarily used to calculate leaderboard rankings and improve user experience.
Search Queries: We collect text queries entered into our keyword and semantic search features to retrieve accurate lecture results and improve our search algorithms.
Device Information: We may automatically collect device information (such as your mobile device ID, model, and operating system) to ensure app stability and fix crashes.

3. How We Use Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you to:

Create and manage your account.
Operate the top-listener leaderboard.
Provide keyword and semantic search functionality for spiritual discourses.
Enable the generation of short video segments for social media sharing (e.g., YouTube Shorts).
Identify and fix app crashes or server-side issues.
Monitor and analyze usage to improve the Service.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We respect your privacy and do not sell your personal data. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:

Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf (e.g., server hosting, semantic search processing).
Third-Party Platforms: If you choose to generate and share a short video to platforms like YouTube, your interactions will also be governed by the privacy policies of those respective platforms (e.g., YouTube/Google Privacy Policy).
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process.

5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.

6. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with the Service.

User Rights: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data. If you wish to delete your account or any data associated with the leaderboard, please contact us at the email provided below.

7. Children's Privacy

The Service is intended for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this policy and, if necessary, notifying you within the application. You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates.