Privacy Policy

  • Effective Date: May 4, 2025
  • Updated Date: April 19, 2026

Welcome to Wikindia (“Wikindia,” “we,” “our,” or “us”).
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, share, and protect personal data when you access or use our website, https://wikindia.org/, including any related content, pages, features, communications, and services.

Wikindia is an informational and educational website dedicated to sharing content relating to ancient Indian knowledge systems, spirituality, philosophy, Ayurveda, Jyotish, culture, traditions, and related subjects. By accessing or using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the website.

1. Data Controller

For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) where applicable, the data controller is:

Legal Name: Bhanwar Singh Chundawat
Website: https://wikindia.org/
Email: query@wikindia.org
Address: Thada-Salumber, Rajasthan
Country: India

If you have any privacy-related questions, requests, or complaints, you may contact us using the details above.

2. Scope of This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to personal data collected through:

  • your use of our website,
  • communication with us by email or contact form,
  • newsletter or subscription features, if any,
  • comments or other user submissions, if enabled,
  • analytics tools,
  • advertising technologies,
  • cookies and similar tracking technologies.

This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites, services, or platforms that may be linked from our website.

3. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

3.1 Information You Voluntarily Provide

We may collect personal data that you voluntarily submit to us, such as:

  • your name,
  • email address,
  • message content,
  • inquiry details,
  • comment content,
  • and any other information you choose to provide when contacting us or interacting with the website.

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you visit our website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically, including:

  • IP address,
  • browser type and version,
  • device type,
  • operating system,
  • language settings,
  • referring URL,
  • pages viewed,
  • date and time of visit,
  • time spent on pages,
  • clicks, scrolls, and interaction data,
  • approximate location derived from IP address,
  • cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers.

3.3 Cookies and Similar Technologies

We and our third-party partners may use cookies, pixels, tags, SDKs, local storage, and similar technologies to:

  • ensure basic website functionality,
  • remember user preferences,
  • analyze website traffic and performance,
  • measure engagement,
  • support advertising and monetization,
  • and improve content delivery and user experience.

For more information, please see the Cookies and Consent section below.

4. Legal Bases for Processing Under GDPR

If the GDPR, UK GDPR, Swiss data protection laws, or similar laws apply to your personal data, we process your personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • Consent: where you have given clear consent for specific processing activities, including certain non-essential cookies, analytics, and personalized advertising where required.
  • Legitimate Interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, such as maintaining the website, ensuring security, preventing abuse, understanding aggregate website usage, and improving content, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
  • Contract: where processing is necessary to respond to your request or provide a service you have asked for.
  • Legal Obligation: where processing is necessary to comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or enforceable governmental request.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent before withdrawal.

5. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal data and related information for the following purposes:

  • to operate, maintain, and improve the website,
  • to respond to your messages, inquiries, or support requests,
  • to publish, moderate, or manage comments or submissions,
  • to monitor traffic, trends, and website performance,
  • to understand how users interact with our content,
  • to protect against spam, fraud, unauthorized access, and misuse,
  • to comply with legal obligations,
  • to display advertising and measure ad performance,
  • to manage consent preferences,
  • and to protect our rights, users, systems, and website integrity.

6. Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics may use first-party cookies, device identifiers, and similar technologies to collect information about user interactions with our website, including pages visited, session duration, approximate geolocation, device/browser information, and traffic sources. Google requires site owners to disclose the use of cookies and identifiers, disclose the use of Google Analytics, and provide users with clear information and consent where required by law.

Where required by applicable law, we will request your consent before enabling analytics cookies or similar non-essential measurement technologies.

You can learn more about how Google uses data from sites and apps that use its services here:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

You can also manage certain Google advertising and analytics-related settings through Google tools, including:
https://adssettings.google.com/

7. Google AdSense and Advertising

We may use Google AdSense and other advertising partners to display ads on our website. Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies, local storage, and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and/or other websites on the internet. Google’s AdSense publisher requirements specifically require website operators to disclose the use of advertising cookies, third-party vendors, and available user opt-out choices.

