Privacy

What we collect, why, and how to make us stop.

Written to be read rather than to be survived. If anything here is unclear, that is our failure — write and ask.

Last updated August 2026

This is a working draft, not yet reviewed by a lawyer. It is written to be accurate about how the site actually behaves, so that a legal adviser can check it against the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the rules made under it — particularly the provisions on children. Do not publish it as final until they have.

Who we are

Jessi Publications, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Contact: privacy@jessipublications.com.

The short version

Browsing this website does not require an account and we do not build a profile of you for advertising. If you write to us we keep what you sent so we can answer. If a parent or school creates a MyJessi profile for a child, we hold the least we can to make a useful recommendation, and the adult who created it can see it, correct it or delete it.

What we collect

Visiting the site
Standard server logs kept by our host — IP address, browser, pages requested, time. Used to keep the site running and to spot abuse. Not used to identify you.
Writing to us
Whatever you put in the message: your name, email, school, and what you asked. Kept so we can answer and so we have a record of the enquiry.
A MyJessi profile
Display name, age band, class, activated books, interests, capability labels and recent activity within the programme. Created and controlled by a parent or an authorised school administrator, never by the child alone.
AI features
Only where switched on. We send the programme context and a pseudonymous reference to the provider — not a name, not a date of birth, not a full history.

What we do not do

We do not sell or rent personal data. We do not serve advertising. We do not build an advertising profile from a child’s learning behaviour. We do not track anyone across other websites. We do not collect precise location.

Children

Parts of this site are meant for children, so the stricter rules apply to all of it. A profile for a child is created by a parent or an authorised school administrator, who gives consent for each feature separately. Personalised and AI features are off until an adult switches them on. We do not use a child’s data for behavioural advertising or for tracking, and we do not knowingly collect more than a recommendation needs.

Your rights

You can ask us what we hold about you, correct it, or have it deleted. For a child’s profile, the parent or school administrator who created it can do the same. Write to privacy@jessipublications.com and we will respond within a reasonable period. If you are not satisfied, you may raise the matter with the Data Protection Board of India.

Grievance officer

Name and contact details of the grievance officer to be added before publication, as required under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.

Who else sees it

Our web host, our email provider, and — only where an AI feature has been switched on — the AI provider, and then only the programme context and a pseudonymous reference. We do not pass personal data to anyone else except where the law requires it.

Changes

If we change this we will change the date at the top. If a change materially affects a child profile, we will tell the adult who controls it rather than rely on you noticing.