Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
Welcome to GK Tests ("we", "our", or "us"), accessible via https://gktests.in. We respect your privacy and are committed to safeguarding the personal information you share with us. This Privacy Policy details the types of information we collect, how it is used, and the choices available to you.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information in the following ways:
- Voluntarily Provided Information: When you register an account, participate in timed competitive mock tests, leave comments, or contact support, we may collect your name, email address, password hash, and optional profile picture.
- Test Performance Data: Quiz attempt responses, scores, duration, question accuracy, and earned XP ranks to compute All-India percentiles.
- Automatically Collected Log Data: Standard server log information including your IP address, browser type, referring pages, timestamps, and device operating system for diagnostic and anti-cheat validation purposes.
3. Cookies & Google AdSense Advertising
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to store user preferences and optimize browsing experience.
Google AdSense & DoubleClick DART Cookies:
- Google is a third-party vendor on our website. It uses cookies (such as the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve advertisements to users based on their visits to gktests.in and other sites across the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
4. How We Use Your Information
The information collected is used exclusively to:
- Deliver, maintain, and enhance educational quizzes, current affairs articles, and exam analytics.
- Compute fair national leaderboards and display real-time percentile standings.
- Send voluntary Web Push notifications for newly scheduled tests and results (you may disable alerts anytime via browser settings).
- Detect and prevent fraud, multi-device account sharing, and unauthorized automated scraping.
5. Third-Party Service Providers
We may engage reputable third-party services for infrastructure support:
- Google Firebase: Web push notification messaging dispatch.
- Google Fonts: Web typography delivery.
- Google AdSense: Advertising network monetization.
6. GDPR, CCPA & User Rights
Depending on your location, you hold the following rights regarding your data:
- Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right to Rectification: Update inaccurate account credentials or profile details.
- Right to Erasure (Right to Be Forgotten): Request the permanent deletion of your account and quiz attempt history.
7. Contact Us Regarding Privacy
For any privacy questions, data requests, or compliance inquiries, please email our Data Grievance Desk at: