Privacy Policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://yashbarochiya.com

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

Since you mentioned using Google Analytics, it’s important to address how data is collected and used:

Proposed Addition:
Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. This includes data like IP addresses, geographical location, browser type, and the pages visited. This data is anonymized and used to analyze trends and improve the website’s performance. For more details, refer to Google’s Privacy Policy.

This information is used only to:

• Improve website performance
• Understand visitor behavior
• Detect technical issues
• Enhance user experience

Contact Form & Data Collection

Here your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

When you use our contact form, we collect both the information you submit (such as your name, email, and message) and technical metadata (such as IP address, browser, device type, screen resolution, timezone, referring URL, submission timestamp, and approximate location including city, region, and country).

This data is collected for the following legitimate purposes:

• Responding to your inquiries and requests
• Detecting and preventing spam, abuse, or fraudulent activity
• Ensuring form authenticity and improving security
• Understanding general usage trends for website optimization
• Maintaining service quality and operational functionality

By submitting the form, you acknowledge and consent to the collection and processing of this information.

Visitor Fingerprinting for Anti-Abuse Protection

To maintain the accuracy of view counts and reactions, this website uses a temporary and anonymous visitor fingerprinting system.

This fingerprint is generated using a one-way cryptographic hash derived from limited technical information, including:

• IP address
• Browser User-Agent
• Browser Accept-Language header

This information is not stored in raw form. Instead, it is immediately converted into an anonymized cryptographic hash using a secret server-side key. This process is one-way and cannot be reversed to identify an individual visitor.

Purpose of Processing

The anonymized fingerprint is used solely to:

• Prevent repeated view count inflation
• Prevent reaction spam and ensure each visitor can submit only one reaction per post
• Maintain integrity and fairness of engagement metrics

Data Retention

Fingerprint data is stored temporarily in the website database and automatically expires after a maximum of 90 days.

No Personal Tracking

This fingerprint:

• Does not identify individual users
• Is not linked to any personal account
• Is not used for cross-site tracking
• Is not shared with third parties
• Is not used for advertising or profiling

This mechanism is used strictly for security and abuse-prevention purposes.

On-Device AI Summarization

This website includes an optional AI-powered page summarization feature that runs directly in supported browsers using on-device AI (Gemini Nano).

When used, the page content is processed locally on your device. No content is sent to our server, and we do not store or log any generated summaries.

This feature only works in supported versions of Google Chrome with on-device AI enabled. Unsupported browsers will not display the feature.

The AI model required for summarization may be downloaded by your browser from Google. This download and processing are handled entirely by the browser and are subject to Google’s own privacy policies.

We do not control, access, or store any data processed by the on-device AI model.

For more information, please refer to:

• Google Chrome Privacy Policy
• Google AI / Gemini Privacy Information