Last updated 10 November 2026
Privacy Policy
This policy covers the e-IJG app for Android and iOS and the e-IJG website, the reading and learning companion for the Indian Journal of Gastroenterology. In short: we don’t share or sell your personal information, and there are no ads, analytics or tracking. The only personal information we keep is what you send us when you ask for your data to be deleted.
Logging in
Some features of the app need you to log in. The email address you log in with and the fact that you’re logged in are saved only on your device, in the app’s storage. They are not sent to us or to anyone else. Logging out removes them; so does uninstalling the app. The e-IJG website has no login.
What we don’t collect
We don’t ask for your name, phone number, location, contacts, photos or any other personal information. The app has no advertising, no analytics, no crash reporting and no third-party tracking.
Content loaded from the internet
Article text and figures are inside the app. Audio summaries, podcasts, videos and article pages are loaded from the e-IJG website. As with any website, the server that delivers these files receives the technical details every web request carries, such as your IP address and device type, in order to send them. We don’t use these details to identify you.
Article PDFs come from the publisher, Springer Nature, whose own privacy policy applies when you open them. On Android, a PDF you download is saved to your device’s Downloads folder.
Sharing and email
When you share an article or a reference, or email an author, the app opens your device’s own share sheet or email app. What you send, and to whom, stays between you and that app; we don’t see it.
App permissions
- Internet, to stream audio and video and open article pages.
- Vibration, for light touch feedback on buttons.
- Background media playback, so an audio summary or podcast keeps playing when you leave the app or lock the screen.
Deleting your account and data
You can ask for your account and data to be deleted on the Delete Your Account and Data page. What you send there (your email address, what you want deleted, where you use e-IJG and any note) is stored securely so we can handle your request, and is used for nothing else.
Children
e-IJG is made for medical students, residents and doctors. It is not directed at children, and we don’t knowingly collect information from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If the way e-IJG handles information changes, we will update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your privacy: ijg@indianjgastro.com.