Privacy policy
In short
- Pannu Lekka’s own code never sends your salary, your claims or your results anywhere. We have no server and we never receive them.
- There is no account and no login, and the app never asks for your PAN, your name or your employer.
- One Google service in the app collects some device data: Google AdMob, for the one banner ad under the result. The app asks for your consent before ads where the law requires it.
- Backups and shared summaries are in your control: a file you save yourself, and anything you choose to share.
Who we are
Pannu Lekka is published by Sangachadwam. This policy covers the Pannu Lekka Android app and this website.
What the app stores, and where
The app stores the calculations you save (a name you type, such as "Me" or "Father", the incomes and claims you entered, and your language, theme and text-size settings), and an automatic draft of what you are typing. Results are not stored; they are worked out again from your figures each time. All of this stays in the app’s own storage on your phone.
We have no server. We do not receive, see, sell or share your figures.
The app does not ask for your contacts, photos, files, phone number or location.
Permissions the app asks for
The app shows no permission prompt. Internet and network state: only to load the ad, and to skip it when you are offline. Advertising ID: used by the ad SDK (see Ads below). Vibration: touch feedback.
Nothing else: no notifications, contacts, photos, files, location, camera, microphone, phone or exact alarms. The backup file is saved and restored through Android’s own file picker, which needs no storage permission.
Internet use
Pannu Lekka works fully offline, and the app makes no internet request of its own. The only internet traffic comes from the ad SDK described below.
The tax rules are inside the app. When the rules change, we ship an app update; the app does not download them.
Ads (Google AdMob)
The app shows one banner ad, only at the bottom of the result screen. It never shows an ad on the screen where you type, when you first open the app, in sheets, or as a full-screen ad.
Google AdMob serves the ad. The Google Mobile Ads SDK collects and shares device identifiers (such as the advertising ID and the app set ID), your IP address and the approximate location it reveals, app interactions and diagnostic data. Google uses this data for advertising, analytics and fraud prevention.
Before the first ad request, the app shows Google’s consent form where the law requires it, and asks for non-personalised ads where it does not. We ask Google to block ads for loans, credit and lending, gambling and betting, alcohol, dating, get-rich-quick offers and sexual and reproductive health, and we limit ads to the “T” (teen) content rating, but we cannot promise that none will appear.
Ads need the internet. Your figures are never sent with an ad request.
Backups
Backup file: when you save a backup, Android asks you where to save the file. The file is plain JSON and is not protected by a password. It holds your saved calculations, including the incomes and claims you typed, and your settings. Keep it somewhere safe, and share it only with people you trust. When you restore a file, the app checks it before it uses anything from it.
Android Auto Backup: if backup is turned on in your phone’s settings, Android may copy the app’s saved calculations and settings to your Google account. Google stores this backup in encrypted form. You control it in your phone’s settings.
Summaries and sharing
A summary (image, PDF or text) can include the name you gave the calculation, your incomes, your claims and the results. It is made on your phone and leaves it only when you share it, through the app you choose, such as WhatsApp. That app’s own privacy policy then applies.
This website
This website uses no cookies, no analytics and no trackers. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, processes basic request data, such as your IP address, to deliver the pages and to protect the site from attacks.
Children
Pannu Lekka is not directed at children. It is meant for adults who pay income tax.
Deleting your data
Your calculations are on your phone, so you can delete them at any time. To remove everything at once, uninstall the app or clear its storage in Android settings. Backup files are deleted where you saved them, and Android’s backup is deleted from your Google account. You can reset your advertising ID in Android settings.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Write to us:
support@sangachadwam.in