Who runs this site
myfancynumber.com is an independent, individually-run website. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by any government department, Regional Transport Office, or the Parivahan portal. For anything on this page, write to [email protected].
What the site measures
The site counts visits using its own software running on its own server. There is no Google Analytics, no advertising pixel, and no third-party tracking script of any kind. For each page view it records:
- the page address, without any query string
- which site referred you, as a domain only (for example
google.com) — never the full referring address - broad device information from your browser: mobile, tablet or desktop, plus browser and operating system name
- your approximate location — country, region and city — as estimated from your IP address by our network provider. This is city-level at best and often wrong by some distance; it is not your address and not GPS. The provider also offers coordinates and a postal code, which we deliberately do not read or store
- how the page performed for you — loading and responsiveness timings your browser reports
- if the page fails in your browser, the error: its message, the technical trace of which of our own code files it came from, and the page it happened on. This is how we find out something is broken without waiting for someone to tell us. The trace describes our software, not you — nothing you typed and nothing from your device is included, and errors coming from browser extensions rather than from this site are discarded rather than stored
How visits are counted without identifying you
To tell one visitor from another without cookies, the site converts your IP address and browser description into a short irreversible code. That conversion is mixed with a secret value that changes every midnight, so the code representing you today cannot be matched to the code representing you tomorrow. Your IP address is never written to the database.
This is a deliberate trade: it means we cannot tell whether someone is a returning visitor, and multi-day visitor counts are approximate. We prefer that to tracking people.
Searches
When you check a registration number, the site records the number you searched, the state, and whether anything was found. This is how we learn which numbers people want that aren't available — it is the main reason the measurement exists. These records are not linked to your identity.
What stays in your browser and never reaches us
Two things are stored locally by your browser and are not uploaded: your light/dark theme preference, and — if you use the numerology tools — your date of birth, so you don't have to type it again. Clearing your browser data removes both. Neither is in our database.
One honest exception: if you enter a date of birth on the home page and the site then sends you to a specific RTO page, the date appears in that page's web address. Like any web address, it is transmitted to the server as part of the request and may appear in routine server logs. It is removed before anything is saved to our measurement records, and it is never stored against you. If you would rather it never leave your device, use the numerology tools directly on an RTO page instead of starting from the home page.
Signing in
The site offers Google sign-in. At present it exists solely to let the site's operator open the private administration pages; there is nothing for a general visitor to sign in to, and every public page works without an account.
If you do sign in, Google tells us your name, email address and profile picture, and we store those so the account is recognised next time. We never receive your Google password, and we request no access to Gmail, Drive, Contacts or any other Google service.
Cookies
Ordinary browsing sets no cookies at all, which is why you see no cookie banner. Cookies are only set if you sign in, and they exist purely to keep you signed in.
Who else can see your data
- Hetzner — hosts the server, in Germany. This means data about your visit is processed outside India.
- Cloudflare — sits in front of the site to make it faster and to absorb attacks, so it processes your requests and can see your IP address. It is also what estimates your country, region and city from that address before passing the request to us.
- Google — only if you choose to sign in.
That is the complete list. Nothing is sold, rented, or shared for advertising. Web fonts are served from this site's own server, so merely loading a page does not tell any font provider you were here.
How long anything is kept
- Individual visit records: 90 days. They are then permanently deleted.
- Daily totals: kept indefinitely. These are counts only — no identifiers of any kind survive into them.
- Account details: kept until you ask us to delete them.
Your choices
Write to [email protected] to ask what is held about you, to correct it, or to have it deleted. Because visit records carry no lasting identifier, we usually cannot locate "your" rows within them — that is a consequence of the design rather than an evasion. Account details we can find and delete on request.
A browser content blocker will stop the measurement script from running at all, and the site works normally without it.
Where the registration data comes from
Number availability, series and fees are taken from publicly accessible government sources, chiefly the Parivahan portal and state transport department publications. No personal information about vehicle owners or applicants is collected, stored, or displayed.
Children
This site is intended for adults arranging vehicle registration and is not directed at children.
Changes
If this policy changes materially, the date at the top changes with it.
See also the Terms of Service.