Privacy Policy
Introduction
Welcome to Shafat Mahmud Khan's portfolio website ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
Information We Collect
Personal Data
We may collect personally identifiable information such as your name and email address when you voluntarily submit it through our contact form or other communication channels.
Usage Data
We automatically collect certain information when you visit our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, and browsing behavior. This is collected via Vercel Web Analytics and helps us understand how visitors interact with our site.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To respond to your inquiries and messages
- To improve our website and user experience
- To analyze usage patterns and trends
- To comply with legal obligations
Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies. Vercel Web Analytics uses cookies to collect anonymized usage data. You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain features of the website.
Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services that may collect information about you:
- Vercel — hosting and analytics (see Vercel's privacy policy at vercel.com/privacy)
- Supabase — database services (see Supabase's privacy policy at supabase.com/privacy)
- GitHub — code repositories linked from our site
- YouTube — embedded video content
- Cloudflare R2 — media file storage and delivery
Affiliate Links
Some pages on this website contain affiliate links. If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. We participate in the following affiliate programs:
- Kinsta — web hosting and managed WordPress hosting
- Hostinger — web hosting services
When you click an affiliate link, the affiliate network may place a cookie on your browser to track the referral for commission purposes. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information. All affiliate links are marked with rel="nofollow sponsored noopener noreferrer" to comply with FTC guidelines and search engine policies.
We only recommend products and services we genuinely believe in. Your trust matters more than any commission.
Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy, or as required by law.
Your Rights (GDPR / EAA)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Right to Access — request copies of your personal data
- Right to Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
- Right to Erasure — request deletion of your data
- Right to Restrict Processing — request limitation of processing
- Right to Data Portability — request transfer of your data
- Right to Object — object to processing of your data
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@itsmeshafat.com.
Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated date.
Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@itsmeshafat.com.