Last updated: September 2026
This Privacy Policy explains, in full, what information "I'm a Student" (the "app") collects, how and why it's used, who can see it, and the choices you have. It applies to both the student-facing app and the administrator app used to operate it. By creating an account, you agree to this policy.
We do not use your information for advertising, and we do not sell it to anyone.
The app includes a weekly leaderboard ranking students by total study time. If you appear on the leaderboard, other students using the app may see your nickname and your total study time for that week. Your real name, email address, exact location, and other profile details are not shown to other students through the leaderboard or anywhere else in the app.
To keep a study session running accurately while your phone is locked or you're using another app, the app uses an Android foreground service. While a session is active, a persistent notification is shown stating the elapsed time, and you can stop the session directly from that notification. This requires the following device permissions, all used solely for this purpose:
The background service does not access your microphone, camera, location, contacts, or any other app on your device.
To keep the leaderboard fair, the app briefly compares your device's clock against the server's clock when a study session starts and ends. If your device's clock is significantly incorrect, your session may be flagged or its duration recalculated using the correct time. This check only compares clock time — it does not determine or store your physical location.
When you create an account, the app reads your device's Android ID (a identifier provided by the Android operating system) and records it alongside your new account. This is used exclusively to enforce a maximum of four accounts per device. If a device has already reached this limit, further sign-ups from that device are blocked. This identifier is not combined with advertising networks, not used to track your activity outside this app, and not shared with any third party.
Your data is stored using Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore for data storage, Firebase Authentication for sign-in) and transmitted using encrypted connections (HTTPS/TLS). Server-side security rules are in place so that, other than app administrators, a student can only read or modify their own account data — never another student's.
While studying data is cached temporarily on your device to support offline use (see Section 12 of the User Agreement regarding offline functionality), this cached copy is used only to sync your own activity once you're back online and is not accessible to other apps on your device.
The app's Results section provides quick access to official third-party and government websites — including education board result servers, the Teletalk result server, and the XI admission portal — displayed inside the app using an in-app browser (WebView), labeled "© Student App," so you don't have to leave the app or open a separate browser.
We do not own, operate, or control these external websites, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them. Any information you enter on those sites (for example, your roll number or registration details to check a result) is subject to that website's own privacy practices, not ours. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any government or third-party website before entering personal information there.
The specific links and destinations shown in the Results section are configured by the app administrator and may change over time as official websites are added, updated, or retired. If a page fails to load, the app will let you know rather than silently failing.
The SMS section of the Results tab helps you compose the correct message text (based on your selected board, roll number, and year) to send to the official SMS short codes (16140 or 16222) for checking your result by text message. The app itself does not send this SMS on your behalf, does not access your phone's messaging app or contacts, and does not see or store your phone number.
App administrators access the system through a separate, password-protected administrator application. Through it, administrators can:
See the User Agreement for the full scope of administrator authority, including suspension and account deletion.
Your account and study session data are retained for as long as your account remains active. If you delete your account (see Section 12), your profile and all associated study session records are permanently removed from our systems and cannot be recovered. If your account is deleted by an administrator under the User Agreement, the same permanent removal applies.
This app is intended for use by secondary and higher-secondary (SSC/HSC-level) students, who may be minors. We collect only the information described in Section 1, which is limited to what is needed for the app's core study-tracking and results features, and we do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information beyond this. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with information you did not consent to, please contact us using the details in Section 15 so we can review and remove it.
We may update this policy from time to time, for example to reflect new features or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision. Continued use of the app after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Sample entries: to keep the leaderboard lively when few students are online, the app also shows sample entries with made-up nicknames and study times. They are not real people or real accounts, are generated inside the app, and use no student's data.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact the app administrator through the app.