Privacy Statement

Welcome to my professional portfolio website. Your privacy is important to me, and I'm committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Statement explains how I collect, use, and safeguard your data when you interact with my site.

Information I Collect

I only collect information that helps me provide a better experience and respond to professional inquiries:

• Contact Information: When you use my contact form, I collect your name, email address, and message content.
• Chatbot Messages: If you use the AI chatbot, the message you send is transmitted to Google's Gemini API to generate a response.
• Usage Data: Anonymous analytics about how you interact with my site (pages visited, duration, etc.) through services like Google Analytics.
• Cookies: Small data files that improve your browsing experience and help me understand site performance.

How I Use Your Information

Your data helps me:

• Respond to your professional inquiries and collaboration requests
• Improve my portfolio website's content and user experience
• Analyze site traffic to understand visitor needs
• Prevent spam and maintain site security

Data Security & Storage

I implement appropriate security measures to protect your information:

• Secure hosting with industry-standard protections
• Encryption for sensitive data transmissions
• Regular software updates and security patches
• Limited access to personal data

Data is retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this statement or as required by law.

Third-Party Services

My website uses these trusted third-party services:

• Hosting Provider: Netlify, which hosts this site and may retain standard infrastructure logs of requests and function invocations as part of its normal operations.
• Analytics: Google Analytics to understand site usage.
• Contact Form: Netlify Forms processes and stores contact form submissions.
• AI Chatbot: Google Gemini API generates chatbot responses; messages you send to the chatbot are processed by Google according to their own privacy policy. I do not separately store or review chatbot conversation content myself.
• Fonts: Google Fonts is loaded from its CDN, which may log standard access data (such as IP address and browser type) per its own privacy policy. Icons are self-hosted inline SVG and are not loaded from any third-party CDN.
• Images: Some images are hosted by third-party providers (Pexels, Unsplash, Cloudinary) and load directly from their servers.

These services have their own privacy policies, and I recommend reviewing them for complete information.

Your Rights

You have control over your personal information:

• Access: Request a copy of your personal data I hold
• Correction: Ask me to update inaccurate information
• Deletion: Request removal of your personal data
• Objection: Opt-out of specific data processing
• Consent Withdrawal: Revoke permissions you previously granted

Policy Updates

I may update this Privacy Statement occasionally to reflect changes in my practices or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top will indicate when revisions were made.

For significant changes, I'll provide a more prominent notice on my website.

Contact Me

If you have questions about this Privacy Statement or wish to exercise your rights, please reach out:

I'll respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days.