Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 8, 2026

Welcome to iLekhak (“Lekhak,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). Lekhak is a Nepali writing and publishing platform that allows users to create, publish, discover, and read articles, diaries, stories, poems, recipes, confessions, status updates, and other written content.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect information when you use our website, mobile applications, and related services (collectively, the “Services”).

By using Lekhak, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use Lekhak, we may collect the following categories of information.

1.1 Account Information

When you create an account, we may collect:

• Name or display name

• Username

• Email address

• Phone number, where provided

• Password or authentication credentials

• Profile photo

• Bio and profile information

• Date of birth or age information, where required

• Account preferences

• Information provided through supported third-party login services

If you use a third-party authentication provider, such as Sign in with Apple or another supported service, we may receive information that the provider makes available to us according to your authorization and that provider's privacy policy.

1.2 User-Generated Content

We collect and process content that you voluntarily create, upload, publish, or submit through Lekhak, including:

• Articles

• Diaries

• Stories

• Poems

• Recipes

• Confessions

• Status posts

• Comments

• Relekhed/repost content

• Images

• Videos

• Audio or other supported media

• Drafts

• Writing prompts or responses

• Content submitted through AI or writing-assistance features

Content that you choose to publish publicly may be visible to other users or visitors to Lekhak.

1.3 Location Information

Some Lekhak features may allow you to associate content with a geographic location, such as locations displayed on our Story Map or map-related features.

We may process location information that you voluntarily provide when creating or editing content.

Where a feature requires device location permission, we will request the relevant permission from your device. You can control or revoke location permissions through your device settings.

We do not require precise device location for ordinary browsing or reading of Lekhak content unless a specific feature requires it.

1.4 Device and Technical Information

When you access our Services, we may automatically collect certain technical information, including:

• IP address

• Device type

• Operating system

• Browser type

• App version

• Language and regional settings

• Approximate geographic region

• Device identifiers

• Network information

• Referrer information

• Pages, screens, or features accessed

• Date and time of activity

• Crash reports and diagnostic information

This information helps us operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve Lekhak.

1.5 Usage Information

We may collect information about how you interact with Lekhak, including:

• Posts viewed

• Articles opened

• Likes and reactions

• Comments

• Follows

• Searches

• Shares

• Reading activity

• Interactions with recommendations

• Feature usage

• Advertising interactions

• General engagement statistics

We use this information to improve the platform and understand how our Services are being used.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use collected information to:

• Create and maintain your account

• Provide and operate Lekhak Services

• Publish and display content according to your privacy settings

• Allow users to interact with one another

• Process comments, likes, follows, and other interactions

• Provide search and discovery features

• Provide personalized or relevant recommendations

• Provide analytics to eligible creators

• Provide membership and premium features

• Process subscriptions and payments

• Provide account verification services

• Provide profession verification features where available

• Provide writing and AI-assisted features

• Improve Nepali-language writing and publishing experiences

• Detect spam, abuse, fraud, and malicious activity

• Protect users and the security of our Services

• Troubleshoot technical problems

• Analyze platform performance

• Communicate with you about your account or our Services

• Send important service notifications

• Send marketing communications where permitted and where you have provided the necessary consent

• Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations

• Enforce our Terms of Service and other policies

3. Publicly Available Information

Some information you submit to Lekhak may be publicly visible depending on the feature and your settings.

For example, when you publish a post publicly, other people may be able to see:

• Your display name

• Username

• Profile information

• Profile photo

• Published content

• Publication date

• Public comments and interactions

• Public engagement information

• Location information that you intentionally attach to a post

Please consider carefully what information you include in publicly available content.

Once information has been publicly published, it may be copied, shared, indexed by search engines, or viewed outside of Lekhak.

4. Private and Draft Content

Content that you save as a draft or otherwise designate as private is intended to remain inaccessible to the general public.

However, authorized Lekhak personnel, service providers, or automated systems may need limited access to such information when necessary to:

• Provide the requested service

• Maintain our systems

• Prevent abuse

• Investigate technical problems

• Protect the security of the platform

• Comply with legal obligations

We do not treat private drafts as publicly published content.

5. Anonymous Confessions

Lekhak may provide anonymous confession features.

When you submit content through an anonymous feature, your public identity may not be displayed to other users.

However, anonymous publication does not necessarily mean that the information is technically untraceable. We may retain technical information associated with an account or submission, such as IP addresses, timestamps, or other security information, where necessary for security, abuse prevention, legal compliance, or operation of the Service.

Do not submit sensitive personal information about yourself or another person through a public confession or other public feature.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Our website may use cookies, local storage, pixels, or similar technologies to:

• Keep users signed in

• Remember preferences

• Maintain sessions

• Improve website functionality

• Understand website usage

• Measure performance

• Provide relevant advertising

• Detect fraudulent or abusive activity

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some parts of Lekhak.

7. Advertising

Lekhak may display advertisements through third-party advertising providers, including Google AdMob on our mobile applications and other advertising services where applicable.

Advertising providers may collect or receive information such as:

• Advertising identifiers

• Device information

• Approximate location

• App or website interaction information

• Advertising interaction data

These providers may use this information to provide, measure, and improve advertising.

