# Privacy Policy - Devansh Amdavadwala Portfolio

- **Canonical URL**: https://devansh.amdavadwala.com/privacy
- **Effective Date**: January 1, 2024
- **Last Updated**: September 2026
- **Data Controller**: Devansh Amdavadwala (Surat, Gujarat, India)
- **Contact**: devanshamdavadwala@gmail.com

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## 1. Overview & Commitment
This Privacy Policy governs the collection, utilization, and protection of information obtained through https://devansh.amdavadwala.com ("the Website"). I am dedicated to safeguarding your privacy and maintaining minimal, transparent data practices.

## 2. Information Collected
- **Direct Correspondence**: Personal information submitted voluntarily via the contact form (name, email address, message body).
- **Technical Telemetry**: Aggregated, non-personally identifiable diagnostic metrics (browser type, operating system, screen dimensions, approximate country/region) collected for site performance optimization.
- **Anti-Spam Verification**: Google reCAPTCHA v3 telemetry evaluated during contact form submission to protect the Website from automated abuse.
- **Local Preferences**: Browser local storage used strictly to persist your preferred UI theme mode (`mui-theme-mode`). No tracking cookies or advertising pixels are used.

## 3. Purpose of Processing
Collected data is used solely to:
- Respond to your direct inquiries and professional opportunities.
- Maintain site stability, security, and responsiveness.
- Protect infrastructure against malicious requests or denial-of-service attempts.

No personal data is ever sold, rented, monetized, or shared with third-party advertisers.

## 4. Third-Party Service Providers
- **Hosting & CDN**: Render and Cloudflare for global HTTPS delivery, caching, and DDoS mitigation.
- **Media Delivery**: Cloudinary CDN for optimized image delivery.
- **Contact Handling**: FormSubmit.co and Google Firebase Firestore for contact message routing.

## 5. Security & Data Retention
All communication across this domain is encrypted in transit using industry-standard TLS 1.3 cryptography. Inquiries are retained only as long as necessary to address your communication.

## 6. Your Rights
Under applicable data protection frameworks (such as GDPR and CCPA), you have the right to request access, rectification, or permanent deletion of any personal correspondence records. To exercise these rights, email `devanshamdavadwala@gmail.com`.