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Privacy Policy
This page explains what information this website collects, why, and what rights you have over it — written in plain language, not dense legal text.
Last updated: July 2026
Quick summary: This site collects contact-form submissions, standard analytics (page views, general location, device type), and — only if you choose to sign in to use the AI Tools or Ask the Architect features — your email address and sign-in method. Nothing collected here is sold, and nothing is used for advertising.
📋 1. Information I Collect
Depending on how you use this site, the following information may be collected:
| Where | What's collected |
|---|
| Browsing the site generally | Standard analytics via Google Analytics — pages viewed, approximate location (country/city level), device/browser type, referring site. No name or email is collected just from browsing. |
| Contact form | Name, email address, company (optional), enquiry type, and your message. |
| Copyright disclaimer (site-wide) | A record that you agreed to the terms, tied to your browser — no personal data beyond a timestamp, unless you separately sign in. |
| Signing in to AI Tools / Ask the Architect | Your email address, the sign-in method used (Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, or direct email), and the time you signed in. |
| Using an AI Tool or Ask the Architect | The question or inputs you type are sent to a third-party AI provider to generate a response (see Section 4). These aren't linked to your name unless you're signed in at the time. |
🎯 2. How I Use It
- To respond to you — if you use the contact form, your details are used solely to reply to your enquiry.
- To protect original content — sign-in on AI Tools and Ask the Architect exists to reduce misuse of these AI-powered features and the content behind them, and to prevent automated abuse of the underlying AI service.
- To understand site usage — aggregate, anonymized analytics help me understand which content and tools are useful, so I can improve them.
- I do not sell, rent, or share your data with advertisers, and I don't use it to send marketing emails unless you explicitly opt in somewhere (e.g. the newsletter signup, which is separate and only ever used for that).
⚖️ 3. Legal Basis for Processing
For visitors covered by GDPR or similar frameworks, the legal bases relied on are:
- Consent — for the copyright disclaimer, sign-in, and any newsletter opt-in.
- Legitimate interest — for basic site analytics and protecting original content/AI usage from abuse, balanced against your privacy interests.
- Contract/pre-contract steps — if you contact me about a job opportunity or engagement, processing your message is necessary to respond to that request.
🔗 4. Third-Party Services
This site relies on a small number of external services, each with their own privacy practices:
- Google Analytics (GA4) — website analytics. See Google's Privacy Policy.
- Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn (sign-in) — if you choose one of these to sign in, that provider authenticates you and shares your email with this site; I don't receive your password.
- Cloud AI service provider — powers the AI Tools and Ask the Architect. Questions/inputs you submit to these features are sent to a third-party cloud AI provider to generate a response, per that provider's own privacy and data-use policies.
- Hostinger — this site's web host, storing the underlying files and any database records (e.g. sign-in sessions) on their servers.
- Hostinger's native PHP mail() — routes contact-form submissions and AI Tools/Ask the Architect sign-in notifications directly to my email. No third-party form service is involved.
🍪 5. Cookies & Session Storage
This site uses minimal, functional storage rather than advertising or tracking cookies:
- Disclaimer acknowledgment — stored in your browser's local storage so you're not asked to re-agree on every visit within the remember window.
- Sign-in session — a session cookie that keeps you signed in to AI Tools / Ask the Architect for a limited time after signing in, so you're not asked to sign in again immediately.
- Google Analytics — sets its own standard analytics cookies; see Google's cookie documentation for detail.
None of these cookies are used for advertising, retargeting, or sold to third parties.
🗄️ 6. Data Retention
- Contact form submissions — kept as long as needed to respond to and follow up on your enquiry, then deleted periodically.
- Sign-in sessions — automatically expire after a limited time and are not kept indefinitely; you can also request earlier deletion (see Section 7).
- Analytics data — retained per Google Analytics' standard retention settings, in aggregate/anonymized form.
🔐 7. Your Rights
Regardless of where you're located, you can ask me to:
- Access — see what data I hold about you
- Correct — fix inaccurate information
- Delete — remove your data, including any sign-in session record
- Withdraw consent — for anything based on consent (e.g. a newsletter opt-in)
To exercise any of these, email me directly ✉️ — I'll respond directly, as this is an individual's portfolio site, not a company with a dedicated privacy team.
🌍 8. International Visitors (GDPR, DPDP & Others)
This site is accessible globally, and I aim to apply one consistent, privacy-respecting standard to everyone rather than different rules by region:
- EU/UK visitors (GDPR) — the rights in Section 7 reflect GDPR's access, rectification, erasure, and consent-withdrawal rights.
- India (DPDP Act, 2023) — the same principles of consent, purpose limitation, and data minimization apply.
- Other regions — the same practices and rights described here are offered to all visitors as a baseline, regardless of local law.
🧒 9. Children's Privacy
This site is intended for a professional, adult audience (recruiters, hiring managers, and industry peers) and is not directed at children. I don't knowingly collect data from anyone under 16.
📝 10. Changes to This Policy
If this policy changes meaningfully — for example, if a new tool starts collecting different information — this page will be updated and the "Last updated" date at the top will change accordingly.