The short version
We do not use advertising cookies, tracking cookies, or third-party analytics. No Google Analytics, no Meta pixel, no session recorders, no cross-site trackers of any kind.
What we do store falls into two groups: a small number of cookies that are strictly necessary to sign you in, and data kept in your browser's local storage to make the software usable.
Data stored in your browser
Brightgoal keeps information in your browser's local storage so the software works well. This stays on your device. It is not a cookie and is not transmitted to us automatically.
Unsaved form drafts — and this one deserves your attention.
When you begin filling in a form — adding or editing a student, for example — what you type is saved in your browser as you go, so a refresh or an accidental navigation does not lose your work. That draft can include a student's name, contact number, address and identity document number, and it stays on that device until the form is completed or cleared.
On a shared or public computer, sign out when you finish and clear the browser's site data. Anyone who later uses that browser profile could otherwise see a part-completed form.
Payment pages
When you pay a subscription invoice, the payment is handled by our payment provider, Cashfree, inside a secure checkout. Cashfree may set its own cookies to process the payment and prevent fraud. Those cookies are governed by Cashfree's own policies, not this one. We never see your card, UPI or bank details.
Public library websites
Public library websites at brightgoal.in/username set no tracking cookies. Visitors can browse a library, check availability and see an estimated fee without being tracked, and nothing typed into the enquiry estimator is stored by us.
Controlling this
Cookies — your browser can block or delete cookies. Blocking ours will sign you out and prevent you signing in again, because they are required to authenticate you.
Local storage — clearing your browser's site data for brightgoal.in removes everything described in §3, including preferences, cached records and any unsaved drafts.
Location — revoke the location permission in your browser at any time.
Because we run no advertising or analytics cookies, there is nothing to opt out of and we show no cookie consent banner. There is no tracking to consent to.
Changes
If we ever introduce analytics or any other non-essential storage, we will update this page and our Privacy Policy before doing so, and will ask for consent where the law requires it.
Contact
Harvindar Singh, trading as Brightgoal — brightgoal.in@gmail.com
Questions about cookies or storage?
We're glad to walk through exactly what's kept and where.