Last Updated: March 1, 2026
This policy applies to all users of ThePGFinder.com for finding PG accommodation, student hostels, or co-living spaces.
1. Information We Collect
At ThePGFinder.com, we collect information to provide better services to all our users seeking verified PG accommodation. We collect information in the following ways:
Information you give us:
- Personal Information: When you create an account to find student hostels or co-living spaces, we collect your name, email address, phone number, and other contact details.
- Profile Information: Information about your preferences, occupation, institution, and other details you choose to provide.
- Property Information: If you're listing PG accommodation, we collect property details, photos, pricing, and contact information.
- Communication: Messages and inquiries sent through our platform about verified PG accommodation.
Information we get from your use of our services:
- Usage Data: How you interact with our PG accommodation platform, including pages visited, searches performed, and time spent.
- Device Information: IP address, browser type, device type, and operating system.
- Location Data: General location information based on your IP address or provided location when searching for student hostels or co-living spaces.
- Cookies and Tracking: We use cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience finding verified PG accommodation.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes on our PG accommodation platform:
- Service Provision: To provide, maintain, and improve our verified PG accommodation marketplace services.
- Communication: To send you important updates, security alerts, and support messages about student hostels or co-living spaces.
- Personalization: To customize your experience and show relevant PG accommodation listings.
- Verification: To verify user identities and prevent fraud on our platform.
- Analytics: To understand how users interact with our platform for finding verified PG accommodation and improve our services.
- Marketing: To send promotional communications about student hostels and co-living spaces (you can opt-out at any time).
- Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.
3. Information Sharing
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following circumstances on our PG accommodation platform:
- With Other Users: Basic contact information is shared between PG seekers and owners to facilitate communication about verified PG accommodation.
- Service Providers: With trusted third parties who help us operate our student hostels and co-living spaces platform.
- Legal Requirements: When required by law, regulation, or legal process.
- Business Transfers: In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
- With Your Consent: When you explicitly consent to sharing your information.
4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our PG accommodation platform to:
- Remember your preferences and settings when searching for student hostels
- Understand how you use our co-living spaces platform
- Provide personalized content and advertisements for verified PG accommodation
- Analyze traffic and platform performance
You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling cookies may affect your experience finding PG accommodation on our platform.
Third-Party Cookies:
We use Google Analytics and Google AdSense, which may set cookies to provide relevant advertisements for student hostels and co-living spaces and analyze platform usage.
5. Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our PG accommodation platform. Google AdSense may:
- Use cookies to serve ads based on user's prior visits to our website when searching for verified PG accommodation
- Use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads based on users' visits to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites for finding student hostels or co-living spaces and/or other sites on the Internet.
6. Data Security
We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information on our PG accommodation platform:
- SSL encryption for data transmission when searching for verified PG accommodation
- Secure servers and data storage for student hostels and co-living spaces information
- Regular security assessments
- Limited access to personal information
While we strive to protect your information when using our PG accommodation platform, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
7. Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information on our verified PG accommodation platform:
- Access: Request a copy of your personal data from our student hostels platform
- Correction: Update or correct inaccurate information about co-living spaces
- Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data from our PG accommodation platform
- Opt-out: Unsubscribe from marketing communications about verified PG accommodation
- Data Portability: Request your data in a portable format
To exercise these rights for our PG accommodation platform, please contact us at
support@thepgfinder.com
.
8. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary on our verified PG accommodation platform:
- Provide our services for finding student hostels or co-living spaces to you
- Comply with legal obligations
- Resolve disputes about PG accommodation listings
- Enforce our agreements
You can request account deletion for our PG accommodation platform at any time, and we will remove your personal data within 30 days.
9. Children's Privacy
Our services for finding verified PG accommodation, student hostels, or co-living spaces are not directed to individuals under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 16, we will take steps to delete such information.
10. International Data Transfers
Your information for finding PG accommodation may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data during international transfers.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy for our verified PG accommodation platform from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy for our PG accommodation platform, please contact us:
This Privacy Policy for our verified PG accommodation platform complies with Google AdSense requirements and applicable data protection laws including GDPR and CCPA.