Privacy Policy

Who I am

My website address is: https://www.deepanshuthakral.com. This website is owned and operated by Deepanshu Thakral, providing digital consultancy, SEO services, and technical educational content.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site (such as on tutorial blog posts), I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies & Analytics

If you leave a comment on my site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again. These cookies will last for one year.

Account Cookies: If you visit the login page (e.g., to access course content), a temporary cookie is set to determine if your browser accepts cookies. When you log in, several cookies are set to save your login information and screen choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year.
Analytics: Because this site focuses on digital performance, it uses analytics tracking (such as Google Analytics) to monitor website traffic and user behavior. This data is anonymized and used strictly to improve the educational content and user experience on this site.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles and tutorials on this site may include embedded content (e.g., YouTube videos, AI tool interfaces, or external course players). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content.

Who I share your data with

I do not sell your personal data to third parties. Your data may be shared with trusted third-party service providers solely to operate this business, such as:

Email marketing platforms (if you opt-in to my newsletter or course updates).
Secure payment gateways (if you purchase a course or consulting service).
Automated spam detection services (for comments and contact forms).
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long I retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. For users that register on the website to access educational content, I also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information. Lead capture and consulting inquiry emails are retained as long as necessary for business communication purposes.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, are subscribed to the newsletter, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data held about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that I erase any personal data held about you. This does not include any data I am obliged to keep for administrative, legal, tax, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments and form submissions may be checked through an automated spam detection service.