Privacy Policy for Devi Mandir Mobile Apps

Last Updated: August 9, 2026

The Temple of the Divine Mother, Inc. (“we,” “us,” “our,” or “Devi Mandir”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how our mobile applications, including our digital book and scripture-reading applications (collectively, the “Apps”), handle information.

Our Apps are primarily designed to provide users with access to digital books, scriptures, spiritual literature, PDF/book content, quotations, videos, and related educational and spiritual resources.

This Privacy Policy applies to the Bhagavad Gita Android application, including the application identified by package name com.devimandir.bhagavad_gita, and to other Devi Mandir book-reading applications to which this policy is linked.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information

Our Apps do not require users to create an account, register, or provide personal information in order to read the books or use the primary reading features.

We do not intentionally collect personal information such as:

Name
Postal address
Telephone number
Email address
Passwords
Contacts
Precise location
Financial or payment-card information

unless a particular feature of an App specifically requires such information and provides an appropriate notice to the user.

Bookmarks and Reading Preferences

Some Apps may provide features such as bookmarks, reading position, favorites, or similar reading preferences.

Where these features are stored locally on the user’s device, the information remains on that device and is not transmitted to us.

If a future version of an App introduces cloud synchronization, accounts, or another feature that requires information to be transmitted to our servers, we will update this Privacy Policy and the applicable Google Play Data Safety information before or when that functionality is introduced.

Device and Usage Information

Our book-reading Apps are not designed to require personal information for their primary functionality.

We do not intentionally collect personal information merely because you read a book or use the reading features of the App.

However, Android and Google Play may process certain technical information as part of operating the device, distributing the App, maintaining security, processing purchases where applicable, or providing platform services. Such processing is governed by the applicable Google and Android privacy practices.

If we introduce analytics, crash reporting, advertising, authentication, cloud services, or other third-party technologies that collect additional information, we will update this Privacy Policy and our Google Play disclosures as appropriate.

2. Book and Digital Content

The primary purpose of our Apps is to provide digital books and related spiritual or educational content.

The book content may include:

Complete books and scriptures
PDF or digitized book content
Images and illustrations
Bookmarks and reading features
Quotations
Videos
Links to related websites and resources
Information about Devi Mandir and its activities
Links to our other applications

Reading or viewing this content does not by itself require you to provide personal information to us.

3. External Links

Our Apps may contain links to external websites, social-media services, video platforms, email services, newsletters, or other third-party websites and services.

When you select an external link, you may leave our App and interact directly with the third-party service.

Those services operate under their own privacy policies and terms of use. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of third-party websites or services.

We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any external service before providing it with personal information.

4. Google Play and App Distribution

Our Apps may be distributed through Google Play.

Google Play may process information necessary to provide its services, including app installation, updates, security, payments where applicable, and other platform functions.

We do not receive or store your payment-card details merely because you download or use an App through Google Play.

For information about Google’s handling of information, please refer to Google’s applicable privacy documentation.

5. Third-Party Services and Software

Our Apps may rely on standard operating-system or distribution services provided by Google or other technology providers.

Where third-party software or services are incorporated into an App and they collect or process user information, their data practices will be taken into account in our Google Play Data Safety disclosures and, where applicable, this Privacy Policy.

We do not sell personal or sensitive user data.

We do not knowingly permit third parties to use personal information obtained through our Apps for purposes unrelated to the operation or functionality of the App.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information.

We do not intentionally share personal information with third parties for their independent marketing purposes.

Information may be processed or disclosed when reasonably necessary:

To provide or maintain App functionality;
To operate technical infrastructure or services;
To comply with applicable law or a valid legal request;
To protect the security, rights, property, or users of our organization or Apps;
To investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents; or
With service providers acting on our behalf, where applicable.

If an App does not collect personal information, there is no personal information from that App for us to sell or share.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable measures appropriate to the nature of the information we handle to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

Where personal information is transmitted to our services, we intend to use appropriate technical safeguards, including secure transmission methods where applicable.

However, no electronic storage or transmission system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

8. Data Retention

Because our book-reading Apps are designed to operate without requiring users to create accounts or submit personal information, we generally do not retain personal information associated with ordinary use of the Apps.

Information that is stored only locally on a user’s device may remain there until the user deletes it, clears the App’s data, uninstalls the App, or otherwise removes the information using the device’s available controls.

If personal information is collected through a particular feature in the future, we will retain it only for as long as reasonably necessary for the stated purpose, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

9. Data Deletion

Our book-reading Apps do not require users to create an account.

Therefore, there is generally no App account for us to delete.

If information is stored locally on your device, you may generally remove it by using the App’s available controls, clearing the App’s storage/data through your device settings, or uninstalling the App.

If you believe that we have received personal information from you and would like us to delete it, you may contact us using the contact information provided below.

We will review legitimate deletion requests and delete information that we are not required to retain for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or other legitimate purposes.

10. Children’s Privacy

Our Apps are not designed to collect personal information from children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through our Apps.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.

11. Permissions

Our Apps are designed to request only permissions that are reasonably necessary for the functionality provided by the particular App.

If an App requires a permission that provides access to personal or sensitive information, the purpose of that permission will be related to an App feature and, where required, the appropriate Android permission and disclosure mechanisms will be used.

Users may manage available App permissions through their Android device settings.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our Apps, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

When we make material changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this Privacy Policy and, where appropriate, provide additional notice within the App or through other reasonable means.

We encourage users to periodically review this Privacy Policy.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our Apps, or the handling of personal information, please contact:

The Temple of the Divine Mother, Inc.

Website: https://shreemaa.org/

For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact us through the contact information provided on our website.

14. Applicable Apps

Other Devi Mandir book applications may link to this same Privacy Policy. Where an individual App has additional data practices or functionality, those practices will be disclosed through the applicable App, its Google Play Data Safety information, or an updated version of this Privacy Policy.

By using our Apps, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.