Privacy Policy & Data Protection Charter

1. Introduction & Regulatory Scope

KARMAKSH (“we”, “our”, or “us”), accessible at https://karmaksh.in, operates as an open-science research platform dedicated to spherical astronomical coordinate geometry and human capacity alignment under Protocol KH-2024-POL-01 (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.22928471). We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of every visitor in strict compliance with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (India – DPDP Act), the General Data Protection Regulation (EU/UK – GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and Google AdSense Publisher Privacy Requirements.

2. Privacy-by-Design Architecture: On-Device Ephemeris Computation

Unlike conventional astrology portals that harvest user birth databases on centralized marketing servers, KARMAKSH was engineered from first principles around Zero-Server Personal Database Storage:

• 100% Client-Side Astronomical Engine: When you enter a name, birth date, birth time, or geographic coordinate into the KARMAKSH calculator or the inline 51-element Kinship Anchor form, all Keplerian orbital equations, Lahiri sidereal longitudes, house cusps, and Vimshottari Dasha timelines are computed directly inside your web browser’s JavaScript execution sandbox.
• Ephemeral 24-Hour Browser LocalStorage: To provide seamless continuity during your session, your active chart parameters and conversation history are cached exclusively inside your own device’s browser localStorage with an automatic 24-hour expiration TTL. You may purge this local cache at any moment using the on-screen Reset / Clear controls or your browser settings.
• Transient AI Inference Context: When you actively submit a question to KARMAKSH-SAKSHI via our Cloudflare Edge endpoint (/api/chat), only the mathematical coordinate context and recent message look-back required to answer your query are transmitted over TLS 1.3 encryption for real-time inference. We do not build permanent user profiles or sell personal data to third parties.

3. Google AdSense, DoubleClick DART Cookies & Third-Party Vendors

To fund open-access server infrastructure and ongoing historical research without charging subscription fees, KARMAKSH displays advertisements served by Google AdSense (Publisher ID: ca-pub-6442241264594071, authorized via our root ads.txt manifest). In accordance with Google Publisher Policies, we disclose the following:

• Google Advertising Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies (such as the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to karmaksh.in or other websites on the internet.
• Purpose of Advertising Cookies: Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its certified partners to serve contextual and personalized advertisements, measure ad performance, and prevent fraudulent ad impressions.
• How to Opt Out of Personalized Advertising: Users may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings (adssettings.google.com). Furthermore, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.eu.

4. Edge Network Telemetry & Security Log Files

KARMAKSH is hosted on Cloudflare Pages’ global edge network. Standard, non-identifying edge telemetry logs (such as anonymized IP routing headers, browser user-agent strings, HTTP status codes, and timestamps) are processed transiently by Cloudflare to mitigate Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, enforce rate limits on our API endpoints, and maintain platform reliability.

5. Optional Google Sign-In & Practitioner Portal

Access to the core KARMAKSH coordinate calculator, the 5,000 Historical Titan Research Gallery, the 100 Titans Directory, the Knowledge Guide, and the Research Blog requires zero sign-in. Where optional Google Identity Services authentication is utilized by verified researchers or practitioners, authentication tokens are verified strictly via Google OAuth 2.0 standards and are never shared with external marketers.

6. Your Statutory Rights Under Indian DPDP Act 2023 & GDPR

As a Data Principal (under the Indian DPDP Act 2023) or Data Subject (under EU/UK GDPR), you hold the right to: (a) obtain confirmation regarding any personal correspondence held by us, (b) request correction or erasure of your correspondence records, (c) withdraw consent for browser cookies via your browser settings, and (d) register a formal grievance with our Data Protection & Grievance Officer.