गोपनीयताPrivacy & contact
What we keep
No accounts, no advertising. Visits are counted with Google Analytics — and not at all if your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control. Below is everything this site keeps — and why.
On your device
This stays in your own browser; we never read it. Clear it any time from your browser's site-data settings.
WhatWhereWhyHow long
Language (EN / हिं)Cookie “lang”Open the site in the language you chose1 year
Nāda — on/off and last chantBrowser storageResume the music where you left itUntil you clear it
Your offerings, stories read and completedBrowser storageShow your ✓ and the offerings you chose; count a reading onceUntil you clear it (reading marks: 12 hours)
Japa count, pace, sankalpa; names not yet sentBrowser storageContinue your mālā; keep names safe if the connection dropsUntil you clear it
Google Analytics identifier (a random number)Cookies “_ga”, “_ga_…”Know how many people visit and which pages are readUp to 2 years; not set in the EU/UK
On our servers
WhatWhereWhyHow long
Counts: readings, completions, shares, offerings, japa — daily and in totalSupabase (database)The public counts and trendsFor the life of the site; they identify no one
A salted hash of your address (never the IP itself)SupabaseStop one visitor from flooding the counts (rate limits)Two hours at most
Correction reports: page, kind, your message, and an email only if you give oneSupabaseCheck and fix mistakes; reply if you askedUntil the report is dealt with; write to us to remove your email
Reflections: page, what you write, and a name only if you give oneSupabaseShown publicly on the page once approvedWhile shown; write to us to have one removed
Standard server logs (e.g. time, page, IP address)Vercel (hosting)Run the site and fix errorsAs set by Vercel
Pages viewed, approximate country/city, device and browser typeGoogle AnalyticsUnderstand how the site is read; advertising features are off14 months
About the counts
The numbers for readings, offerings and japa are an approximate count of activity on this site — not a verified number of different people.
Contact
Write to us with “Suggest a correction” under any story or verse — leave your email and we will reply; you can ask for your email to be removed the same way.
shivay.app · Updated 30 September 2026