Vaidik Apps

Privacy Policy – V Reader

Last updated: 14 November 2026

In short: Every file you open in V Reader is opened and stays on your phone. We never see, upload or keep your files. Highlights, notes and bookmarks also stay only on your phone.

V Reader ("the App") lets you read PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text and eBook files, highlight and add notes, bookmark pages, fill and sign PDF forms, and make small edits to text, Word (DOCX) and Excel (XLSX) files. This Privacy Policy explains what information the App handles and how.

1. Owner & Contact Information

Owner: Abhay Arya (Vaidik Apps)

Email: support@vaidikapps.com

2. Your files stay on your phone

Every file you open is read directly on your device. Files are never uploaded to our servers or to anyone else.
Highlights, notes, bookmarks, reading position and collections are saved only in the App’s storage on your device.
When you edit a file, the App asks whether to save a new copy or overwrite the file; a backup of the previous version is kept inside the App on your phone.
Uninstalling the App removes its highlights, notes and lists from your phone. Your own files stay where they are.

3. “All files access” permission (Android)

Only if you allow it, the App uses Android’s “All files access” permission to find the PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text and eBook files on your phone and show them in one place, and — only when you ask — to open, save, rename or delete them.
This list of files is built on your phone and is never sent anywhere.
You can refuse or withdraw this permission at any time; you can still open any file yourself through the system file picker.

4. Signatures and forms

Signatures you draw and form data you type are stored only on your phone and written only into the files you choose.

5. No advertising, no tracking

The App contains no advertising and no third-party analytics or tracking SDK (only our own anonymous usage count, described below). It does not collect your location, contacts or any file you have not chosen yourself.

6. App text and update information

The App downloads some of its own text (such as the About and Help pages, and the list of our other apps) from our server (vaidikapps.com), and checks whether a new version is available. These requests carry no personal information.

7. Help & Contact chat

The App has a Help & Contact chat (More → Help & Contact → Chat). Using it is optional. If you write to us there, the following is kept on our own server (vaidikapps.com, hosted on a Hostinger VPS in India) so that we can read and answer you:

the name and messages you send, and any picture you attach;
a push token of your phone (Firebase Cloud Messaging, a Google service), used only to notify you when we reply.

Pictures are deleted automatically after 90 days and messages after 2 years. We do not sell or share this information with any third party; it is used only to answer you. To have your chat data removed earlier, write to support@vaidikapps.com. If you write to us by email, we receive that email.

8. Permissions

All files access (Android) — only if you allow it, to show the documents on your phone in one place (see section 3).
Camera — only to take a picture to attach in the Help & Contact chat.
Photos / files — only the pictures or files you pick yourself.
Notifications — to tell you when we reply in Help & Contact.
Internet — for the chat, app text, update information and the anonymous usage count. Your files never go over the internet.

9. Data security

All communication with our server and with Google uses encrypted connections (HTTPS).

Anonymous usage count

To know how many people use the App, it sends a small anonymous signal to our own server (vaidikapps.com) when it is opened and every two minutes while it is open. The signal contains only: the app name, a random number created inside the App (not linked to your name, email, phone number, account or device identifiers), the platform (Android / iPhone / web), the app version and the phone language.

Our server uses the connection's IP address only at that moment to estimate an approximate location (country, state, city). The IP address itself is not stored. We see only totals (for example “Jaipur — 23 users”), never who a person is. This data is not sold or shared with anyone and is not used for advertising. Your files, highlights and notes are never part of this signal.

10. Children’s privacy

The App does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. If you believe a child has sent us information through the chat, contact us and we will delete it.

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this policy when the App’s features change. The updated policy will be posted at this address.

12. Terms of Use (EULA)

By using this app on iOS, you also agree to the Apple Standard End User License Agreement (EULA):

https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

प्राइवेसी नीति (हिन्दी में सार)

V Reader में आप जो भी फ़ाइल खोलते हैं — PDF, Word, Excel, PPT, ई-बुक — वह आपके फ़ोन में ही खुलती और रहती है। हाइलाइट, टिप्पणी, bookmark और कहाँ तक पढ़ा, सब आपके फ़ोन में ही रहता है। हम आपकी फ़ाइलें न देखते हैं, न रखते हैं, न कहीं भेजते हैं।

«सब फ़ाइलें» अनुमति (Android) केवल आपकी हाँ से — फ़ोन की दस्तावेज़-फ़ाइलें एक जगह दिखाने और आपके कहने पर खोलने, सहेजने, नाम बदलने या मिटाने के लिए। न दें तो भी आप स्वयं फ़ाइल चुनकर खोल सकते हैं।

ऐप में कोई विज्ञापन या बाहरी जासूसी (analytics) नहीं है — केवल अपनी बिना-नाम उपयोग-गिनती (कितने लोग ऐप खोलते हैं; नाम, ईमेल या फ़ाइलें नहीं)।

आप «सहायता व संपर्क» से चैट करें, तो आपका दिया हुआ नाम, आपके संदेश और भेजे हुए चित्र हमारे सर्वर पर रहते हैं, ताकि उत्तर दिया जा सके; उत्तर की सूचना के लिए फ़ोन की सूचना-पहचान (Firebase) भी। चित्र ९० दिन बाद और संदेश दो वर्ष बाद अपने-आप हट जाते हैं।

सम्पर्क: support@vaidikapps.com या ऐप में अधिक → सहायता व संपर्क।