Privacy policy

How hire.bid collects and uses personal data. Last updated 15 November 2026.

1. Who is responsible

hire.bid is operated by Akshay Johny, India. Contact and grievance officer: Akshay Johny, hello@akshayjohny.com. We reply within 30 days.

2. What we collect and why

Google sign-in: your name, email, picture and Google account ID — to run your account. Posters: the request you write, its location (PIN code, area, city) and photos — shown publicly once approved — and your WhatsApp number — kept private and shown only to verified workers who open it, within a daily limit. Workers: your profile, photos and WhatsApp number — shown to people whose work you bid on and to signed-in members. Messages you send through hire.bid. We collect only what the service needs.

3. What we never do

We do not sell personal data, use it for advertising, or share numbers with anyone except as described above. AI assistants and the public API never receive contact numbers.

4. Cookies and statistics

One sign-in cookie (hb_session), shared with jobs.hire.bid, and a language cookie (hb_lang) if you switch to Hindi. For security and anonymous visit counts we process IP address and browser type; statistics are aggregated. No advertising or tracking cookies.

5. Retention and deletion

You can delete a request at any time; its photos and number are removed straight away. Closed requests are kept as records without photos for up to a year. Unattached photos are deleted after a day. You can ask us to delete your account and data by emailing us.

6. Your rights

Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act you can ask to see, correct or erase your data, withdraw consent, and nominate someone to act for you. Email hello@akshayjohny.com. You can also complain to the Data Protection Board of India.

7. Service providers and security

The site runs on Cloudflare (hosting, database, photo storage). Google provides sign-in. All traffic uses HTTPS; sign-in tokens are stored only as hashes.