What they may do · DPDP §6(4)
What Vi (Vodafone Idea) does with your data
A telecom operator that documents personalised ads keyed to your device advertising ID, targeting cookies that build an interest profile and show you adverts on other sites, sharing with law enforcement, and retention for as long as regulation requires.
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Shares your data with partners
Passed to group companies, advertisers or analytics firms you never chose.
What this costs you. Your number and habits travel to companies you have never heard of and never agreed to. This is the step where the spam calls start.
Show me where they say that
Vi (Vodafone Idea)’s own policy says “Government and Law Enforcement Agencies: : We shall share Your Personal Information with Government and Law Enforcement Agencies for verification of identity, prevention, detection, investigation of, including but not limited to cyber incidents, prosecution, and punishment of offences.”
Our summary shares your personal information with government and law enforcement agencies.
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Builds an advertising profile of you
They watch what you view, tap and buy, and use it to decide which ads you see.
What this costs you. Your attention gets priced. What you hesitate over becomes a bid — and a profile built to predict you is a profile built to persuade you.
Show me where they say that
Vi (Vodafone Idea)’s own policy says “Device Identifiers are used by the mobile advertisement networks to identify and remember Your device uniquely to send you personalized marketing communications or advertisements.”
Our summary mobile advertisement networks use device identifiers to send you personalised marketing and advertisements.
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Follows you onto other websites and apps
Their tracking carries on after you leave, through pixels and SDKs embedded elsewhere.
What this costs you. You get recognised on sites that have nothing to do with them. Closing the app does not close the file.
Show me where they say that
Vi (Vodafone Idea)’s own policy says “Targeting: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites.”
Our summary advertising partners' targeting cookies build a profile of your interests and show you adverts on other sites.
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Keeps your records long-term
Held on after you stop using the service.
What this costs you. Years after you delete the app, the record is still sitting there — and every year it sits there is another year it can leak.
Show me where they say that
Vi (Vodafone Idea)’s own policy says “We may retain Your Personal Information for so long as We are obligated to as per the legal, regulatory directions for the time being in force.”
Our summary retains your personal information for as long as legal and regulatory directions require.
What the policy does not mention
These are uses Vi (Vodafone Idea)’s policy is silent on. Silence is not a promise — it means the document does not say, and we do not infer either way.
- Processes your face or other biometrics
- Trains AI models on your content
Vi is one app. How many are on your phone?
Most people carry twenty to forty. Add yours and see the total in one screen — how many share your data, profile you for ads, or follow you across the web. Then take it back from all of them at once.
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Questions
What does Vi (Vodafone Idea) do with my personal data?
According to Vi (Vodafone Idea)'s own privacy policy, read on 2026-08-13, it discloses 4 of the six uses we track: shares your data with partners, builds an advertising profile of you, follows you onto other websites and apps, keeps your records long-term.
Can I withdraw my consent from Vi (Vodafone Idea)?
Section 6(4) of India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 gives you the right to withdraw consent for processing you agreed to. The Act's substantive provisions commence in stages up to May 2027, so a request made now asks for voluntary compliance and puts the date on record. Processing a company carries out under a legal obligation — such as KYC records the RBI requires — cannot be withdrawn.
Does Vi (Vodafone Idea) track me for advertising?
Yes — Vi (Vodafone Idea)'s published policy discloses this. The exact sentence it is based on is quoted on this page, with the date we read it and a link to the source.
Every use above is one Vi (Vodafone Idea) declared in its own published privacy policy, which we
read on 2026-08-13. Quotes are verbatim; the summary beside each one is ours
and is labelled as ours. Nothing here is inferred.
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made today asks for voluntary compliance and records the date you asked.
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