Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 5, 2026 · Last Updated: August 9, 2026

Ghar ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting the privacy of our users. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you use the Ghar mobile application (the "App") or visit getghar.com (the "Website").

By using the App, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use the App.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

When you use Ghar, you may enter or store the following information. In Ghar 1.1.7, core profile and practice data stays on this device and is not uploaded to a Ghar-operated account server. Household cloud sync is unavailable in this release.

• Optional Sign in with Apple: You can use Ghar without an account. If you choose Sign in with Apple, Apple gives the App a unique user identifier and may also share your name and email address, depending on your choice during sign-in. If you choose "Hide My Email," Apple provides a private relay email address. Ghar stores the identifier and any shared name or email in protected app storage to manage your local session. We do not receive your Apple ID password.
• Household Profile: Family name, household member names and ages, religious tradition (sampradaya), ishta devata (chosen deity), and experience level. This information is used solely to personalize your practice experience.
• Optional profile photos: A photo you choose for a household member is stored on your device. It is included in your export and removed when you delete Ghar data.
• Preferences: Language preferences, notification settings, and practice preferences.
• Practice History: Records of practices you have completed within the App, saved/bookmarked practices, and collections you create.

1.2 Information Processed Automatically by the App

• Location Data: With your permission, iOS provides the App an approximate coordinate for on-device panchang calculations such as sunrise, sunset, muhurta, and rahu kaal. Ghar does not send that coordinate to a Ghar-operated server. A selected location may remain in local app data. You may disable location access at any time in iOS Settings.
• Device Information: Ghar may process device type, operating system version, and app version on the device for compatibility and troubleshooting. The released Ghar 1.1.6 also sends limited device and app information to AppsFlyer for attribution. The Ghar 1.1.7 candidate removes the AppsFlyer SDK and sends no new data to AppsFlyer.
• Usage and attribution data: Ghar 1.1.6 uses AppsFlyer for limited app-open, product-interaction, device, install-source, campaign-attribution, country or coarse-location, and diagnostic data. A device that remains on 1.1.6 may continue that processing until it updates or provider recording is disabled. Ghar 1.1.7 removes AppsFlyer collection; removing the SDK does not itself erase data AppsFlyer processed from version 1.1.6 or earlier. Ghar's separate in-app product analytics buffer remains encrypted on device because no Ghar analytics upload endpoint is configured in 1.1.7.
• User-initiated provider deletion: For a signed-in deletion, Ghar 1.1.7 sends the deletion service a fresh Apple identity token and authorization code, the Apple user identifier, and a random deletion request ID. The service verifies the Apple account and uses the credential only to revoke Sign in with Apple. It does not receive the household profile, profile photos, location, practice history, app/build diagnostics, or an AppsFlyer identifier. Historical AppsFlyer requests for data processed by version 1.1.6 or earlier use the verified manual request path described below.

1.3 Website Visits

The Website uses Vercel Web Analytics for aggregated page-view statistics. Vercel may process the page path, filtered query parameters, referrer, approximate location, browser, operating system, and device type. Vercel Web Analytics does not use third-party cookies or give Ghar a persistent identifier that follows you across websites. A short-lived request hash used for aggregate visitor counting is discarded after 24 hours.

If you arrive from an identified referral source, a Website helper stores only a cleaned source label, landing path, referrer host, and timestamp in browser session storage and adds campaign parameters to App Store links. That session value stays in the browser tab session and is not joined to a Ghar app account.

1.4 Information We Do NOT Collect

• We do not collect biometric data, health data, or financial information beyond what Apple processes for subscriptions.
• We do not use AI chatbots or generate personalized spiritual content using artificial intelligence.
• We do not show third-party ads in the App.
• We do not sell your personal information.
• We do not use cookies, web beacons, or similar tracking technologies within the App.

2. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we process your personal data under the following legal bases:

• Contract Performance: Processing necessary to provide the App's services to you (e.g., household profile, practice history, panchang calculations).
• Consent: Where you have given explicit consent, such as enabling location services or opting in to push notifications. You may withdraw consent at any time.
• Legitimate Interests: Processing for app improvement through anonymous analytics, provided this does not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
• Legal Obligation: Processing required to comply with applicable laws.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Personalize your experience: Recommend daily practices, festivals, and content based on your tradition, experience level, and household composition.
• Provide calendar features: Calculate accurate panchang data based on your location.
• Maintain your practice history: Keep a personal log of your completed practices.
• Send notifications: Morning practice reminders, festival alerts, and preparation guides (only if you opt in).
• Improve the App: Understand how features are used to make Ghar better for all users.
• Communicate with you: Send important updates about the App, your subscription, or changes to our policies.

4. Data Storage and Security

• On-device data: Practice content (guides, articles, mantras) is stored on your device after initial download for offline access. App preferences and cached data are also stored locally on your device.
• Household cloud sync is unavailable in Ghar 1.1.7. This release does not upload a new household profile, profile photo, location, or practice-history snapshot to iCloud or CloudKit. Reminder permissions and device notification settings also remain device-local.
• Legacy iCloud cleanup: If an earlier Ghar build created an encrypted household snapshot in Apple's iCloud key-value storage, Ghar 1.1.7 can remove that legacy snapshot during account deletion and honor an account-bound deletion marker so an older device cannot restore deleted data. This cleanup path is not a current sync feature.
• Provider-deletion service: Deletion jobs are encrypted at rest and expose only an opaque bearer receipt for status checks. The service temporarily retains only the Apple provider credential, a one-way account fingerprint, and request/status fields required to finish Sign in with Apple revocation. The credential is erased when Apple revocation completes. If automatic work instead reaches Action required, that encrypted recovery material is retained only for verified manual recovery or handoff and expires with the entire job no later than the fixed deadline described in Section 12.
• Network requests use HTTPS and the transport security provided by Apple's networking stack.
• We do not sell or rent your personal information. Ghar 1.1.6 disclosed limited device, attribution, and product-interaction data to AppsFlyer as a service provider. Ghar 1.1.7 removes that integration and sends no new data to AppsFlyer.
• In the event of a data breach that affects your personal information, we will notify affected users and relevant authorities as required by applicable law.

5. Attribution Retirement and App Tracking Transparency

Ghar 1.1.6 uses AppsFlyer for marketing attribution, campaign measurement, SKAdNetwork support, and product-interaction analytics. Apple may classify some attribution and campaign measurement as tracking when it measures activity across apps or websites. Where required, 1.1.6 may request permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework.

Ghar 1.1.7 removes the AppsFlyer SDK, does not submit attribution or product-interaction events to AppsFlyer, and does not request App Tracking Transparency permission for AppsFlyer. People who remain on 1.1.6 may still generate attribution data until they update or provider recording is disabled.

We do not show third-party ads in the App or sell personal information. Removing the integration or keeping the provider account open does not erase historical AppsFlyer data. Historical erasure and retention are handled through a verified provider request and are not represented as complete without provider evidence.

6. Third-Party Services

Ghar integrates with the following third-party services:

• Apple (App Store, Sign in with Apple, Keychain, StoreKit, and legacy iCloud cleanup): For app distribution, optional sign-in, protected credential storage, subscription management, and removal of any encrypted household snapshot created by an earlier Ghar build. Household cloud sync is unavailable in Ghar 1.1.7. Governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.
• AppsFlyer (Ghar 1.1.6 and earlier only): For install attribution, campaign measurement, SKAdNetwork support, app-open events, product-interaction analytics, and diagnostics. AppsFlyer may have processed device identifiers, vendor identifier, IP address, coarse location or country, device and app information, and event data. The Ghar 1.1.7 candidate removes the SDK and sends no new AppsFlyer data. Ghar may keep its provider account open for historical privacy-request evidence; an open account does not authorize new collection in 1.1.7.
• Vercel: Hosts the Website, the provider-deletion API and its encrypted key-value job store, and privacy-focused aggregated Web Analytics for page views, referrers, approximate location, browser, operating system, and device type. Vercel Web Analytics does not use third-party cookies. Review Vercel Web Analytics privacy and compliance.
• Formspree: If you use the fallback web deletion form, Formspree processes and stores the name, email address, optional Apple relay email, and notes you submit so the request can be delivered to Ghar. Review Formspree's Privacy Policy before using that form. You may instead email hello@getghar.com.
• Analytics (anonymous): We may use privacy-focused analytics services that do not track individuals or create advertising profiles.

Ghar 1.1.7 does not integrate ad-serving, attribution, data-broker, or social-media tracking SDKs into the App. We do not share your personal data with any third party for their own marketing or advertising purposes.

7. Subscriptions and Payments

All subscription payments for the Premium plans currently presented in Ghar are processed by Apple through the App Store and StoreKit. Ghar 1.1.7 has no community or partner-code redemption program. We do not receive or store your payment information (credit card numbers, bank details, etc.). Subscription management, billing, eligibility, and refunds are handled through your Apple ID account. See Apple's subscription support for details.

8. Children's Privacy

Ghar is a family-oriented app. We comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and equivalent international regulations. Household profiles may include children's first names and ages to personalize family mode features. We do not:

• Create individual accounts for children under 13.
• Collect personal information directly from children.
• Share children's information with third parties.
• Display advertising or in-app purchases targeted at children.
• Use third-party ad-serving SDKs or analytics to profile children.

All children's data is managed by the parent or guardian who controls the household profile and can modify or delete it at any time. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13 without parental consent, we will delete that information promptly.

9. Your Rights and Choices

You have the right to:

• Access your data: View all personal data we have stored by visiting My Home > Settings > Account & Privacy > Data Controls in the App.
• Correct your data: Edit your household profile, preferences, and settings at any time.
• Delete your data: Through My Home > Settings > Account & Privacy > Data Controls > Delete Ghar Data, a signed-in user can reauthorize with Apple, submit Sign in with Apple token revocation, attempt to save an opaque Apple-status receipt, and then delete local Ghar data and any legacy encrypted Ghar iCloud snapshot. This automatic flow sends nothing to AppsFlyer. For data AppsFlyer may have processed from Ghar 1.1.6 or earlier, use the verified web form or email path so Ghar can submit and document a scoped manual provider request. We process verified requests within the time required by applicable law. A provider may retain limited information where required for legal compliance, security, fraud prevention, or dispute resolution.
• Export your data: Download your practice history and profile data in a portable format.
• Opt out of notifications: Manage notification preferences in the App or through iOS Settings.
• Disable location: Turn off location access in iOS Settings. The panchang will default to manual location entry.
• Withdraw consent: Where we process data based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

10. California Residents (CCPA/CPRA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

• Right to Know: You may request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you, the categories of sources, the business purpose for collection, and the categories of third parties with whom we share it.
• Right to Delete: You may request deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal exceptions.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale or Sharing: We do not sell your personal information or use it to serve personalized ads inside Ghar. AppsFlyer attribution in Ghar 1.1.6 may involve measurement Apple classifies as tracking; you can disable tracking in iOS Settings or update to Ghar 1.1.7, which removes AppsFlyer collection. You may contact us to exercise any applicable opt-out right.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA/CPRA rights.
• Right to Correct: You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Limit: You may request that we limit the use and disclosure of your sensitive personal information.

To exercise these rights, contact us at hello@getghar.com. We will respond to verifiable requests within 45 days.

11. European Users (GDPR)

If you are located in the EEA, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you have additional rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right of Access: Obtain confirmation of whether we process your data and request a copy.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.
• Right to Restriction: Request restriction of processing under certain circumstances.
• Right to Data Portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to Object: Object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Right to Lodge a Complaint: File a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise these rights, contact us at hello@getghar.com. We process verified requests within the time required by applicable law.

