Privacy Policy

Gems of Bollywood is an editorial site. We collect the minimum data needed to run accounts, remember your preferences, and notify our team of the messages you send us. This page explains what that means in practice.

1. Information we collect

Account data (if you sign in): email address, display name and provider identifier from your sign-in method. We use this to authenticate you and to sync your watch history and My List across devices.
Guest preferences: if you browse without an account, a small first-party cookie and browser storage remember lightweight preferences, history and saved items on your device.
Submissions: when you use the contact or copyright & takedown forms, we store the name, email, subject and message you provide, plus a timestamp and originating IP address for anti-abuse purposes.

2. How we use it

To operate the site, authenticate accounts and personalise your session.
To respond to submissions you send us. Contact and takedown forms are forwarded to the Gems of Bollywood editorial team by email (see “Sharing” below) so nothing sits unattended.
To understand which pages and topics resonate and to improve the catalogue.
To detect abuse, spam and rate-limit violations.

3. Cookies

We use only essential cookies and browser storage, to keep you signed in and to remember your preferences, history and saved items. We do not use analytics or advertising cookies.

4. Third-party embeds

Videos are embedded from their original platforms (such as YouTube). Those providers may set their own cookies when a video is played, and their privacy policies apply to that data. We do not receive any personally identifying information about viewers from those embeds.

5. Sharing

We do not sell or rent your data. Limited sharing happens with the service providers we rely on to run the site:

Hostinger (web hosting) and Supabase (database and sign-in) — process account data and stored submissions on our behalf.
Google — if you choose Sign in with Google, Google shares your name, email address and profile picture with us to sign you in.
Email delivery (SMTP via Gmail) — used to send copies of your submissions to the Gems of Bollywood team inbox (vidya@ritvijam.com).
Payment partner — if you contribute via the Support Us page, your name and email are shared with our payment gateway solely to process the transaction and, where you requested course access, to provision it on lms.thevedicleader.com.

We may also disclose information where required by law, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Gems of Bollywood, our users, or others.

6. Retention

Account data is kept while your account is active. Submissions (contact / takedown) are kept for as long as needed to address the request and to maintain an editorial audit trail. You can request deletion at any time — see “Your choices” below.

7. Security

Data in transit is protected by HTTPS. Backend data is stored with Supabase, with provider-managed encryption at rest. Access to admin data is restricted to authorised staff.

8. Your choices

You can browse as a guest without creating an account.
You can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your account and stored submissions by writing to vidya@ritvijam.com or via the contact page.

9. Children

The site is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you believe a child has provided us with data, please contact us and we will remove it.

10. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected on this page.

11. Contact

Privacy questions? Email vidya@ritvijam.com or use the contact page.