Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Maru Prajapati Samaj Applcation collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you use our community platform. Our purpose is to help community members connect with one another, stay informed, build trusted family and social connections, support community activities, and assist families in finding suitable matches within the community.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following categories of information:

  • Account details such as your name, email address, login method, and OTP verification status.
  • Profile information including personal, educational, professional, family, business, and community-related details you choose to provide.
  • Searchable profile data such as name, village, age, profession, gender, marital status, gotra, education status, and employment status.
  • Marketplace information, posts, events, announcements, reminders, notifications, and other content created through the App.
  • Donation-related details entered by a trust or authorized admin for community visibility.
  • Family connection requests and relationship details shared through the App.
  • Reports, complaints, or suspected-user reports submitted by users.
  • Language, theme, and similar usage preferences such as English, Hindi, Gujarati, dark mode, or light mode.
  • Subscription and payment-related information needed to manage paid features, if and when premium plans are used.

2. How We Collect Information

We collect information when you:

  • Register using email or sign in with a Google account.
  • Verify your email using an OTP sent to your email address.
  • Complete or update your personal, educational, professional, family, or business profile.
  • Search for other users or interact with community features.
  • Create or respond to family member requests.
  • Use the marketplace, community posts, events, or notification features.
  • Submit a report about a suspected or inappropriate user account.
  • Use premium or subscription-based features.

3. Why We Use Your Information

We use your information to operate and improve the App, including to:

  • Create and manage user accounts and authenticate members securely.
  • Verify email ownership through OTP-based verification.
  • Display community member information to other users as part of the App's core networking purpose.
  • Help users search community profiles, including for social and marriage-match discovery within the community.
  • Allow users to connect with relatives, add family members, and build trusted community relationships.
  • Enable trusts and trust admins to publish posts, events, notices, reminders, announcements, committee member details, and donation records.
  • Support marketplace listings and business discovery among community members.
  • Review reports, investigate suspicious activity, and help trust admins block reported users when necessary.
  • Manage access to free and paid features, including subscription-based functionality.
  • Support language selection, theme preferences, and overall user experience.

4. Profile Visibility and Privacy Controls

The App is designed to connect community members, so certain profile information may be visible to other registered users. At the same time, we understand that some information is sensitive.

  • Users may choose to keep certain critical information private where privacy controls are provided in the App.
  • Information marked as private should not be accessible to other regular users.
  • Public or community-visible fields may still be shown to help users identify and connect with relevant members.
  • Users are responsible for choosing carefully what information they make visible to others.

5. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information only in limited situations such as:

  • With other users, according to your profile visibility settings and the App's community features.
  • With authorized trust admins for moderation, trust management, safety, and community administration.
  • With service providers that help us support login, email delivery, subscriptions, hosting, or app operations.
  • When required by law, regulation, legal process, or to protect the safety, rights, or property of users or the community.

6. Reports, Safety, and Misuse Prevention

  • Users can report suspicious or suspected user accounts.
  • Reported information may be reviewed by authorized trust admins or platform administrators.
  • We may retain report records and related data to investigate misuse, enforce community standards, and protect users.

9. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as it is reasonably necessary to provide the App, maintain community records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce platform rules, and support trust administration and safety processes.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative and technical steps to protect your information. However, no system can be guaranteed to be completely secure, and users should also protect their accounts and devices.

11. Children's Privacy

The App is intended for community use by appropriate users and families. If you believe personal information has been provided inappropriately, please contact the platform administrators so it can be reviewed.

12. Language, Features, and Future Updates

The App currently supports features and preferences such as multiple languages and theme options, and additional features may be added over time. As the App evolves, this Privacy Policy may also be updated to reflect new services, premium plans, or community tools.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Continued use of the App after changes are published means you accept the updated policy.