Privacy-first note: Analytics are used to understand website usage and improve the portfolio. Contact form information is used to respond to your inquiry and is not intentionally sent to Google Analytics as personal event parameters.
1. Information I Collect
I collect information in different ways depending on how you interact with this Website.
1.1 Information You Provide Directly
If you use the contact form, you may provide:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your message
- Any other information you voluntarily include in your message
This information is provided voluntarily when you contact me. I use this information primarily to respond to your inquiry, discuss potential projects or opportunities, respond to questions or requests, and communicate with you regarding your message.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information through the contact form unless it is necessary for your inquiry.
2. Contact Form and Email Processing
The Website uses Resend to process and deliver emails submitted through the contact form. When you submit the contact form, the information you provide may be transmitted to Resend for the purpose of delivering the message. This may include your name, email address, and message. I may also send an automated confirmation email to the email address you provide.
3. Analytics and Website Usage Data
I use analytics services to understand how visitors use the Website and to improve its content, performance, and user experience.
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Google Analytics may collect information such as page views, events and interactions, approximate geographic information, browser information, device information, referring sources, and session information. Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies when analytics consent is granted.
Google Tag Manager
Google Tag Manager is used to manage analytics and measurement tags on the Website. The Website uses Google Consent Mode so that relevant Google tags can adjust their behavior according to the visitor's consent choices.
Vercel Web Analytics
The Website uses Vercel Web Analytics to understand general website traffic and usage. Vercel Web Analytics is designed to provide aggregated and anonymized analytics and does not use third-party cookies.
4. Analytics Events
The Website may measure interactions such as:
- Resume downloads
- Successful contact form submissions
- Article views
- WhatsApp link clicks
- LinkedIn link clicks
- Other general website interactions
For example, a successful contact form submission may be recorded as a generate_lead event in Google Analytics.
These analytics events are intended to measure website usage and do not intentionally include the content of your contact message, your email address, or other directly identifying information.
I do not intentionally send contact-form personal information such as your name, email address, or message content to Google Analytics as event parameters.
6. Your Consent Choices
When you first visit the Website, you may be presented with a cookie or consent notice.
You may choose whether to allow optional:
- Analytics
- Marketing technologies
Necessary functionality remains available regardless of optional consent.
Your preferences can be changed later using the Cookie Settings option available on the Website.
The Website communicates your choices to the Google tagging infrastructure through Google Consent Mode.
7. External Links
The Website contains links to external websites and services, which may include:
- GitHub
- Email services
- Figma
- Other third-party websites referenced in articles or projects
If you click one of these links, you may leave my Website and interact with a third-party service.
Those third parties have their own privacy policies and terms. I am not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or data processing performed by external websites.
8. Resume Downloads
The Website provides an option to download my resume. A resume download may be recorded as an analytics event for the purpose of understanding how visitors interact with the Website. The downloaded resume itself does not require you to provide personal information.
9. How I Use Information
Information collected through the Website may be used to:
- Respond to inquiries
- Communicate regarding potential work or opportunities
- Improve the Website
- Understand Website traffic and usage
- Analyze which content is useful to visitors
- Improve Website performance and user experience
- Maintain Website security
- Monitor technical issues
- Measure interactions with portfolio content
I do not sell your contact-form information.
10. Data Sharing and Third-Party Services
I may use third-party service providers to operate and improve the Website.
| Service | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Resend | Contact-form email delivery |
| Google Analytics | Website analytics |
| Google Tag Manager | Analytics and tag management |
| Vercel | Website hosting and Web Analytics |
| External professional profile | |
| External communication | |
| GitHub | External code and project profile |
These services may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms. The Website only sends information to third-party analytics services for the purposes described in this policy and according to the applicable consent settings.
11. Data Retention
I retain contact information and correspondence for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to your inquiry, maintain relevant business or professional correspondence, handle follow-up communications, and meet applicable legal or administrative requirements. Analytics providers may retain analytics information according to their own retention settings and policies. I do not retain personal information indefinitely when there is no reasonable purpose for continuing to retain it.
12. Data Security
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to protect information submitted through the Website.
- Contact-form processing is handled through a server-side API.
- API credentials are kept server-side and are not exposed through public frontend variables.
- Analytics and marketing technologies are controlled through consent settings.
- Sensitive information is not intentionally included in analytics event parameters.
- HTTPS is used when communicating with the Website and supported third-party services.
However, no internet-based transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. International Data Processing
Some third-party services used by the Website may process information in countries outside your country of residence. This may include infrastructure operated by providers such as Google, Vercel, and Resend. If you contact me from outside India, including from the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or Switzerland, your information may therefore be processed internationally subject to the applicable provider's privacy and data-processing practices.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Request access to information I hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of information where applicable
- Request restriction of certain processing
- Object to certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request information about how your data is processed
To exercise a privacy-related request, contact me using the details below. I may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
Your rights may vary depending on the applicable law and your location.
15. Children's Privacy
This Website is a professional portfolio and is not directed specifically at children. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of operating a children's service. If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the Website, please contact me so that the matter can be reviewed.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes may be made when new features are added to the Website, analytics or third-party services change, new technologies are introduced, applicable privacy requirements change, or the way personal information is processed changes. The Last updated date at the beginning of this policy will indicate when the policy was most recently updated.
17. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or how information is processed through this Website, you can contact me using the details below.
You can also use the contact form available on the Website.