Policies

Compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and other policies

Introduction

The difference between a privacy policy and terms and conditions is that a privacy policy protects my users’ rights, while terms and conditions protect this website or app’s rights. Privacy policies outline how I interact with user data, and terms and conditions outline the rules for using this site.

This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what information I collect, why I collect it, and how you can update, manage, export, and delete your information.

Social Media Comments Policy

Code of Conduct

I promote a positive and friendly discussion. Please be reminded of a couple of rules to make things easier:

  • Pitch in! Offer what help you can, as there is never enough time to do everything.
  • Assume good intentions.
  • Keep it civil, courteous and polite.
  • Don’t waste people’s time so do not spam. It will be rejected!

All comments require approval. I reserve the right to ban or suspend from this community anyone who cannot play by the rules. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a regulation in EU law on data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union and the European Economic Area. It became enforceable on 25 May 2018.

Your Rights Under GDPR:

  • ✅ Right to Access - Request what data I hold about you
  • ✅ Right to Rectification - Correct inaccurate data
  • ✅ Right to Erasure - Request deletion of your data
  • ✅ Right to Data Portability - Receive your data in a portable format
  • ✅ Right to Object - Object to processing of your data

To exercise these rights, please contact me.

The Privacy Settings Explained

Below are all privacy settings and their value .

I use a cookie consent banner to give you control over non-essential cookies. You can:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Reject non-essential cookies
  • Customize your preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking “Cookie Settings” in the footer.

Google Analytics

I use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with our website.

All scripts used on this website, including the cookie consent manager, are served locally from my own server. No third-party CDN requests are made without your consent, ensuring your visit remains private until you choose to interact with external services.

IP Anonymization

GA4 automatically anonymizes all IP addresses by default. No full IP addresses are ever stored or processed.

Google Analytics only loads after you explicitly accept analytics cookies. If you reject or withdraw consent, GA is not loaded and no data is collected.

Session Storage

GA4 uses cookies to store the client ID. I have configured these cookies to use the SameSite=None;Secure flag for improved security.

YouTube

privacyEnhanced

Privacy-enhanced mode is turned on as a result of which YouTube won’t store information about visitors on your website unless the user plays the embedded video.

Comments

I use Cusdis for comments, a lightweight, privacy-focused commenting system. When you leave a comment, I collect:

  • Your name (required)
  • Email address (required, never publicly displayed)
  • Website URL (optional)
  • Comment content

All comments require approval to prevent spam.

This is Free Cultural Works as defined by Create Commons

This is Free Cultural Works as defined by Create Commons

I strong supporter of transparency and sharing of information. This website is therefore licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

This allows for adaptations of my work to be shared as long as others share alike. This includes commercial uses of my work.

Should I myself accidentally have infringed on someone’s copyright, my apologies! Please drop me a line and I will correct it immediately.

Representation

Any views or opinions represented on the Website are personal and belong solely to me and do not represent those of people, institutions or organizations that the owner may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity unless explicitly stated. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, or individual.

Indemnification and warranties

While I have made every attempt to ensure that the information contained on the Website is correct. I am not responsible for any errors or omissions, or for the results obtained from the use of this information. All information on the Website is provided “as is”, with no guarantee of completeness, accuracy, timeliness or of the results obtained from the use of this information, and without warranty of any kind, express or implied. In no event will I be liable to you or anyone else for any decision made or action taken in reliance on the information on the Website or for any consequential, special or similar damages, even if advised of the possibility of such damages. Information on the Website is for general information purposes only and is not intended to provide any type of professional advice. Please seek professional assistance should you require it. Furthermore, information contained on the Website and any pages linked to and from it are subject to change at any time and without warning.

E-mail Disclaimer

The information in e-mail (and any attachments) is intended exclusively for the addressee(s). Any use by a party other than the addressee(s) is prohibited. The information may be confidential in nature and fall under a duty of non disclosure. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender and delete this e-mail. Our Man in India cannot guarantee that e-mail communications are secure and error-free and does not accept any liability for damages resulting from the use of e-mail.