Privacy notice
What we collect when you join the waitlist, and why. It is not legal advice.
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Summary
- We collect only what the sign-up form asks for, plus simple visit counts.
- You must be 18 or older. If you are younger, we save nothing.
- You get two separate boxes. One is needed to join the waitlist. One is optional. You can withdraw either at any time.
- We do not sell your data. We do not use tracking cookies.
- You can ask us to show, fix or delete your data. Email support@dhoop.si.
Who we are
dhoop is run by one person in India. Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP Act), we are the data fiduciary. This means we decide why and how your data is used.
Contact: support@dhoop.si. For complaints, see Grievance officer.
dhoop is an AI. This notice covers the dhoop website and the waitlist sign-up only.
What we collect and why
This table lists everything we save today. Nothing more.
| What | Why | Stored where | Kept how long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname (optional) | To call you by a name you chose. | Our database (Cloudflare D1), table signups. | Until you ask us to delete it, or until the early-bird period ends (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| To tell you when the early-bird opens. Also to spot a double sign-up. We save it in lower case. | Our database, table signups. | Until you ask us to delete it, or until the early-bird period ends (final limit: [N] — draft). | |
| Phone (optional) | Same as email. You need only one of the two. | Our database, table signups. We save it in a standard format, for example +91 and ten digits. | Until you ask us to delete it, or until the early-bird period ends (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| Date of birth | To check you are 18 or older. Later, to build your chart, if you use dhoop. We also save a yes flag that you are an adult. | Our database, table signups. Saved only for adults. | Until you ask us to delete it, or until the early-bird period ends (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| Survey answers (optional, asked after you join) | To learn what people want from dhoop, so we build the right thing. We tie them to your sign-up with a random code that only your browser has. | Our database, table signups, as one block of text. | Until you ask us to delete it, or until the early-bird period ends (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| Campaign tags (utm_source and similar) | To learn which link or ad brought you here. We read them from the web address of the page you used to send the form. We save no other part of that address. | Our database, table signups. | Until you ask us to delete it, or until the early-bird period ends (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| Your two consent choices and when you gave each | To keep a record of what you agreed to, and when. The waitlist box is on the form. The chat-log box comes after you join. | Our database, table signups. | As long as we keep your sign-up. We need it as proof of consent. |
| Visit event | To count visits. We save the page path, the site and page you came from (without any query part), and the time. | Our database, table events. | No personal data. Kept as totals (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| Sign-up event | To count sign-ups. We save the page path of the form and the time. | Our database, table events. | No personal data. Kept as totals (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| Form-start and survey-done events | To count how many people start the form, and how many answer the survey after joining. We save the page path and the time, no answers. | Our database, table events. | No personal data. Kept as totals (final limit: [N] — draft). |
| Page-view counts from Cloudflare Web Analytics | To see which pages work. It gives totals only. It uses no cookies. It runs only when we switch it on. | Cloudflare. | Set by Cloudflare. We see totals only. |
What we do not collect now
- No tracking cookies. No advertising trackers.
- No payment data. Payments are not live. When they launch, we will update this notice.
- No chat messages and no memory of you. dhoop chat is not live. When it launches, we will update this notice.
- No exact location.
- We do not copy your IP address into our sign-up data.
Your host, Cloudflare, must handle your IP address to send you the page. Its logs may hold request details for a short time.
Please do not type health details or other sensitive facts into the survey. We do not ask for them.
Consent
The sign-up form has two separate boxes.
- Waitlist (needed). You agree that we add you to the waitlist and use your details to contact you about the early-bird. Without this box, we cannot add you.
- Log sharing (optional). You agree that you may share your logs to help build dhoop. Chat is not live, so there are no logs today. When chat launches, we will update this notice. If you leave this box empty, your place on the waitlist does not change.
You can withdraw either consent at any time. Email support@dhoop.si. If you withdraw the waitlist consent, we delete your sign-up. Withdrawal does not affect what we did before you withdrew.
18 and over only
dhoop is for people who are 18 or older. We check your date of birth when you send the form. If you are under 18, we do not save your name, email, phone, date of birth or answers. The form tells you so.
Where your data lives
We use Cloudflare to host the site and to store the sign-up database. We have not yet chosen a data region. Your data may be handled in India or in another country. When we choose a region, we will update this notice.
Page-view counts come from Cloudflare Web Analytics. It uses no cookies. It runs only when we switch it on.
Who we share your data with
We do not sell your data. We do not share it for advertising.
- Cloudflare. It acts as our processor. It hosts the site and the database, and runs the page-view counts.
- A payment provider. We have none yet. When payments launch, the provider will take your payment details, not us. We will name the provider in this notice.
- The authorities. We share data if the law requires it.
Your rights under the DPDP Act
- Access. Ask for a summary of the data we hold about you and how we use it.
- Correction. Ask us to fix or complete your data.
- Erasure. Ask us to delete your data. We delete it unless the law says we must keep it.
- Withdraw consent. You can do this at any time.
- Grievance redressal. Tell us if you have a complaint. See below.
- Nominate. Name another person who can use these rights for you if you die or cannot act.
How to use your rights
Email support@dhoop.si. Write from the email address or phone number you used to sign up, and say what you want. We may ask you to confirm it is you. Today we handle these requests by hand.
Grievance officer
Name: Grievance Officer, dhoop. Email: support@dhoop.si.
Acknowledgement: within 48 hours. Resolution: within 15 days.
If we do not solve your complaint, you may complain to the Data Protection Board of India, once it takes complaints.
Changes to this notice
We will update this notice with each major feature launch, for example payments and chat memory. The date at the top shows the last update. If a change affects how we use your data, we will tell you before it applies.