Privacy Policy

Interpretation

The words whose initial letters are capitalised have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:

• Company — referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Privacy Policy, refers to Hitarth Nayak, operating as an independent UI/UX & Graphic Designer.
• Cookies — small files placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing details of Your browsing activity on that website among its many uses.
• Country — refers to India.
• Device — any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cell phone or a digital tablet.
• Personal Data — any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
• Service — refers to the Website.
• Usage Data — data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.
• Website — refers to Hitarth Nayak's portfolio, accessible from hitarthnayak.com
• You — the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Personal Data

When You submit a contact form on Our Website, We collect the following personally identifiable information:

• First name and last name
• Email address
• Enquiry type
• Message content

By submitting the contact form, You confirm that You have read and agree to this Privacy Policy. We will only use the information You provide to respond to Your enquiry and to discuss potential design projects or collaborations.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service. It may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of Our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.

Tracking Technologies & Cookies

We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on Our Service and store certain information. The technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of Our Service.
• Web Beacons. Certain sections of Our Service may contain small electronic files known as web beacons that permit the Company to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics.

We use the following Cookies on Our Website:

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We apply the following retention periods:

• Contact Form Submissions — Form data (name, email, enquiry type, message): retained for up to 24 months from the date of submission to allow Us to handle follow-up correspondence regarding design projects.
• Usage Data — Website analytics data: up to 24 months from the date of collection.

When retention periods expire, We securely delete or anonymise Personal Data.

Security of Your Personal Data

The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us. Whilst We strive to use commercially reasonable means to protect Your Personal Data, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Right to Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to request that We delete the Personal Data that We have collected about You. To make such a request, please contact Us using the details at the bottom of this page.

Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.

Other Legal Requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• Protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• Protect against legal liability

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us so that We can take steps to remove that information from Our systems.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

Vercel

Our Website is hosted on Vercel, Inc. Vercel may collect certain technical data such as IP addresses and request logs for the purpose of delivering and securing the Service. For more information, please review Vercel's Privacy Policy.

Analytics

If analytics are added in the future, this section will be updated to reflect the specific tool used and the data it collects.

Keeping You Updated

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:

• By email: freelancing.hitarth@gmail.com
• By visiting this page on our website: COMING SOON!