Privacy Policy

Areeb Syed Enterprises ("Enterprise", "we", "us", or "our"), operated by proprietor Areeb Syed, recognizes the importance of your personal and business privacy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, store, handle, and safeguard your data when you visit our website at areebsyed.tech or communicate with us regarding software engineering and IT consultancy services.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information solely to provide professional software services, respond to project enquiries, and maintain statutory business accounts:

• Direct Contact Data: When you complete our contact form or reach out via email or telephone, we collect your full name, email address, phone number, company/organization name, and project specifications.
• Contractual & Billing Data: If you enter into a business contract with us, we collect necessary business billing details including company legal name, business address, and transaction identifiers.
• Technical Metadata: Minimal non-identifiable technical data transmitted automatically by your browser (such as IP address, browser type, and operating system) solely for security log auditing and load monitoring.

2. Strict Policy on Payment Card & Banking Details

3. Purpose of Processing Data

Your information is processed strictly for legitimate business operations:

• Reviewing technical requirements and authoring formal written proposals.
• Delivering milestone engineering deliverables, documentation, and technical support.
• Issuing proforma invoices, receipts, and maintaining statutory accounting records as required by Indian taxation authorities.
• Communicating operational service updates, project milestone reviews, and warranty notices.

4. No Sale or Commercialization of Data

We operate a strict, absolute policy: We do not sell, rent, barter, trade, or monetize your personal or business information to any third party, data broker, or marketing agency under any circumstance.

5. Third-Party Service Processors

To maintain secure website operations and deliver our services, we engage reputable enterprise infrastructure providers bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations:

• Hosting & Edge Delivery: Vercel Inc. provides global content delivery network (CDN) and secure HTTPS hosting for areebsyed.tech.
• Form Forwarding: Formspree Inc. securely encrypts and routes project enquiries submitted via our website form directly to our business email inbox.
• Payment Processing: RBI-authorised payment aggregators (such as Razorpay, Cashfree, PayU, Stripe India, or Google Pay) facilitate tokenized transaction processing and settlement.

6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

areebsyed.tech is cookie-free: We do NOT employ tracking cookies, advertising pixels, invasive analytics beacons, or third-party behavioral trackers on this website. Our website functions entirely using clean, static HTML/CSS/JS without persistent tracking cookies.

7. Data Retention & Security Standards

We employ industry-standard technical and organizational security controls to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, or disclosure:

• All communications across areebsyed.tech are enforced over 256-bit Transport Layer Security (HTTPS/TLS).
• Project briefs, technical documentation, and customer communications are stored in access-controlled environments protected by multi-factor authentication.
• Billing and transaction records are retained only for the duration required by applicable Indian tax, GST, and MSME statutory accounting guidelines (typically 8 financial years).

8. Your Rights Under Indian Data Protection Laws

In accordance with applicable laws (including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023), you have the right to:

• Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
• Request rectification of any incomplete or inaccurate data.
• Request erasure of your personal data, subject to mandatory statutory tax and accounting retention requirements.
• Withdraw consent for optional communications at any time.

9. Grievance Officer & Contact for Privacy Matters

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your data rights, please contact the designated proprietor and Grievance Officer:

Any updates to this policy will be published directly on this page with a revised effective date.