Last Updated: [03-11-2025]
Welcome to epdstelangana.website. We take your privacy seriously. This policy explains what little information we collect from our visitors, why we collect it, and how we handle it.
1. The Most Important Thing: Our Disclaimer
Let’s be crystal clear: epdstelangana.website is NOT an official government website.
We are an independent informational resource. We DO NOT collect, process, or store any sensitive personal information related to your Food Security Card (FSC) or Ration Card application.
Any information you submit for your application (like your name, Aadhaar number, reference ID, etc.) is done directly on the official Telangana EPDS portal (
epds.telangana.gov.in), not on our site. We never see it, and we don’t want to.
2. Information We Collect
We collect very limited information from our visitors, and it falls into two categories:
A) Information You Voluntarily Provide
- Contact Form: If you use our “Contact Us” form, we collect your name and email address so we can reply to your message.
- Comments: If you leave a comment on one of our articles (if comments are enabled), we may collect your name, email, and website.
We only use this information to respond to your inquiries or to manage comments. We do not sell this information or add you to marketing lists.
B) Information Collected Automatically
Like virtually all websites, our servers and partners collect some basic, non-personally identifiable information automatically:
- Log Files: Our web server stores standard log files. These include your IP address, browser type (e.g., Chrome, Firefox), the time you visited, and the pages you viewed. We use this to analyze site performance and security, not to identify you personally.
- Cookies (and not the delicious kind): Cookies are tiny text files stored on your browser. We use them for two main purposes:
- Analytics: We use services like Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This helps us see which guides are popular, how people found us, and what we can do to improve the site. This data is aggregated and anonymous.
- Advertising: We may use third-party advertising companies, like Google AdSense, to display ads.
3. Third-Party Advertising (e.g., Google AdSense)
To keep this site running, we may show advertisements. Our advertising partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this website or other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- These cookies (like the DART cookie) track browsing behavior to show you “interest-based” ads.
- How to Opt-Out: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ad Settings. You can also opt out of other third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
4. Links to Other Websites
Our site contains many links to the official Telangana EPDS portal and potentially other external sites. When you click on one of these links, you are leaving epdstelangana.website.
Our privacy policy stops at the door. Any information you provide on an external site is covered by their privacy policy, not ours.
5. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect the very limited information we do have (like your contact form submissions).
6. Children’s Information
We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 13. Our content is targeted at a general audience, not children.
7. Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page will always be current.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please visit our [Contact Us] page.