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Privacy Policy — RTI Wiki Android and iOS app
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Privacy Policy for the RTI Wiki mobile app, published by BigHelpers Software & Solutions Pvt Ltd.
Effective date: 19 April 2026
This policy governs the RTI Wiki companion mobile application for Android and iOS, published by BigHelpers Software & Solutions Pvt Ltd. It does not replace the general RTI Wiki website terms.
1. What we collect
Nothing personal. The app does not collect, store, or transmit any personally identifiable information. Specifically:
- No account is required. There is no sign-up or sign-in.
- No analytics are integrated. No Google Analytics, no Firebase, no Mixpanel, no Amplitude, no other telemetry platform.
- No advertising identifier is read. The app does not access the Android Advertising ID, the iOS IDFA, or any fingerprinting signal.
- No location is requested or recorded. The app does not ask for GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular, or IP-based location.
- No contacts, photos, microphone, camera, calendar, or SMS are accessed.
2. What stays on your device
Two pieces of data are saved only on your phone's local storage, never transmitted:
- Your selected role (Citizen, PIO, First Appellate Authority, or Researcher).
- Your bookmarks — the articles you have saved for later.
Uninstalling the app removes both immediately.
3. Network requests the app makes
The app makes three kinds of outbound network requests, all over HTTPS:
(a) Article content
When you open an article, the app fetches the rendered page from righttoinformation.wiki. The request contains only the path of the page, no user identifier. The wiki server's webserver logs the request (IP address, timestamp, user agent) as part of ordinary server logging, same as any website visit. Logs are rotated and not shared with third parties.
(b) Blog RSS feed
The Blog tab fetches the wiki's public RSS feed at ``/feed.php?mode=list&ns=blog``. Same logging behaviour as (a). No identifiers are added.
(c) AI Mentor tips
When you open an article, the app may request a short mentor tip from a proxy endpoint at ``https://righttoinformation.wiki/ai-proxy.php``. The proxy forwards a minimal request to Anthropic's API containing only:
- Your currently selected role (four possible values).
- The title of the article you are reading.
No personal information, no identifiers, no tracking tokens are sent. The proxy does not log the forwarded request beyond standard webserver access logs. If the AI service is unavailable, the app falls back to a small set of locally bundled tips.
4. Third-party services
| Service | Purpose | Data shared |
|---|---|---|
| righttoinformation.wiki | Source of all wiki articles and the blog feed | The article path, plus standard HTTP headers (IP, user agent) that any website receives |
| Anthropic (via our proxy) | AI Mentor tip generation | Role label and article title. No user identifier. |
No other third party receives any data from this app.
5. Children
The app is rated for everyone but contains legal content better understood by adults. We do not knowingly collect any information from children. If you believe a child has somehow used the app in a way that required personal information (given that we collect none), please contact us at the address below and we will confirm no records exist.
6. Data security
Because we do not operate a backend user-data store, there is no user database to breach. Local bookmarks and role selection are stored in the phone's sandboxed app storage managed by Android or iOS, protected by the device's own security model.
7. Your rights under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
The DPDP Act, 2023 gives you rights of access, correction, erasure, and grievance redressal. Because we hold no personal data about any user, there is no record to access, correct, or erase. If you nevertheless wish to exercise a right or raise a grievance, contact us and we will respond within the statutory time.
8. Changes to this policy
If we change how the app handles data, we will update this page and change the effective date above. Material changes will also appear in the app's own in-product About screen. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance.
9. Contact
Publisher: BigHelpers Software & Solutions Pvt Ltd
Grievance officer and data contact: admin@bighelpers.in
Postal: Write to the above email for the current postal address.
We respond to privacy requests within seven working days and to grievances under the DPDP Act within the statutory thirty days.
10. Summary in one paragraph
This app reads public articles from righttoinformation.wiki, saves your role and bookmarks on your phone, and optionally requests a short AI-generated tip that knows only your role label and the article title. It collects no personal data, uses no analytics, and shows no ads.
Last reviewed on: 19 April 2026 — RTI Wiki editorial team. Last reviewed: 24 April 2026.