Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Raasta collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you visit our website or join our waitlist.
Raasta is currently a pre-incorporation startup project. The website at https://raasta.app is a pre-launch landing page for a future India-focused trip intelligence app. At this stage, Raasta provides product information and a waitlist signup form.
Raasta does not currently offer bookings, payments, user accounts, subscriptions, marketplace services, community features, user-generated content, live location tracking, or travel support services.
For this Privacy Policy, "Raasta," "we," "us," and "our" mean Raasta, a pre-incorporation startup project operated by its founding team.
1. Information We Collect
We collect only limited information at this stage.
1.1 Information you provide directly
When you join the Raasta waitlist, we collect:
- your name
- your email address
- your answer to "How did you hear about us?"
We use this information to manage the waitlist, understand how people discover Raasta, and send launch-related and early-access updates.
We do not currently collect your phone number, payment information, account password, address, booking information, precise location, travel emergency information, or government identification information through the website.
1.2 Information collected automatically
When you visit the website, some technical information may be collected automatically through standard website technologies and Google Analytics 4. This may include:
- device type
- browser type
- operating system
- pages viewed
- approximate location based on technical signals
- referral source
- date and time of visit
- interactions with the website
- analytics identifiers
- standard server or browser information
This information helps us understand how visitors use the website and improve the landing page before launch.
2. How We Use Your Information
2.1 Waitlist and launch updates
We use waitlist information to:
- add you to the Raasta waitlist
- send app launch updates
- send early-access information
- share important Raasta product updates related to the app launch
- understand which channels help people discover Raasta
We do not use your information to send unrelated spam.
2.2 Website analytics and improvement
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand:
- how visitors find the website
- which pages or sections are useful
- whether the waitlist signup flow is working
- how we can improve the website and product messaging
2.3 Security and basic operation
We may use technical information to keep the website working properly, detect technical issues, prevent misuse, spam, abuse, or unauthorised activity, and maintain basic website security.
2.4 Legal and administrative purposes
We may use information where necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect Raasta's rights, enforce our Terms of Use, or keep records related to website operation and waitlist management.
3. What We Do Not Do
At the current landing-page stage, Raasta does not:
- sell your personal information
- collect payment information
- process bookings or reservations
- create user accounts
- collect passwords
- collect precise live location
- collect travel emergency information
- allow public comments, reviews, or posts
- operate a marketplace
- share your waitlist information with travel operators, advertisers, or unrelated third parties
- send unrelated promotional spam
4. Google Analytics 4
Raasta uses Google Analytics 4 to measure website traffic and understand website performance.
Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect analytics information. This may include page views, device information, browser information, approximate location, referral source, and interaction data.
We use this information in an aggregated way to improve the website. We do not use Google Analytics to personally identify waitlist users by name.
5. Google Sheets
Waitlist information, including name, email address, and how you heard about Raasta, may be stored in Google Sheets or related Google services used by the Raasta founding team to manage the waitlist.
Access to the waitlist is intended to be limited to people working on Raasta who need access for launch communication, waitlist management, and understanding early user acquisition channels.
6. Cookies
Raasta uses standard website technologies and Google Analytics cookies. Cookies help the website function and help us understand how visitors use the website.
For more information, please read our Cookie Policy.
7. How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information.
We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate the website and waitlist, including:
- Google Analytics, for website analytics
- Google Sheets and related Google services, for waitlist storage
- website hosting or infrastructure providers, for operating the website
These services may process information only as needed to provide their services to us.
We may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, or security of Raasta, users, or others.
8. International Processing
Some service providers used by Raasta, including Google services, may process information on servers located outside India depending on their infrastructure and service configuration.
9. Data Retention
We keep waitlist information for as long as needed to manage the Raasta waitlist, send launch-related updates, provide early-access information, and understand early user acquisition channels.
You can ask us to remove your information from the waitlist at any time by contacting hello@raasta.app.
If you unsubscribe or request deletion, we will take reasonable steps to remove your information from active waitlist communications.
Analytics data may be retained according to the settings used in Google Analytics 4.
10. Your Choices
You may contact us at hello@raasta.app to:
- ask whether we have your information on the waitlist
- request correction of your waitlist information
- request deletion from the waitlist
- unsubscribe from Raasta updates
- ask privacy-related questions
If we receive a request, we may need reasonable information to verify that the request relates to your waitlist entry.
11. Email Communications
By joining the waitlist, you agree that Raasta may send you launch-related and early-access emails.
These emails may include app launch announcements, early-access invitations, product progress updates, and important Raasta-related information.
We do not intend to send unrelated spam. You may opt out by contacting hello@raasta.app.
12. Children's Privacy
Raasta is not intended for children under 18.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted information to Raasta, please contact us at hello@raasta.app, and we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
13. Security
We take reasonable steps to protect the limited information we collect.
However, no website, spreadsheet, email system, analytics tool, or online service is completely secure. You should not submit sensitive personal information through the waitlist form.
14. Third-Party Links
The Raasta website may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites.
You should review the privacy policies of any third-party services you visit.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as Raasta develops.
If we later launch features such as user accounts, saved trips, bookings, payments, marketplace services, community features, creator guides, or live location features, we will update this Privacy Policy before collecting additional types of personal information for those features.
The updated version will be posted on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
16. Contact Us
For privacy questions or requests, contact:
Raasta is a pre-incorporation startup project.
Website: https://raasta.app
Email: hello@raasta.app
Location: Delhi, India