Privacy Notice — RealityRoot

This Privacy Notice is written in plain language so every parent can understand exactly how RealityRoot handles your information and your child's information.

We collect the minimum information needed to deliver the programme. We do not share it. We do not sell it. We do not use it for anything other than what is described in this notice.

1. Who We Are

RealityRoot is a critical thinking and media literacy programme for children aged 8 to 12 in India. It is operated by Dr. Saurabh Chandrakar, founder of RealityRoot Initiative, based in India.

Contact	Details
Programme enquiries	contact@realityroot.in
Privacy and data requests	privacy@realityroot.in
Website	realityroot.in
Response time	Within 72 hours on weekdays

2. What Information We Collect

We collect only what is necessary to deliver the programme and measure its outcomes. Nothing more.

What we collect	Why we collect it	What we do NOT collect
Parent full name	To address you correctly in all communications	Parent photographs
Parent WhatsApp number	To deliver weekly sessions, discussion cards, and community updates	Parent ID or Aadhaar details
Parent email address	To send enrolment confirmation, session links, and the post survey	Financial information beyond payment records
City	To understand which regions the programme is reaching	Home address or location data
How you heard about us	To understand which outreach channels are working	Social media profiles or browsing history
Child's first name only	To personalise communication with your family	Child's surname, school name, or photograph
Child's age	To confirm eligibility (8 to 12 years)	Child's academic records or performance data
Survey responses	To measure programme outcomes. Stored against your family code — not your name.	Behavioural tracking or device data
Family code	To link your consent and survey records without using your name in research data	Any biometric data

3. How We Use Your Information

Your information is used for four purposes only:

Programme delivery — sending weekly video links, discussion cards, offline activity sheets, and community updates to enrolled families.
Communication — responding to your questions, sending enrolment confirmation, and notifying you of any programme changes.
Outcome research — measuring whether the programme is achieving its goals. Survey data is analysed using family codes only. Your name and your child's name never appear in any research data or published findings.
Programme improvement — understanding what is working and what needs to change so future batches receive a better programme.

We do not use your information for advertising, marketing to third parties, commercial profiling, or any purpose not listed above.

4. How We Store and Protect Your Information

Storage element	How it is protected
All personal data	Stored in Google Workspace compliant with Indian data localisation requirements under the DPDP Act 2023.
Survey response data	Password-protected Google Sheet. Accessible only to the RealityRoot founder. Family codes used throughout.
WhatsApp communications	Stored on WhatsApp servers. We do not export or store WhatsApp content separately beyond programme delivery needs.
Payment records	Processed through Instamojo (paid batches). RealityRoot does not store card or bank account details. Payment records kept for two years.
Access control	No collaborator, school partner, or community expert has access to your personal data. Only the RealityRoot founder can access data files.

5. How Long We Keep Your Information

Data type	Retention period	What happens after
Programme data	Two years after batch completion	Permanently deleted from all systems
Survey response data	Two years after batch completion	Identifiers removed permanently. Anonymous aggregate data may be retained for research.
Consent records	Five years from the date of consent	Retained as legal compliance evidence then permanently deleted
Payment records (paid batches)	Two years from payment date	Permanently deleted

6. Third Party Sharing

We do not share your personal data or your child's personal data with any third party.

This includes: collaborators, school partners, community experts, research institutions, advertisers, and any other individual or organisation. The only exception is anonymised aggregate data used in academic research publications — this data contains no names, no contact details, and no information that could identify any individual family or child.

7. Testimonials and Feedback

We will always ask you first — we will never share your feedback without your explicit permission.
We will never share your name, your child's name, or any identifying information publicly without your written consent.
Any testimonial shared publicly will use only what you have explicitly agreed to share.
You can say no at any time. Declining will never affect your access to RealityRoot.
You can withdraw permission for a previously shared testimonial at any time by emailing contact@realityroot.in. We will remove it within 72 hours.

8. Your Child's Data — Special Protections

Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, every person under 18 is classified as a child. RealityRoot applies the highest level of care to all data relating to enrolled children.

We collect only your child's first name and age. Nothing else.
Your child's survey responses are stored against a family code — never against their name.
We do not conduct any behavioural tracking, profiling, or targeted advertising involving children.
We do not share your child's data with any third party under any circumstances.
We do not use your child's data to make any assessment of their ability, behaviour, or academic potential.
Your child's data is deleted permanently at the end of the retention period described in Clause 5.

9. Your Rights Under the DPDP Act 2023

Your right	What it means	How to exercise it
Right to access	Request a copy of all personal data RealityRoot holds about you and your child.	privacy@realityroot.in
Right to correction	Request that any inaccurate data is corrected.	privacy@realityroot.in
Right to withdraw consent	Withdraw consent at any time. Results in unenrolment and deletion of all data within 72 hours.	privacy@realityroot.in
Right to deletion	Request permanent deletion of all data RealityRoot holds about you and your child.	privacy@realityroot.in
Right to grievance	Raise a concern about how your data is handled.	contact@realityroot.in — 48 hours response

10. Data Breach Notification

In the unlikely event of a data breach affecting your or your child's personal data, RealityRoot will notify you within 72 hours of becoming aware of it. We will tell you what happened, what data was affected, and what steps we are taking to address it.

11. What We Will Never Do

These are absolute commitments. No exceptions.

Sell your data or your child's data to any third party
Use your data for advertising or commercial profiling
Share your child's name, photograph, or identifying information publicly without your explicit written consent
Use your child's survey responses to assess or label their academic ability or behaviour
Send you marketing communications unrelated to RealityRoot without your permission
Retain your data beyond the periods described in Clause 5
Share your testimonial or feedback without asking you first

12. Changes to This Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. If we make any significant change to how we handle your data, we will notify you via WhatsApp at least 14 days before the change takes effect. The most current version is always available at realityroot.in.

13. Governing Law

This Privacy Notice is governed by the laws of India including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 and the DPDP Rules 2025. Any dispute relating to this notice is subject to the jurisdiction of courts in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

Questions About This Notice

If anything in this Privacy Notice is unclear please contact us before enrolling.

Privacy Officer: Dr. Saurabh Chandrakar

Email: privacy@realityroot.in · Response within 72 hours on weekdays

Website: realityroot.in