Privacy Policy

01 Information We Collect

Kisan Dost may collect information you provide when creating an account, posting listings, editing your profile, sending inquiries, saving listings, or submitting seller verification requests.

• Name, email address, phone number, city, area, and seller profile details.
• Listing details such as title, description, price, category, location, and uploaded image or audio URLs.
• Messages, reports, notifications, and account activity needed to operate the marketplace.

02 How We Use Information

We use collected information to provide and improve Kisan Dost marketplace features.

• Create and manage user accounts.
• Publish, review, and moderate listings.
• Enable buyer-seller communication through inquiries and chat.
• Show saved listings, notifications, seller pages, and account dashboards.
• Prevent abuse, fraud, spam, and unsafe marketplace activity.

03 Google Sign-In

Kisan Dost may use Google Sign-In for normal user authentication. When you sign in with Google, we may receive your name, email address, profile photo, and account identifier.

This information is used to create your Kisan Dost account and display your profile where required.

04 Public Marketplace Information

Some information is public by nature because Kisan Dost is a marketplace.

• Published listings may show title, price, category, city, area, images, seller name, and seller profile link.
• Seller profile pages may show seller name, verification status, location, and approved public listings.
• Do not post sensitive personal information inside listing descriptions or public images.

05 Chat, Images & Voice Messages

Messages, uploaded chat images, and voice notes may be stored to provide buyer-seller communication features.

• Chat media is stored on website hosting, not Firebase Storage.
• Firestore may store message metadata and media URLs.
• Users should avoid sharing sensitive banking, identity, or private information in chat.

06 Cookies & Local Storage

Kisan Dost may use browser storage to improve login state, interface speed, and user experience.

• Remembering signed-in UI state.
• Improving page performance.
• Keeping basic preferences or temporary interface data.

07 Data Sharing

We do not sell user data. Information may be visible to other users only where needed for marketplace functionality.

• Buyers and sellers can see conversation-related details.
• Published listings and seller profiles are public.
• Admins may review listings, reports, verification requests, and abuse-related records.

08 Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect user information. However, no internet service can guarantee complete security.

Users should keep their Google account secure and avoid sharing sensitive information with unknown users.

09 Data Retention

We may retain account, listing, chat, report, and notification data as long as needed to operate Kisan Dost, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, or comply with legal obligations.

10 Your Choices

You may update your profile information from your account settings where available. You may also stop using Kisan Dost at any time.

For account or data-related requests, contact support.

11 Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, contact the Kisan Dost team.