Zahidrafiq.com understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website, https://www.zahidrafiq.com/ (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here and in a way that is consistent with our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
1. Information About Us
The website is owned and operated by Zahid Rafiq and is a personal blog site providing technical information.
2. What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our site may contain links to third party websites. Please note that we have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by third party websites and we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
3. What is Personal Data?
Personal data is defined by the General Data Protection Regulation (EU Regulation 2016/679) (the “GDPR”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.
Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.
4. What Are My Rights?
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights, which we will always work to uphold:
a) The right to be informed about our collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 15
b) The right to access the personal data we hold about you. Part 13 will tell you how to do this
c) The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by us is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us using the details in Part 15 to find out more
d) The right to be forgotten, i.e. the right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we hold, Please contact us using the details in Part 15 to find out more
e) The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data.
f) The right to object to us using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.
g) The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to us directly, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases
h) Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We do not use your personal data in this way.
For more information about our use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us using the details provided in Part 15.
Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
5. What Data Do We Collect?
Depending upon your use of Our Site, we may collect some or all of the following personal data (please also see Part 14 on our use of Cookies and similar technologies):
6. How Do You Use My Personal Data?
This privacy notice tells you what to expect when Zahidrafiq.com Ltd. collects personal information. It applies to information we may collect about:
- visitors to our website;
- complainants and other individuals in relation to a data protection or freedom of information complaint or enquiry;
- people who use our services, e.g.: who subscribe to our newsletter;
- people who notify us under the Data Protection Act;
- Job applicants and our current and former employees.
Under the GDPR, we must always have a lawful basis for using personal data. This may be because the data is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data, or because it is in our legitimate business interests to use it. Your personal data may be used for the following purposes:
- Providing and managing your access to Our Site;
- Personalising and tailoring your experience on Our Site;
- Supplying our products or services to you, your employer or organisation. Your personal details are required in order for us to enter into a contract with you, your employer or organisation;
- Personalising and tailoring our products or services for you;
- Communicating with you. This may include responding to emails or calls from you;
- Supplying you with information that you have opted-in to (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by contacting our Management Team by email: mydata@zahidrafiq.com;
- Analysing your use of Our Site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve Our Site and your user experience.
With your permission and/or where permitted by law, we may also use your personal data for marketing purposes, which may include contacting you via email, telephone or post with information, news, and offers on our products and/or services. You will not be sent any unlawful marketing or spam. We will always work to fully protect your rights and comply with our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 and you will always have the opportunity to opt-out.
Third parties whose content appears on Our Site may use third-party Cookies, as detailed below in Part 14. Please refer to Part 14 for more information on controlling cookies. Please note that we do not control the activities of such third parties, nor the data that they collect and use themselves, we advise you to check the privacy policies of any such third party.
7. How Long Will You Keep My Personal Data?
We will not keep your personal data for longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Your personal data will therefore be kept for the following periods (or, where there is no fixed period, the following factors will be used to determine how long it is kept):
- If you have engaged us, to provide you with a product and/or service, data is kept for six years after the termination of the agreement to provide these products and/or services (however arising);
- Enquiries for services that have been made to us.
8. How And Where Do You Store Or Transfer My Personal Data?
We may store or transfer some or all of your personal data in countries that are not part of the European Economic Area (the “EEA” consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). These are known as “third countries” and may not have data protection laws that are as strong as those in the UK and/or the EEA. This means that we will take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR as follows.
Please contact us using the details below in Part 15 for further information about the particular data protection mechanism used by us when transferring your personal data to a third country.
9. Do You Share My Personal Data?
We may share your personal data with other companies in our group and sometimes contract with third parties to supply certain products and services. In some cases, those third parties may require access to some or all of your personal data that we hold.
Suppose any of your personal data is required by a third party, as described above. In that case, we will take steps to ensure that your personal data is handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, our obligations, and the third parties obligations under the law, as described above in Part 9.
Suppose any personal data is transferred outside of the EEA. In that case, we will take suitable steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR, as explained above in Part 9.
In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.
10. How Can I Control My Personal Data?
- In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in Part 5, when you submit personal data via Our Site, you may be given options to restrict our use of your personal data. We do not send marketing material at all. You can write to us at mydata@zahidrafiq.com should you have any related queries.
- You may also wish to sign up to one or more of the preference services operating in the UK: The Telephone Preference Service (“the TPS”), the Corporate Telephone Preference Service (“the CTPS”), and the Mailing Preference Service (“the MPS”). These may help to prevent you from receiving unsolicited marketing. Please note, however, that these services will not prevent you from receiving marketing communications that you have consented to receive.
11. Can I Withhold Information?
You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any personal data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for collecting specific data.
You may restrict our use of Cookies. For more information, see Part 14.
12. How Can I Access My Personal Data?
If you want to know what personal data we have about you, you can ask us for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.
All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email or postal addresses shown in Part 15.
There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive (for example, if you make repetitive requests), a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.
We will respond to your subject access request within one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within this time. However, in some cases, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.
13. Visitors to our websites
When someone visits www.zahidrafiq.com, we collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. We collect this information in a way that does not identify anyone. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our websites (www.zahidrafiq.com). We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personally identifying information from any source. If we want to collect personally identifiable information through our website, we will be up front. We will clarify when we collect personal information and explain what we intend to do with it.
14. Use of cookies by Zahidrafiq.com
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, and provide information to the owners of the site.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Cookie | Name | Purpose | More Information |
| Google Analytics | _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
| Zahidrafiq.com site cookie acceptance | cookieChk | This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on the Zahidrafiq.com website. | None |
| Actonsoftware | wp1818 | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | None |
| Google Plusone | PREF NID | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. | Click here for an overview of privacy at Google |
In addition to the controls that we provide, you can choose to enable or disable Cookies in your internet browser. Most internet browsers also allow you to choose whether you wish to disable all Cookies or only third-party Cookies. By default, most internet browsers accept Cookies, but this can be changed. Please consult the help menu in your internet browser or the documentation that came with your device for further details.
You can choose to delete Cookies on your computer or device at any time; however, you may lose any information that enables you to access Our Site quickly and efficiently, including, but not limited to, login and personalisation settings.
It is recommended that you keep your internet browser and operating system up-to-date and that you consult the help and guidance provided by the developer of your internet browser and manufacturer of your computer or device if you are unsure about adjusting your privacy settings.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
YouTube cookies
We may embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information for playback of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. To find out more, please visit YouTube’sembedding videos information page.
15. How Do I Contact You?
To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details:
Email address: mydata@zahidrafiq.com
16. Changes to this Privacy Policy
From time to time we may make changes to this Privacy Notice. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection. Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.