Privacy & Cookie Policy

Welcome to Sofyad ("we", "us", or "our"), accessible from https://sofyad.com. We operate India's AI-powered Sarkari Result and government recruitment alert platform.

This Privacy & Cookie Policy outlines the types of information we collect, how it is used, how cookies and third-party advertising services (including Google AdSense) operate on our platform, and your legal rights regarding your personal data. By browsing or using Sofyad, you consent to the data practices described herein.

To provide accurate examination alerts and customized dashboard features, we collect the following categories of information:

• Account Information: When you register or sign in, we collect your name, email address, and encrypted credentials.
• Aspirant Preferences: Preferred states (e.g. Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh), targeted government departments (UPSC, SSC, Railways, Banking, Defense, Police), and qualification levels (10th, 12th, Graduate, Engineering, Medical).
• Log & Device Telemetry: Standard web server logs including IP addresses, browser types, Internet Service Providers (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating systems, date/time stamps, and clickstream metrics.
• Contact & Support Messages: Names, email addresses, and message contents submitted through our Contact Helpdesk or Editorial desk.

We process collected data to serve our core informational mission:

• Delivering timely Sarkari Result notifications, Admit Card releases, and Govt Job alerts matching your state and educational qualification.
• Powering your personal Aspirant Workspace: Saved bookmarks, application tracking timeline, and custom preferences.
• Improving website layout, navigation structure, search performance, and server response times.
• Preventing malicious scraping, DDoS attacks, unauthorized access, and maintaining system integrity.

Like any modern web portal, Sofyad uses "cookies". Cookies are small text files placed on your device to store information including visitors' preferences and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited.

The information is used to optimize the user experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type, dark/light theme preference, and other session parameters. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. Detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers can be found at the browsers' respective official websites.

Zero Selling Policy: Sofyad does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information or contact details to third-party data brokers or marketing agencies.

Infrastructure Providers: We utilize trusted infrastructure services (cloud hosting, database management) operating under strict encryption and privacy safeguards.

Encryption Standards: All traffic on Sofyad is protected via TLS 1.3 encryption. Passwords and credentials are hashed using industry-standard bcrypt encryption.

In accordance with applicable privacy frameworks (including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act of India), you hold the following rights:

• Right to access the personal data associated with your registered profile.
• Right to rectify inaccurate preference parameters or account details.
• Right to withdraw consent and command complete erasure of your account and saved bookmarks.

To request permanent erasure of your profile and data history, please email our privacy desk at privacy@sofyad.com.