Privacy Policy
Effective Date: October 12, 2026 · Last Updated: October 12, 2026
1. Introduction & Overview
Welcome to RealityBuzz (accessible from https://realitybuzz.in). We are an independent, community-driven entertainment portal providing audience sentiment analysis, daily fan polling, and housemate updates for Indian reality television.
Your privacy is of utmost importance to us. This Privacy Policy document details the types of personal and non-personal information collected and recorded by RealityBuzz and how we utilize, store, and safeguard it.
2. Information We Collect & Why
Browsing RealityBuzz is 100% open and requires no login. Personal information is requested strictly and only when you choose to submit a verified vote:
- Google Authentication (Name & Email): When you tap Vote, we authenticate through Firebase with Google OAuth, requesting only your public name and email address. We do not request access to contacts, drive, calendar, or private scopes.
- Vote History & Daily Quota Tracking: To guarantee democratic fan rankings and enforce our strictly capped quota of 5 votes per user per calendar day (reset at midnight Indian Standard Time / Asia-Kolkata), we store a cryptographically secured vote record containing your Firebase User ID (`uid`), contestant choice, and timestamp.
- Anti-Bot & Abuse Signals: To prevent automated vote stuffing, botnets, and script attacks, we record account creation timestamp and IP network subnet metrics through Firebase App Check (reCAPTCHA Enterprise) and Cloud Functions. Accounts voting within 60 seconds of creation or exhibiting burst abuse are flagged and excluded from public totals.
- Client-Side Local Storage: For guest visitors prior to voting, favourite contestant bookmarks and theme preferences are stored locally in your browser's
localStorage. On first sign-in, these are seamlessly imported into your private user profile.
3. One-Click Account & Data Deletion
You maintain total sovereignty over your personal information. At any moment, you can click on your avatar in the top-right header and select "Delete my account and data".
Executing deletion immediately:
- Permanently deletes your Firebase user account and profile record.
- Anonymizes and severs all personal identification from your historical votes (`uid` unlinked, personal info erased).
- Purges your active session from all browser devices.
3. Cookies and Google AdSense Advertising
RealityBuzz uses cookies to store information about visitors' preferences and record user-specific session data to ensure optimal delivery of features.
Mandatory Google AdSense & Third-Party Vendor Notice:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to RealityBuzz or other websites across the Internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our visitors based on their browsing journey across RealityBuzz and other sites on the web.
- Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you may opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
4. Third-Party Privacy Policies
RealityBuzz's Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or third-party web destinations. We strongly advise you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers (such as Google AdSense) for detailed information on their practices and instructions on how to opt-out of specific data processing.
5. GDPR & CCPA Data Protection Rights
We want to ensure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to:
- The Right to Access & Rectification: Request copies or corrections of any stored personal records.
- The Right to Erasure: Request that we delete your data. You can also wipe all voting and bookmark history instantly by clearing your browser's cookies and local storage.
- The Right to Restrict & Object to Processing: Object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
- Do Not Sell My Personal Information (CCPA): We do not sell user personal data to third parties.
6. Children's Information (COPPA)
Protecting children while using the internet is paramount. RealityBuzz does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you believe your child has provided personal information on our website, please contact us immediately and we will promptly remove it.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions, inquiries, or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy, please feel free to contact our editorial and compliance team: