Privacy Policy

Last updated 30 October 2026

Who runs this site

sahiljha.com is the personal website of Sahil Jha, based in Bengaluru, India. This policy explains what personal information the site collects, why, and what you can do about it. It also explains how we handle the people, photographs, quotes and press coverage shown on the site, and how to ask for any of it to be corrected or removed.

What we collect

If you subscribe to the newsletter, we store your full name, email address and country, the date you subscribed and, if you leave, the date you unsubscribed. Nothing else is asked for or stored.

If you simply read the site, we do not collect your name or email, the site shows no advertising, and nothing tracks you from page to page or across other websites. Visits are counted anonymously, as explained below.

Like any website, our hosting provider automatically processes basic technical data such as IP addresses in its server logs to deliver pages and protect the site against abuse. We do not use this data to identify you.

Spam protection (Google reCAPTCHA)

The newsletter form uses Google reCAPTCHA to check that sign-ups come from people, not automated programs. When the form appears on your screen, reCAPTCHA may collect information such as your IP address, browser details and how you interact with the page, and it may set cookies. This information is sent to Google and handled under Google’s Privacy Policy (policies.google.com/privacy) and Terms of Service (policies.google.com/terms). We do not receive or store it.

Visitor statistics (Cloudflare Web Analytics)

To understand how many people visit the site and which pages are read, we use Cloudflare Web Analytics, a privacy-first service run by Cloudflare. It does not use cookies or local storage, does not create a profile of you, and does not track you across visits or across other websites.

When a page loads, it records anonymous information such as the page viewed, the website or link that brought you here, your general location (country), the type of device and browser, and how quickly the page loaded. We only ever see combined totals. Cloudflare handles this information under its own Privacy Policy (cloudflare.com/privacypolicy).

Translation (Google Translate)

The language menu at the top of every page lets you read the site in about 30 languages. English is the original, and the translations are made automatically by Google Translate, so they may contain mistakes. Google Translate only loads if you choose a language other than English. When it does, the text of the page is sent to Google to be translated, Google may set its own cookies, and Google handles this under its own Privacy Policy. The site saves your choice in a cookie called googtrans so that the next page opens in the same language. Choosing English again turns translation off and removes that cookie.

Dark mode

If you switch to dark mode, your choice is saved in your own browser’s local storage so the site remembers it. It is never sent to us.

How we use it

Your name and email address are used only to send you the newsletter and messages directly related to it, and your country helps us share details of meetups and events near you. We never sell, rent or trade your information, and we do not share it with anyone for their own marketing.

Where it is stored

The subscriber list is stored privately with Netlify, the company that hosts this site, on servers that may be outside India, including in the United States. When newsletters are sent, an email delivery service sends them on our behalf and processes your address only for that purpose.

Unsubscribing and your rights

Every newsletter includes a one-click unsubscribe link. You can also email sahil@worldsoil.org at any time to unsubscribe.

You can ask to see the information we hold about you, to correct it, or to have it deleted completely. Email sahil@worldsoil.org and we will respond within 30 days. These rights apply under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and similar laws where you live, such as the EU and UK GDPR.

People, photographs and quotes on this site

The site shows photographs of Sahil Jha with people he has met during his work, together with their names and their public roles or designations. Some of these people have also shared words of support publicly, for example on X or Instagram. Where we show those words, we quote them as they were published and link to the original post where one exists.

These photographs and quotes are shown to document Sahil’s work and the support it has received. They do not suggest that anyone endorses anything beyond what they said publicly. Roles and designations are given as they were at the time and may since have changed.

Some photographs show school, college and public events where students and members of the public appear, usually in groups.

News coverage and press images

The News, Magazines & Awards section lists news articles, magazine features and other coverage of Sahil’s work. Each entry shows the headline, the publication’s name and country, the date and a link to the original article. Where an article included a photograph, that photograph is shown with the publication or photographer credited. Where it did not, the publication’s logo is shown instead. All rights in these photographs, logos and articles remain with their owners.

Other photographs

Unless stated otherwise, photographs on this site come from Sahil Jha’s own journey, meetings and events. The photographs in the Mission section are in the public domain: they are works of the United States government, from the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Asking for something to be corrected or removed

If you appear on this site, or you own a photograph, logo, article or quote shown here, and you would like anything corrected, credited differently or removed, please email sahil@worldsoil.org. Tell us the page and what you would like changed. This includes your photograph, your name, your role or designation, a quote, or a picture of you or your child taken at an event. We will act on reasonable requests as quickly as we can, normally within 14 days, and we will also remove the item from the media kit.

Media kit

The media kit available on this site summarises information that already appears here, such as Sahil’s biography, journey, meetings, recognition and contact details. Journalists and organisations are welcome to use its text and the photographs of Sahil to report on his work, with credit to Sahil Jha. Photographs and words of other people, and material belonging to publishers, should not be reused without their permission.

The media kit links to a shared Google Drive folder of high-resolution photographs of Sahil. Anyone with the link can view and download them without signing in. Google Drive is run by Google, so when you open the folder, Google handles your visit under its own privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy). We do not see who opens or downloads the photographs. The same credit and permission rules apply to these photographs, and anyone who appears in one can ask for it to be removed by emailing sahil@worldsoil.org.

Cookies and links to other websites

The site uses as few cookies as possible. A googtrans cookie remembers your language, but only if you choose one other than English. Google reCAPTCHA may set cookies when the newsletter form is shown. Your dark mode choice is saved in your browser’s local storage rather than in a cookie.

The site links to other websites, such as news articles, social media profiles, worldsoil.org and the media kit’s Google Drive folder. Those websites have their own privacy policies, and we are not responsible for their content or how they handle your information.

How long we keep it

We keep your details while you are subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we keep only a record that you did so, to make sure you are not emailed again. If you ask us to delete your data, we remove it entirely.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with an updated date.