Privacy policy

• You can practise without an account. Your results then stay in your own browser.
• If you sign in, we keep your email address, your name and your practice history so you can see it on any device.
• We use Google Analytics to understand how the site is used.
• We don’t sell your personal data, and we don’t show ads.
• You can ask us to delete your account and data at any time.

If you practise without signing in, your test attempts, revision notes, bookmarks and reading-theme choice are saved in your browser’s local storage on your own device. We don’t receive them.

If you create an account, we receive your email address. If you sign in with Google, Google also shares the name on your Google account. If you use email and password, your password is handled by our authentication provider and stored only in hashed form; we never see it. We create a profile with a display name taken from your Google name or email address.

While you are signed in, we store your test attempts and answers (the options you chose, time per question, questions marked for review, scores and accuracy) and the questions you bookmark, so they are available on any device.

If you use the community or feedback features, we store the posts, comments, votes and feedback you submit. Community posts appear under the anonymous name you choose in your settings.

Usage information. Google Analytics records how the site is used: pages visited, device and browser type, approximate location derived from your IP address, and how you arrived. Our hosting and database providers also keep standard technical logs, such as IP addresses and request times, to run and secure the service.

• To run practice tests and show your results, review and progress.
• To keep you signed in and sync your history across devices.
• To run the community and feedback features.
• To understand, in aggregate, which pages and features are useful, and to improve them.
• To keep the service secure and prevent abuse.

• Sign-in cookies keep you logged in. They are essential: without them, your account can’t work.
• Local storage in your browser holds your attempts, revision notes, bookmarks and exam reading theme, so the site works without an account.
• Google Analytics cookies (such as _ga) measure usage. You can block them in your browser settings or with Google’s Analytics opt-out add-on. See also how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

We use a small number of providers, each under its own terms and privacy policy:

• Supabase stores our database and runs sign-in. Our database is hosted in Mumbai, India.
• Vercel hosts the website and may process requests on servers outside India, including in the United States.
• Google provides Sign in with Google and Google Analytics.

We don’t sell or rent your personal data to anyone.

We keep your account data for as long as your account exists. When you ask us to delete your account, we delete your account, profile, test attempts and answers, bookmarks, notes and votes. Community posts, comments and feedback you submitted stay visible, but are no longer linked to you.

Data saved only in your browser stays there until you clear your browser storage. Analytics data is kept by Google according to its retention settings.

You can change your display and anonymous names in your settings. You can also ask us to:

• tell you what personal data we hold about you;
• correct data that is inaccurate;
• delete your account and personal data.

Write to us at connectupt@outlook.com from the email address on your account. We aim to respond within 30 days. These rights include those under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023. If you are unhappy with our response, you may also complain to the Data Protection Board of India.

UPSC Prelims Test is built for adults preparing for the Civil Services Examination and is not intended for anyone under 18. If you believe a child has given us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

Connections to the site are encrypted (HTTPS), passwords are stored only in hashed form, and database access rules limit each account to its own private records. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your data and will tell you if a breach affects you.

When we change this policy, we update the date at the top of this page. If a change affects how we use data you have already given us, we will say so on the site.

Questions, requests or grievances about privacy: connectupt@outlook.com. See also our terms of use.