Privacy Policy
Last Updated: 7 September 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to Rankpandit.in ("we", "us", or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you provide when using our services, in compliance with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA), 2023.
2. Information We Collect
We collect information in the following ways:
a) Information You Provide Directly:
- When you use our service, you provide us with the URL of your official examination response sheet. This page may contain Personal Data such as your Name, Roll Number, Application Number, and exam details. This information is essential for us to calculate your score and predict your rank.
b) Information Collected Automatically:
- Like most websites, we use third-party analytics services (specifically Google Analytics) to help us understand how our service is used. This service may automatically collect information sent by your browser, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, and the pages you visit on our site. This data is used for statistical analysis and to improve our website.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following specific purposes:
- To Provide Our Core Service: To calculate your exam score and predict your potential rank based on the data from your response sheet URL.
- To Improve Our Service: We use the collected data to generate aggregated and anonymized statistics, such as average scores across different exams. This helps us refine our rank prediction models and understand trends.
- We do not use your personal information to send marketing communications or for any purpose other than providing and improving the service you have requested.
Your Privacy is Paramount: We do not require you to create an account. Your individual rank, score, and personal details from the answer key are never made public or shared with other users.
4. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share your personal data with third parties, with the following limited exception:
- Service Providers: We share automatically collected technical data with Google Analytics to help us analyze website traffic and improve user experience. You can learn more about how Google uses data by visiting their Privacy Policy.
5. Data Retention
We are committed to not holding onto your data for longer than necessary. We will delete the personal data associated with your answer key URL from our active systems within a maximum period of three (3) months or shortly after the official results for that specific exam are declared, whichever is earlier.
6. Data Security
We implement reasonable administrative and technical safeguards to protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
7. Your Rights and Choices
Under the DPDPA, you have certain rights regarding your personal data. You have the right to request the deletion of your data from our systems before the end of our standard retention period.
- To exercise this right, please send a deletion request via email to rjptrnjt@gmail.com. We will process your request in a timely manner.
8. Use of Cookies
Our website uses cookies solely for the purpose of operating Google Analytics. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help us analyze how users interact with our site. They do not contain personal information like your name or email address.
9. Children's Privacy
Our service is not directed to individuals under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected data from a child, we will take steps to delete it as soon as possible.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
- Email: rjptrnjt@gmail.com
- Telegram: t.me/Ranjit_sinh