Welcome to the PG Sindhi Library (pgsindhilibrary.online). We respect the privacy of our readers and contributors. This policy explains what we collect and why.
1. Information we collect
- You can browse, search and read every book in the PG Sindhi Library without creating an account or giving us any personal information.
- If you register as a proofreader, we store your name, email address, a securely hashed password (never the password itself), and any optional details you choose to share (phone, city, languages you read, a short note about yourself).
- When you proofread, we record the changes you make to each page, with the time and your account, so that every edit can be reviewed, credited and, if needed, undone. This history is part of how the project guarantees an error-free final text.
- While a page is open for proofreading, on the website or in the app, we also record how long you work on it (active and idle time). Supervisors see this in the work report.
- If you write to us through the contact form or by email, we use your details only to reply.
2. Cookies and similar storage
- We set one essential cookie (pgsl.sid) only when you sign in or submit a form, to keep you signed in and to protect forms against forgery. It is not used for advertising or tracking.
- If you choose Sindhi (Devanagari or Perso-Arabic) with the language switch, a small cookie (pgsl_lang) remembers your choice for a year. It holds only the language.
- Your browser may keep a local draft of the page you are proofreading, so unsaved work is not lost if the tab closes. This stays on your device.
- The search box may remember your last few searches in your own browser, for your convenience.
- The PG Sindhi Library app for phones and tablets keeps a sign-in key in the device’s secure storage, your settings, and drafts of the page you are working on, on the device. Signing out removes the sign-in key. The app does not track you or show advertising.
3. How we use and share information
- Contributor information is used to run the proofreading programme: granting access, assigning books, reviewing work, crediting contributors and, for paid proofreaders, arranging payment.
- We do not sell or rent personal information. We do not share it with third parties except where required by law.
- Server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested) are kept for security and troubleshooting and deleted regularly.
4. Third-party services and external links
- Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts. Report-an-error and proofreader-interest forms are Google Forms, governed by Google’s privacy policy.
- Book records link to the Internet Archive and to our bibliographic catalogue, Sindhi Sanchaya (sindhisanchaya.online). Once you leave this site, those sites’ policies apply.
5. Your choices
- You can update your profile or change your password at any time under My account.
- In the app for iPhone and iPad, Me > Delete account deletes your account at once: your name, email address, password and profile details are erased and you are signed out everywhere. Edits you contributed to book texts remain part of the page history, credited to a deleted account.
- You can ask us to close your account and remove your personal details by writing to wadhwa.soni@gmail.com. Edits you contributed to book texts remain part of the page history, credited to a closed account.
6. Data security
- Passwords are hashed with bcrypt, sessions are protected, and access to the proofreading workspace and admin tools is restricted by role.
- No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Changes to this policy
- We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page.
8. Contact Us
Questions about this policy? Write to wadhwa.soni@gmail.com or use the contact form.
Last updated: October 2026.