Privacy Policy

The short version

• No accounts. We don't ask you to sign up, and we don't collect your name, email, or password.
• Your progress stays with you. Lesson progress and quiz stats are saved in your browser on your device, not on our servers.
• We measure traffic, not people. We use Google Analytics to see which pages are popular and how visitors find us.
• We don't sell your data. Ever.

Who we are

Learn Punjabi ("we", "us", "the site") is a free educational website and Android app at learnpunjabi.net, teaching the Punjabi language and Gurmukhi script for the global diaspora. The Android app is the same website presented as an installable app, so this policy covers both.

Information stored on your device

When you learn on the site, we save small amounts of data locally in your browser (using localStorage) so your experience carries over between visits. This includes:

• Which lessons you've marked complete and your overall course progress.
• Quiz statistics, streaks, and which words you find hardest (so the flashcards can focus on them).

This information never leaves your device and is not sent to us or anyone else. You can erase it at any time by clearing your browser's site data for learnpunjabi.net, or by using your device's "clear data" option for the app. Doing so simply resets your progress.

Information collected automatically (analytics)

We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used - for example, which lessons are most popular and whether visitors arrive from a search engine. To do this, Google Analytics collects standard, largely anonymous technical information through cookies and similar technologies, including:

• Pages you visit, how long you stay, and links you click.
• Approximate location (typically country or city level), derived from your IP address.
• Device, browser, operating system, and screen size.
• How you reached the site (e.g. a Google search, a direct link, or social media).

This data is aggregated and used only to improve the site. We do not use it to identify you personally, and we do not combine it with any other information. Google processes this data under its own privacy policy. You can learn how Google uses data from sites that use its services here.

Third-party services

A few external services help the site run. Each has its own privacy policy:

• Google Analytics - website traffic measurement (described above).
• Google Fonts - the site loads fonts from Google's servers, which may receive your IP address as part of serving those fonts.
• Google Play - if you install the Android app, your use of it is also subject to Google Play's terms and privacy policy.
• Our hosting provider - like all websites, our host processes basic server request logs (such as IP addresses) to deliver pages and keep the service secure.

Cookies

The site itself does not use cookies to track you. The only cookies set are those used by Google Analytics to measure traffic, as described above. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings at any time; the site will continue to work normally.

Children's privacy

Learn Punjabi is a family-friendly educational resource that people of all ages use to learn Punjabi. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and we never require anyone - child or adult - to provide personal details to use the site. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will remove it.

Your rights and choices

Because we don't build a profile of you or store personal data on our servers, there's very little of "yours" for us to hold. Still, depending on where you live (for example under the UK/EU GDPR or California's CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data, and to opt out of analytics:

• Opt out of Google Analytics across all sites with Google's official browser opt-out add-on.
• Clear your on-device data at any time through your browser or app settings.
• Use browser privacy controls such as "Do Not Track" or blocking third-party cookies.

To make any request or ask a question about your data, email us at privacy@learnpunjabi.net.

Data security and retention

We keep our attack surface small by design: no accounts, no passwords, and no personal database mean there is very little sensitive data to protect. Analytics data is retained by Google according to the retention settings on our account and Google's own policies. Data stored on your device stays there until you choose to clear it.

International visitors

Learn Punjabi serves a global audience, including the Punjabi diaspora in the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States, India, and beyond. By using the site, you understand that analytics and hosting providers may process technical data in countries other than your own, under the safeguards described in their respective privacy policies.

Changes to this policy

If our practices change - for example, if we ever introduce advertising or user accounts - we will update this page and revise the "last updated" date above. Significant changes will be made clear on the site.

Contact us

Questions about this policy or your privacy? Email privacy@learnpunjabi.net and we'll be glad to help.