This policy explains what information Intelligent Persons ("we", "us", "our") collects when you visit this website or use our contact and newsletter forms, why we collect it, and what choices you have. We collect the minimum information needed to respond to you and run this website — we do not sell your data to third parties.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information in two ways: information you give us directly, and information collected automatically as you browse.
Information you provide directly
- Contact form: your name, email address, WhatsApp number (optional), subject, and message.
- Newsletter signup: your email address, and first and last name if you choose to provide them.
- Portfolio access: if our portfolio is access-restricted, the access code you enter, stored temporarily in a cookie on your device.
Information collected automatically
- Google Tag Manager: we use Google Tag Manager to manage analytics and marketing tags on this site. Depending on the tags configured, this may involve standard web analytics data such as pages visited, device and browser type, and approximate location based on IP address.
- Google reCAPTCHA: our contact and newsletter forms use Google reCAPTCHA to prevent automated spam submissions. reCAPTCHA may collect hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and send it to Google for analysis, subject to Google's own Privacy Policy.
- Essential cookies: a session cookie to keep the site working correctly (for example, remembering form input after a validation error), and, if applicable, a cookie that remembers a validated portfolio access code.
2. How We Use This Information
- To respond to messages sent through our contact form.
- To send newsletter updates to subscribers who have opted in, and to send a one-time confirmation email to verify a new subscription.
- To protect our forms from automated spam and abuse, using Google reCAPTCHA.
- To understand, in aggregate, how visitors use this website, using analytics configured through Google Tag Manager.
- To keep records of client and prospect communications for our own business purposes.
3. Legal Basis for Processing
Where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to you — for example, if you are located in the European Union or European Economic Area — we process your personal data on the following bases: your consent (for newsletter signups and non-essential cookies or tags), our legitimate interest in responding to inquiries and protecting our website from abuse, and, where relevant, to take steps toward a contract at your request (for example, when you contact us about a project).
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal data. We share information only with the following categories of third parties, to the extent necessary to run this website and respond to you:
- Google, through Google Tag Manager (analytics/tag management) and Google reCAPTCHA (spam protection).
- Our email delivery and hosting providers, solely to deliver contact acknowledgements, newsletter emails, and to host this website.
- Authorities or professional advisors, where required by law or to protect our legal rights.
5. Data Retention
We retain contact form submissions and newsletter subscriptions for as long as necessary to respond to you, maintain our business records, and comply with legal obligations. You can ask us to delete your data at any time — see "Your Rights" below.
6. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Ask us to delete your data ("right to be forgotten").
- Withdraw consent for newsletter emails at any time, using the unsubscribe link in any newsletter email or by contacting us directly.
- Object to or request that we restrict certain processing of your data.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected] or through our contact form.
7. International Data Transfers
We are based in Pakistan and work with clients internationally, including in the European Union. Where third-party services we use (such as Google) process data outside your own country, they do so under their own data transfer safeguards, as described in their respective privacy policies.
8. Children's Privacy
This website and our services are intended for businesses and professional inquiries, not children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy as our website or practices change. The version published on this page is the one that applies, and the "last updated" date above reflects the most recent revision.
10. Contact Us
Questions about this policy, or requests relating to your personal data, can be sent to [email protected] or through our contact form.
This page is a general-purpose draft intended as a starting point and does not constitute legal advice. It should be reviewed by a qualified lawyer familiar with data protection law in the jurisdictions where your visitors and clients are located before it is relied upon as your published privacy policy.