Privacy Policy

Last updated: 5 November 2026

This policy explains how the operator of Meridian Geography (https://www.meridiangeography.com) handles personal data. It is written with the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 in mind.

1. What we collect

• Practice on the website: there are no user accounts. Your attempts, scores, language choice and, if you add one, the name shown on your Profile are saved only in your own browser (local storage) on your device. Your name is never sent to us. When you check an answer or submit a paper, your selected options are sent to our database (hosted on Supabase) with a random attempt number so they can be scored; this is not linked to your name, email or phone.
• Protection against copying: your browser keeps a random device code (not linked to you). When you check an answer or start a paper, this code and a scrambled code made from your internet address are counted, so that very fast, automated copying can be slowed or blocked. These counts are deleted after 14 days. Full-paper answers open 15 minutes after a paper starts.
• Donations: payments are processed by Razorpay, which collects the details needed for the payment and sends you a receipt. From Razorpay we receive the payment record — typically amount, date, payment ID and the phone number and email entered at checkout. We never receive or store card numbers, CVV, UPI PIN or banking passwords, and the website itself does not keep a list of donors.
• Emails you send us: your email address and whatever you write.
• Feedback and question reports: if you use the Feedback or Report form, we store your message, the type you picked, the page and question it was sent from, your language setting, and an email address only if you choose to add one. We use it only to correct questions, improve the website and reply to you.
• Technical data: our hosting provider (Vercel) and the services that deliver fonts and code libraries (Google Fonts, unpkg) receive your IP address and browser details when pages load, as for any website.

2. Why we use it

• To score your practice papers and show your results.
• To record donations, answer donors' questions, process eligible refunds and meet legal and accounting requirements.
• To reply to your messages and keep the website secure.

We do not sell personal data, show advertisements, or use advertising trackers.

3. Who it is shared with

Only with the service providers that run the website and payments (Razorpay, Supabase, Vercel), and with authorities where the law requires it.

4. How long we keep it

Donation records are kept for as long as required by tax and accounting law. Emails and feedback messages are kept only while needed to resolve the query or fix the problem. Speed-limit counts are deleted after 14 days. Data in your browser stays until you clear your browser's site data.

5. Your rights

You may ask to access, correct or erase your personal data, withdraw consent, or raise a grievance. Write to the grievance officer below; we aim to reply within 30 days.

6. Security

The website is served only over HTTPS. Payments are handled inside Razorpay's secure checkout; our server only creates the order and checks Razorpay's signature on the result.

7. Children

Most visitors are graduate and postgraduate exam aspirants, but CUET UG practice is also used by school students, some of whom may be under 18. Practising needs no account, and we never ask for a name, email or phone number to practise. Adding a name on the Profile page is optional, and it stays on the device. Donations are accepted only from people aged 18 or over.

8. Grievance officer

Write to the grievance officer at contact@meridiangeography.com with the subject “Privacy”.