Privacy Policy
Parottasalna Course Notes · Last updated: 8 October 2026
Parottasalna Course Notes (“we”, “us”) is the online course portal of Parottasalna, run by Syed Jafer K. It lets students read course notes, take quizzes and track their progress. This page explains, in plain language, what information the app collects, why, who can see it, and the choices you have.
- We use Google Sign-In only to confirm who you are: your name, email address and profile picture.
- We don't access your Gmail, Drive, Contacts or any other Google data, and we don't keep Google access tokens.
- We store your course progress and quiz scores so you and your instructor can see them.
- We never sell your data, show ads, or share it for advertising.
- You can ask us to delete your data at any time.
1. Information we collect
a) From Google Sign-In
You can only sign in with your Google account. When you do, Google shares the following with us,
using only the basic profile and email permissions:
- your name (full, first and last name)
- your email address, and whether Google has verified it
- your Google account ID (a number that identifies your account)
- the web address of your Google profile picture
We do not receive or store your Google password.
b) Enrolment information
Your instructor adds the email addresses of enrolled students to a course. We keep that email address and the course it belongs to, so we know which courses you may open.
c) Your learning activity
When you use a course you are enrolled in, we store:
- which chapters you mark as complete, and when
- your quiz answers, scores and the time of each attempt
Anyone can read our free “common” courses without signing in. For readers who are not enrolled in a course, we store no progress or quiz data for that course.
d) Technical information
- Cookies that keep you signed in and protect forms (see section 6).
- Server logs: like most websites, our web server briefly records each request (IP address, date and time, page requested, browser type) to keep the service running and secure.
We do not use analytics, tracking pixels or advertising cookies.
2. How we use your information
| We use | To |
|---|---|
| Name, email, Google account ID | sign you in, recognise you on your next visit, and check which courses you are enrolled in |
| Name and email | show who is signed in, and let your instructor match progress and scores to students |
| Progress and quiz results | show your progress and best scores, and give your instructor a class scoreboard |
| Cookies and server logs | keep you signed in, prevent abuse (for example rate limiting), and fix problems |
We do not sell your information, use it for advertising, or use it to train AI models. We only use it to provide the course portal.
3. Google user data
Parottasalna Course Notes's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
- We request only the
openid,profileandemailscopes, which are needed to sign you in. - We use this data only to sign you in and to provide the features described above.
- We do not keep Google access or refresh tokens, so we cannot act on your Google account after you sign in.
- We do not transfer Google user data to anyone, except where needed to run the service (our hosting provider), to comply with the law, or with your consent.
- No person reads your Google data except to provide support you ask for, for security, or to comply with the law.
You can remove Parottasalna Course Notes's access at any time from your Google Account permissions page.
4. Who can see your data
- You can see your own progress and quiz results.
- Your instructor and the portal administrators can see the names and email addresses of enrolled students, their chapter progress and their quiz answers and scores.
- Other students cannot see your progress, answers or scores.
- Our hosting provider stores the data on our behalf on its servers.
We may disclose information if the law requires it.
5. Third-party services
| Service | Why | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Google Sign-In | to sign you in | the sign-in request; Google's own privacy policy applies |
| Google Fonts | to display the site's fonts | your IP address and browser details when fonts load |
| YouTube (privacy-enhanced mode) | some course pages embed lesson videos | loaded from youtube-nocookie.com when you open those pages; YouTube's policies apply if you play a video |
Links to our YouTube, Instagram, GitHub, LinkedIn and website are ordinary links: those sites only receive data if you click them.
6. Cookies and browser storage
| Name | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|
sessionid | keeps you signed in | until you sign out, or 2 weeks |
csrftoken | protects forms and buttons against cross-site attacks | 1 year |
_theme (browser storage) | remembers your light or dark mode choice in the course notes | until you clear your browser data |
These are all essential to how the site works. We use no advertising or tracking cookies.
7. How long we keep data
- Account, progress and quiz data: for as long as you are enrolled or your account exists, so you can return to your work. When you ask us to delete your account, we delete it within 30 days.
- Sign-in sessions: they expire after 2 weeks, or when you sign out.
- Server logs: rotated automatically and kept only for a short time.
- Backups: deleted data may remain in database backups until those backups are replaced.
8. Security
The site is served only over HTTPS. Course pages check your access on every request, quiz results can only be seen by you and your instructor, and we collect only the minimum data needed. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information and fix problems quickly.
9. Your rights and choices
You can ask us to:
- see the personal data we hold about you
- correct anything that's wrong
- delete your account, progress and quiz data
- export your progress and quiz results
Contact us using the details below. You can also stop using the app and remove its access from your Google Account at any time.
10. Children
Parottasalna Course Notes is intended for learners aged 13 and over. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us their data, contact us and we will delete it.
11. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update the date at the top of this page. If the changes are significant, we will let enrolled students know.
12. Contact us
For any privacy question or data request, contact Syed Jafer K of Parottasalna: email learnwithjafer@gmail.com.