Privacy Policy

Who is responsible

The data controller for AskAsif.org is Asif Javed. Contact for privacy requests: askaxif@gmail.com.

What we collect

• Contact form: your name, email address, the topic you choose and your message, plus your consent. This is stored in the website database so we can reply.
• Spam protection: a one-way hash of your IP address is kept for up to one hour to limit repeated submissions. The IP address itself is not stored with your message.
• Server logs: the website is hosted by Hostinger (servers in the Netherlands, backups in Lithuania). The hosting provider may record technical data (IP address, browser, pages requested, time) in server logs for security and operation.

We use Google Analytics 4 only if you click “Accept analytics” (see “Analytics” below). We do not use advertising, tracking pixels or a newsletter. Fonts are hosted on this website, not loaded from Google Fonts.

Analytics (Google Analytics 4)

Nothing from Google Analytics is loaded until you click “Accept analytics” in the cookie notice. If you accept, your browser loads Google Analytics 4 (a Google service) and sends a page-view record for each page you open: the page address without any query string, the page title, the website you came from (only its domain if it is another site), your browser and device type, and an approximate location that Google derives from your IP address. These records are linked to random identifiers stored in the _ga cookies.

According to Google, Google Analytics does not log or store the IP addresses of users in the EU, Switzerland or the UK; it uses them only to derive coarse location and then discards them. We have switched off Google signals, ads personalisation and optional data sharing with Google; advertising consent signals are always sent as “denied”. We do not send names, email addresses, message contents or search terms to Google, and logged-in editors are not measured.

Retention in Google Analytics: event-level data 2 months, user-level data 14 months (reset on new activity); aggregated reports are not affected by this setting. You can withdraw consent at any time via “Cookie settings” in the footer: tracking stops and the _ga cookies are deleted from your browser. More: How Google uses information from sites that use its services.

Why and on what legal basis

• Replying to your message — your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), which you can withdraw at any time.
• Analytics — your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR), given with “Accept analytics” and withdrawable at any time via “Cookie settings” in the footer.
• Security and spam prevention — our legitimate interest in keeping the site safe (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).

How long we keep it

Contact messages are kept only as long as needed to handle your request and any follow-up, and are then deleted. Spam-protection hashes expire after one hour.

Who receives it

Only the site owner and the hosting provider that stores the website. Messages are not forwarded by email; they are read in the website’s protected admin area. We do not sell or share your data for marketing. If you accept analytics, usage data is also processed by Google as our analytics service provider (see “Analytics” above).

Embedded videos

YouTube videos load only after you press play and then use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com). From that moment YouTube (Google) processes data under its own privacy policy.

Your rights

You can request access to, correction, deletion, restriction or portability of your data, object to processing, and withdraw consent — write to askaxif@gmail.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Italian data protection authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, garanteprivacy.it) or your local authority.

Children

The website is not directed at children under 14. Please do not send us personal data about children.

Changes

If we add advertising or a newsletter, this policy will be updated before they go live, and consent will be requested where required. See also the Cookie Policy.