Last Updated: October 24, 2026

School Vartha Educational News Network (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting the privacy and personal data of our users, subscribers, creators, and tutors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, process, and protect your information when you visit our website, use our mobile application, subscribe to our premium services, or utilize interactive features like Creator Pages and Find My Tutor.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide better services, process subscriptions, and enhance platform safety:

  • Personal Information: Name, email address, phone number, mailing address, profile picture, and demographic details provided during account registration or premium subscription.
  • Creator Profile Information: Text, images, videos, educational achievements, and portfolio content uploaded by users, teachers, or students on Creator Pages.
  • Tutor Directory Data: Educational qualifications, teaching experience, subject expertise, contact details, profile photos, and location details provided by tutors for the “Find My Tutor” listing.
  • Payment Data: Payment transactions for premium subscriptions are processed via secure third-party payment gateways (e.g., Razorpay, Stripe, UPI, App Store/Play Store Billing). We do not store sensitive credit card or banking details on our servers.
  • Technical & Usage Data: IP addresses, browser type, device details, operating system, and app usage activity collected via cookies and analytics.

2. Children’s Privacy & Protection (Minors)

School Vartha provides content and tools for students and education ecosystem users:

  • Consent Requirement: We do not knowingly collect or publicly publish personal information from minors (children under the age of 18) on Creator Pages or profiles without the express authorization and consent of a parent or legal guardian.
  • Parental Rights: Parents or legal guardians may review, request deletion, or restrict the publication of their child’s personal data or posted content by contacting us at contactschoolvartha@gmail.com.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

  • To provide, maintain, and personalize our news portal, app services, and premium content.
  • To operate the “Find My Tutor” directory (making tutor contact details or profiles accessible to interested parents and students).
  • To manage Premium Subscriptions, billing, user accounts, and customer support.
  • To display and moderate user-generated content on Creator Pages.
  • To deliver relevant non-personal or personalized advertisements (e.g., via Google AdSense).
  • To prevent fraud, abusive activities, security breaches, and illegal usage of our platform.

4. Third-Party Services & Advertising

  • Ad Services: We work with third-party ad networks like Google AdSense, which may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other sites on the internet.
  • Analytics & Tool Integrations: We use standard analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics, Cloudflare) to monitor traffic and improve performance.
  • External Services: We do not sell, rent, or trade user personal information to third parties for direct marketing.

5. Data Security & Storage

We employ appropriate administrative, technical, and physical security measures to safeguard user data against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no digital transmission over the internet or mobile network is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. User Rights & Control

You have the right to:

  • Access, update, or correct your personal profile details.
  • Request deletion of your account, creator posts, or tutor listings.
  • Opt-out of promotional communications or newsletter updates at any time.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect platform updates, feature releases, or legal requirements. Updated policies will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.

8. Grievance Officer

In accordance with the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made under it, and the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, the details of our Grievance Officer are:

Name: P.R. Harikumar
Email: contactschoolvartha@gmail.com
Address: School Vartha Educational News Network, Administrative Office, SV Centre, NH Junction, Kuttippuram, Keralam 679571, India

We will acknowledge a complaint within 24 hours and try to resolve it within 15 days of receiving it.

9. Contact Us

For any privacy-related queries, data removal requests, or questions, please contact our Data Protection desk:

School Vartha Educational News Network
Administrative Office, SV Centre, NH Junction,
Kuttippuram, Keralam 679571, India

Email: contactschoolvartha@gmail.com
Website: www.schoolvartha.in