Shaurya Bharat App Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2025

Shaurya Digiconnect Pvt. Ltd. (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the Shaurya Bharat mobile application (the “App”) and the Shaurya Bharat website and web application (collectively, the “Service”). This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information when you use our Service.

By accessing or using our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information under this Privacy Policy. If you disagree with the terms herein, please do not access or use the Service.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our Service.

a. Information You Provide to Us

When you register for an account, use certain features, or interact with our Service, you may provide us with the following types of information:

  • Personal Identifiers: Your name, email address, phone number, and password.
  • Profile Information: Your profile picture, educational background, and other details you choose to add to your profile.
  • Course/Exam Preference Information: Details about the exams you are preparing for or courses you are enrolled in.
  • User Content: Information you submit through the Service, such as forum posts, comments, answers to questions, and images you upload (e.g., for profile pictures or doubt clarification).
  • Payment Information: If you make a purchase, we collect necessary payment details (e.g., transaction ID, purchase amount). Please note that we do not store your credit card or banking details directly; these are processed through secure third-party payment gateways.
  • Communications: Records of your correspondence with us, including customer support inquiries, feedback, or survey responses.

b. Information Collected Automatically

When you access and use the Service, we automatically collect certain information about your device and usage:

  • Device Information: Your device’s unique identifiers (e.g., IMEI, Android ID), operating system, hardware model, browser type, mobile network information, and other technical details.
  • Log Data: Information that your browser or the App sends whenever you use our Service. This may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilising our service, the time and date of your use of the service, the pages or features you access, and other statistics.
  • Usage Information: Details about how you interact with the Service, such as the features you use, the content you view, the time spent on certain sections, progress in courses, and your activity patterns.
  • Location Information: With your explicit consent, we may collect precise or approximate location information from your device. This is used, for example, to provide localised content or features relevant to your region, if applicable. You can typically disable location services in your device settings.
  • Device Storage Access: With your explicit consent, the App may request access to your device storage (e.g., photos, media, files) to allow you to upload images for profile pictures or doubt clarification, or to download study material.

c. Information from Third Parties

We may receive information about you from third-party services integrated with our Service, such as analytics providers, advertising partners, and social media platforms, under their privacy policies. This information helps us understand user behaviour and improve our Service.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To Provide and Maintain the Service: To operate, deliver, and maintain the functionality of the Shaurya Bharat App and Website, including processing your registrations, providing access to courses and content, and facilitating purchases.
  • To improve and personalise the Service: To understand how you use our Service, diagnose technical problems, conduct research and analysis, and customise your experience based on your preferences and learning progress.
  • To Develop New Features: To develop new products, services, features, and functionality based on user needs and market trends.
  • For Communication: To send you important updates, announcements, security alerts, technical notices, and administrative messages. We may also send you promotional communications about our products, services, and offers, which you can opt out of.
  • For Customer Support: To respond to your inquiries, provide technical support, and address any issues you may encounter.
  • For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect our Service, users, and data from unauthorised access, fraud, abuse, and other illegal activities.
  • To Comply with Legal Obligations: To comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, and governmental requests.
  • For Analytics and Marketing: To monitor and analyse usage and activity trends, and to deliver targeted advertisements and measure their effectiveness.

3. How We Share and Disclose Your Information

We may share or disclose your information in the following circumstances:

  • With Service Providers: We engage third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf (e.g., hosting, data analysis, payment processing, customer service, email delivery, marketing assistance, analytics). These third parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
    • Comply with a legal obligation or valid governmental request.
    • Protect and defend the rights or property of Shaurya Digiconnect Pvt. Ltd.
    • Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
    • Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public.
    • Protect against legal liability.
  • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or similar transaction, your personal information may be transferred as part of the assets. We will notify you before your personal information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.
  • With Your Consent: We may share your information for any other purpose with your explicit consent.
  • Aggregated or Anonymised Data: We may share aggregated or de-identified information (which cannot reasonably be used to identify you) with third parties for various purposes, including research, analytics, and marketing.

4. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

The Service uses “cookies” and similar tracking technologies (e.g., pixels, web beacons) to collect information and improve our Service. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous, unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device’s internal memory.

  • How We Use Them: We use cookies for various purposes, including:
    • Authenticating users.
    • Remembering user preferences.
    • Analysing usage patterns to improve functionality.
    • Delivering and measuring the effectiveness of advertising.
  • Third-Party Cookies: The App and Website may use third-party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services (e.g., Google Analytics, advertising networks).
  • Your Choices: You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.

5. Data Security

We value your trust in providing us with your personal information, and we strive to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. However, please remember that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect the information we collect.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your location and applicable laws, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include the right to:

  • Access: Request a copy of your personal data we hold.
  • Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
  • Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Restriction: Request restriction of processing your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Object to Processing: Object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
  • Data Portability: Request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

8. International Data Transfer

Our Service is primarily targeted at users within India. However, a small number of our users are Indian citizens residing in other countries such as Nepal, Dubai, the US, or Europe. Your information, including personal data, may be transferred to and maintained on computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

By using our Service, you understand and consent to the transfer of your information to India and other countries where we or our service providers operate. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy, and no transfer of your personal data will take place to an organisation or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including the security of your data and other personal information.

9. Children’s Privacy

The Shaurya Bharat Service is intended for use by children aged 9 and above. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without parental consent. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child under the age of 13 has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers.

For users under the age of 18, we strongly recommend parental or guardian supervision and, where required by applicable law, parental consent for the use of the Service.

10. Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites that we do not operate. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

11: Policy on Government-Related Educational Content & Mandatory Disclaimers

This section is added to ensure absolute transparency regarding the Shaurya Bharat app’s status concerning government entities and educational content.

a. Non-Affiliation and Independence Disclaimer

The Shaurya Bharat Sainik School & Defence Academy app is an entirely independent, private educational technology platform. We are not associated with, authorised by, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with any government department, agency, Ministry of Defence (MoD), or recruiting body of the Indian Armed Forces, or any Central or State Government organisation, including but not limited to UPSC, NTA, SSC, the Army, Navy, or Air Force.

Our application provides educational coaching, training, and practice materials only. We do not provide or facilitate direct government services.

b. Policy on Sourcing Government Information

All government-related information provided within the application (including details regarding exam syllabus, eligibility criteria, exam dates, recruitment processes, etc.) is purely for educational purposes and is strictly based on public notifications released by the official government entities listed below.

We verify that all such information presented in our app is publicly available on the respective government portals.

c. Official Government Information Sources (Mandatory Links)

For official, legally authoritative, and updated information regarding the competitive exams covered by Shaurya Bharat, please refer directly to the following official government portals:

  • All India Sainik Schools Entrance Examination (AISSEE): https://exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society/
  • Rashtriya Military School (RMS): https://www.rashtriyamilitaryschools.edu.in/
  • Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV): https://navodaya.gov.in/
  • Indian Army (Agniveer & JCO/OR Entry): https://joinindianarmy.nic.in/
  • Indian Navy (Agniveer & Sailor Entry): https://www.joinindiannavy.gov.in/
  • Indian Air Force (Agniveer Vayu Entry): https://careerairforce.gov.in/
  • Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Recruitment: https://indiancoastguard.gov.in/recruitment
  • NDA, CDS, RIMC, CAPF (UPSC Exams): https://upsc.gov.in/
  • Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Exams: https://ssc.gov.in/
  • Rajasthan Police Recruitment: https://police.rajasthan.gov.in/portal/RecruitmentsResults
  • Delhi Police Recruitment: https://delhipolice.gov.in/recruitments

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective immediately when they are posted on this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us at:

Email: support@shauryabharat.com