Privacy Policy

1. Overview

The Medha Journal ("we," "our," or "us") is dedicated to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website at https://www.medhajournal.com and engage with our essays, audio visualizers, and community features.

2. Information We Collect

• Personal Information: Name and email address provided voluntarily when subscribing to updates, leaving comments, or creating an author/member profile via Firebase Authentication.
• Usage & Telemetry Data: Anonymous analytics data collected via Google Analytics 4 (pageviews, scroll depth, session duration) to improve content quality and reading experience.
• Security Telemetry: Anonymized network IP addresses and user-agent data processed by server middleware strictly to block automated botnet probes and malicious traffic.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use collected data solely to deliver, maintain, and optimize The Medha Journal platform, send optional newsletter notifications, process user reflections/comments, and defend against security vulnerabilities. We never sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties.

4. Cookies & Analytics

We utilize cookies and standard browser storage mechanisms for essential authentication session persistence and Google Analytics 4 telemetry. You can adjust your browser settings to disable cookies at any time.

5. Contact Us

If you have any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at support@medhajournal.com.