Mobile App Privacy Policy

1. About Dhyan Mala

Dhyan Mala is a digital companion for Japa, Dhyan, scripture reflection and everyday spiritual practice.

The app is designed to be quiet, privacy-conscious, offline-first and usable without creating an account.

Dhyan Mala is developed and operated by Niranjan Subedi.

Website: dhyanmala.vedicdarshantv.com

Privacy contact: vedicdarshantech+dhyanmala@gmail.com

This Mobile App Privacy Policy applies to the Dhyan Mala mobile application. It explains what information stays on your device, what limited information may be processed by us or our service providers, and the choices available to you.

2. Information Stored on Your Device

Most of your Dhyan Mala experience is stored locally on your device.

This may include:

• selected language and appearance preferences;
• bead count, mala count and mantra preferences;
• sound, volume, haptic and screen-awake settings;
• current and completed Japa sessions;
• practice dates, streaks and totals;
• completed mala counts;
• interruption records created during practice, including when and for how long the app was interrupted;
• undisturbed-session information;
• onboarding status; and
• the last scripture, shloka or teaching shown.

This information is used to provide your practice experience and history.

It is not currently synced to a Dhyan Mala account because the app does not require or provide user accounts.

You can remove locally stored Dhyan Mala data by deleting the app or, where your device provides the option, clearing the app's local data.

3. Firebase Analytics - Optional

Dhyan Mala may use Firebase Analytics to help us understand how the app is used and improve the experience.

Analytics is disabled by default.

Analytics will only be enabled if you choose to turn it on through the app's privacy or analytics settings and you are eligible to provide that choice under applicable law.

If enabled, analytics information may include:

• app screens viewed;
• practice sessions started or completed;
• selected language;
• bead and mala counts;
• session duration;
• interruption counts;
• app version;
• general device and application information; and
• identifiers associated with an installation of the app.

We do not use Dhyan Mala analytics for third-party advertising, behavioural advertising or data-broker purposes.

We do not send mantra text, scripture interaction details, feedback message contents or sensitive devotional content to analytics.

You can turn optional analytics off again through the app's privacy settings.

Turning analytics off does not prevent you from using the core Japa and Dhyan features.

4. Crash and Diagnostic Information

Dhyan Mala uses Firebase Crashlytics to understand crashes and technical problems and to improve the reliability of the app.

Crash and diagnostic reports may include information such as:

• crash stack traces and technical diagnostics;
• app version and build;
• operating system and platform;
• device and app diagnostic information;
• Firebase or Crashlytics installation identifiers;
• the screen being used when a problem occurred;
• selected app language;
• session state;
• current and target Japa counts;
• interruption count; and
• whether audio-related features were active.

We intentionally avoid adding sensitive practice content, feedback messages or personal communications to crash reports.

Crashlytics is used for application reliability and troubleshooting, not advertising or profiling.

5. Remote Configuration

Dhyan Mala may use Firebase Remote Config to deliver limited application configuration.

For example, it may be used to:

• determine whether an app update is available;
• identify a minimum supported app version;
• display an update message; or
• safely adjust application configuration without requiring a new release.

Remote Config may process information associated with an installation of the app in order to provide the appropriate configuration.

It is not used by Dhyan Mala for advertising.

6. Feedback

You may choose to send feedback from within Dhyan Mala.

When you do, we may receive:

• feedback category;
• the message you submit;
• an optional email address;
• app version;
• device locale; and
• submission date and time.

Providing feedback is optional.

If you provide an email address, we will use it only where reasonably necessary to respond to your feedback or support request.

Please avoid including sensitive personal information in feedback messages unless it is necessary for us to understand your request.

7. Information We Do Not Intentionally Collect

Dhyan Mala does not require an account and does not intentionally request or collect:

• your contacts;
• precise location;
• photographs or camera content;
• microphone recordings;
• payment-card information;
• social-media profiles;
• health or medical records; or
• the contents of notifications, phone calls or other applications.

Dhyan Mala does not attempt to determine which other app you opened when a Japa session is interrupted.

Interruption tracking records only information needed to understand the Dhyan Mala session, such as when the app became inactive and how long the interruption lasted.

8. How We Use Information

Information processed through Dhyan Mala may be used to:

• provide Japa and Dhyan functionality;
• remember your preferences;
• maintain your local practice history;
• understand and fix crashes or technical problems;
• maintain compatibility between different versions of the app;
• understand app usage where you have chosen to enable analytics;
• review and respond to feedback;
• improve Dhyan Mala; and
• comply with applicable legal or platform requirements.

We do not use your practice information to create advertising profiles.

9. Legal Basis for Processing

Where UK or similar data-protection law applies, our legal bases depend on the type of processing.

Optional Analytics

We rely on your consent.

Analytics remains disabled unless you choose to enable it.

You may withdraw that consent by disabling analytics in the app.

Crash Reporting and App Reliability

We rely on our legitimate interests in maintaining a secure, stable and reliable application, diagnosing failures and preventing recurring technical problems.

Remote Configuration

We rely on our legitimate interests in operating Dhyan Mala safely, maintaining compatibility and communicating important application configuration or update information.

Feedback and Support

We rely on our legitimate interests in reviewing feedback, responding to requests and improving the app.

Where you voluntarily provide contact details, we use them only for purposes connected with the feedback or request you submitted.

10. Sharing and Service Providers

We do not sell your personal information.

We do not share your information with data brokers or third parties for targeted advertising.

We use service providers where necessary to operate Dhyan Mala.

These currently include Google Firebase services, including services used for:

• Crashlytics;
• optional Analytics;
• Remote Config; and
• storage or processing of feedback submissions.

These providers may process limited information on our behalf in accordance with their own infrastructure, security and data-processing arrangements.

Apple, Google and other operating-system or app-store providers may separately process information when you download, install or update Dhyan Mala. Their processing is governed by their own terms and privacy policies.

11. Retention

Local Practice Data

Practice information stored locally remains on your device until:

• you delete it through features provided by the app, where available;
• you clear the app's data through your device; or
• you delete the application.

Feedback

Feedback and any optional email address are kept while reasonably necessary to review and resolve the feedback.

After the matter is resolved, we aim to delete identifiable feedback information within 12 months, unless we need to retain it longer for security, dispute resolution or legal reasons.

Crash and Diagnostic Information

Crash and diagnostic information is retained according to the applicable Firebase service's retention practices and only for as long as necessary for application reliability, troubleshooting and related legitimate purposes.

Analytics

Where you have opted in to Analytics, analytics information is retained according to our configured analytics retention settings and the relevant Firebase service arrangements.

We periodically review whether information we control still needs to be retained.

12. Your Privacy Choices

You can use Dhyan Mala's core features without:

• creating an account;
• submitting feedback; or
• enabling optional Analytics.

You can enable or disable optional Analytics through the app's privacy settings.

Because most practice information remains on your own device, we normally cannot access, view or remotely delete that information.

You control that information directly through your device and the features provided by the app.

13. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on where you live and the applicable law, you may have rights regarding personal information that we process about you.

These may include the right to:

• request access to your personal information;
• ask for inaccurate information to be corrected;
• request deletion of information;
• ask us to restrict certain processing;
• object to certain processing;
• request portability of information where applicable; and
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

In particular, you have the right to object to processing that we carry out on the basis of legitimate interests.

To make a privacy request, contact: vedicdarshantech+dhyanmala@gmail.com

We may need enough information to identify the information associated with your request. Because Dhyan Mala does not use user accounts, in some circumstances we may not be technically able to associate Firebase-generated information with a particular person.

14. Children and Family Use

Dhyan Mala is a general spiritual-wellness application and is not specifically designed or marketed as a children's application.

The core app does not require a user to provide a name, email address or create an account.

Optional Analytics is disabled by default.

Dhyan Mala does not knowingly use children's personal information for advertising, profiling or marketing.

If a child voluntarily submits personal information through the feedback feature, a parent or guardian may contact us at vedicdarshantech+dhyanmala@gmail.com to request its deletion.

Core Japa and Dhyan practice data remains stored locally as described in this policy.

15. International Processing

Some of the service providers used by Dhyan Mala operate infrastructure in multiple countries.

As a result, limited information processed through services such as Firebase may be processed outside the country where you live.

Where required by applicable data-protection law, we rely on the safeguards and data-transfer mechanisms provided by our service providers and applicable law for such transfers.

You may contact us if you would like further information about international processing relevant to Dhyan Mala.

16. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information processed through Dhyan Mala.

Our privacy approach also aims to reduce risk by keeping core practice information on your device rather than requiring it to be stored in a Dhyan Mala account.

However, no application, device, network or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

17. Automated Decisions and Advertising

Dhyan Mala does not make automated decisions about you that have legal or similarly significant effects.

We do not use your Japa history, Dhyan activity or interruption information to:

• determine eligibility for services;
• create advertising profiles;
• rank you against other users; or
• make decisions about you.

Dhyan Mala currently has no social feed or leaderboard.

18. Privacy Complaints

If you have a concern about how Dhyan Mala handles your personal information, please contact us first at: vedicdarshantech+dhyanmala@gmail.com

If you are in the United Kingdom, you also have the right to raise a concern with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Users in other countries may also have the right to contact their local data-protection authority.

19. Changes to This Policy

Dhyan Mala may change over time.

We may update this Privacy Policy when:

• new features are introduced;
• our service providers change;
• our data practices change; or
• legal or platform requirements change.

When we make changes, we will update the Last updated date at the top of this policy.

If a future change materially affects how personal information is collected or used, we will take appropriate steps to bring that change to users' attention.

Features such as user accounts, cloud practice sync or materially different data uses would require this policy to be reviewed and updated.

20. Contact

Dhyan Mala is operated by: Niranjan Subedi

Mobile app privacy enquiries: vedicdarshantech+dhyanmala@gmail.com

Website: dhyanmala.vedicdarshantv.com