Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2026

This policy explains what information SiliconPath ("we", "us") collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using siliconpath.in you agree to this policy.

Information we collect

  • Account information: your name and email address when you sign up or log in (via email/password or Google sign-in). Authentication is handled by Google Firebase. A new account confirms its email with a one-time 6-digit code that we email to it; we keep only a scrambled form of the code, and it stops working after 10 minutes.
  • Purchase records: which courses you have bought, with a payment reference. We do not store your card, UPI, or bank details; payments are processed by Razorpay.
  • Usage data: basic information such as your learning progress and posts you make in the community.

How we use your information

  • To create and secure your account and give you access to courses you purchase.
  • To save your learning progress and enable community features.
  • To respond to your support requests and send important account or service updates.

Service providers

We rely on trusted third parties to run the site: Google Firebase(authentication and database), Razorpay (payments), Cloudflare (hosting and security), Brevo (account and order emails) and Sender.net (our newsletter, The VLSI Brief). These providers process data only as needed to deliver their service.

AI answers (Sili, powered by Google Gemini). If you use Ask Sili in the help panel, the question you type and the answer are processed by Google's Gemini API, under Google's terms, which allow Google to use them to improve its services. We do not send your name, email or account details with these questions, we remove email addresses and phone numbers from them, and questions about payments are never sent. Please do not include personal or payment information. We also keep a copy of each question and Sili's answer, with the page it was asked on and the time, so we can improve Sili and our lessons; this copy has no name, email, account or IP address attached. The FAQ answers and emailing us work without AI.

Pro AI tools (also Google Gemini). If you are a SiliconPath Pro member and use the AI Mock Interviewer or the AI resume check, your answers, or the resume and job description you submit, are sent to Google's Gemini API to produce the feedback, under the same Google terms. Email addresses and phone numbers are removed from pasted resume text first; a resume uploaded as a PDF is sent as it is, so remove anything you would rather not share before uploading. We do not keep your resume, only the feedback, in your account. Mock interview questions, your answers and the scores are kept in your account so you can review them. If you answer by voice, your browser turns speech into text using its own speech service (in Chrome, Google's).

What Pro keeps, and who can see it. Your membership (plan, dates and Razorpay subscription id, never card or UPI details), your Lab Challenge and project progress, and your 30-day challenge points are stored in your account. Code you write in the VLSI Lab is saved in your own browser. If you join a 30-day challenge, the short name you enter (for example "Asha R.") and your points appear on that month's leaderboard to other members. If you also have a candidate profile on our jobs board, recruiters we match you with see a Pro badge and your verified practice (such as challenges solved); nothing else about your Pro activity is shared.

Cookies & local storage

We use cookies and browser local storage to keep you signed in and remember basic preferences. We do not sell your personal data to anyone.

Your rights

You can request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data at any time. To do so, email us from your account email at hello@siliconpath.in.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email hello@siliconpath.in.