12. Data Retention

• Local Ghar data remains on your device until you delete it in the App, clear the App's data, or uninstall the App.
• Ghar 1.1.7 does not create new household cloud-sync snapshots. If an earlier version created one, it can remain in your Apple iCloud account until Ghar's deletion control removes it; an account-bound deletion marker may remain to prevent restoration by an older device.
• For an automatic signed-in deletion, Ghar's service removes the encrypted Apple revocation credential when Apple revocation succeeds. If Apple instead reaches Action required, automatic retries stop but the encrypted credential remains available for verified manual recovery or handoff until that happens or the entire job expires. The entire job—including the opaque receipt, recovery material, and Apple-status record—expires no later than 60 days after submission; status checks and retries do not extend that deadline.
• AppsFlyer may separately retain data it processed from Ghar 1.1.6 or earlier according to its applicable terms, legal obligations, and configured retention controls. Removing the SDK, disabling provider recording, or retaining the provider account does not by itself prove historical erasure. A new Ghar 1.1.7 receipt's authoritative completion status is based only on Apple revocation, and the Ghar 1.1.7 app displays Apple status only. The service also carries a deprecated AppsFlyer compatibility field so an older installed Ghar client can decode the receipt: a new Apple-only job sets that field to Unavailable, while a legacy in-flight job may show Action required or Completed. The compatibility field is not provider evidence, never changes the 1.1.7 overall result, and never triggers an automatic AppsFlyer call. The verified web form remains available for a scoped historical AppsFlyer request. Ghar does not claim that historical erasure is complete until provider evidence proves it.
• Apple, Vercel, and Formspree may separately retain data they process according to their applicable terms, legal obligations, and configured retention controls.
• We retain information only as needed for the purposes described in this policy and as required by applicable law. We do not promise a shorter fixed period where a provider or legal obligation controls retention.

13. Account Deletion and Data Retention

You can initiate deletion of your Ghar account and associated app data from within the app by going to My Home > Settings > Account & Privacy > Data Controls > Delete Ghar Data.

For a signed-in account, the primary Ghar 1.1.7 deletion flow uses a fresh Sign in with Apple authorization to submit Apple token revocation to Ghar's deletion service. After the service accepts the request, the App attempts to save the opaque Apple-status receipt, deletes its local household profile, profile photos, saved practices, practice history, preferences, and local Ghar sign-in session, and removes any legacy encrypted Ghar iCloud snapshot it can locate. If secure receipt storage temporarily fails after acceptance, the App does not submit duplicate Apple work; it keeps the receipt in memory for a save retry, proceeds with verified local deletion, and warns that closing the App may lose local access to that proof. The service erases the Apple credential when revocation completes. If Apple instead requires action, automatic retries stop and the encrypted recovery material remains available only for verified manual recovery or handoff until the fixed job expiry, no later than 60 days after submission. Ghar 1.1.7 neither collects new AppsFlyer data nor sends an automatic AppsFlyer deletion request. Data AppsFlyer may have processed from version 1.1.6 or earlier requires the separate verified manual provider request and evidence process described on the delete-account page.

Deleting your Ghar account does not automatically cancel an App Store subscription billed by Apple. To manage or cancel your subscription, visit: https://apps.apple.com/account/subscriptions

If you no longer have access to the app, use our direct account deletion page: https://www.getghar.com/delete-account

14. International Data Transfers

Ghar is available globally. Apple, Vercel, and Formspree may process information in countries other than the one where you live, subject to their terms and applicable transfer safeguards. AppsFlyer may retain historical data processed from Ghar 1.1.6 or earlier in other countries under its applicable safeguards. Ghar does not operate a separate account database server for the core app data described in this policy.

• Apple's Sign in with Apple, Keychain, StoreKit, and iCloud infrastructure, including cleanup of any encrypted household snapshot created by an earlier Ghar build, under Apple's applicable terms and safeguards.
• Applicable contractual and legal transfer safeguards used by our service providers.
• Compliance with applicable data protection laws including GDPR for users in the EEA, UK GDPR for users in the United Kingdom, and equivalent regulations in other jurisdictions.

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Where required by law, we will provide notice of material changes before they take effect. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us:

• Email: hello@getghar.com
• In-App: My Home > Settings > About & Feedback

For GDPR-related inquiries, you may also contact our Data Protection contact at the email address above.