Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2 November 2026
This policy explains what personal data 25X Academy collects, why, who we share it with, how long we keep it, and how you can control it. We’ve written it in plain English. If anything is unclear, write to us at hi@25xacademy.com.
1. Who we are
25X Academy is a brand of JOHN V J VENTURES, a sole proprietorship registered in India (“25X Academy”, “we”, “us”).
- Address: D1, Dev Apts, 68, 2nd Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 600020, Tamil Nadu
- GSTIN: 33ADTPJ7011Q1Z2
- Email: hi@25xacademy.com
- Phone: +91 98402 14894
For your personal data, we are the Data Fiduciary under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDP Act”). This policy covers 25xacademy.com, vibecoding77.com, our checkout and course pages at app.25xacademy.com, our live sessions, our WhatsApp communities, and our emails and messages.
2. The short version
- Our websites have no forms. You give us your details only when you buy a program, join a community, or write to us.
- We use your details to deliver what you bought, send you session links and reminders, and, only if you agree, tell you about other programs.
- We use the Meta Pixel to measure our ads. You can say no to it in Cookie settings.
- We never sell your personal data.
- You can ask us to show, correct or delete your data, or withdraw your consent, at any time.
3. What we collect and why
| What | When we get it | Why we use it | Basis under the DPDP Act |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name, email, mobile/WhatsApp number | When you buy a program or register for a session | To confirm your seat, send links, reminders and invoices, and give you course access | You gave it to us for this purpose (s.7(a)), and to perform what you bought |
| Payment details (amount, transaction ID, billing name, GSTIN if you give one) | At checkout | To take payment, issue GST invoices, process refunds | Same as above, and legal duty (GST law) |
| Card, UPI or bank details | At checkout | Payment only | We never see or store these. Razorpay, our payment gateway, handles them directly |
| Course activity (sessions attended, lessons completed) | While you take a program | To deliver the program, give support, issue certificates | To perform what you bought |
| Messages you send us (email, WhatsApp, chat in live sessions) | When you write to us | To answer you and improve our programs | You gave it to us for this purpose |
| Your image, voice and name in live sessions | If you turn on your camera or mic, or type in chat | To run the session. Recordings are covered in section 6 | Consent (you choose camera, mic and chat) |
| Testimonials and feedback | If you send feedback or agree to give a testimonial | To improve our programs, and to publish testimonials only with your written consent | Consent |
| Device and usage data (IP address, browser, pages viewed, approximate location from IP) | When you visit our websites | To keep the sites working and secure, and to measure our ads (section 5) | Consent for advertising cookies. Security logs as required by law |
| Marketing preferences | When you opt in or out | To send updates about other programs only if you want them | Consent |
We don’t ask for sensitive data such as health or biometric information. Please don’t share it with us.
Giving us your details is your choice, but without your contact details we can’t deliver a program you’ve paid for.
4. Who we share it with
We share only what each service needs to do its job. They process data on our behalf, under their own security and privacy terms.
| Service | What it does for us | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| TagMango (app.25xacademy.com) | Checkout pages, course hosting, automated emails and WhatsApp reminders | Name, email, phone, purchase details, course activity |
| Razorpay | Payment processing | Payment details you enter at checkout |
| Zoom | Live sessions | Your name or display name, email (if you sign in), and what you share in the session |
| Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) | Ads measurement (Pixel and Conversions API), WhatsApp messages and communities | Device and usage data, events like “started checkout” or “purchase”, and, through Meta’s automatic matching, a scrambled (hashed) form of your email, name and phone so Meta can match ad results. WhatsApp: your number and messages |
| AiSensy | WhatsApp reminders and broadcasts | Name, phone, message content |
| Google Workspace | Our email (hi@25xacademy.com), documents and spreadsheets | Emails you send us, and the details we keep in our records, such as attendance and support notes |
| Website hosting (Cloudflare, and Lovable for vibecoding77.com) | Hosting our websites | Technical data such as IP address |
| Professional advisers (accountant, lawyer) | Accounts, tax and legal advice | Only what they need, under confidentiality |
| Government or courts | Only when the law requires it | Only what is legally required |
We never sell your personal data or rent our lists to anyone.
