1. Overview & Scope
Welcome to Eliteris (“we”, “us”, “our”), an online educational platform committed to empowering learners, researchers, and educators through accredited curriculum courses, peer-reviewed academic books, fellowships, and academic programs.
This Privacy Policy explains how Eliteris collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards personal information when you visit our website (https://nexus-forum-communication.vercel.app or our official domain), register for an account, authenticate via Google Sign-In, purchase digital books, enroll in courses, or otherwise communicate with us.
By using our platform, you acknowledge and agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any aspect of this policy, please refrain from using our services.
2. Google OAuth & User Data
Eliteris provides users with the ability to create an account and authenticate using Google Sign-In (Google OAuth 2.0). When you choose to authenticate with Google, we request access only to standard, non-sensitive authentication scopes:
openid— To verify your identity securely across requests.email— To associate your purchases, digital book licenses, and course progress with your verified email address.profile— To personalize your user experience (displaying your verified name and profile picture avatar in the navigation bar).
What Google Data We Store: We only store your Google User ID (sub), full name, email address, and profile picture URL in our secure database. We never request, access, or store your Google account password.
3. Google API Services User Data Policy Compliance
Eliteris's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
In strict alignment with Google's Limited Use standards:
- No Advertising: We never use or transfer Google user data for serving personalized, retargeted, or interest-based advertisements.
- No Data Selling: We never sell, rent, license, or barter Google user data to any third party, broker, or marketing entity.
- No AI/ML Model Training: We do not use Google user data to train generalized artificial intelligence or machine learning models.
- Human Access Restrictions: Human personnel do not read or inspect your private Google user data unless required by applicable law, with your affirmative consent for technical troubleshooting, or to protect security and fraud prevention.
4. Information We Collect
In addition to Google OAuth authentication data, Eliteris may collect:
- Transaction & Order Information: When you purchase an academic book or membership plan, our integrated payment processors (such as Razorpay or Stripe) process payment details. We do not store complete credit card or debit card numbers on our servers. We only retain the order ID, transaction timestamp, payment status, and purchased product identifier.
- Academic & Profile Preferences: Wishlist items, purchased book library, reading position, and bookmark preferences.
- Communications: Queries or feedback submitted through our contact forms or email to support teams.
- Technical & Log Information: Browser type, operating system, IP address, referral URLs, timestamps, and page views, logged automatically for security diagnostics and platform performance.
5. How We Use Your Information
We use the data collected exclusively for legitimate academic and educational service purposes:
- To create, authenticate, and maintain your Eliteris reader and student account.
- To bind purchased digital books and course enrollments securely to your permanent digital identity.
- To enable instant cross-device reading access to your academic library.
- To deliver transactional receipts, purchase confirmations, and crucial platform updates.
- To provide dedicated customer support, resolve technical issues, and address bug reports.
- To monitor platform integrity, prevent unauthorized pirating or distribution, and protect against fraudulent activity.
7. Data Storage & Security
We employ comprehensive technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, alteration, or disclosure:
- All data in transit is encrypted using modern TLS 1.3 / HTTPS encryption.
- Session tokens and sensitive credentials are encrypted using cryptographic signing (HMAC-SHA256) and stored in HTTP-only, secure, SameSite cookies.
- Digital academic manuscripts and previews are served via secured, time-limited presigned URLs.
- Database access is restricted, audited, and strictly limited to essential production services.
8. Data Retention & Deletion
We retain your account data for as long as your account remains active or as needed to maintain your perpetual digital license to purchased books.
You have the permanent right to delete your account and all associated personal data from Eliteris at any time. Simply email our privacy team at contact@eliteris.com with the subject line “Data Deletion Request”. Upon receiving your request, we will permanently purge your personal profile, OAuth tokens, and activity logs from our active databases within thirty (30) days.
9. Your Privacy Rights & Controls
Depending on your location (including GDPR, CCPA, and Indian Digital Personal Data Protection Act), you have rights to:
- Access, review, or receive a copy of your personal data.
- Request rectification of any incorrect or outdated information.
- Request restriction or object to the processing of your data.
- Request complete erasure (the right to be forgotten).
You can immediately disconnect Eliteris and revoke our access to your Google account at any time by visiting your Google Security Dashboard: Google Account Third-Party Permissions.
11. Children's Privacy
Our services are intended for university students, educators, academic researchers, and lifelong learners. We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 13 years of age without verifiable parental consent. If we become aware that personal information of a child under 13 has been collected without consent, we will promptly delete that information.
12. Contact Information
If you have questions, feedback, or data privacy requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our compliance with Google API User Data Policies, please contact our Data Protection Team: