Rookie Adults (“we”, “us”) is an education brand based in India, run by Mayur Mankar. This policy explains what personal data we collect when you visit rookieadults.com, subscribe to our newsletter or email us, and what you can do about it. We’ve written it to follow India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 and the DPDP Rules, 2025.
Short version: we collect your email address only if you give it to us, use it only to send what you signed up for, never sell it, and delete it when you ask. Our website doesn’t use advertising trackers or set cookies.
What we collect and why
| What | When | Why | Kept until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your email address | You subscribe to The Rookie Report | To send you the newsletter you asked for | You unsubscribe or ask us to delete it |
| Whether you open our emails and which links you click | You receive our newsletter | To learn which topics are useful and fix what isn’t | You unsubscribe or ask us to delete it |
| Your email and whatever you write to us | You email or reply to us | To answer you, and (only with your permission) to feature your question or story | We no longer need it to reply, or you ask us to delete it |
| Anonymous visit statistics (pages viewed, referring site, country, device type) | You visit our website | To understand which pages help people | Held by Cloudflare in aggregate, not linked to you |
We don’t ask for your name, phone number, address, ID numbers, financial details or health information, and we don’t need them. Please don’t send us sensitive details such as account numbers or medical records.
Who processes your data for us
We use a few trusted services to run Rookie Adults. They process data on our behalf, under their own security and privacy terms:
- Kit (kit.com): our newsletter platform. It stores subscriber email addresses, sends our emails, and reports opens and clicks. Kit may transfer data to the United States and elsewhere.
- Cloudflare (cloudflare.com): hosts our website and protects it from attacks. Its Web Analytics gives us visit statistics; Cloudflare says this service does not collect or use visitors’ personal data. Like any web host, Cloudflare’s network processes your IP address to deliver pages.
- Spacemail by Spaceship (spaceship.com): our email inbox for hello@ and newsletter@rookieadults.com.
If you contact us through Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads or another platform, that platform’s own privacy policy also applies.
We do not sell, rent or trade your personal data, and we don’t share it with advertisers.
Your choices and rights
You can, at any time:
- Unsubscribe: use the link at the bottom of every email. This withdraws your consent to receive the newsletter.
- Access: ask what personal data we hold about you.
- Correct or update: ask us to fix data that’s wrong or incomplete.
- Erase: ask us to delete your data. We’ll delete it unless the law requires us to keep it.
- Nominate: name someone who can exercise these rights for you if you’re unable to.
- Complain: raise a grievance with us (below). If you’re not satisfied with our response, you can approach the Data Protection Board of India under the DPDP Act, 2023.
To do any of these, email hello@rookieadults.com with the subject “Privacy request”. We’ll reply within 30 days.
Ages 18 and up
Rookie Adults is made for people aged 18 and over, and our newsletter is only for adults. If you’re under 18, please don’t subscribe. If we learn that we’ve collected data from someone under 18, we’ll delete it.
Security
We use reputable providers, HTTPS on every page, and access to subscriber data is limited to the people who run Rookie Adults. No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your personal data, we’ll tell you and the authorities as the law requires.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top. If the change is significant, we’ll also tell subscribers by email before it takes effect.
Contact
Grievance and privacy contact: Mayur Mankar, Founder, Rookie Adults · hello@rookieadults.com