PRIVACY POLICY

Last updated October 16, 2025

Our Privacy Promise

Welcome to Dharma. Your privacy and your trust are as important to us as the reflective experience we aim to provide in our app.

We believe a privacy policy should be easy to understand. Before we get into the necessary legal details, here is our promise to you in plain English:

We only collect what we need. We collect information to create your account, save your progress and journal entries, fix bugs, and improve your experience.
We do not sell your personal information, and we never have.
We don't track you across other apps. The data we collect is used only to improve the Dharma app.
You are in control. You can review or request the deletion of your personal information at any time.

We also want to be clear about what we don't collect: We do not access your device's camera, microphone, or photo library. We do not collect your precise geolocation.

This Privacy Notice for Joonbeom Kwon, the developer of Dharma, ("we," "us," or "our"), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ("process") your personal information when you use our services ("Services"), including when you:

Download and use our mobile application (Dharma), or any other application of ours that links to this Privacy Notice
Use Dharma. Dharma is an experience for exploring the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads with a calm, devotional tone tailored for Indian American seekers. The app combines handcrafted animations, ambient sound, and haptic feedback to guide a daily practice.
Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at help@dhar.app.

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

This summary provides key points from our Privacy Notice. For more details on any topic, please use the table of contents to find the relevant section.

What Information We Collect: When you use our Services, we process personal information. This includes account details from Google/Apple, the journal entries you write, and your in-app activity. We also collect technical data automatically to ensure the app works correctly. Learn more about the information we collect.

Why We Collect It: We process your information to provide, improve, and protect our Services, to communicate with you, and to comply with the law. We only process your information for valid reasons. Learn more about how we process your information.

Who We Share It With: We share information with trusted service providers who are essential to the app's function. This includes Supabase (our cloud infrastructure) and Sentry (our crash reporting service). Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal information.

How We Keep It Safe: We use a combination of organizational and technical security measures to protect your personal information. Your data is also stored locally on your device for offline access. Learn more about how we keep your information safe.

Your Privacy Rights: Depending on where you live, you have certain rights regarding your personal information, including the right to access or delete your data. Learn more about your privacy rights.

How to Exercise Your Rights: The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting a data subject access request or by contacting us directly.

WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?
HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?
WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?
HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?
HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?
WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?
CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES
DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?
DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?
HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?
HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Services, use the app's features, or contact us.

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information we collect may include the following:

names
email addresses
usernames
Journal Entries: When you use the journaling feature, we collect and store the text and reflections you choose to record.

Sensitive Information. We do not request sensitive personal information. However, the free-form text fields in the journaling feature allow you to voluntarily provide information that may be sensitive. We treat all journal entries as confidential personal data.

Social Media Login Data. As described in Section 6, we collect profile information from Google or Apple when you use them to create an account.

Information automatically collected

In Short: Some information — such as your IP address and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you use our Services.

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, device characteristics, operating system, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

The information we collect includes:

Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our servers automatically collect. This log data may include your IP address, device information, and information about your activity in the Services. For our app, this specifically includes: your reading progress (chapters and verses you've viewed), meditation and chanting session details, bookmarks you create, and achievements you earn. This data helps us power app features and track your progress.
Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. This may include your IP address, device and application identification numbers, operating system, and hardware model.
Crash Report Data. As detailed in Section 5, we collect data related to app crashes and performance issues to help us diagnose and fix bugs.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
To protect our Services. We may process your information as part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud monitoring and prevention.
To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
To identify usage trends. We may process information about how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so we can improve them.
To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.

3. WHAT LEGAL BASES DO WE RELY ON TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e., legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfill our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfill our legitimate business interests.

If you are located in the EU or UK, this section applies to you.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

Consent. We may process your information if you have given us permission (i.e., consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose. You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Performance of a Contract. We may process your personal information when we believe it is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations to you, including providing our Services or at your request prior to entering into a contract with you.
Legitimate Interests. We may process your information when we believe it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate business interests and those interests do not outweigh your interests and fundamental rights and freedoms.
Legal Obligations. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary for compliance with our legal obligations, such as to cooperate with a law enforcement body or regulatory agency, exercise or defend our legal rights, or disclose your information as evidence in litigation in which we are involved.
Vital Interests. We may process your information where we believe it is necessary to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of a third party, such as in situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person.

4. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information with the specific third-party service providers listed below.

