Last Updated: 12 October 2026
Welcome to Jain Dhara. We respect your privacy and are committed to handling personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share information when you visit or use the Jain Dhara website and its related services.
Jain Dhara provides information about Jainism, Tirthankaras, pilgrimage sites, devotional resources, religious festivals, and Jain culture.
This policy applies to our website, its features, and any related services we make available. Certain features described below may be introduced in the future and will apply only when those features are available.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use Jain Dhara, we may collect the following information.
1.1 Information You Provide
You may provide information when you:
- Contact us or submit feedback.
- Register for an account or sign in, if account features are available.
- Submit comments, reviews, corrections, or other content.
- Subscribe to newsletters or updates.
- Participate in surveys, forms, or other website activities.
This information may include your name, email address, username, profile information, and the content of your submissions. We will request additional information only when reasonably necessary for the relevant feature.
1.2 Account and Login Information
If user registration and login features are introduced, we may process information necessary to create and maintain your account, authenticate your identity, secure your account, and provide account-related features.
Passwords, where used, should be stored using appropriate security measures such as secure password hashing rather than in plain text.
If you sign in through a third-party provider, that provider may share certain information with us according to your authorization and its own privacy policy.
1.3 Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address and approximate location derived from it.
- Browser type, operating system, and device information.
- Pages viewed, links clicked, and referring websites.
- Visit dates, session information, and general usage statistics.
- Technical logs used for security, troubleshooting, and performance.
The information collected depends on the technologies and services active on our website.
1.4 Cookies and Similar Technologies
We may use cookies, pixels, local storage, and similar technologies to support website functionality, remember preferences, measure usage, maintain sessions, and deliver or measure advertisements.
You can manage cookies through your browser settings and, where provided, our cookie or privacy preference controls.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information for the following purposes:
- To operate, maintain, and improve Jain Dhara.
- To provide articles, devotional resources, festival information, and other website features.
- To create and manage user accounts when registration is available.
- To respond to questions, feedback, and correction requests.
- To remember user preferences and saved content when these features are available.
- To send requested newsletters or service-related communications.
- To understand website traffic and improve the visitor experience.
- To display, measure, and manage advertising.
- To detect fraud, prevent abuse, protect website security, and resolve technical problems.
- To comply with applicable laws and enforce our legitimate rights.
We will use personal information only for purposes permitted by applicable law.
3. User Accounts, Registration, and Login
Jain Dhara may introduce account registration, login, profile management, saved articles, bookmarks, comments, and other personalized features.
When these features are available, we may process relevant account information to provide them, maintain account security, and prevent unauthorized access.
You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for activity conducted through your account, subject to applicable law.
Please notify us if you believe your account has been accessed without authorization.
You may request account deletion by contacting us through our Contact Us page. We may retain certain information where necessary to meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, or protect security.
The availability of a particular account feature will depend on the functionality actually offered on the website.
4. Comments and User-Submitted Content
If comments, reviews, corrections, or other submission features are enabled, the information you submit may be processed to display, moderate, and manage that content.
Information displayed publicly may be visible to other visitors and could be copied or shared by third parties. Please avoid including sensitive personal information in public submissions.
We may remove content that violates our website policies or applicable law.
5. Google AdSense and Third-Party Advertising
Jain Dhara may display advertisements through Google AdSense or other advertising partners to support the operation and development of the website.
Depending on the advertising services and your privacy choices, these providers may use cookies, advertising identifiers, IP addresses, or similar technologies to:
- Display advertisements.
- Measure advertising performance.
- Limit repeated advertisements.
- Detect invalid advertising activity.
- Personalize advertisements where permitted.
Personalized advertising may use information about browsing activity across websites or services, subject to applicable law, consent requirements, and available user settings.
Where required, we will provide appropriate consent mechanisms before using technologies that require consent.
For information about Google’s advertising practices, visit:
Google Advertising Technologies
You may also review Google’s available advertising controls and privacy settings.
6. Cookies and Privacy Preferences
Cookies may be used for essential website functions, login sessions, user preferences, analytics, and advertising.
Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies and similar technologies will be used only after obtaining the necessary consent.
