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We care deeply about your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains, in simple terms, what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and what choices you have."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"This policy applies to all users of the GrowSmart mobile application (available on iOS and Android), our website at gogrowsmart.com, and all related services. By using GrowSmart, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please do not use our services."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"We have written this policy to comply with both India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) and the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 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This includes your education board (such as CBSE, ICSE, or a state board), your class or grade level, the name of your school or college, the language you study in, and your state and pincode. We also ask which subjects you are interested in. All of this information helps us match you with tutors who teach in your area and board."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"If you are a teacher, we ask for additional information to verify your profile and help students find you. This includes your state, district, and city, your educational qualifications, the subjects and categories you teach, and up to three verification documents such as your degree certificates or identity proof. These documents are stored securely on Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3, which is a trusted cloud storage provider. We also collect your bank account details through Razorpay, our payment processor, so that we can send you payments when students subscribe to your classes. 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Google's privacy policy governs how they handle your data, and you can review it at"," ",["$","a",null,{"href":"https://policies.google.com/privacy","target":"_blank","rel":"noopener noreferrer","className":"text-primary-600 hover:underline","children":"policies.google.com/privacy"}],"."]}],["$","p",null,{"children":"We use Firebase, a service by Google, for contact management features within the app. Firebase operates under Google's privacy policy."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"We use Hostinger's SMTP service to send you emails such as OTP codes and notifications. They receive only the email address and the message content needed to deliver the email."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"Our databases are hosted on MongoDB Atlas and Astra DB (Cassandra), both of which are secure, managed database services with strong encryption and access controls. We also use Redis for caching, which stores temporary session data to keep you logged in."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"In rare cases, we may be required to share your information if compelled by law, such as in response to a valid legal order or to protect the safety of our users and the public. We will always attempt to notify you before disclosing your information in such circumstances, unless the law prohibits us from doing so."}],["$","h2",null,{"className":"text-gray-900","children":"How Long We Keep Your Information"}],["$","p",null,{"children":"We keep your information only as long as needed to provide the GrowSmart service and fulfill the purposes described in this policy."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"Your account information, including your name, email, and profile details, is kept for as long as your account is active. If you request account deletion, we keep a record of your deletion request until it is processed, after which we remove your personal data within 30 days, except where we are legally required to retain it."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"Chat messages between students and teachers are kept for as long as both accounts are active. When either account is deleted, the associated messages are removed."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"Payment and transaction records are retained for seven years, as required by Indian tax and financial regulations. This includes wallet balances, subscription details, and payment confirmations."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"Teacher verification documents are kept until the teacher's account is deleted, after which they are removed within 30 days."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"We keep basic activity logs, such as login times and API request logs, for 90 days to help with security monitoring and debugging. After that, they are automatically deleted."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"OTP codes used for login and verification expire after a short period and are automatically removed from our system."}],["$","h2",null,{"className":"text-gray-900","children":"How We Protect Your Information"}],["$","p",null,{"children":"We take the security of your data seriously and have implemented multiple layers of protection to keep it safe."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"All data transmitted between your device and our servers is encrypted using TLS 1.3, which is the latest standard for secure communication. This means that even if someone were to intercept the data in transit, they would not be able to read it."}],["$","p",null,{"children":"We use JWT (JSON Web Token) based authentication with OTP verification, which means we never store passwords on our servers. 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