Privacy Policy — Gutka Sahib

Effective: November 12, 2026  ·  Controller: 16564364 Canada Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada  ·  Contact: rachit@gutkasahib.ca

This Privacy Policy explains how the Gutka Sahib app (“the App”) handles information. The App is published by 16564364 Canada Inc. (“we”, “us”). The short version: the App has no accounts, no login, and no analytics of its own, and your paath data stays on your device. Please read the details below.

1. Information we do not collect

The App does not ask for your name, email address, phone number, or any account details, because it has no accounts and no sign-in. We do not operate a server that stores your personal information, and the App itself does not include analytics or tracking tools.

2. Information stored on your device only

The App stores the following on your device only, so it can remember your place and your progress. This information is never sent to us:

• Your daily paath streak and reading progress
• Bookmarks and favourite Banis
• Your settings, including theme, reminder times, and display preferences
• Kids programme points, badges, and quiz progress
• Calendar events you add inside the App

Deleting the App deletes this on-device data. There is no cloud backup provided by the App; your device’s own backup settings may apply.

3. Location

The App asks for your location only when you tap “Find Gurdwaras near me”. If you allow it, your coordinates are sent to OpenStreetMap’s Overpass service solely to find Gurdwaras near you and show them on a map. We do not store your location, and we do not receive it. You can decline location permission and still use every other part of the App. You can change this permission at any time in your device settings.

4. Notifications

Reminders for daily paath are local notifications scheduled on your device. They are not sent through a server, and no information about your reminders leaves your device.

5. Advertising

The App shows a small banner advertisement on some screens, served by Google AdMob. Advertisements are non-personalised only, are limited to general-audience (G-rated) content, and are never shown on the Chaupai Sahib reader or on Kids screens.

Google’s advertising software development kit (SDK) may collect device identifiers, usage data, and diagnostics in order to serve ads and prevent invalid traffic, as described in Google’s Privacy Policy and AdMob documentation. That collection is governed by Google’s policies, not by this policy. You can learn more at policies.google.com/privacy. On iOS, you can control app tracking in Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking.

We block sensitive advertising categories in AdMob, including sexual content and nudity, dating, alcohol, gambling and betting, politics, tobacco and vaping, cannabis, weapons, graphic violence, and profanity. Category filtering is automated and provided on a best-effort basis by Google; if you ever see an inappropriate advertisement, please email us and we will report and block it.

6. Content and fonts

Prayer text, audio, and most images in the App are bundled with the App and work offline. The web version of Gutka Sahib loads fonts from Google Fonts; when fonts are loaded, Google may receive technical information such as your IP address, as described in Google’s Privacy Policy.

7. Children

The App includes a Kids learning section. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children or from any user. There are no accounts, no chat, and no advertisements on Kids screens. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us through another channel, please contact us and we will delete it.

8. Sharing of information

We do not sell personal information. The only third parties that may receive technical information through your use of the App are:

• OpenStreetMap Overpass — receives your coordinates only when you tap “Find Gurdwaras near me”, to return nearby results.
• Google (AdMob) — receives device and usage information through its advertising SDK, as described in Section 5.
• Google Fonts — in the web version only, as described in Section 6.

We may disclose information if required by law, but because we do not hold user accounts or server-side user data, there is ordinarily nothing to disclose.

9. Data security and retention

Because your paath data stays on your device, its security depends on your device’s own protections (passcode, encryption). We retain no user data on our servers, so there is no retention period to state for App data. Emails you send us are kept only as long as needed to answer them.

10. Your rights

Because the App stores your data only on your device, you control it directly: you can review it in the App, clear it by deleting the App, and control location and notification permissions in your device settings. If you have questions about privacy, or you contacted us by email and want that correspondence deleted, email rachit@gutkasahib.ca and we will respond.

11. Changes to this policy

If we change how the App handles information — for example, if advertising settings change — we will update this page and change the effective date above. Material changes will also be noted in the App’s release notes.

12. Contact

16564364 Canada Inc.
6660 Kennedy Rd, Unit 201-J, Mississauga, ON L5T 2M9, Canada
Email: rachit@gutkasahib.ca