Depending on your location and your consent choices, ads shown on the website may be:

  • personalized ads, based on your interests, browsing behavior, or previous visits, or
  • non-personalized ads, which may still use limited information such as coarse location, device type, page content, or contextual signals.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting:
https://adssettings.google.com/

Users may also learn more about opting out of some third-party vendors’ personalized advertising here:
https://www.aboutads.info/choices/

Where legally required, we will seek your consent before using advertising cookies or similar technologies for personalized advertising.

8. Cookies and Consent

Our website may use the following categories of cookies and similar technologies:

8.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and may be used for security, accessibility, network management, load balancing, consent storage, and basic user interface preferences. These cookies generally do not require consent where permitted by law.

8.2 Preferences Cookies

These cookies remember your settings and choices, such as language, region, or cookie preferences.

8.3 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, measure traffic, identify popular content, and improve website performance.

8.4 Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be used by Google AdSense and other advertising partners to show ads, limit ad repetition, measure campaign effectiveness, and, where permitted, personalize ads.

8.5 Consent Management

If you access our website from the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, or Switzerland, or any other jurisdiction where consent is legally required, we aim to display a cookie banner or consent management interface that allows you to:

  • accept or reject non-essential cookies,
  • choose cookie categories where available,
  • withdraw or modify your consent later,
  • and access information about the third parties that may process personal data through cookies and similar technologies.

Google’s EU User Consent Policy requires publishers using covered Google products to obtain legally valid consent for cookies and, where applicable, for the collection, sharing, and use of personal data for ad personalization, as well as to provide clear revocation instructions and identify relevant parties. Source

You may also control cookies through your browser settings. However, blocking some cookies may affect website functionality.

9. Sharing of Personal Data

We do not sell your personal data. However, we may share personal data with the following categories of recipients where necessary:

  • analytics providers,
  • advertising partners and ad exchanges,
  • hosting providers,
  • security and anti-spam providers,
  • email and communication service providers,
  • technical support vendors,
  • legal, regulatory, or governmental authorities where required,
  • and professional advisors where necessary.

These recipients may process data on our behalf or as independent controllers depending on the nature of the service.

10. International Data Transfers

Your personal data may be processed in countries other than your country of residence, including countries that may not provide the same level of data protection as your home jurisdiction. Where required by law, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that international transfers are protected by suitable safeguards, such as contractual protections or other lawful transfer mechanisms.

11. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including:

  • responding to inquiries,
  • maintaining business and administrative records,
  • complying with legal obligations,
  • resolving disputes,
  • enforcing agreements,
  • and supporting security, analytics, and fraud prevention.

Retention periods may vary depending on the type of data, the purpose of processing, legal requirements, and your consent choices.

12. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

  • request access to your personal data,
  • request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data,
  • request deletion of your personal data,
  • request restriction of processing,
  • object to certain processing activities,
  • withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent,
  • request portability of your personal data where applicable,
  • and lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at query@wikindia.org. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

13. Children’s Privacy

Our website is intended for a general audience and is not knowingly directed to children under the age of 13, or the equivalent minimum age in the relevant jurisdiction, without appropriate legal basis or parental authorization where required.

If you believe that a child has provided personal data to us inappropriately, please contact us so we may take appropriate steps.

14. Comments, Contact Forms, and User Submissions

If comments, forms, or user submissions are enabled on the website, any information you voluntarily submit may be collected and processed for moderation, spam prevention, publication, communication, and website administration.

Please do not submit sensitive personal information unless it is necessary and appropriate to do so.

We reserve the right to moderate, edit, or remove submissions that are unlawful, abusive, infringing, misleading, spam-related, or otherwise inappropriate.

15. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical, organizational, and administrative measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and therefore we cannot guarantee absolute security.

16. Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, services, articles, or resources for reference and convenience. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or policies of third-party websites. We encourage you to review their privacy notices before interacting with them.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update or revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or business operations. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Your continued use of the website after any changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by law.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at:

Legal Name: Bhanwar Singh Chundawat
Website: https://wikindia.org/
Email:  query@wikindia.org
Address: Thada-Salumber, Rajasthan, India