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What this site collects, what it does not, and what happens to anything you send me. It is a short list, and section 01 is the whole of it.
Everything below this section is the same four points written at legal length. If you only read one part, read this one.
There is no cookie banner on this site because there is nothing to consent to. See section 05 — it is the shortest section here for a reason.
This site is operated by an independent SEO consultant working on guest posting and link building. For the purposes of data protection law, I am the person responsible for the information described in this policy.
Questions about this policy, or a request to see or delete what I hold, go to the address above. It reaches me directly rather than a shared inbox.
It is worth separating two things that most policies blur together: what a site gathers about you automatically as you browse, and what you actively hand over. On this site the first list is essentially empty.
Collected automatically: nothing. There is no analytics package on this site. No Google Analytics, no Plausible, no Fathom, no Vercel Analytics, no Meta pixel, no LinkedIn insight tag, no heatmap or session-recording tool. Your visit is not counted, timed, or attributed to a source.
Collected because you sent it: whatever you enter into the contact form. That is set out field by field in section 04.
One unavoidable exception, stated plainly: my hosting provider keeps standard server logs, which include IP addresses. I do not read them, query them, or connect them to anything else — but they exist, and a policy that claimed otherwise would be wrong.
The form asks different questions depending on what you are getting in touch about. Every field exists to answer a question I would otherwise have to ask you by email, and nothing is asked that does not change my reply.
What you send is used to answer you and to decide whether the work is a fit. It is not added to a mailing list, not passed to any other party, and not used to contact you about anything you did not ask about.
Running a website means a small number of companies necessarily handle data on my behalf. They are listed here by role rather than left implied, and each is bound by its own agreement to process data only as instructed.
Your information is never sold, rented, traded, or provided to advertisers or data brokers. There is no arrangement of that kind and there will not be one.
The one remaining case is legal compulsion: if a valid legal order required disclosure, I would have to comply. It has never happened.
Indefinite retention is the default almost everywhere, and it is a bad default. These are the periods I actually work to.
If you would rather not wait for any of that, ask and I will delete it sooner. Section 08 covers how.
Depending on where you live, some of these are legal rights and others are simply how I would prefer to work. I do not intend to draw a line between the two — if you ask for any of the following, you get it.
Email hello@tanzeel.com and say what you want done. There is no form to fill in and no account to create. I aim to reply within a few days and to have it resolved within thirty.
If you are not satisfied with how I have handled a request, you are entitled to raise it with the data protection authority in [Country] or in your own country of residence.
If what this site does changes, this page changes with it, and the date at the top moves. That date is maintained deliberately — it is the only way you can tell whether what you are reading is current.
Nothing here is applied retroactively in a way that reduces protection for information already sent. If a change ever did that, I would say so at the top of the page rather than leave you to compare versions.
Anything unclear, or anything you think is wrong: hello@tanzeel.com. A question about a privacy policy is a reasonable thing to send and it will get a real answer.
The terms for using this site are on the Terms of Service page.