Privacy notice
Last updated 10 November 2026
This notice explains what personal data codewithvinay.com collects, why, and your rights under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. The data fiduciary is Vinay Singh (see contact).
What we collect and why
| When | Data | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Free PDF form (samplers and Pragmatic Solutions) | Name, email, whether you are a student, teacher, parent or other, which PDF you asked for, your consent choices and when you gave them, when the link was emailed and opened, and how many times it was used | To email you the download link and keep a record of it. Your email is used for updates only if you tick that box. |
| Buying a PDF | Name, email, phone number you enter at checkout, order and payment reference numbers from Razorpay | To take payment, prepare your personalised PDF, deliver it, handle refunds and support, and keep accounts. |
| Every visit | Standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested, time). For the forms we keep a one-way scrambled form of your IP address, not the address itself. | Security, preventing abuse and fixing faults. |
Your name, a partly hidden email and your order number are printed in each PDF you buy, as explained before purchase. Your phone number is never printed.
Cookies
We use only the cookies needed for the site to work: a session cookie and a security token that protects forms. No advertising, analytics or tracking cookies.
Who we share it with
- Razorpay, to process payments (under its own privacy policy).
- Our hosting provider (Oracle Cloud), which stores the website and its database on our behalf.
- Our email provider (Mailhostbox), which sends the download-link and order emails.
We do not sell or rent your data, and we do not use it for advertising.
Children
The free PDF form must be filled in by someone aged 18 or over: a student who is under 18 should ask a parent or guardian to fill it in. We don't track, profile or show advertising to anyone.
How long we keep it
- Free PDF sign-ups: until you ask us to delete them, or two years after your last download, whichever is sooner.
- Orders: for as long as tax and accounting law requires.
- Server logs: up to 90 days.
Your rights
You can ask us for a summary of the data we hold about you, to correct or complete it, or to delete it (except what we must keep by law). You can withdraw consent at any time, for example to stop update emails; this doesn't affect anything done before. You can also nominate another person to exercise these rights if you die or become unable to. Write to the email on the contact page. If you are not satisfied with our reply, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
Security
The site uses HTTPS throughout. Purchased PDFs and the database are not publicly reachable, and download links are signed and expire.
Changes
If we change this notice we will update the date above, and ask for fresh consent where the law requires it.