Privacy Policy

1. In-Browser Client-Side Processing & Network Transparency

PROJECT BRUCE is engineered with a local-first, client-side processing architecture. When you use financial calculators (such as Rupee Lab), image and PDF tools (File Forge and Form Ready), typing tests (Type Sprint), or the resume builder (Resume Desk), all computations, image resizing, and document formatting execute entirely inside your web browser. Your numbers, documents, photos, signatures, and personal resumes are never uploaded, stored, or transmitted to our servers.

For complete technical transparency, visiting and using our website involves the following standard network interactions:

• Hosting & CDN Infrastructure: Standard web hosting infrastructure (such as Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages) receives necessary HTTP connection metadata (such as IP address, browser User-Agent, and requested asset URL) to deliver static assets securely and protect against DDoS attacks.
• Public Catalog Synchronization: When connected to our cloud database (Supabase), tools such as Release Radar, Job Signal, Scheme Saathi, and Rate Watch retrieve read-only public catalog records via public HTTPS API requests. No personal input, calculations, or user identities are transmitted during catalog retrieval.
• Third-Party External Links: When you click external links to official portals, examination bodies, or OTT platforms, you navigate to third-party domains subject to their respective privacy policies.

2. Information We Do Not Collect

We do not require user account registration, passwords, phone numbers, or credit card details. We do not track your identity across different websites, and we do not sell or monetize personal user databases.

3. Local Storage Usage

Our website uses browser localStorage solely to remember your voluntary local preferences, such as your selected language (English or Telugu), dark mode or accent color, and your personal saved movie watchlist (in Release Radar). This information stays strictly on your local browser and can be cleared at any time by clearing your browser data.

4. Advertising (Google AdSense)

To keep all 14 utilities free for every user without charging subscriptions or fees, we may display non-intrusive advertisements from approved advertising networks, such as Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info.

5. OTT Affiliate Commissions Disclosure

We only activate affiliate tracking for platforms with verified, approved partner agreements. Platforms without an active affiliate agreement link directly to official destinations without affiliate parameters. We never alter search rankings or recommend movies based on commission rates.

6. Outbound Links to Third-Party Portals

Utilities such as Job Signal, Scheme Saathi, and Study Vault link directly to official central government, state government, banking recruitment, and university portals. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, availability, or contents of third-party external websites. We encourage you to review the privacy statement of any external site you visit.

7. Contact for Privacy Inquiries

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or data privacy on PROJECT BRUCE, you may open an issue on our official GitHub Issue Tracker or consult our Contact Directory.