Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Overview

This Privacy Policy explains how Devansh Amdavadwala ("I", "me", or "my"), operator of https://devansh.amdavadwala.com ("the Website"), collects, uses, and safeguards information when you visit this website, submit contact forms, or otherwise communicate with me. I am committed to respecting your privacy and adhering to transparent, minimal data collection standards.

2. Information We Collect

I collect only the minimum amount of information necessary to deliver and operate a secure, responsive portfolio:

• Direct Communications: When you submit a message through the contact form, you provide your name, email address, and message contents.
• Usage & Device Metrics: Non-personally identifiable technical telemetry (browser user-agent, screen resolution, referring domain, and approximate geographical region) collected via privacy-conscious analytics to improve user experience.
• Anti-Abuse Verification: Google reCAPTCHA v3 telemetry is evaluated on form submission to protect against automated spam attacks and bot abuse.
• Client Preferences: Local storage is used strictly to remember your UI theme selection (e.g., light mode or dark mode via mui-theme-mode). No advertising or tracking cookies are placed.

3. How Your Information Is Used

Any information collected is strictly utilized for the following legitimate purposes:

• Responding to your business, employment, or consulting inquiries.
• Evaluating site performance, detecting broken pages, and diagnosing technical rendering anomalies.
• Protecting the Website and its infrastructure against malicious exploitation, DDoS, or fraudulent submission.
• I do not sell, rent, monetize, or trade any personal information to third-party advertisers or data brokers.

4. Third-Party Service Providers

To ensure reliability, security, and global delivery, this Website integrates with the following established infrastructure providers:

• Hosting & Edge CDN: Hosted on Render and Cloudflare for global content delivery, SSL encryption, and DDoS protection.
• Media Assets: Optimized portfolio screenshots and demonstration assets served via Cloudinary CDN.
• Contact Form Gateway: Form submissions are handled securely through FormSubmit.co and persisted in Google Firebase Firestore.
• Google Fonts: Typography loaded via Next.js Font Optimization to protect client IP privacy.

5. Data Retention & Security

Inquiries and contact records are retained only as long as necessary to fulfill the operational business purpose for which they were collected or to comply with statutory legal requirements. Industry-standard HTTPS encryption (TLS 1.3) is enforced on all data in transit across all endpoints of this domain.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction (such as under the EU General Data Protection Regulation / GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act / CCPA), you may have the right to:

• Request a copy of personal information held about you.
• Request correction or rectification of incomplete or inaccurate records.
• Request the erasure (deletion) of your personal correspondence records.
• Withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

7. Contact for Privacy Inquiries

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact me directly: