Privacy Policy (رازداری کی پالیسی)

Welcome to Safha Global (صفحہ گلوبل / सफ़्हा ग्लोबल) ("we," "our," or "us"). Safha Global is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your personal information when you browse our repository, register an account, submit literary creations (Ghazals, Nazms, Couplets, Dictionary words), or make donations to support our literary mission.

We collect information in the following circumstances:

• Account & Profile Data: When registering, you provide your name, username, email address, password (securely hashed with bcrypt), bio, and optional avatar image for your public poet profile.
• Community Submissions: Any poetry verses, Ghazals, Nazms, couplets, or dictionary entries you submit for editorial review and publication.
• Integrity & Interaction Metrics: To maintain fair and genuine like counts and view counts across poems and couplets, we log cryptographic device cookies, anonymized IP addresses, and interaction timestamps.
• Direct Communication: If you contact us via our contact form or editorial email, we store your name, email address, subject, and message content to address your inquiry.

We utilize your information solely to provide and improve the Safha Global platform, including:

• Displaying public poet profiles, Ghazals, and couplets attributed to community poets.
• Operating our editorial review system and preventing duplicate or abusive submissions.
• Remembering your preferred script display (Nastaliq Urdu, Devanagari Hindi, or Roman English).
• Sending critical account-related emails (email verification, password resets).
• Processing voluntary donation receipts and acknowledging patrons.

Safha Global uses minimal essential cookies and browser LocalStorage to enhance your reading experience:

• Session Cookies: Maintain your authenticated login status securely.
• Script Preferences: Store whether you prefer viewing poetry in Urdu Nastaliq, Hindi, or Roman English transliteration.
• Audio Player State: Remember volume and track progression when listening to recitations.
• Interaction Cookies: Prevent accidental multi-clicking of like buttons on poem pages.

We never sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third-party advertisers. We only integrate with reputable third-party infrastructure providers necessary to run the platform:

• Stripe: Payment processing for donations (Stripe Privacy Policy).
• Google OAuth: Optional one-click login authentication.
• Cloud Hosting & Content Delivery: Secure server infrastructure with SSL/TLS encryption.

You maintain full control over your personal data:

• Access & Edit: You can edit your profile information and submitted poems at any time via your Profile Dashboard.
• Account Deletion: You may request the permanent deletion of your account and personal details by contacting our support team.
• Opt-Out: You may configure your browser to reject cookies, though some features like custom script remembering may require manual selection.