Privacy Policy

Telugu Calendar collects minimal data to provide our services:

• Location (auto-detected): When you first visit, your approximate location is detected from your IP address via Cloudflare geo headers (city, coordinates, timezone). This is stored in a browser cookie to provide accurate panchanga calculations for your area. You can change your location at any time.
• Theme Preference: Your light/dark mode preference is stored locally on your device.
• Language Preference: Your Telugu/English language preference is stored in a browser cookie.
• Cookie Consent: Your cookie consent choice is stored locally so we don't ask again.

We do not collect, store, or process:

• Personal identification information
• Email addresses or phone numbers
• Precise GPS location (only IP-based city-level approximation)

Telugu Calendar uses the following cookies:

• tc-location: Stores your detected or selected location (city name, coordinates, timezone) for panchanga calculations. Expires after 1 year.
• tc-lang: Stores your language preference (Telugu or English). Expires after 1 year.
• theme: Stores your light/dark mode preference via local storage.
• Google AdSense (advertising): When ads are enabled and you accept cookies, Google and its advertising partners set third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick and __gads / __gpi cookies) to serve and personalize ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites, and to measure ad performance. These cookies are set only after you accept cookies.

The tc-location, tc-lang, and theme cookies are first-party and essential for the site to function. Advertising cookies are third-party (set by Google and its partners) and are placed only after you accept cookies via our consent banner. You can decline them, and you can opt out of personalized advertising at any time through Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.

Telugu Calendar uses the following third-party services:

• Cloudflare: Our site is hosted on Cloudflare, which helps detect your approximate location from your IP address. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.
• Astrological Calculation API: We use a third-party API for panchanga calculations, festival data, horoscope, and temple information. Only location coordinates and date/time are sent to calculate results. No personal data is transmitted.
• PostHog Analytics: We use PostHog to understand general usage patterns. Analytics is gated by your cookie consent choice — no events are sent and no analytics cookies are set until you accept cookies. When enabled, PostHog may capture pageviews, clicks, and basic device information, with form inputs masked by default for privacy. See PostHog's Privacy Policy.
• Google AdSense: When ads are enabled and you accept cookies, we use Google AdSense to display advertising. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google and its partners may collect and process data as described in How Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can opt out of personalized advertising via Google Ads Settings.

When advertising is enabled, Telugu Calendar uses Google AdSense to display ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
• We only load advertising after you accept cookies via our consent banner. If you decline, personalized advertising cookies are not set.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

We use your browser's local storage to save preferences such as theme and cookie consent. You can clear this data at any time by:

1. Opening your browser settings
2. Finding "Clear browsing data" or "Clear site data"
3. Selecting local storage or site data
4. Clearing data for telugu-calendar.com

Our service is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children.

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated date.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us at matelugucalendar@gmail.com.