Privacy policy
This Privacy Policy describes how Zaki Sayed (“I, me, my”), an independent freelance consultant, collects, uses, and shares personal information of visitors to my website, zakisayed.com (“my Website”) — and constitutes the full agreement between you and me regarding data privacy.
Last updated on May 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM IST
1. Updates and contact
I, Zaki Sayed, am the data controller responsible for your personal information, and my Privacy Policy may be updated at any time due to technology updates, legal obligations, or other reasons.
Changes will be posted with a new “last updated” date and you are encouraged to review my Privacy Policy periodically. Continued use of my Website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated terms.
Please contact me for any privacy-related questions, concerns, or data requests.
2. Personal information collected
I may collect the following personal information when you visit my Website.
2.1. Automatically collected information
2.2. Information you provide voluntarily
2.3. Comments
If comments are enabled on blog posts, I may collect the data shown in the comment form, along with your IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection. A hash of your email may be shared with Gravatar (privacy policy).
2.4. Media uploads
If you upload images to my Website (e.g., via blog comments), please avoid images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors may be able to download and extract this data.
2.5. Cookies
Cookies may store preferences, session data, or analytics data. My Website uses Complianz (see privacy policy) to manage your cookie consent preferences and control which cookies are placed on your device. You can manage or withdraw consent at any time via the cookie consent banner.
If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and site in cookies for convenience. These last for one year. For details, refer to your browser’s cookie settings.
2.6. Embedded content
Some areas of my Website may contain embedded content (e.g., videos, social posts). These behave as if you visited the originating site directly. Such content may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions.
2.7. Do Not Track (DNT) signals
My Website does not respond to “Do Not Track” browser signals due to the lack of a universal standard. However, tracking is limited to anonymized usage data for analytics and usability improvements.
2.8. Backups
My Website uses UpdraftPlus (see privacy policy) to perform automatic backups, which are securely stored on my linked Dropbox account (see privacy policy). These backups may include personal data contained in the website database and are retained only for recovery purposes.
3. Purposes of processing
4. Legal basis for processing
Processing is based on:
5. Sharing personal information
Your data may be shared with:
6. Security and data retention
Data is retained only as long as necessary for its intended purposes or as required by law. Comments and metadata may be retained indefinitely.
I take reasonable technical and organizational measures to secure your data, including but not limited to the use of a secure hosting provider, cloud backups, SSL, local storage encryption, anti-malware, and firewall.
7. Your rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
Requests can be submitted via this contact form. Identity verification may be required. Response timelines will be in accordance with applicable laws.
8. Disclaimers and other legal provisions
8.1. No warranties
I cannot guarantee absolute security of internet-transmitted or stored data. To the extent allowed by law, I disclaim warranties regarding my Website’s availability, accuracy, security, or reliability in handling and processing your data, so use at your own risk.
8.2. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, I am not liable for damages arising from use of my Website or personal data handling, even if advised of potential issues.
8.3. Force majeure
I am not liable for service failures due to events outside my control (e.g. natural disasters, war, internet outages).
8.4. Data retention
Despite deletion requests, some data (e.g., contracts, invoices, etc.) may be retained if required for:
Note that all data deletion and retrieval requests will be performed manually, limited to identifiable and retrievable data to the best of my ability. Moreover, as with any manual process, I can’t guarantee there won’t be any unintentional errors which may result in gaps in the fulfilment of your request.
8.5. Third-party links
My Website may link to third-party websites such as Cal.com (privacy policy), LinkedIn (privacy policy), and other external platforms or services. Their privacy practices apply when you visit those platforms. I am not responsible for the privacy or security practices of third-party websites.
8.6. Minors
My Website is not intended for anyone under 16. If a child has submitted personal data, please contact me to delete it.
8.7. Severability
Invalidity or inapplicability of one or more clauses does not affect the validity or enforcement of other clauses in my Privacy Policy.
8.8. Governing law
My Privacy Policy is governed by Indian law. All disputes shall fall under the jurisdiction of Bharuch, Gujarat courts.
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