Privacy Policy

At HarshGuruJi (accessible at webguruji.online), the privacy, security, and digital confidentiality of our visitors and registered users are among our highest priorities. This comprehensive Privacy Policy document details the types of personal and non-personal information collected, recorded, and utilized by HarshGuruJi, along with the strict measures we maintain to protect your rights under international privacy standards, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and the Google AdSense Publisher Program Policies.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy or data governance practices, please do not hesitate to contact our Data Protection desk at info@webguruji.online.

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1. Scope & Consent

This Privacy Policy applies solely to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in HarshGuruJi. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website. By accessing or utilizing any part of HarshGuruJi, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to all of its terms.

2. Information We Collect

HarshGuruJi adheres to the principle of data minimization. We only collect information that is strictly necessary to provide, optimize, and secure our educational and technical services:

• Information You Voluntarily Provide: When you register for an account, subscribe to platform notifications, contact our support team through our web form, or apply to join our contributor network, we may request your name, email address, username, profile preferences, and any message content or attachments you submit.
• Automated Log and Diagnostic Data: Like most modern online web platforms, HarshGuruJi follows a standard procedure of utilizing log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and optionally the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
• Client-Side Utility Input: When you use our developer tools (such as JSON Formatter, Base64 Converter, Password Generator, Word Counter, or BMI Calculator), all computations and conversions execute 100% locally within your client browser sandbox using JavaScript. Your input text, passwords, or computational data are never transmitted to our servers or stored in any remote database.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for diverse operational purposes, specifically to:

• Provide, operate, maintain, and enhance the HarshGuruJi ecosystem;
• Improve, personalize, and expand our educational guides, study notes, and developer utilities;
• Understand and analyze how visitors interact with our content to eliminate technical bottlenecks;
• Develop new software features, educational roadmaps, and security enhancements;
• Communicate with you, either directly or through our customer service desk, to provide updates, security alerts, and support responses;
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, thwart invalid automated traffic, and safeguard against cyber attacks;
• Comply with statutory legal obligations and regulatory standards.

4. Cookies, Web Beacons & Local Storage

HarshGuruJi uses "cookies" and browser local storage to enhance user experience. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences (such as dark/light theme choices and language options), session tokens for authenticated members, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. Detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective official websites. For complete details on our cookie classification, please review our dedicated Cookie Policy.

5. Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookies

Google is one of our third-party advertising partners on our platform. Google also uses cookies, known as DART cookies, to serve advertisements to our site visitors based upon their visit to webguruji.online and other sites on the internet.

6. Third-Party Advertising Partners & Privacy Policies

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on HarshGuruJi, which are sent directly to users' browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Note that HarshGuruJi has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers. We advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.

You can also opt out of participating third-party vendor cookies across the web by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page at optout.networkadvertising.org or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) choice tool at aboutads.info/choices.

7. CCPA / CPRA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California consumers possess the right to:

• Request that a business disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers;
• Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected;
• Request that a business that sells or shares a consumer's personal data, not sell or share the consumer's personal data. HarshGuruJi does not sell, trade, or rent personal data to third parties;
• Request correction of inaccurate personal information;
• Exercise these rights without experiencing discrimination or loss of platform service quality.

If you submit a verifiable request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact our team at info@webguruji.online.

8. GDPR Data Protection Rights

We want to ensure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Every user residing in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK is entitled to the following:

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data held by HarshGuruJi.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain statutory conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. If you wish to exercise any of these fundamental rights, please contact us at info@webguruji.online.

9. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

HarshGuruJi does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will make our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

10. Data Security & Encryption Protocols

We employ robust technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, accidental loss, destruction, or disclosure. All web traffic between your browser and HarshGuruJi is strictly encrypted in transit using industry-standard Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3 / SSL). Sensitive database entities are fortified with Row-Level Security (RLS) policies and cryptographically salted password hashes.

11. Third-Party Links & External Repositories

Our website contains links to other external educational portals, official boards, and developer resources. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

12. Policy Updates & Notifications

We may update our Privacy Policy periodically to reflect technological shifts, operational updates, or legal changes. We will notify you of any modifications by posting the updated Privacy Policy on this page with an updated revision date. You are advised to review this page periodically for any changes.

13. Contact & Data Controller Information