Privacy Policy

Who we are

Tayyab operates this portfolio at https://thisistayyab.dev and is a co-founder of Taylance Tech, a co-founder-led software agency at taylancetech.com. You can contact me on this portfolio via the contact page or tayyab@taylancetech.com — the same person and company behind both sites. For privacy questions about this portfolio, email tayyab@taylancetech.com.

Information we collect

Depending on how you use the site, we may process:

• Contact inquiries — name, email, subject, and message you submit through the contact form.
• Usage and device data — pages viewed, approximate location (country/region), browser type, screen size, referrer, and similar technical data collected by analytics tools.
• Blog interactions — which articles are read (view counts stored on our database server) without requiring you to create an account.
• Server and security logs — IP address, request time, and user agent, kept briefly by our hosting provider for reliability and abuse prevention.
• Admin access only — authentication cookies if you sign in to the private blog dashboard (not used by public visitors).

We do not sell your personal information.

Why we use it

• Reply to your messages and discuss potential projects
• Operate, secure, and improve the website
• Understand which content is useful (analytics and blog metrics)
• Comply with legal obligations where applicable

Legal bases (EEA/UK visitors)

If you are in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, we rely on:

• Consent — where required for non-essential cookies/analytics (you may withdraw consent via browser settings or opt-out tools below).
• Legitimate interests — site security, basic analytics, and responding to inquiries that you initiate.
• Contract — processing needed to perform or prepare a services agreement after you contact us.

Third-party services

We use trusted providers that may process data on our behalf:

• Google Analytics 4 — usage measurement. See Google's Privacy Policy and the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
• Vercel — hosting, analytics, and performance insights for this site.
• EmailJS — delivers contact form submissions to our inbox.
• Supabase — blog content storage and anonymous view-count updates.

These providers may store data in the United States or other countries. We choose vendors with appropriate safeguards where available.

Cookies and similar technologies

Analytics and hosting services may set cookies or use local storage to recognize your browser across visits. Essential cookies needed to run the site are kept to a minimum. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; some features may still work without analytics cookies.

How long we keep data

• Contact messages — kept as long as needed to respond and for reasonable business records (typically up to a few years unless you ask us to delete sooner).
• Analytics— aggregated reports per each provider's default retention settings.
• Server logs — short rolling retention by the host.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, and to object or port data. To exercise these rights, email tayyab@taylancetech.com. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect their personal information.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the site after changes means you accept the revised policy.

Related

For website use and software services, see our Terms of Service. Questions: tayyab@taylancetech.com.