Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for Elan Energy

Effective Date: May 14, 2026
Last Updated: May 14, 2026

1. Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how the Elan Energy mobile application (“we”, “us”, “our”, or “the App”) handles information when you use our services. By installing and using Elan Energy, you agree to the practices described in this policy.

The App is published by Elan Energy and provides real-time information about India’s electricity grid carbon intensity to help users make informed energy decisions.

2. Information We Do NOT Collect

Elan Energy is designed with privacy as a priority. We do NOT collect, store, or transmit any of the following:

  • Personal identifiers (name, email, phone number, address)

  • Account credentials (the app does not require sign-up or login)

  • Location data (GPS, Wi-Fi, cellular, or IP-based)

  • Device identifiers (IMEI, IMSI, MAC address, advertising ID)

  • Photos, contacts, or call history

  • Usage analytics or behavioral tracking

  • Crash reports containing personal information

  • Cookies or local tracking identifiers

The App does not include any third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs.

3. Information the App Uses

To provide its core functionality, Elan Energy makes anonymous HTTPS requests to the following public data source:

Source: Grid-India (POSOCO) public data API, served via carbontracker.in
URL: https://32u36xakx6.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/v4/get-merit-data
Data retrieved: Aggregated, non-personal electricity grid statistics for India, including total generation in megawatts, fuel-wise generation breakdown (coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind, solar), demand met, and computed carbon intensity (gCO₂/kWh).

This data is general national-grid data and contains no information about individual users. It is publicly available and identical for every user of the App.

4. How the App Uses This Information

The retrieved grid data is used solely to:

  1. Display the current carbon intensity of India’s electricity grid

  2. Render charts showing the last 24 hours of carbon intensity and generation mix

  3. Provide simple recommendations such as “consider deferring heavy loads” based on the current intensity value

Data fetched from the public source is held only in the app’s volatile memory (RAM) while the App is open. It is not written to your device’s storage, transmitted to any other service, or retained after the App is closed.

5. Permissions Used

Elan Energy requests the following Android permissions, used exclusively for the purposes described:

 
 
PermissionWhy it is needed
INTERNETTo fetch live grid data from the public source listed in Section 3.
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATETo detect whether the device has network connectivity before attempting to fetch data, so we can show a clear “offline” indicator if no connection is available.

The App does not request access to your location, camera, microphone, contacts, storage, calendar, SMS, phone state, biometrics, or any other sensitive permission.

6. Children’s Privacy

Elan Energy is suitable for users of all ages. We do not knowingly collect any information from children or any other users, because we do not collect personal information from anyone.

7. Third-Party Services

The App communicates with a single third-party endpoint (carbontracker.in / Grid-India public API). That endpoint serves public grid statistics and is operated independently. Their handling of any incidental request metadata (such as your IP address at the time of the request) is governed by their own policies; we do not control or have access to their systems.

The App contains no advertising networks, no analytics services, no crash reporting tools, no social-media SDKs, and no third-party login providers.

8. Data Security

Because we collect no personal information, there is no user data on our servers that could be exposed in a breach. All network communication from the App uses HTTPS (TLS) to keep your requests private in transit.

9. Your Rights

Since the App does not store any personal information about you:

  • There is no account to delete (we don’t have accounts)

  • There is no data to export (we don’t store anything about you)

  • There is no profile to correct (we don’t have profiles)

If you wish to stop using the App, simply uninstall it from your device. No data is retained anywhere.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example to reflect a change in the public data source we use, or a change in app features. Material changes will be communicated via an update to the App and a revised “Last Updated” date at the top of this document. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the App’s handling of information, please contact:

Email: it@elanenergy.in
App name: Elan Energy
Package name: com.elanenergy.carbontracker

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