Privacy Policy

This policy applies to this website, the online courses and guides published by Ravindra Bagale. Last updated: 31 October 2026.

Information you give us

You do not need an account to read the courses. If you choose to sign in with Google to track your progress, take quizzes, earn certificates, like lessons or post comments, we receive your Google account ID, name, email address and profile picture URL from Google (see "Learner accounts" below). We never see or store your Google password. Apart from that, the only form on this website is the course enquiry form, which asks for your name and mobile number (e-mail, course, mode, city and message are optional). How that information is used is explained under "Enquiry form" below.

Learner accounts (optional)

What we store: your Google account ID, name, email and profile picture URL; the courses you enrol in; which lessons, guides and classroom chapters you opened, how many seconds you actively read each one (counted only while the tab is open and you are active) and how far down the page you scrolled; your quiz scores; certificates issued to you; your likes; and comments you post. We do not record your clicks, mouse movements or what you type while reading.

Why: to show your progress on the "My progress" page, unlock your course completion certificate, and show your name and picture next to your comments.

Who can see it: you, and the site owner. Ravindra Bagale, who runs this website, can see each learner's name, email, progress, quiz scores, reading time, certificates, likes and comments on a private admin page, so he can support learners, moderate comments and improve the courses. No other learner or visitor can see your progress or quiz scores. This information is never sold or shared. Your name and picture are public next to comments you post. Anyone who has your certificate link can see your name, the course and the date on that certificate (that is how verification works).

Cookies: signing in sets one essential, HttpOnly session cookie (rb_sess, 30 days) and a small rb_li cookie that only says "signed in". They are not used for advertising.

Where: on our own server in AWS Mumbai (ap-south-1), India. We do not sell or share this data. Comments and likes may be removed by the moderator.

Your choices: on the My progress page you can download all your data (JSON) or delete your account. Deleting removes your progress and reading history, quiz scores, certificates (their verify links stop working), likes and comments immediately. Comments that have replies are kept as "This comment was deleted" with no name. Backups roll off within 14 days.

Information stored in your browser

The site remembers your light / dark theme choice and, if you pick one, your tip-language preference (rb-theme and rb-tiplang) in your browser's local storage. This stays on your device and is not sent to us as personal data. The search box works inside your browser. The words you search for are sent to Google Analytics (see below) so we can learn which topics people look for; they are not linked to your learner account.

Advertising and cookies from Google

This site shows ads served by Google AdSense (publisher ID ca-pub-4156210187168985). Google and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads, measure them, and (when allowed) show ads based on your previous visits to this website or to other websites.

• You can opt out of personalised advertising in Google's Ads Settings.
• You can learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites, and more about its advertising cookies at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
• You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.

Google Analytics

This site uses Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-ER8GH42DM2) to understand how visitors use the site (for example which pages are read, how far down a page visitors scroll and for how many active seconds they read, which quizzes are completed and the score, which pages are shared and what is typed in the site search box). This reading information is not linked to your learner account or your name. Google Analytics uses cookies (such as _ga and _ga_*) and collects information such as the pages visited, approximate location, device and browser type. You can read how Google uses this information and opt out with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

Cookies used on this site (summary)

• Essential (only if you sign in): rb_sess and rb_li — keep you signed in for progress, quizzes and comments. Legal basis: needed to provide the feature you asked for (contract / legitimate interest in running the learner tools).
• Google AdSense: advertising cookies set by Google and its partners — show and measure ads. For visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland, personalised ads and non-essential advertising cookies use consent collected through Google's certified consent message.
• Google Analytics: _ga, _ga_* and related cookies — measure site use. For visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland, these analytics cookies use consent through the same Google consent message.
• Local storage (not cookies): theme and tip-language preferences stay on your device only.

No Meta (Facebook) Pixel, Hotjar, Clarity or other third-party trackers were found on this site when this policy was last updated. If that changes, this page will be updated.

Europe, UK and Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR)

If you visit from the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Google's certified consent message (Funding Choices / Privacy & messaging) asks for your cookie and ads choices before personalised ads or non-essential analytics cookies are used for you. You can choose Consent, Do not consent, or Manage options.

Legal basis: for those visitors, advertising and Analytics cookies that are not strictly necessary run on the basis of your consent. Essential sign-in cookies run only if you sign in, to provide that service. Server logs are kept for security and to keep the site running (legitimate interest).

Change or withdraw consent: use the link below at any time. It reopens Google's consent choices. AdSense also adds a "Privacy and cookie settings" link at the bottom of pages where the European message is active.

Privacy & cookie settings

If the consent tools have not loaded yet (for example you use an ad blocker, or you are outside the EEA/UK/Switzerland), the button may do nothing. You can still use Google's Ads Settings and your browser's cookie controls.

Your rights: depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data we hold about you, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent at any time (without affecting earlier lawful use). For learner-account data, use Download my data or Delete my account on My progress, or email the address below. For enquiry-form data, email or WhatsApp us and ask for deletion. For AdSense and Analytics data held by Google, use Google's own tools linked above.

Third-party policies: Google Privacy Policy · How Google uses information from sites · Ads Settings.

Enquiry form

If you fill in the course enquiry form, the details you enter (your name, mobile number and, if you choose, your e-mail, course, preferred mode, city and message) are sent to us and stored only so that we can reply to your enquiry about online or offline courses. They are not sold or used for any other purpose. To have your enquiry details deleted, e-mail ravi2.bagale@gmail.com, contact me on LinkedIn or chat on WhatsApp.

Managing cookies

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. The courses still work without advertising cookies; only ads may become less relevant or limited. Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland can also reopen their Google consent choices with the Privacy & cookie settings link above.

Server logs

Like most websites, the web hosting service may keep standard technical logs (for example IP address, browser type and the pages requested) for security and to keep the site running.

Links to other websites

Course pages link to other websites (for example official documentation). Those sites have their own privacy policies.

Contact

For any question about this policy, e-mail ravi2.bagale@gmail.com, see the contact page, or message me on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ravindra-bagale.

Changes

This policy may be updated when the website changes. The latest version is always on this page. Last updated: 31 October 2026.