Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Overview

Welcome to Gujarat Election 2027 accessible at https://electiongujarat.com/ ("we", "our", or "us"). We operate an independent digital platform dedicated to tracking election schedules, party manifests, assembly constituency guides, and fan opinion polls for the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Election 2027.

We respect your personal privacy and are deeply committed to maintaining transparent data management practices. This Privacy Policy document outlines the types of information collected, recorded, and utilized by electiongujarat.com, in full compliance with the Information Technology Act (India), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), and Google AdSense publisher policies.

2. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising Policy

To support the free operation of this educational and opinion-polling website, we partner with Google AdSense and authorized third-party ad networks to serve display advertisements across our pages.

For more details on how Google manages data in its advertising products, please consult the official Google Privacy & Terms for Partner Sites.

3. Cookies & Web Beacons

Like almost all modern websites, electiongujarat.com uses standard HTTP cookies. Cookies are small text files stored on your device that retain user preferences and track visitor behavior to enhance page responsiveness and customize content based on browser types.

Specifically, we utilize:

• Essential Cookies: Required to deliver core technical functions, maintain session state, and remember your cookie consent preferences.
• Analytical Cookies: Managed via Google Analytics 4 to collect aggregated, non-personally identifiable metrics on page visit volume, regional demographics, and user journey flows.
• Advertising Cookies: Deployed by Google AdSense and third-party advertising partners to measure ad performance, prevent repeated impressions of the same ad, and provide relevant commercial messaging.

You may configure your browser software to block or alert you about cookies; however, disabling certain cookies may impact specific features such as voting verification or saved district preferences.

4. How Fan Online Voting & Telemetry Function

Our website hosts interactive fan-voting arenas and assembly matchup polls. To maintain fairness, prevent automated bot vote stuffing, and protect user anonymity:

• No Personal Identifiers Required: You do NOT need to register an account, log in, or provide your phone number, email address, or voter ID (EPIC) to participate in any fan poll.
• Client-Side Local Storage: When you cast an opinion vote, your web browser stores an anonymous cryptographic flag in localStorage (e.g., indicating that a vote was recorded for a given matchup). This prevents duplicate repeat submissions from the same browser session.
• Cloud Telemetry Aggregation: Votes are incremented as anonymous numerical counters using Google Firebase Realtime Database. We do not link individual votes to IP addresses or personal identities.

5. Log Files & Analytics

We follow a standard procedure of utilizing server log files. The information collected by log files includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of this information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement around the website, and gathering broad demographic information for operational stability and DDoS protection.

6. GDPR Privacy Rights (Data Protection Rights)

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have specific statutory data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
• The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your data.
• The right to data portability: You have the right to request that we transfer data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you.

7. CCPA / CPRA Privacy Rights (California Consumers)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California residents are afforded specific rights regarding their personal information:

• The right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal data collected.
• The right to request the deletion of any personal data collected about the consumer.
• The right to opt-out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal data for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not sell personal information to any third parties.
• The right to non-discrimination for exercising your statutory privacy rights.

8. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

Protecting children online is an absolute priority. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. electiongujarat.com does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately, and we will promptly remove such records.

9. External Third-Party Links

Our website contains external hyperlinks pointing to official election portals, such as the Election Commission of India (eci.gov.in), Chief Electoral Officer Gujarat (ceo.gujarat.gov.in), and ECI Voter Services (voters.eci.gov.in). We have no control over the content, terms, or privacy practices of these third-party platforms. We encourage you to review their respective privacy notices upon leaving our site.

10. Data Security Protocols

We deploy rigorous technical safeguards to protect our visitors. All traffic to and from electiongujarat.com is encrypted using Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) and modern Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3) protocols. Cloud databases are guarded by strict read/write security rules preventing unauthorized modification of public vote tallies.

11. Consent & Policy Updates

By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. We reserve the right to revise or update this policy as necessary to reflect evolving legal, technical, or operational standards. Updates will be posted on this page with an amended "Last Updated" timestamp.

12. Contact Data Protection Officer

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data protection protocols, please reach out to our team:

Data Controller: Gujarat Election Portal Administration

Official Email: support@electiongujarat.com

Website: https://electiongujarat.com/