Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how VedKosh (“we”, “us”, “our”) handles information when you visit vedkosh.com, use the VedKosh Android app, interact with VedAI, the AI Palm Reading tool, or any of our 13 Vedic astrology tools, Aartis, Bhajans, Chalisas, Mantras, Bhagavad Gita, Ramayan, Festival Calendar, Janam Kundali, or any related feature.

VedKosh is an independent Hindu devotional platform based in Bharat (India). For any privacy-related question, request or complaint, contact: contact [at] vedkosh [dot] com. We are the data controller for any information collected via this platform.

VedKosh does not collect any of the following:

• Your name, email address, phone number or postal address.
• Your account credentials — because VedKosh has no accounts and no login.
• Your precise GPS location.
• Your contacts, photos (except the palm photo you voluntarily upload for analysis), or device file system.
• Your microphone or camera (unless you explicitly choose to capture a palm photo for AI Hast Rekha).
• Your biometric data.

We collect only the minimum information needed to provide and improve the service:

• Feedback content. When you submit feedback via like/dislike/comment or the contact form, we store only the feedback text, the page or content ID it refers to, and a timestamp. We do not link it to a person.
• Anonymous usage signals. Our hosting provider (Vercel) may log aggregated request metadata (IP, user-agent, country) for security, abuse prevention and uptime monitoring. These logs are not used to build user profiles and are automatically rotated.
• Janam Kundali / astrology tool inputs. When you generate a Janam Kundali or run an astrology calculation, your birth date, time and place are processed in your browser or on our server only to produce that single report. We do not store or link these inputs to any personal identifier.
• VedAI conversations. Your prompts to VedAI are sent to Google Gemini to generate a response. VedKosh does not store your prompts for later analysis, model training or sale. See section 7 below.
• AI Hast Rekha photos. The palm photo you upload is sent to Google Gemini for analysis and discarded after the response is generated. VedKosh does not retain the photo.

We use a minimal set of cookies and browser storage:

• Strictly-necessary: language preference, recently viewed items, and a CSP nonce per request — all stored locally on your device.
• Advertising (Google AdSense): Google and its partners set cookies to deliver ads. See section 6 below and opt out any time.
• No third-party analytics trackers like Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel or similar are installed on VedKosh.

VedKosh is supported by tasteful advertising from Google AdSense and its certified partners so the platform can remain free.

• Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.
• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits across the internet.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.
• We never display adult, gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons or hateful ads — we use AdSense category blocking in line with our family-safe policy.

VedAI and AI Hast Rekha are powered by Google Gemini APIs. Your prompts and uploaded photos are transmitted securely over HTTPS to Google for processing.

• VedAI prompts are used only to generate the response shown to you.
• VedKosh does not store your prompts, responses or palm photos for secondary analysis, profiling or model training.
• We do not sell or share your AI interactions with any third party.
• We do not perform routine human review of your spiritual or personal queries.
• Google's own data handling for Gemini is governed by Google's Privacy Policy.

VedKosh is a religious and devotional platform designed to be safe for all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. VedKosh follows the spirit of the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) regarding minors. If you believe a child has somehow submitted personal data through our platform, please contact us and we will delete it immediately.

VedKosh is accessed worldwide. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights:

• EU / UK (GDPR / UK-GDPR): right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection, and the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
• California, USA (CCPA / CPRA): right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. VedKosh does not sell personal information.
• India (DPDP Act 2023): right to access, correction, erasure, grievance redressal and nomination.

Because we hold almost no personal information about you, most of these requests resolve immediately. To exercise any of these rights, email us at contact [at] vedkosh [dot] com with a description of your request. We respond within 30 days.

Feedback content is retained only as long as needed to act on it (typically up to 24 months), then archived or deleted. Server logs are typically rotated within 30 days. AI prompts and palm photos are not retained by VedKosh at all. You can request earlier deletion at any time.

VedKosh is delivered over HTTPS / TLS 1.2+ with a strict Content Security Policy (CSP), per-request nonces, secure headers (HSTS, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy) and regular dependency security audits. We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect data, but no system on the internet can be 100% secure.

VedKosh links to external resources (Wikipedia, government tourism sites, the Google Play Store, etc.) for context and verification. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these third-party sites. Please review their own policies before sharing any data on them.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be flagged at the top of this page. The “Last updated” date reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of VedKosh after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

For any privacy question, data request, or complaint:

• Email: contact [at] vedkosh [dot] com
• Contact page: vedkosh.com/contact
• Typical response time: within 2–3 business days; legal requests within 30 days.

For users in India, the same email address serves as the contact point for the Grievance Officer under the IT Rules, 2021 and the DPDP Act, 2023.