Last Updated & Effective Date: September 24th, 2025

I am Gaurav Kapadia, owner and operator of this website (this “Site”).  This Privacy Policy explains how your personal information is collected, used and disclosed when you visit this Site.  This Site is hosted on WP Engine and runs on WordPress.

I. WHAT PERSONAL INFORMATION IS COLLECTED?

• Server logs: WP Engine, which hosts this Site, automatically records information such as your IP address, timestamp, browser type, referring URL and pages visited.
• Cookies:  This Site may use Cookies to collect session IDs, device details, usage data, traffic sources, and IP address.  See the “Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies” section below for further information.

II. HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION USED BY THIS SITE?

• To maintain and secure the Site and improve its performance.
• To monitor Site traffic and analyze trends.

III. WITH WHOM IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SHARED?

• Service Providers.  This Site is hosted on WP Engine and runs on WordPress. I use certain trusted third parties such as WP Engine and WordPress to make this Site available to you. These third parties will access your personal information only to maintain and secure this Site, facilitate your browsing of this Site and monitor how this Site is being used.
• Compliance with Laws. I may disclose your personal information to a third party if (a) I believe that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to comply with any applicable law, regulation, legal process or governmental request; (b) to enforce my agreements or policies; (c) to protect the security or integrity of the Site from harm or illegal activities; (d) to respond to an emergency which I believe in good faith requires me to disclose information to assist in preventing the death or serious bodily injury of any person; or (e) to any other third party with your prior written consent.
• Business Transfers. I may share or transfer your personal information in connection with, or during the negotiations of, any acquisition of all or a portion of this Site to a third party.

IV. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES

This Site may use Cookies to collect and use information about how visitors use this Site. Cookies are small data files that are placed or accessed on your device when you visit websites or other digital properties and may be set by certain service providers. These technologies help this Site function effectively, improve user experience, and analyze website usage. I do not use cookies for advertising or retargeting purposes.

V. SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATIONS

You’ll see buttons or embedded content from X and LinkedIn on this Site. When those load, they may collect things like your IP address, the page you’re on, and info about your browser to allow you to view embeds, share content and follow accounts, and for their analytics and advertising purposes. If you’re logged in to those social media platforms, they can link that activity back to you.

I don’t control what social media platforms do with the data they collect.  They handle data, including personal information, under their own privacy policies. If you want to limit tracking by the social media sites, you can:

• Log out of X or LinkedIn before visiting through my Site;
• Block third-party cookies in your browser; and/or
• Adjust privacy and ad settings in your X or LinkedIn account.

VI. SHARING OF INFORMATION

I do not sell or rent your personal information. Some technical data goes to WP Engine (hosting and security) and to WordPress features.  X and LinkedIn get data when their tools are used, as mentioned above.

VII. YOUR CHOICES

• You can turn off Cookies in your browser if you’d rather not use them (though some features might not work perfectly).
• You can skip social media buttons and embeds if you don’t want those platforms to load.

VIII. YOUR RIGHT TO CONTROL AND ACCESS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

• U.S. States Privacy Notice. If you are a resident of certain U.S. states, you may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws. These include a right to know, a right to deletion, a right to opt out of sale or sharing of personal information, a right to withdraw consent, a right to correct inaccurate information, and a right to access and data portability.  
• EU & UK Users. The Site is not directed at users outside of the United States. Nevertheless, EU and UK users have several rights with respect to the processing of their personal information including: (i) the right to be informed; (ii) the right of access; (iii) the right of rectification; (iv) the right of erasure; (v) the right to restrict processing; (vi) the right of data portability; (vii) the right to object to processing; and (viii) rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling. If EU and UK data privacy laws apply, our legal bases for collecting and processing personal information include performance of a contract and/or consent. EU and UK users also have the right to lodge a complaint about the collection or use of their personal information by notifying their EU or UK supervisory authority. 
• Questions. If you have any questions regarding the above-referenced rights, including whether they apply to this Site’s processing of your personal information, please contact me at contact@gauravkapadia.com 
• Retention Policy.  The Site will retain your personal information as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy unless a longer period is required for legal or compliance purposes. 
• Do Not Track/Global Privacy Control. Some browsers offer a “do not track” (“DNT”) option and/or a Global Privacy Control (“GPC”) option. This Site does not respond to DNT signals, and this Site currently does not recognize GPC signals.