Data owner: Simple Vedas Foundation

Privacy Policy

Effective date: 19 August 2026

Simple Vedas Foundation respects your privacy and is committed to handling your personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, and shared through the Simple Vedas Books website at books.simplevedas.com.

1. Who we are

Simple Vedas Books is the publishing initiative of Simple Vedas Foundation.

Data owner: Simple Vedas Foundation
Address: 2nd Floor, Plot 133–134, Chandramani Apartment, Opp. Saraswat Bank, Matunga Central, Mumbai – 400019, Maharashtra, India
Email: books@simplevedas.com

2. Information we collect

We collect only the information reasonably required to provide the website’s services.

Enquiries and bulk-order requests

When you submit an enquiry, we may collect your name, organisation, telephone number, email address, city, country, requested quantity, purpose, message, and the book connected with your enquiry.

Reader reviews

When you submit a book review, we collect your name, email address, rating, review title, review text, optional location, consent record, and submission time.

Reviews are moderated before publication. If approved, your name, rating, review title, review text, and optional location may appear publicly. Your email address is kept private and is never displayed with your review.

Email updates

If email subscriptions are enabled and you request updates, we collect your email address, consent record, time of request, and the part of the website from which you subscribed.

Subscriptions use email confirmation. You will not receive promotional emails until your request has been confirmed.

Technical and security information

Our hosting and security systems may process limited technical information such as your IP address, browser or device information, request time, and visited pages. The website uses one-way hashed, time-limited identifiers to prevent spam, repeated submissions, and other misuse. The application does not store the corresponding raw IP address in its database.

Anonymous website analytics

To understand website footfall and improve the reading experience, we record anonymous totals for page visits, important button clicks, general traffic source, device category, and country code. A randomly generated browser identifier is converted into a one-way hash to estimate unique visitors. These analytics records do not contain names, email addresses, complete IP addresses, or advertising profiles.

3. How we use information

We use personal information to:

• Respond to enquiries and bulk-order requests.
• Communicate about books, orders, or publishing-related matters.
• Receive, moderate, publish, manage, or remove reader reviews.
• Send requested email updates after confirmation.
• Process unsubscribe, correction, or deletion requests.
• Protect the website from spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats.
• Maintain necessary operational and consent records.
• Measure anonymous website usage and improve the website.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

We do not sell or rent personal information.

4. Reader-review moderation

Submitting a review does not guarantee publication. Simple Vedas Foundation may approve, reject, edit only for necessary formatting, hide, or remove a review in accordance with its moderation standards.

A reviewer may request correction or removal of a submitted or published review by writing to books@simplevedas.com from the email address used for the submission.

5. Email choices

You may unsubscribe from promotional email at any time by using the unsubscribe link provided in an email or through the website’s unsubscribe facility.

An unconfirmed subscription request is removed from our records and the connected email provider after 30 calendar days. The related operational log retains only the date and aggregate success or failure counts, not email addresses or provider contact identifiers.

6. How information is shared

Information may be shared only with service providers needed to operate the website, such as hosting, database, security, communication, and email-delivery providers. These providers may process information only for the services they provide to us.

Information may also be disclosed when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to a lawful request, protect the rights or safety of users, or investigate misuse of the website.

Some service providers may process information outside India. Where this occurs, we take reasonable steps to ensure that the information remains appropriately protected.

7. Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, to resolve enquiries, administer reviews and subscriptions, maintain consent records, prevent misuse, or meet legal and accounting requirements.

Published reviews may remain on the website until withdrawn, removed through moderation, or no longer relevant. Private reviewer email addresses are never published.

Where a valid deletion request is received, we will delete or anonymise the relevant information unless continued retention is required by law or necessary for establishing or defending legal claims.

8. Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse. However, no internet-based service can guarantee absolute security.

9. Your choices and rights

Subject to applicable law, you may ask us to:

• Confirm whether we hold your personal information.
• Provide access to information you submitted.
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Withdraw consent.
• Remove a submitted or published review.
• Unsubscribe from promotional communication.
• Delete personal information that is no longer required.
• Raise a complaint about how your information has been handled.

Requests may be sent to books@simplevedas.com. We may ask for reasonable information to verify your identity before acting on a request.

10. Children’s privacy

The website does not knowingly collect personal information directly from anyone under 18 without appropriate consent from a parent or lawful guardian. Anyone under 18 should ask a parent or guardian to submit an enquiry, review, or subscription request on their behalf.

11. Cookies and external links

The public website does not use advertising cookies or behavioural advertising. It stores a random anonymous identifier in the visitor’s browser solely to estimate unique website visitors. Essential technologies may also be used for website security, administration, and basic operation.

The website may contain links to retailers or other external websites. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and Simple Vedas Foundation is not responsible for those external practices.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website’s services or legal requirements change. The revised policy will be published on this page with an updated effective date.

13. Contact and grievances