5. Cookies, the Meta Pixel and ads
Our websites use:
- Essential cookies, needed for the site to work. These can’t be turned off.
- Advertising cookies and the Meta Pixel, which tell us whether our ads lead to visits, checkouts and purchases, so we can show ads to people likely to find them useful. These load only if you allow them in Cookie settings (link in the footer). You can change your choice at any time.
You can also control ads in your Facebook and Instagram ad settings.
6. Live sessions, recordings and testimonials
- Some live sessions are recorded. We say so at the start of the session. You can keep your camera and mic off and use a display name.
- The ₹99 workshop recordings are not shared with attendees. We may use them internally to improve the session.
- We use clips showing you (your face, voice or name) in ads, social media or on our websites only with your written consent. You can withdraw that consent at any time. We then stop using the clip in new material and remove it from our live ads, websites and pinned posts within 7 days.
- Testimonials are published only with your written consent, in your own words, with your name shown the way you choose.
7. Messages and marketing
- Service messages (seat confirmation, session links, reminders, invoices, changes to your program) are part of what you bought, so we send them.
- Marketing messages (other programs, offers) only if you agree. Every email has an unsubscribe link. On WhatsApp, reply STOP. In a WhatsApp community you can leave at any time.
- In our WhatsApp communities, we use the announcement format so members don’t see each other’s numbers. In any discussion group, other members can see your number. Join only if you’re comfortable with that.
8. How long we keep your data
| Data | How long |
|---|---|
| Invoices and payment records | 8 years (GST and tax law) |
| Account and course activity | For as long as you have access to the program, then 3 years |
| Messages and support requests | 3 years after the last message |
| Marketing list | Until you opt out, or 2 years with no activity from you |
| Security and access logs | At least 1 year (DPDP Rules), then deleted |
| Recordings | 1 year, unless you’ve consented to a clip being used for longer |
| Testimonials | Until you withdraw consent |
After that, we delete your data or make it anonymous.
9. Keeping your data safe
We use reasonable security measures. That means access only for people who need it, strong passwords and two-factor login on the tools that hold your data, and trusted vendors with their own security programs. No system is perfectly secure.
If a personal data breach affects you, we’ll tell you without delay: what happened, what it means for you, and what we’re doing about it. We’ll also report it to the Data Protection Board of India and to CERT-In, as the law requires.
10. Data stored outside India
Some of our vendors (for example Meta, Zoom and website hosts) store data outside India. We transfer data only as the DPDP Act allows, and never to a country the Government of India has restricted.
11. Your rights
Under the DPDP Act, you can:
- Ask what data we hold about you and who we’ve shared it with.
- Correct, complete or update it.
- Ask us to delete it, unless the law requires us to keep it (for example, invoices).
- Withdraw your consent at any time, as easily as you gave it. This doesn’t affect what we did before, and we may not be able to continue a service that needs that data.
- Nominate someone to use these rights for you in case of death or incapacity.
- Complain to us, and then to the Data Protection Board of India if you’re not satisfied.
To use any of these rights, email hi@25xacademy.com from the address you used with us, or write to our Grievance Officer (section 13). We’ll reply within 30 days.
12. Children
Our programs are for adults (18 and over). We don’t knowingly collect data from anyone under 18. If you think a child has given us their data, tell us and we’ll delete it.
13. Grievance Officer and contact
If you have a question or complaint about your personal data, contact:
V John Jayakumar, Grievance Officer JOHN V J VENTURES, D1, Dev Apts, 68, 2nd Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 600020, Tamil Nadu Email: hi@25xacademy.com Phone: +91 98402 14894
We acknowledge complaints within 48 hours and resolve them within one month. If you’re not satisfied, you can complain to the Data Protection Board of India.
14. Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we’ll update the date at the top. If a change affects how we use data you’ve already given us, we’ll tell you by email or WhatsApp before it takes effect, and ask for your consent where the law requires it.
This policy is governed by the laws of India.