Privacy Policy

👋 Who We Are

This Privacy Policy applies to hireshobhit.in (the "Website"), a platonic companion-for-hire service operated by Shobhit Sharma, based in Ghaziabad, Delhi NCR, India.

If you have any questions about this policy, you can contact us at WhatsApp: +91 78884 52012.

📋 What Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly when you use our website, including:

• Your name and phone number (when you submit an enquiry or booking form)
• Occasion type, preferred date, and location details
• Any message or additional information you choose to share
• Name, phone number, and city (if you apply to join as a companion)

We also automatically collect certain technical data when you visit the Website, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This is collected via Google Analytics.

🎯 How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your enquiries and booking requests via WhatsApp
• Process companion applications and onboard approved companions
• Understand how visitors use our website (via Google Analytics) to improve the experience
• Display relevant ads through Google AdSense
• Communicate important updates about your booking or our service

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties for their own marketing purposes.

🍪 Cookies

Our website uses cookies — small text files stored on your device — to improve your browsing experience and enable analytics and advertising features.

Specifically, we use:

• Google Analytics cookies — to understand how visitors interact with our website (pages visited, time on site, traffic sources). Data is anonymised and aggregated.
• Google AdSense cookies — to show relevant advertisements. Google may use these cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. You may also opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings.

🔒 How We Protect Your Data

Your enquiry and booking data is transmitted directly to us via WhatsApp and is not stored on any external server by this website. We take reasonable precautions to keep your information secure and do not share it with unauthorised parties.

Companion application data is stored in a private Google Sheet accessible only to the site operator.

🔗 Third-Party Services

Our website integrates the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:

• Google Analytics — privacy policy
• Google AdSense — privacy policy
• WhatsApp (Meta) — privacy policy
• Google Fonts — fonts are loaded from Google's servers

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party services.

👤 Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction or deletion of your personal data
• Opt out of Google personalised advertising at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via WhatsApp at +91 78884 52012.

🔄 Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "last updated" date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

Continued use of the Website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.