You may change your preferences through available consent controls or your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect login, account access, or other website functionality.
If we introduce a cookie preference tool, you will be able to manage the categories of technologies according to the options made available through that tool.
7. Analytics and Performance Measurement
We may use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to understand visitor activity, identify popular content, measure website performance, and improve our services.
These services may process technical information, usage events, device information, and cookie identifiers according to their own policies and configuration.
For more information, please review the Google Privacy Policy.
Analytics services will be used in accordance with applicable consent requirements and our selected configuration.
8. Newsletters, Emails, and Notifications
If Jain Dhara introduces newsletters, email subscriptions, or notifications, we may use the contact information you provide to deliver the updates you request and manage your preferences.
You may unsubscribe from promotional newsletters through the unsubscribe mechanism provided in the message, where applicable.
We may continue sending necessary service-related communications, such as account security or important changes to our services, where permitted by law.
We will not treat consent to promotional communications as a requirement for using unrelated website features unless clearly disclosed and legally permitted.
9. Third-Party Services and External Links
Jain Dhara may use third-party providers for hosting, security, analytics, advertising, email delivery, login functionality, and other services.
Our website may also link to external websites, including temple websites, pilgrimage resources, religious organizations, and informational sources.
Third-party services and external websites operate under their own privacy policies and practices. We do not control their independent processing of information.
We encourage you to review the relevant policies before sharing information with third parties.
10. How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information that you directly provide to Jain Dhara through contact forms or account registration.
We may share or permit access to information in the following circumstances:
- With service providers that help operate, secure, maintain, or improve our website.
- With analytics and advertising partners according to the relevant services and privacy settings.
- When you choose to use a third-party integration or login service.
- When disclosure is required by law or a valid legal process.
- When reasonably necessary to investigate security incidents, prevent fraud, or protect rights and safety.
- In connection with a business transfer, restructuring, or similar transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.
Service providers may process information on our behalf or independently, depending on their role and the applicable terms.
11. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and its purpose. For example, account records may be retained while an account is active, technical logs may be retained for security and troubleshooting, and contact messages may be retained as needed to respond to enquiries.
When information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymize it, or securely dispose of it, subject to legal and operational requirements.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, loss, misuse, and disclosure.
These measures may include access controls, secure connections, software updates, security monitoring, and appropriate protection of stored information.
However, no website, online service, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. We cannot promise absolute security.
13. Children’s Privacy
Jain Dhara provides religious, educational, and cultural content that may be useful to visitors of different ages.
Our website is not intended to knowingly collect children’s personal information in circumstances where parental consent or other authorization is required without obtaining that authorization.
If you believe a child has provided personal information inappropriately, a parent or legal guardian may contact us to request review or deletion, subject to applicable law.
Where required, we will also follow applicable rules concerning children’s data and advertising.
14. Your Privacy Rights and Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of personal information.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Manage advertising or cookie preferences where such controls are available.
- Raise a complaint with the appropriate authority where permitted by law.
To exercise an applicable right, please contact us through our Contact Us page. We may need to verify your identity before processing a request.
Some information may need to be retained where required by law or necessary for legitimate security, compliance, or dispute-resolution purposes.
15. International Data Processing
Some of our hosting providers, analytics services, advertising partners, or other service providers may process information in countries other than the country where you live.
Where applicable, such processing will be subject to relevant legal requirements and appropriate safeguards.
16. Legal Basis for Processing
Depending on the applicable law and the activity involved, we may process information based on your consent, the need to provide a requested service, compliance with legal obligations, protection of security, or other lawful grounds.
Where consent is required, you may withdraw it using the available controls or by contacting us, without affecting the lawfulness of processing that occurred before withdrawal.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our website features, technologies, advertising arrangements, or legal obligations change.
The updated policy will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date. Where required by law, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
18. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us through the Contact Us page on the Jain Dhara website.
Website: Jain Dhara
Contact: Please use the contact details published on our Contact Us page.
Thank you for visiting Jain Dhara and supporting our effort to make Jain knowledge, devotion, and cultural heritage accessible to everyone.