🔒 Security & trust

How Parakh protects your data.

A straightforward account of the actual security measures in place — without unverifiable claims.

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Authentication

User accounts and sign-in are handled entirely by Clerk, a specialist authentication provider. Parakh does not store passwords. Clerk applies industry-standard practices including secure session management and email verification.

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Payment separation

Payments are processed directly by Cashfree (INR) and Dodo Payments (international). Parakh never receives, stores, or touches your card number, CVV, UPI PIN, or bank credentials. These never pass through Parakh's servers.

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Transport encryption

All traffic between your browser and Parakh is encrypted using HTTPS/TLS. This covers your GSTIN input, your reports, and your account data. Parakh does not serve any content over plain HTTP.

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Access control

Reports are private to the account that generated them. No other user can access your reports. Admin access to user data is limited to the minimum required for support and maintenance. Database access is not exposed publicly.

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Data minimisation

Parakh collects only what is needed to provide the service: your account details (via Clerk), the GSTINs you search, and the reports generated. No advertising data, no behavioural tracking, no third-party marketing cookies.

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Infrastructure

Parakh is hosted on Vercel, which provides DDoS protection, automatic HTTPS, and infrastructure security at the hosting layer. Vercel's security practices apply to the underlying servers and network.

REPORT PRIVACY

Your searches are private

The party you are checking is not notified when you run a GSTIN check. No enquiry is filed, no alert is sent, and no record is created against their name in any system.

Parakh searches public registers — information that is openly available to any member of the public who chooses to look. Searching public records is not a privacy violation.

Your own search history is visible only to you in your dashboard. It is not shared with other users or with the entities you searched.

Honest limitations

Parakh is a small, focused product. We do not make claims that cannot be substantiated:

  • We do not claim "bank-grade security" — a phrase that has no defined meaning
  • We do not claim ISO 27001 certification or SOC 2 compliance at this stage
  • We rely on Clerk and Vercel for the majority of security infrastructure — both are reputable providers with their own security certifications
  • No system is 100% secure — in the event of any breach affecting user data, we will notify affected users

Questions about security or data handling?