We may need to share your personal information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents ("service providers") who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts in place with our service providers, which are designed to help safeguard your personal information. We have categorized these providers as follows:

Cloud Infrastructure Services: We use Supabase (https://supabase.com) as our cloud infrastructure provider for authentication, data storage, and synchronization. Your account information, journal entries, and progress are stored with Supabase. You can review their privacy policy at https://supabase.com/privacy.
Performance Monitoring & Error Reporting Services: We use Sentry (https://sentry.io) for crash reporting and application monitoring.

We may also share your personal information in the following situations:

Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

5. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We use third-party SDKs for performance monitoring that collect technical data.

We permit third parties and service providers to use SDKs and similar technologies on our Services for performance monitoring.

Sentry

We use Sentry, an error monitoring and performance logging service, to help us identify, diagnose, and resolve crashes and errors within our application. When an error occurs, Sentry collects diagnostic data which may include:

Device information (model, operating system version)
The application's state leading up to the error
User identifiers (to help us correlate errors and support users)
Session recordings (anonymized replays of your interactions with the app, which are used only for error diagnosis)

Sentry is configured to send personally identifiable information when necessary for debugging complex issues. You can learn more by reviewing Sentry's Privacy Policy.

6. HOW DO WE HANDLE YOUR SOCIAL LOGINS?

In Short: If you use Google or Apple to log in, we receive profile information from them. If you don't sign in, we create an anonymous account to save your progress.

Our Services offer you the ability to register and log in using your third-party account details (like your Google or Apple logins). Where you choose to do this, we will receive certain profile information about you from your account provider, which often includes your name, email address, and profile picture. We use this information only to create and manage your account.

Anonymous Sessions: If you choose not to sign in with a social account, the app will create a temporary anonymous session to enable you to use the app's features. This anonymous session does not collect personal information like your name or email but allows us to save your progress and preferences locally on your device and sync it if you decide to create an account later.

We recommend that you review your social media provider's privacy notice to understand how they handle your data.

7. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as your account is active. Your data is stored both in the cloud and locally on your device.

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Generally, this means we will keep your information for as long as you have an active account with us.

Data Storage Location & Local Data: Your data, including your profile, journal entries, and progress, is stored both locally on your device using your operating system's native data storage features and synchronized with our cloud infrastructure (Supabase). Local storage enables offline functionality and faster app performance. This data remains on your device until you delete the app or use an in-app data clearing option (if available).

When you terminate your account, we will take steps to delete your personal information from our active databases within a reasonable period.

8. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organizational and technical security measures.

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.

9. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

In some regions (like Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure; (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information; (iv) if applicable, to data portability; and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.

We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Withdrawing your consent

If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?" below.

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

Account Information

If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can: Contact us using the contact information provided.

Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our legal terms and/or comply with applicable legal requirements.

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at help@dhar.app.

10. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ("DNT") feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.

11. DO UNITED STATES RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of certain U.S. states, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information.

Categories of Personal Information We Collect

The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months.

Category	Examples	Collected
A. Identifiers	Contact details, such as real name, alias, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name	YES
B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute	Name, contact information.	YES
C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law	Gender, age, etc. (often inferred by services but not directly processed by us)	NO
D. Commercial information	Transaction information, purchase history (if you add in-app purchases later)	NO
E. Biometric information	Fingerprints and voiceprints	NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity	Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our application, systems, and advertisements.	YES
G. Geolocation data	Device location	NO
H. Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information	Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities	NO
I. Professional or employment-related information	Business contact details, job title, etc.	NO
J. Education Information	Student records and directory information	NO
K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information	Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual's preferences.	NO
L. Sensitive personal Information		NO

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

Receiving help through our customer support channels;
Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
Facilitation in the delivery of our Services and to respond to your inquiries.

We have not sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months.

Your Rights

You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:

Right to know whether or not we are processing your personal data
Right to access your personal data
Right to correct inaccuracies in your personal data
Right to request the deletion of your personal data
Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us
Right to non-discrimination for exercising your rights
Right to opt out of the processing of your personal data if it is used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or certain types of profiling.

How to Exercise Your Rights

To exercise these rights, you can contact us by submitting a data subject access request, by emailing us at help@dhar.app, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.

Request Verification

Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.

Appeals

Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at help@dhar.app. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.

California "Shine The Light" Law

California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the "Shine The Light" law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section "HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?"

12. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Revised" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

13. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at help@dhar.app or contact us by post at:

Joonbeom Kwon
2515 Regent St.
Berkeley, CA 94704
United States

14. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please fill out and submit a data subject access request.