Privacy Policy

What we collect

Account information: your email address, display name and password. Passwords are stored only as an argon2id hash — we never keep or see them in plain text.

Preferences: your preferred script and interface language.

Content you write: comments and work submissions, together with their moderation history.

Technical records: server logs (including IP addresses) used for security and rate-limiting, and an append-only audit trail of administrative actions on the archive.

Cookies

Meeras sets only httpOnly authentication cookies that keep you signed in. There are no advertising, analytics or cross-site tracking cookies. Signing out invalidates your session tokens.

How we use your information

To operate your account, to send the email that accounts need (verification and password reset — nothing promotional), to moderate comments and submissions before they are published, and to keep the service secure.

Sharing

We do not sell or rent personal data. Information is shared only with the infrastructure providers that run the service (hosting, database, email delivery, error monitoring), bound by their own data-processing agreements.

Retention and deletion

Account data is kept while your account is active. You can request deletion at any time by writing to us from your registered email address: the account is removed and your public contributions are detached to a neutral “deleted user” marker. Minimal moderation and audit records are retained where the law requires.

Grievance officer

In accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, grievances may be addressed to the Grievance Officer (to be appointed) at the contact email above. Complaints are acknowledged within 24 hours and resolved within 15 days.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published on this page with an updated date.