Privacy Policy — GST law

App: com.gstlaw.app · Last updated: 9 September 2026 · Contact: aniketashokmestry@gmail.com

GST law has no account and no sign-in. The developer does not run any server that stores your data, and does not use analytics or crash reporting. Everything you create in the app stays on your device. The one exception is advertising, described below: the app shows banner ads through Google AdMob, and Google — as the advertising provider — collects some data to serve and measure those ads.

What stays on your device

Everything you do in the app is stored only in the app's private storage on your own device, and is never sent to the developer:

• your bookmarks, reading history and scroll positions;
• your private notes and "client matter" tags (the Notebook);
• your settings — theme, text size, and similar preferences;
• your progress on checklists and flashcards.

Uninstalling the app deletes all of it.

Advertising

The app displays banner ads on its browsing screens (the Library, Search, Tools and Saved tabs). Reading screens — provisions, judgments, circulars, notifications — carry no ads.

Ads are served by Google AdMob. To serve and measure ads, Google collects information that may include your device's advertising ID, IP address (from which an approximate, city-level location is derived), device and app information, and limited data about your interaction with ads. Google uses this as an advertising partner; it is described in Google's "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services" and its AdMob data-disclosure.

Your choices:

• Where the law requires a consent prompt (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), the app shows one on first launch and you can change your answer any time from Profile → Ad privacy choices. Declining means you still see ads, but they are not personalised.
• On any Android device you can turn off ad personalisation and reset your advertising ID under Settings → Privacy → Ads (wording varies by device), and review Google's ad settings at adssettings.google.com.

The app does not use AdMob's features for apps directed at children, and it is not directed at children (see below).

Other network requests the app makes

• Content updates. The app periodically fetches updated reference data (new notifications, circulars, advisories and editorial notes) as a plain file download from a public GitHub Pages address. The request contains no information about you.
• App software updates. The app uses Expo's over-the-air update service to check for a newer version of its own code. This check sends only technical details needed to serve the correct update — the device platform, the app and runtime version, and a randomly generated installation identifier that is not linked to your identity. It is not used for analytics, advertising, or profiling. Expo acts only as a service provider for this function; see Expo's privacy policy at expo.dev/privacy.
• Links you choose to open. When you tap an external link (for example, a link to the official GST portal or a court judgment), your browser opens that site and its own privacy practices apply. The app does not send any of your data with these links.
• Feedback. If you use a "send feedback" link, your own email app opens with a message pre-filled; nothing is sent unless you send it yourself.

Data sharing and security

The developer does not sell your data and does not share it with anyone. The only data leaving your device is the advertising data collected by Google described above, and the technical fields sent to Expo for update delivery. All of these requests use HTTPS.

Data deletion

There is no account to delete. To remove everything the app has stored, uninstall it. To reset the advertising identifier used for ads, use your device's Settings → Privacy → Ads. Questions: aniketashokmestry@gmail.com.

Permissions

The app requests only network access (to download content, app updates and ads) and vibration (for touch feedback). It does not request access to your camera, microphone, precise location, contacts, files, or any other sensitive resource.

Children

The app is a professional and educational reference for tax law, is rated for a general audience, and is not directed at or designed to appeal to children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new "last updated" date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: aniketashokmestry@gmail.com.