Advertising practices may be subject to the privacy policies of the relevant advertising provider.

Users may also have controls available through their device or account settings regarding personalized advertising.

8. Analytics

We may use analytics and diagnostic services to understand how users interact with Lekhak and to improve the reliability and performance of our Services.

Analytics information may include:

• Device information

• App version

• General usage activity

• Feature interactions

• Performance information

• Crash information

• Approximate geographic information

We use analytics information primarily in aggregated or de-identified form where reasonably possible.

9. AI and Writing Assistance

Lekhak may provide AI-powered features such as writing assistance, text improvement, suggestions, summarization, translation, or other language-related functionality.

When you use an AI feature, the text or other information necessary to provide that feature may be processed by Lekhak and/or third-party AI service providers.

You should avoid submitting passwords, financial information, government identification numbers, or other highly sensitive personal information into AI prompts unless the feature specifically requires it.

AI-generated suggestions may not always be accurate. You are responsible for reviewing content before publishing it.

Where applicable, we may use aggregated or de-identified information to improve our AI-assisted features and services.

10. Payments and Memberships

Lekhak may offer paid memberships, subscriptions, verification services, promotions, or other paid features.

Depending on the payment method, payments may be processed by third-party payment providers or app stores.

We generally do not need to store your complete payment card number to provide these services.

Payment providers may collect and process payment information according to their own privacy policies and terms.

11. Account Verification

Lekhak may offer account verification and profession verification features.

If you request verification, we may collect information necessary to verify your identity or professional status.

This information may include:

• Government-issued identification

• Professional identification

• Professional credentials

• Supporting documentation

• Verification photographs

• Information about your profession

Verification information may be reviewed by authorized personnel or third-party verification providers where necessary.

Verification documents are used for verification and security purposes and are not intended to be publicly displayed unless explicitly stated otherwise.

12. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information simply because you use Lekhak.

We may share information in limited circumstances, including with:

Service Providers

We may use third-party companies to provide services such as:

• Cloud hosting

• Database infrastructure

• Analytics

• Authentication

• Advertising

• Email delivery

• Payments

• Content delivery

• Security

• AI services

• Customer support

• Error monitoring

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services to us.

Legal Requirements

We may disclose information if reasonably necessary to:

• Comply with applicable law

• Respond to valid legal requests

• Protect our rights

• Protect the safety of users or others

• Investigate fraud, abuse, or security incidents

• Enforce our agreements and policies

Business Transfers

If Lekhak is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale of assets, or similar transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

13. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our Services, maintain security, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and maintain legitimate business records.

The retention period may vary depending on the type of information and why it was collected.

Some information may remain in backups or security logs for a limited period after deletion.

14. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your Lekhak account through the account settings or available account deletion process.

When an account is deleted, we will take reasonable steps to delete or anonymize associated personal information, subject to:

• Legal requirements

• Security and fraud-prevention requirements

• Legitimate business records

• Dispute resolution

• Backup retention

• Information that must be retained under applicable law

Public content associated with a deleted account may be removed, anonymized, or handled according to the applicable Lekhak feature and our data-retention practices.

Some information may remain temporarily in backups before being permanently deleted.

15. Your Privacy Choices and Rights

Depending on where you live and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the ability to:

• Access information we hold about you

• Correct inaccurate information

• Request deletion

• Request restriction of certain processing

• Object to certain processing

• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

• Request a copy of certain information

• Manage marketing communications

• Control certain device permissions

• Control personalized advertising through available device or account settings

To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the information provided below.

We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

16. Children's Privacy

Lekhak is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

If you are under the minimum age required to use our Services in your jurisdiction, you should use Lekhak only with the involvement or permission of a parent or legal guardian where required by law.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child in circumstances where collection was not permitted, we may take reasonable steps to delete that information.

If you believe a child has provided personal information to Lekhak, please contact us.

17. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

Security measures may include:

• Encryption in transit

• Access controls

• Authentication protections

• Security monitoring

• Server and application security

• Backup systems

• Abuse and fraud detection

However, no online service can guarantee absolute security.

You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and should notify us if you believe your account has been compromised.

18. International Data Transfers

Lekhak may use infrastructure, service providers, or technologies located outside Nepal.

As a result, your information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country where you live.

Where required by applicable law, we take reasonable measures to provide appropriate protections for international transfers of personal information.

19. Third-Party Services and Links

Lekhak may contain links to third-party websites, applications, services, or platforms.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party services.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party service before providing personal information.

20. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make changes, we may update the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

If a change materially affects your rights or how we process personal information, we may provide additional notice where required by applicable law.

Your continued use of Lekhak after an updated Privacy Policy becomes effective means that you acknowledge the updated policy.

21. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us:

Lekhak / iLekhak

Website: https://ilekhak.com

Email: lekhaknepalofficial@gmail.com

For privacy-related requests, please include enough information for us to understand and respond to your request.

22. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is intended to be interpreted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Where appropriate, privacy rights and protections may vary depending on the country or jurisdiction in which you live.

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