Privacy policy
Last updated: 9 November 2026
Khoj (khoj.academy) is a private learning space for families. It is a learning project started by Dhyaan Hindocha in Mumbai, India ("Khoj", "we"). This page explains what we collect, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have. Khoj is meant for parents and for teenagers who join through a parent.
The short version
- We collect only what is needed to run your family's learning space and take payments.
- There are no advertisements, no advertising or tracking cookies, and no third-party analytics.
- We never sell personal information.
- You can download all your data, or delete your account, from inside Khoj.
What we collect
Parents: name, email address and password (stored only in a scrambled, one-way form), the answers you give when setting up your family profile, the lessons you choose and assign, and tasks you set.
Teenagers: name, email address and password (scrambled in the same way), the interests chosen at the start, reading progress, answers to checks and activities, reflections and notes, and conversations with the AI companion. We do not ask for a date of birth.
Payments: payments are handled by Razorpay. We see the plan, amount, date and payment status, but never your card, UPI or bank details.
Technical: a sign-in cookie, and basic records needed to keep the service secure, such as sign-in attempts.
How we use it
- To create accounts, connect a teenager to a parent, and deliver lessons, progress and tasks.
- To take payment for plans and AI credit, and to send emails you need, such as invitations and password resets.
- To keep Khoj secure, prevent misuse and fix problems.
- To understand, in totals only, whether lessons are being used. Small groups are hidden, so no one can be picked out.
Teenagers and parents
A teenager's account is connected to a parent only after the teenager accepts the parent's invitation. A parent can see what they have assigned, what has been completed and the work submitted. What a teenager keeps private inside Khoj, such as private notes and conversations with the AI companion, is not shown to the parent, and is not included in the parent's data download. We do not use teenagers' information for advertising, and we do not track or profile them for any purpose other than their own learning in Khoj.
Who we share it with
We use a small number of service providers who handle information only to provide their service to us:
- Cloudflare, for hosting the app and storing its database.
- OpenAI, which receives the text of a request when you use the AI companion or create a custom lesson, in order to write a reply.
- Razorpay, for payments.
- Resend, for sending emails.
Some of these providers may process information outside India. We may also disclose information if the law requires it. We do not sell or rent personal information.
Cookies
Khoj uses one essential cookie to keep you signed in. We do not use advertising or analytics cookies.
Keeping and deleting information
We keep your information while your account is open. In Settings, under "Your data", a parent can download everything Khoj holds about the account and its connected children, or delete the account. A teenager can do the same from their Account page. Deleting a parent's account also deletes the teenagers connected to it.
- An active subscription must be cancelled before an account can be deleted.
- Unused AI credit is lost when an account is deleted.
- Records of payments are kept, because the law and our accounts require them, but they no longer name you.
- Information you delete is removed from the live service straight away, but copies may remain in encrypted backups that we keep for recovery. They are not used for anything else.
Security
Passwords are stored only in scrambled form, sessions are protected, and access to information is limited to what each person is allowed to see. No service is perfectly secure, so please use a strong password and keep it private.
Your rights, and how to reach us
Under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you can ask to see, correct or erase your information, and withdraw consent. Parents can do the same on behalf of a teenager. Write to us at hindochadhyaan@gmail.com. Our Grievance Officer is Dhyaan Hindocha, reachable at hindochadhyaan@gmail.com. We will reply within 3 working days.
Changes to this page
If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will tell you in Khoj or by email before it takes effect.