Last Updated: May 10, 2026
📋 Introduction
Welcome to Swami Nirnay (स्वामी निर्णय) — a premium Marathi Panchang Calendar application. Your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our app.
By using Swami Nirnay, you agree to the terms described in this Privacy Policy.
📊 Information We Collect
Swami Nirnay is designed with privacy in mind. We collect minimal data:
1. Information Stored Locally (On Your Device Only):
- Theme preferences (dark/light mode)
- Fasting (upvas) type selections
- Birthday reminders
- Custom reminders and notes
- Festival notification preferences
✅ All personal preferences are stored locally on your device only using LocalStorage. We do NOT upload this data to any server.
2. Advertising Data:
- Our app uses Google AdMob to display advertisements. Google may collect device identifiers, IP address, and ad interaction data to serve relevant ads.
- Google's Advertising ID may be used for personalized advertising.
3. Automatically Collected Information:
- We do NOT collect any personal information such as name, email, phone number, or location.
- We do NOT track your browsing activity or usage patterns.
- We do NOT access your contacts, camera, microphone, or files.
🎯 How We Use Information
- Local Preferences: To save and restore your app settings (theme, fasting selections, reminders) for a personalized experience.
- Notifications: To send you local reminders about fasting days, festivals, and birthdays based on your preferences. All notifications are scheduled locally on your device.
- Advertisements: To display ads through Google AdMob, which helps us keep the app free for all users.
🔗 Third-Party Services
Our app uses the following third-party services:
Google AdMob
- Used for displaying banner and interstitial advertisements.
- AdMob may collect device information for ad targeting.
- Google's Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Play Services
🛡️ Data Storage & Security
- All user preferences and reminders are stored locally on your device using the app's internal storage (SharedPreferences and LocalStorage).
- No data is transmitted to external servers owned by us.
- We do not maintain any databases containing user information.
- Uninstalling the app will permanently delete all locally stored data.
👶 Children's Privacy
Swami Nirnay is a general-audience app suitable for all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. The app displays ads which are managed by Google AdMob's content-appropriate ad policies.
📱 App Permissions
Our app requests the following permissions:
- INTERNET: Required for loading advertisements.
- VIBRATE: Used for notification alerts.
- RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: To re-schedule notification reminders after device restart.
- POST_NOTIFICATIONS: To send festival and fasting day reminders.
- SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM: To schedule precise notification reminders.
- AD_ID: Used by Google AdMob for advertising purposes.
⚖️ Your Rights
- You can clear all app data at any time through your device Settings → Apps → Swami Nirnay → Clear Data.
- You can opt out of personalized ads through your device Settings → Google → Ads → Opt out of Ads Personalization.
- You can disable notifications through your device Settings → Apps → Swami Nirnay → Notifications.
- You can uninstall the app at any time, which will delete all locally stored data.
📝 Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected with an updated "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.