Privacy Policy

Campus Ghost is an anonymous, college-focused social platform and review community. It lets verified students participate through a pseudonymous Ghost ID and Ghost Persona, browse and follow colleges, publish posts, reviews, confessions, stories, receive notifications, and engage with peers.

This Privacy Policy explains how Campus Ghost collects, uses, shares, retains, and protects personal data when you use our website, mobile applications, support channels, and related features.

The Data Fiduciary responsible for personal data processed under this policy is:

• Personal Data: Data about an individual who is identifiable directly or indirectly by or in relation to that data.
• Ghost ID: The pseudonymous handle assigned or selected by a user. It does not display your legal name, real email, or phone number.
• Ghost Persona: The public profile state (avatar, display name, bio, college affiliations, posts) linked to a Ghost ID.
• User Content: All material submitted by you including text, photos, reviews, confessions, comments, and stories.

By default, other students and site visitors only see your Ghost ID and public persona. They cannot view your account email address, phone number, login records, or private support tickets.

However, to operate a secure, spam-free platform compliant with applicable laws, Campus Ghost retains limited technical data (such as encrypted credentials, device identifiers, and moderation logs) accessible strictly to authorized team members for safety and operation.

5.1 Data Provided Directly

• Account credentials: Email address, encrypted passwords, verification tokens.
• Profile details: Ghost ID handle, avatar selection, bio, college tag.
• User Content: Posts, reviews, ratings, confessions, comments, attachments, stories.
• Communications: Support messages, bug reports, feature requests, appeal forms.

5.2 Data Collected Automatically

• Device and log metrics: IP address, browser type, OS, app version, language, crash logs.
• Usage data: Feature interactions, page views, college feed searches, notification delivery status.
• Cookies & storage: Session authentication cookies, preference flags, local state cache.

We process personal data solely for specified, lawful purposes:

• Authenticating accounts and displaying posts under your Ghost Persona.
• Personalizing your home feed with your followed college communities.
• Enforcing Community Guidelines, preventing spam, botting, ban evasion, and harassment.
• Responding to support tickets, appeal requests, and technical issues.
• Complying with applicable Indian laws and valid legal demands.

Submitting posts to public college feeds makes that content visible to all students on the platform. College tags indicate institution topics and do not constitute official endorsement by the university.

Stories expire from active feed display after their designated duration, but system backup logs and moderation archives retain records for safety verification.

We use in-app and push notification engines (powered by WebSockets) to alert you about post upvotes, replies, and college news. You can manage notification settings directly in your account preferences.

To maintain transparency and prevent administrative bias, Campus Ghost utilizes Admin Audit Logs. Every moderation action (post removal, warning, ban) is automatically recorded with admin IDs, timestamps, policy codes, and rationale. Audit logs are non-public and access-controlled.

We do not sell personal data for monetary compensation. We share data only with:

• Service Providers: Cloud hosting infrastructure, email delivery, and security analysis tools bound by strict confidentiality.
• Law Enforcement & Safety: When mandated by valid court orders, subpoenas, or urgent safety emergencies.

Campus Ghost operates without targeted advertising. We do not track users across external web platforms. Aggregated or de-identified analytics may be evaluated internally to optimize server performance and UX.

• Account Data: Retained while active; permanently deleted or anonymized within 30 days of account deletion request.
• Moderation & Security Logs: Retained for 18 days (or longer if required for active legal investigations).
• Support Records: Retained for 18 days following ticket resolution.

We implement industry-standard technical measures including TLS encryption in transit, salted password hashing, access controls, and rate-limiting to protect student data against unauthorized access.

Under the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 of India, users have the right to request access to a summary of personal data processed, request correction or erasure of inaccurate data, withdraw consent, and register grievances with our designated Grievance Officer.

Campus Ghost is designed for college and university students. You must be at least 16 years of age (or 18 where required by regional law) to create an account. Accounts registered by underage users will be terminated upon discovery.

Data is primarily processed in secure cloud infrastructure within India. Any international processing complies with Indian cross-border data transfer regulations.

Campus Ghost functions as an intermediary under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and complies with the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

Our platform may link to external college sites or third-party tools. Campus Ghost is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external sites.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect product changes or legal requirements. Material updates will be notified via in-app banners or email.

For privacy questions, data requests, or grievance complaints, reach our team at: