Effective Date: 01/04/2025
1. Who We Are Welcome to SarwarAlam.in, the personal website of Sarwar Alam—a writer, blogger, business leader, and speaker. This platform shares insights, stories, and resources across writing, leadership, and life. Your privacy is important to us, and this policy explains how we handle your data.
2. What Personal Data We Collect and Why We collect only limited personal data necessary to provide a secure, engaging, and insightful experience for visitors and subscribers.
a. Comments When visitors leave comments on blog posts, we collect the data shown in the comment form, your IP address, and browser user agent string to help with spam detection. An anonymized string (hash) of your email address may be sent to the Gravatar service to display your profile image. Gravatar privacy policy.
b. Newsletter & Contact Forms When you subscribe to our newsletter or contact us via a form, we may collect your name and email address. This information is used solely to communicate with you and will never be sold or misused.
c. Cookies & Tracking Technologies We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to:
- Improve website functionality and performance.
- Remember user preferences.
- Analyze traffic using third-party analytics tools (like Google Analytics).
- Facilitate personalized advertising through Google AdSense.
You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner upon your first visit, or directly in your browser settings.
d. Analytics We use tools like Google Analytics to collect anonymized information (browser type, time on site, pages viewed, etc.) to understand audience interests and improve content delivery.
e. Advertising (Google AdSense) We partner with Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to your website or other websites. This enables Google and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
3. Legal Basis for Processing We rely on the following legal grounds for data processing:
- Consent: For email subscriptions, optional cookies, and personalized advertising.
- Legitimate interest: To ensure site security and improve user experience.
- Legal compliance: Where applicable (e.g., data protection or cyber laws).
4. Who We Share Your Data With We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We may share limited data with trusted third parties such as:
- Email newsletter providers (e.g., Mailchimp, ConvertKit)
- Website hosting and security services
- Analytics tools (e.g., Google Analytics)
- Advertising partners, including Google AdSense, for the purpose of serving ads.
All partners comply with data privacy laws and are contractually obligated to safeguard your information.
5. Data Retention
- Comments: Retained indefinitely unless manually removed.
- Newsletter subscriptions: Retained until you unsubscribe.
- Cookies: Retained for up to 1 year or as defined by browser settings.
- Contact form entries: Stored for up to 12 months for reference and service improvement.
- Advertising data: Retained by Google AdSense according to their policies.
6. Your Rights Under GDPR, CCPA, and similar laws, you have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Request correction or deletion
- Object to or restrict processing
- Withdraw consent at any time (e.g., for email subscriptions or personalized ads)
- Request data portability (where applicable) To exercise your rights, email:
hello@sarwaralam.in
7. How We Protect Your Data We use SSL encryption, security plugins, and strong access controls to protect your data. While we follow industry best practices, no system is 100% secure. We advise you to avoid sharing highly sensitive information.
8. Third-Party Links This website may include links to third-party sites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these external websites. Please review their privacy policies before providing personal data.
9. Children’s Privacy This site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect or store data from minors. If you believe a child has provided personal data, contact us to have it deleted.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Your continued use of the site after changes implies your agreement to the updated terms.
11. Contact Us For questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please reach out:
📧 sarwar@sarwaralam.in 🌐 www.sarwaralam.in 📍 Thane, Mumbai, Maharashtra – 400612, India