NCERT Class 5: Books & Notes

01. Overview & Purpose

NCERT Class 5: Books & Notes is an educational reader application created to provide free, accessible textbooks and chapter revision notes for Class 5 CBSE students across all 7 subjects (Mathematics, Hindi, English, Environmental Studies, Urdu, Arts, and Physical Education).

We believe learning tools for elementary students should be completely private, free from distractions, and secure by design.

02. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

Because our application is designed for Class 5 students (typically ages 9 to 12), we comply strictly with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and Google Play's Families Policy Requirements:

• No Personal Information: We do not solicit, gather, or store personal details like real names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, or school names.
• Zero Advertising: There are no advertisements, banner ads, interstitial popups, or rewarded video ads in the app.
• Zero Tracking & Analytics: We do not integrate any behavioral tracking SDKs, marketing trackers, or third-party ad networks.
• No In-App Purchases: Every feature, subject, chapter, and download is completely free without paywalls or subscriptions.

03. Information Collection & Usage

Our app operates on an Offline-First, Zero-Data-Collection model:

04. Android Permissions Required

The app only requests the absolute minimum standard network permissions necessary to fetch textbook content:

• android.permission.INTERNET — Enables the app to download open NCERT PDF notes from the public GitHub repository or open Google Drive viewer links.
• android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE — Detects whether the device is connected to Wi-Fi/Mobile data to inform students if offline mode is active.

We do NOT request sensitive permissions such as Camera, Microphone, Storage Manager, Contacts, Phone, or GPS Location.

05. Local Storage & Student Profile

Students can personalize their experience by typing their preferred nickname (e.g. "Aarya", "Champion") and selecting an emoji avatar (🦁, 🚀, 🐼, 🌟). This preference is stored locally inside the app's sandboxed device storage (SharedPreferences). It is never synchronized to any external server or cloud service.

Students or parents can change or delete this information at any time from the in-app Profile & Settings screen.

06. Third-Party Links & Open Educational Resources

The application interacts with external services exclusively for accessing open educational resources:

• GitHub: Used as a public repository host to download open NCERT PDF chapter files and study notes.
• Google Drive Viewer: An optional feature allowing students to preview official NCERT PDF chapters in Google Drive's web viewer if preferred.

When opening external links, the respective service's standard terms apply. Our app never shares student identifiers with these services.

07. Data Security

Because no user data is collected or transmitted to external databases, there is zero risk of remote database breaches or unauthorized third-party access to student information. All local application files are protected by standard Android operating system app sandboxing.

08. Parental Rights & Data Deletion

Parents and guardians have full control over the application:

• You can reset the student nickname and avatar anytime from Profile & Settings.
• You can delete all downloaded chapters anytime from the Saved & Downloads screen.
• Uninstalling the app completely purges all local storage and preferences from the device.

09. Contact & Support

If you have any questions, feedback, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or app security, please contact us: