Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and informs You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We are committed to protecting Your privacy and handling Your data with transparency and care.

We use Your Personal Data to provide and improve the Service, ensuring a tailored and secure experience. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Should you have any questions or concerns about our data practices, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Interpretation and Definitions

Interpretation

The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. These definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural, ensuring consistent understanding throughout this document.

Definitions

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, the following terms are defined as:

• Account means a unique, personalized account created for You to access and utilize our Service or specific restricted parts of our Service. This account serves as your digital identity within our platform.
• Affiliate means an entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with a party. For the purpose of this definition, "control" signifies ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest, or other securities entitled to vote for the election of directors or other managing authority.
• Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us", or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to awjunaid, the operator of this website.
• Cookies are small, encrypted files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device, or any other device by a website. These files contain data specific to Your browsing history on that website, among their many uses, enabling various functionalities and improving user experience.
• Country refers to: Pakistan, which is the primary jurisdiction governing this Privacy Policy.
• Device means any electronic device that can access the Service, including but not limited to a computer (desktop or laptop), a cellphone (smartphone or feature phone), or a digital tablet.
• Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes information that can directly identify You (e.g., name, email) or information that, when combined with other data, could reasonably be used to identify You.
• Service refers specifically to the Website operated by awjunaid.
• Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes data strictly on behalf of the Company. This refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service (e.g., hosting, analytics), or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
• Third-party Social Media Service refers to any external website or social network service through which a User can choose to log in or create an account to use the Service, thereby leveraging existing credentials.
• Usage Data refers to data collected automatically. This data is either generated by the active use of the Service itself (e.g., pages visited, time spent) or derived from the Service infrastructure (for example, server logs or diagnostic information).
• Website refers to awjunaid, which is accessible from the URL https://awjunaid.com.
• You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our Service to You. Our data collection practices are guided by the principle of data minimization, meaning we only collect data that is necessary for the stated purposes.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You, or to provide You with specific functionalities. The types of Personal Data we may collect include, but are not limited to:

• Email address: Primarily used for account creation, communication regarding Service updates, password resets, and sending informative communications related to the Service.
• First name and last name: Used for personalization of Your experience on the Website and for internal record-keeping.
• Phone number: May be collected for specific functionalities or for direct communication if You opt-in for such services (e.g., SMS notifications, support calls).
• Usage Data: While categorized separately below, certain aspects of Usage Data, when combined with other identifiers, may constitute Personal Data.

Usage Data

Usage Data is collected automatically when You access or use the Service. This data helps us understand how our Service is used, identify areas for improvement, and ensure the stability and security of our platform.

Usage Data may include information such as:

• Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), which can indicate your general geographic location.
• Browser type and browser version.
• The specific pages of our Service that You visit.
• The time and date of Your visit.
• The time spent on those pages.
• Unique device identifiers (e.g., MAC address, IMEI for mobile devices) and other diagnostic data related to Your device's performance and interaction with the Service.

When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically that is specific to mobile usage, including, but not limited to:

• The type of mobile device You use (e.g., iPhone, Android phone).
• Your mobile device's unique ID.
• The IP address of Your mobile device.
• Your mobile operating system (e.g., iOS, Android).
• The type of mobile Internet browser You use (e.g., Safari Mobile, Chrome Mobile).
• Unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data relevant to mobile performance and usage.

We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device. This includes referrer URLs, browser language, and other standard HTTP request information.

Information from Third-Party Social Media Services

The Company offers You the convenience of creating an account and logging in to use the Service through various Third-Party Social Media Services. This allows for a streamlined registration and login process by leveraging your existing social media credentials. The social media services currently supported include:

• Google
• Facebook
• Twitter
• LinkedIn

If You decide to register through or otherwise grant us access to a Third-Party Social Media Service, We may collect certain Personal Data that is already associated with Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account. This information may include, but is not limited to, Your name, Your email address, Your activities on that platform, or Your contact list associated with that specific social media account. The specific data collected depends on the permissions You grant during the connection process and the privacy settings You have configured on the respective Third-Party Social Media Service.

You may also have the option of sharing additional information with the Company through Your Third-Party Social Media Service's account beyond the basic requirements. If You choose to provide such additional information and Personal Data, whether during registration or at any other time, You are explicitly giving the Company permission to use, share, and store it in a manner consistent with this Privacy Policy. We encourage You to review the privacy settings of Your social media accounts to understand what information is shared when You connect them to third-party services.

Tracking Technologies and Cookies

We utilize Cookies and similar tracking technologies to monitor and analyze activity on Our Service, and to store certain information that enhances Your experience. These tracking technologies, which include beacons, tags, and scripts, are employed to collect and track information, as well as to improve and analyze the performance and functionality of Our Service. The specific types of technologies We use may include:

• Cookies or Browser Cookies: A cookie is a small text file placed on Your Device by a website. You have the ability to instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent, providing You with control over their use. However, please be aware that if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts or functionalities of our Service effectively. Unless you have specifically adjusted Your browser setting to refuse Cookies, our Service may automatically use Cookies to provide its intended functionality.
• Web Beacons: Certain sections of our Service and our email communications may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs). These tiny, invisible graphics permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited particular pages or opened an email. They are also used for other related website statistics, such as recording the popularity of a certain section, verifying system and server integrity, and understanding user engagement with email campaigns.

Cookies can be broadly categorized based on their duration:

• Persistent Cookies: These Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device even after You go offline. They are used to remember Your preferences or actions across multiple sessions, such as staying logged in or recalling site settings.
• Session Cookies: These Cookies are temporary and are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser. They are typically used for essential functions during a single browsing session, such as managing a shopping cart or maintaining login status for the duration of Your visit.

We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:

Necessary / Essential Cookies

Type: Session Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are absolutely essential to provide You with services available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its core features. They play a critical role in authenticating users and preventing fraudulent use of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the fundamental services that You have requested cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies for the strict purpose of delivering those essential services.

Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies are specifically designed to identify if users have acknowledged and accepted the use of cookies on the Website. This helps us comply with cookie consent regulations and ensures You have been informed of our cookie practices.

Functionality Cookies

Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Us
Purpose: These Cookies enable us to remember choices You make when You use the Website, such as remembering your login details, language preference, or custom settings. The primary purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more personalized and convenient experience, saving You the effort of having to re-enter your preferences every time You visit or use the Website.

For more detailed information about the specific cookies we use, their purpose, and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our dedicated Cookies Policy (if available) or refer to the comprehensive Cookies section within this Privacy Policy.

Use of Your Personal Data

The Company may use Your Personal Data for various legitimate purposes, all of which are aimed at providing, maintaining, and improving our Service, as well as fulfilling our legal and contractual obligations. The purposes for which we use Personal Data include:

• To provide and maintain our Service: This includes all operations necessary to keep the Website functional and accessible, as well as to monitor the overall usage patterns of our Service to identify and resolve issues.
• To manage Your Account: This involves processing Your Personal Data to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide during registration grants You access to different functionalities and features of the Service that are exclusively available to registered users.
• For the performance of a contract: This covers the development, compliance with, and undertaking of any purchase contract for products, items, or services You have acquired, or any other contract entered into with Us through the Service. This ensures we can fulfill our obligations to You.
• To contact You: We may contact You through various electronic communication channels, including email, telephone calls, SMS messages, or other equivalent forms such as mobile application push notifications. These communications will primarily be for important updates, informative messages related to the functionalities, products, or contracted services, and crucial security updates, when deemed necessary or reasonable for their effective implementation.
• To provide You with news, special offers, and general information: We may send You communications about other goods, services, and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about. You will always have the option to opt out of receiving such promotional communications.
• To manage Your requests: This purpose involves processing Your Personal Data to efficiently attend to and manage Your requests to Us, whether they are support inquiries, feedback, or general questions.
• For business transfers: We may use Your information in the context of evaluating or conducting a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets. This could occur as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or a similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets being transferred. In such cases, Your data would be handled with appropriate safeguards.
• For other purposes: We may also use Your information for additional purposes, such as conducting data analysis to understand user behavior, identifying usage trends to inform product development, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and continuously evaluating and improving our Service, products, services, marketing strategies, and overall user experience.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We may share Your personal information in certain situations, always with a focus on fulfilling the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or when legally required. These situations include:

• With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with trusted Service Providers who perform functions on our behalf, such as monitoring and analyzing the use of our Service (e.g., analytics providers) or for facilitating communication with You (e.g., email service providers). These Service Providers are contractually obligated to protect Your data and use it only for the purposes for which it was provided.
• For business transfers: In the event of a merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business by another company, Your personal information may be shared or transferred. We will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place during such transactions.
• With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates (Our parent company, subsidiaries, joint venture partners, or other companies under common control with Us). In such cases, we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy and adhere to the same data protection standards.
• With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services, or promotions that we believe may be of interest to You. We only partner with reputable entities that share our commitment to data privacy.
• With other users: When You choose to share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas of the Service with other users (e.g., public comments, forum posts), such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Service. If You interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social Media Service, Your contacts on that service may see Your name, profile, pictures, and a description of Your activity. Similarly, other users within the Service will be able to view descriptions of Your activity, communicate with You, and view Your profile, depending on your privacy settings.
• With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose if we obtain Your explicit consent to do so.

Legal Basis for Processing Your Personal Data

We process Your Personal Data only when we have a valid legal basis to do so, as required by applicable data protection laws. The legal bases we rely on include:

• Your Consent: We may process Your Personal Data if You have given Us specific consent for a particular purpose (e.g., for marketing communications). You have the right to withdraw Your consent at any time.
• Performance of a Contract: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which You are a party or to take steps at Your request prior to entering into such a contract (e.g., managing Your account, fulfilling a service request).
• Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject (e.g., tax laws, regulatory requirements).
• Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company or by a third party, except where such interests are overridden by Your interests or fundamental rights and freedoms (e.g., improving our Service, preventing fraud, ensuring network security). We conduct a legitimate interest assessment to ensure Your rights are protected.

Retention of Your Personal Data

The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as set out in this Privacy Policy. This means we will keep Your Personal Data for the duration of Your active account with us, and for a reasonable period thereafter to address any inquiries, resolve disputes, or comply with legal obligations.

We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable tax, accounting, or other laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time compared to Personal Data, as it is typically aggregated and anonymized. However, exceptions apply when this data is used to strengthen the security of Our Service, to improve its functionality, or if We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods (e.g., for cybersecurity incident investigations).

Transfer of Your Personal Data

Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. This means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in Your jurisdiction.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy, followed by Your submission of such information, represents Your explicit agreement to that transfer. We understand the importance of safeguarding Your data during international transfers.

The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. No transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place, including robust security measures for Your data and other personal information, to ensure a level of protection equivalent to that required by Your jurisdiction. We implement standard contractual clauses or rely on other approved transfer mechanisms where applicable.

Your Data Protection Rights

You have specific rights regarding Your Personal Data that we hold. We are committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights. Depending on Your location and applicable laws, Your rights may include:

• The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of Your Personal Data that we hold.
• The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information You believe is inaccurate or complete information You believe is incomplete.
• The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase Your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of Your Personal Data, under certain conditions.
• The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of Your Personal Data, under certain conditions (e.g., for direct marketing).
• The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to You, under certain conditions, in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on Your consent as the legal basis for processing Your Personal Data, You have the right to withdraw that consent at any time. This will not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact Us using the details provided in the "Contact Us" section below. We will respond to Your request within the timeframe required by applicable law.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may provide You with the ability to delete certain information about Yourself directly from within the Service, typically through Your account settings.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us directly to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or a lawful basis to do so (e.g., for compliance with tax laws, fraud prevention, or to complete transactions). We will inform You if we are unable to fulfill Your deletion request due to such obligations.

Disclosure of Your Personal Data

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data under specific circumstances, always adhering to legal requirements and ethical considerations.

Business Transactions

If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred as part of that transaction. In such an event, We will provide You with prominent notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy. This ensures You are informed of any changes to how Your data is handled.

Law enforcement

Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if mandated by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order, subpoena, or a request from a government agency with appropriate jurisdiction). We will assess such requests to ensure their legality and necessity.

Other legal requirements

The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation (e.g., reporting requirements, regulatory compliance).
• Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company (e.g., enforcing our Terms and Conditions, protecting our intellectual property).
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service (e.g., detecting fraudulent activity, cybersecurity incidents).
• Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public in emergency situations.
• Protect against legal liability or to defend against legal claims.

Security of Your Personal Data

However, it is crucial to remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security. We encourage You to take steps to protect Your own data, such as using strong, unique passwords and being cautious about sharing personal information online.

Children's Privacy

Our Service is not directed to anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us immediately. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We will take prompt steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent or legal guardian for children under a certain age, We may require Your parent's or legal guardian's consent before We collect and use that information.

Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. These links are provided for Your convenience or as references. If You click on a third-party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions of every site You visit, as their practices may differ significantly from ours.

We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services. Your interaction with any linked website is solely at Your own risk.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will notify You of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

We will endeavor to let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective, and will always update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. We encourage You to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page. Your continued use of the Service after any modifications signifies Your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Do Not Track Policy

Some web browsers offer a "Do Not Track" ("DNT") feature that allows You to signal to websites that You do not want Your online activities tracked. Currently, there is no universally agreed-upon standard for how DNT signals should be interpreted or responded to. Therefore, awjunaid.com does not currently respond to DNT signals. We will continue to monitor developments in DNT technology and the implementation of a universal standard.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, including requests to exercise Your data protection rights, You can contact us:

• By email: awjunaid@proton.me