Privacy policy

Last updated 20 September 2026

This policy explains what TeachIn collects, why, who it is shared with, and the choices you have. TeachIn is provided by Brilliantinkk Private Limited, which operates TeachIn ("we"). It is written to be read — if anything is unclear, ask us at support@teachin.co.in.

What we collect · Why we use it · Who can see what · Who we share it with · How long we keep it · Your rights · Cookies · Children · Security · Changes and contact

1. What we collect

Your account: your name and email address. Your password is stored only in scrambled form (scrypt); we cannot read it.
Your profile: what you choose to add — headline, subjects, boards, phase, years of experience, city and an about section — and your EDGE grade if you sit the assessment.
What you share: posts, comments, likes, community memberships, connections, messages and reports.
Jobs: the posts you apply to, when, and the status the school gives the application.
School and organisation pages: the page details, its admins, what it posts, and what was used to verify it — for example the school email address a code was sent to, or the reference of a document you emailed us.
Payments: the plan or promotion bought, the amount, and Razorpay's order and payment references. Card, UPI and bank details go to Razorpay, not to us — we never see or store them.
Signing in: a cookie that keeps you signed in, a record of the device's browser type for each signed-in session, and the time of each sign-in.

We do not ask for your phone number, and we do not collect your location beyond the city you type.

2. Why we use it

To run your account and show your profile, posts and messages to other signed-in teachers.
To show you jobs, and to send your profile to a school only when you apply to it, or — if you switch on "Open to a move" — when TeachIn puts you forward.
To verify that school pages are run by the schools they name.
To take payments, grant plans and promotions, and refund unused promotion days.
To send the emails the service needs: confirming your address, password resets, verification codes and decisions.
To keep TeachIn safe: dealing with reports, spam, impersonation and fraud.

3. Who can see what

Signed-in teachers can see your name, profile, posts and comments. Messages are seen only by the two people in the conversation.
Schools cannot search for you. A school sees your profile only if you apply to it, or if you switch on "Open to a move" and TeachIn puts you forward. That switch is off unless you turn it on.
Your email address and phone number are never shown on TeachIn to anyone.
Promoted posts: a school that promotes a post learns only how many teachers it reached — never who.
Your profile is not public and search engines do not see it — unless you switch on your public profile card, which shows only your name, teaching details and EDGE grade to anyone with its link. You can switch it off at any time.

4. Who we share it with

We do not sell your information and we do not show third-party advertising. We use a small number of service providers, only for the purposes above:

DigitalOcean — our servers, in Bangalore, India. Your data is stored in India.
Resend — sends TeachIn's emails; it receives the address and the content of each email.
Razorpay — takes payments and makes refunds.
GoDaddy — hosts the support@teachin.co.in mailbox.

We may also disclose information where the law requires it, or to protect people from harm.

5. How long we keep it

Your account and profile: for as long as the account is open.
Posts, comments and messages: until you delete them or close your account.
Unused sign-in links and codes expire within 30 minutes; signed-in sessions end after 90 days, or when the browser closes if you untick "keep me signed in".
Documents emailed to us for page verification: deleted once the review is done.
Payment records: for as long as tax and accounting law requires.

6. Your rights

Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 you can ask us to:

tell you what personal data we hold about you and how it is used;
correct or complete it — most of it you can edit yourself in your profile and settings;
erase it, by closing your account;
nominate someone to exercise these rights for you if you cannot.

To do any of these, Write to support@teachin.co.in, for the attention of Satyasri Kedarisetty, Grievance Officer, or by post to Nakshatra Complex, Road No.36, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Pincode-500033. We reply within 30 days. You can also complain to the Data Protection Board of India.

7. Cookies

TeachIn uses one cookie that keeps you signed in. It is needed for the service to work. We use no advertising or tracking cookies and no analytics that follow you across other websites.

8. Children

TeachIn is a professional network for adults. You must be 18 or older to create an account. If you believe someone under 18 has an account, tell us and we will close it.

9. Security

Passwords are stored with scrypt; sign-in links, codes and sessions are stored only as one-way hashes; every page is served over HTTPS. No system is perfectly secure — if we learn of a breach that affects you, we will tell you and the authorities as the law requires.

10. Changes and contact

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we will tell you by email or on TeachIn before it takes effect. Questions or complaints: Write to support@teachin.co.in, for the attention of Satyasri Kedarisetty, Grievance Officer, or by post to Nakshatra Complex, Road No.36, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Pincode-500033.