Privacy Policy & Data Governance
Last updated: October 2026 • In compliance with Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) principles
1. Information We Collect
Police Connect is committed to strict citizen privacy. When you browse the portal, no personally identifiable information (PII) is captured without your explicit consent. When submitting a feedback or inquiry form, we collect:
- Full Name and mobile contact number (to provide resolution status).
- Email address (optional, for electronic acknowledgment).
- Subject and details of the civic suggestion or inquiry.
- System IP address and timestamp (solely for security logging and rate-limiting).
2. Purpose and Use of Data
Information provided by citizens is used exclusively to facilitate legitimate public safety and civic assistance functions. We do NOT sell, rent, monetize, or disclose your contact details to private commercial entities or advertisers.
3. Cookies & Local Storage
This website utilizes minimal session cookies necessary for website operation:
police_lang: Remembers your preferred language selection (English, Marathi, or Hindi).police_font_size&police_high_contrast: Local browser settings to preserve your accessibility preferences.csrf_token: Cryptographic token preventing unauthorized cross-site request forgery attacks.
4. External Government Portals
Our website provides verified hypertext links to official portals (e.g. citizen.mahapolice.gov.in, cybercrime.gov.in). Once you navigate to external domains, the respective privacy and security policies of those government agencies govern your interactions.
5. Security Measures
Police Connect implements PDO prepared statements, input sanitization, CSRF token verification, encrypted password hashing (bcrypt), and rate limiting to defend against brute-force attacks and unauthorized data tampering.
