Privacy Policy

1. Website operator

This website is operated by Alex Faustov. Questions about this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information may be sent to alex@faustov.com.

2. Information collected

Information may be collected when a visitor submits a contact or qualification form, contacts the website owner directly, or communicates about a potential or ongoing project. This may include the visitor’s name, email address, business or company information, details about a workflow or project, preferred contact method, and any other information voluntarily provided.

The website may also process limited technical information that is necessary to operate, secure, and protect the site and its forms.

If a visitor accepts analytics cookies, analytics information about how the website is used may also be collected through Google Analytics 4, as described below.

3. Use of personal information

Personal information is used only as reasonably necessary to:

• review and respond to enquiries;
• understand a prospective client’s workflow, requirements, and potential project scope;
• communicate with prospective or current clients about potential or ongoing work;
• provide and manage services where work is undertaken;
• operate, maintain, and protect the website and its forms;
• understand website usage where a visitor has consented to analytics; and
• comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations.

4. Legal basis for processing

Where applicable data protection law requires a legal basis for processing, personal information may be processed because:

• a prospective client has requested steps in connection with a potential contract or service engagement;
• processing is necessary for legitimate interests such as responding to business enquiries, communicating with clients, and operating and securing the website;
• the individual concerned has given consent, including for optional analytics; or
• processing is required to comply with a legal obligation.

Where processing is based on consent, the individual concerned may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect processing that took place before the withdrawal.

5. Sharing of personal information

Personal information may be processed by service providers that support website hosting and security, email delivery and communications, analytics, and other technical functions required to operate the website and respond to enquiries.

Personal information may also be disclosed where required by law, regulation, legal process, or a valid request from a competent authority.

The website owner does not disclose personal information to third parties for purposes unrelated to operating the website, handling enquiries, or providing services.

6. Analytics and cookies

This website uses Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors use the website and to help improve its performance and content.

Google Analytics is optional. The Google tag is not loaded until a visitor chooses “Accept cookies”. If a visitor chooses “Reject”, Google Analytics is not loaded.

A visitor may change the analytics choice at any time using the Analytics preferences control on this page.

More information about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services is available at:

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

7. Data retention

Personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including handling enquiries, maintaining appropriate business records, resolving disputes, and meeting applicable legal or accounting obligations. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the context in which it was provided.

Google Analytics event and user-level data retention is currently configured for 14 months.

8. International processing

Some service providers used to operate the website and communications may process information in countries other than the country where the individual concerned is located. Where applicable, such processing is subject to the safeguards required by relevant data protection law.

9. Privacy rights

Depending on the applicable jurisdiction, individuals whose personal information is processed may have rights relating to that information. These may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction or objection to certain processing, data portability, or withdrawal of consent.

These rights may be subject to legal limitations or exceptions.

Privacy-related requests may be sent to alex@faustov.com.

Individuals may also have the right to raise a concern with the data protection or privacy authority applicable in their jurisdiction.

10. Security

Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal information and the website. However, no method of transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

11. Third-party websites and services

The website may contain links to external websites or communication services. Those services operate under their own privacy policies and practices. This Privacy Policy does not control how third parties handle information once a visitor leaves this website or uses those services.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, services, or applicable requirements. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will indicate when the policy was most recently revised.

13. Contact

Questions or requests relating to privacy or personal information may be directed to:

Alex Faustov
alex@faustov.com