Vin Patel is an AI technologist and published author with 25+ years of experience. He is the creator of Manuscript (open-source AI content detection), AEORank (AI Engine Optimization), and the Bhagavad Gita App. His work has been archived by the British Library and cited by UKCERT.

AEORank is an open-source AI visibility platform that scans any website across 36 criteria, scores it from 0-100, and generates 9 deployment-ready files that improve discoverability by AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Includes a free CLI, dashboard at app.aeorank.dev, GitHub App, and 13 framework plugins. Visit aeorank.dev.

What is the Bhagavad Gita App?

A verse-by-verse platform at bhagavad.net presenting all 700 Gita verses through 8 philosophical traditions with multi-tradition synthesis, life applications across 4 pillars, and 5,600+ searchable life questions. Open source and MIT licensed.

Manuscript is the only open-source AI content detector that runs 100% on your infrastructure. It detects AI-generated text, images, audio, and video with zero external API calls. Built in Go, self-hosted via Docker. Visit manuscript.dev.

How can I work with Vin Patel?

Vin is available for speaking engagements, podcast interviews, and consulting on AI strategy. He also runs the IdeaForge Workshop, a 4-day intensive for building AI products. Contact vinpatel.pro@gmail.com or visit vinpatel.com/speaking.

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 August 2026

This policy explains what vinpatel.com collects, why, and how to get it removed. It’s short because the Site collects very little.

The Short Version

No advertising cookies. No ad networks. No cross-site tracking.
Analytics are cookieless and anonymous — no personal data, no profiles.
If you subscribe to the newsletter, I store your email address and nothing else about you.
I never sell, rent, or trade your data.
You can unsubscribe and have your email deleted at any time.

1. Analytics

The Site uses Umami Cloud for traffic analytics. Umami is privacy-focused and does not use cookies or collect personally identifiable information.

What it records, in aggregate:

Pages viewed and referring site
Country (derived, not precise location)
Browser, operating system, device type
Anonymous events such as “someone clicked subscribe”

None of this identifies you, and it isn’t linked to your email address if you’re a subscriber. Umami acts as a processor for this data; see umami.is for their practices.

You can block it with any content blocker without affecting the Site.

If you subscribe to Dispatch, I collect:

Your email address — required to send you the newsletter
The source that referred you (e.g. a utm_source value or referral code) — to understand which channels work

Subscriber data is stored with Resend, which sends the emails on my behalf and acts as a processor. Resend records standard delivery data such as whether an email was delivered and opened.

What I don’t do: sell or rent your address, share it with third parties for their marketing, or use it for anything other than sending the newsletter and related notices.

3. Referral Program

If you share a referral link, the Site stores a referral code and a count of how many people signed up through it. This is tied to a code, not to a name or profile, and is used only to attribute signups and award milestones.

4. Hosting and Logs

The Site is hosted on GitHub Pages. Like any web host, GitHub processes technical request data — including IP addresses — to serve pages and protect against abuse. That processing is governed by GitHub’s Privacy Statement. I don’t have access to those raw logs.

5. Cookies

The Site sets no tracking cookies. Analytics are cookieless.

Your browser may store a local preference — such as light or dark theme — on your own device. That never leaves your browser and isn’t sent to me.

6. Third-Party Platforms

Articles are syndicated to third-party platforms including LinkedIn, X, Bluesky, Mastodon, TikTok, Dev.to, and Hashnode. If you interact with content there, that platform’s privacy policy applies — not this one. I have no control over their data practices.

Outbound links may carry utm_ parameters so I can tell which channel a visit came from. They identify the channel, not you.

7. Your Rights

Whatever your jurisdiction, you can:

Access the data I hold about you — which is your email address, if you’re subscribed
Delete it — unsubscribe via any email footer or /unsubscribe/, which removes your address
Correct it — reply to any newsletter email
Object to processing — unsubscribing ends it entirely

If you’re in the EEA or UK, the legal basis for sending the newsletter is your consent, given when you subscribed, and withdrawable at any time.

Requests: vinpatel.pro@gmail.com. I’ll respond within 30 days.

8. Data Retention

Email addresses are kept until you unsubscribe, then removed from the active list. Anonymous analytics are retained by Umami under their retention policy.

9. Children

The Site isn’t directed at children under 16, and I don’t knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has subscribed, email me and I’ll delete the record.

10. Changes

Material changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date above.

11. Contact

vinpatel.pro@gmail.com

Written in plain language for a personal website and newsletter. This is not legal advice and has not been reviewed by a lawyer. If you need a policy for a commercial service, consult a qualified professional.

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