Samyak-Privacy
Samyak Gyan believes in radical transparency. Here's exactly what gets collected, why, and what doesn't.
Last Updated: February 2026⚡The Quick Version
Samyak Gyan Can't Sell What It Doesn't Have
Let's be absolutely clear:
What Samyak Gyan knows: Only your Telegram User ID, display name, and username (if you have one). That's it. Telegram doesn't share anything else, and you don't give anything else.
The only optional thing: You can add your name in your profile so your downloaded notes have your name on them. Even if you don't, everything works perfectly.
This was a deliberate choice. Samyak Gyan is here to serve you excellent educational content with tools that save your time. Samyak Gyan is not interested in your data - only in your learning.
And it's also a technical impossibility - Telegram simply doesn't share your sensitive information. So even if Samyak Gyan wanted to (it doesn't), it couldn't.
💡 The Privacy Philosophy
Samyak Gyan follows a zero unnecessary data philosophy. Only what's absolutely essential for the platform to function gets collected. Nothing more.
Samyak Gyan is an educational platform, not an advertising company. Your data isn't the product - your learning is.
📱 Why Telegram Login
Samyak Gyan chose Telegram as the only authentication method for very specific reasons:
✅ What This Means For You
Telegram handles all the sensitive stuff (phone verification, security, 2FA). Samyak Gyan never sees your phone number. You get one-click login without filling forms, remembering passwords, or dealing with OTPs.
Benefits of Telegram Login
- No password to remember: Telegram authenticates you. Samyak Gyan doesn't store passwords, so there's nothing to breach.
- No phone number shared: Telegram verifies your phone, but Samyak Gyan never receives it.
- No email verification: No spam, no marketing emails, no "forgot password" flows.
- One account per person: Telegram accounts require phone verification, preventing fake accounts and system abuse.
- Enterprise-grade security: Telegram's security team protects the authentication. Samyak Gyan benefits without managing it.
📦 Data Samyak Gyan Receives From Telegram
When you click "Login with Telegram", here's exactly what Samyak Gyan receives:
| Data | What It Is | Why It's Needed |
|---|---|---|
| User ID | Unique number from Telegram | To identify your account |
| First Name | Your Telegram display name | To personalize your experience |
| Username | Your @username (if set) | For profile display |
| Photo URL | Profile picture link (optional) | To display your avatar |
| Auth Hash | Cryptographic verification | To verify login is legitimate |
🚫 Data Samyak Gyan NEVER Receives
Telegram's OAuth is designed to protect your privacy. These are things Samyak Gyan cannot access, even if it wanted to:
| Data | Status |
|---|---|
| Your phone number | NEVER SHARED |
| Your email address | NOT COLLECTED |
| Your Telegram messages | NEVER ACCESSIBLE |
| Your contacts | NEVER ACCESSIBLE |
| Your chat history | NEVER ACCESSIBLE |
| Your location | NOT COLLECTED |
📝 Data Created On The Platform
As you use Samyak Gyan, the platform stores your activity to provide the service:
- Reading history: Which articles you've read and when
- Highlights: Text you've highlighted in articles
- Summaries: Notes you've written in your own words
- Bookmarks: Articles you've saved for later
- Time spent: Reading time for the 75-Day Challenge tracking
- Challenge progress: Your consistency streak and status
🍪 Cookies Policy
Samyak Gyan uses only essential cookies required for the platform to function:
- Session cookie: Keeps you logged in during your visit
- Auth token: Securely verifies your identity
What Samyak Gyan Doesn't Use
- No Google Analytics
- No Facebook Pixel
- No advertising trackers
- No third-party analytics
- No cross-site tracking
🙅 No Big Tech Surveillance
Most websites unknowingly leak your data to big tech through tracking scripts, fonts, and hosting. Samyak Gyan has deliberately built its entire infrastructure to be independent.
What Samyak Gyan Doesn't Use
- No Google Analytics: Samyak Gyan doesn't track your behavior for Google's advertising network
- No Facebook Pixel: Meta doesn't know you visited us
- No Google Fonts: Even fonts can track you - Samyak Gyan hosts its own
- No AWS/Google Cloud hosting: Your data doesn't sit on big tech servers
- No big tech CDNs: Samyak Gyan doesn't use Cloudflare or Google CDN that log requests
- No third-party widgets: No social buttons that track your visits
Why This Matters
When you use websites with Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or Google Fonts, these companies can:
- Track you across every website using their tools
- Build a profile of your interests and behavior
- Connect your activity across all your devices
- Sell this data to advertisers
🔐 Data Security
- HTTPS everywhere: All data transmitted is encrypted
- No password database: Nothing to breach since Samyak Gyan doesn't store passwords
- Minimal data storage: Less data = smaller attack surface
- Secure infrastructure: Industry-standard cloud security
⚖ Your Rights
You have complete control over your data:
- Right to Access: View all data Samyak Gyan has about you in your profile
- Right to Download: Export your highlights, summaries, and notes anytime
- Right to Delete: Permanently delete your entire account and all associated data
- Right to Leave: No lock-in. Your notes are yours to take.
🇮🇳 Compliance with Indian Law
Samyak Gyan is an Indian platform serving Indian users. Samyak Gyan strictly adheres to the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDP Act), 2023 - India's comprehensive data protection law.
How Samyak Gyan Complies
- Lawful Purpose: Samyak Gyan collects data only for the specific purpose of providing educational services - nothing beyond.
- Data Minimization: Samyak Gyan collects only what's necessary. No phone, no email, no address - just Telegram public profile data.
- Informed Consent: You explicitly consent when you click "Login with Telegram". No hidden data collection.
- Purpose Limitation: Your data is used only for your learning experience. Never sold, never shared for marketing.
- Storage Limitation: Samyak Gyan retains data only as long as you have an active account. Delete your account = data erased.
- Data Principal Rights: You can access, correct, and delete your data anytime - as mandated by the Act.
- Security Safeguards: Samyak Gyan implements reasonable security practices to protect your data from breaches.
Your Rights Under DPDP Act
| Right | What It Means | How Samyak Gyan Supports It |
|---|---|---|
| Right to Access | Know what data Samyak Gyan has | View in your profile anytime |
| Right to Correction | Fix inaccurate data | Edit your profile details |
| Right to Erasure | Delete your data | One-click account deletion |
| Right to Grievance Redressal | Raise concerns | Contact Samyak Gyan, response within 7 days |
🔗 Third-Party Services
| Service | Purpose | Data Shared |
|---|---|---|
| Telegram | Authentication | None (they share with us) |
| Payment Gateway | Process payments | Transaction details only |
Samyak Gyan does not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any third party for marketing or advertising purposes.
📝 Changes to This Policy
If Samyak Gyan makes significant changes to this privacy policy, it will:
- Update the "Last Updated" date at the top
- Notify users through the platform
- Provide a summary of what changed