Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Scope

This Privacy Policy explains how Biswajit Mazumdar (known professionally as Bicky), an independent senior web developer, software engineer, and technical SEO consultant based in West Bengal, India, collects, uses, protects, and handles your personal information when you visit biswajitmazumdar.com or engage in professional correspondence.

I operate an individual consultancy providing web architecture, custom PHP applications, SaaS engineering, and technical SEO leadership for clients worldwide, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and India. I am committed to maintaining transparent, ethical, and secure data handling standards.

2. Information Collected

I practice data minimization. I only collect information that is strictly necessary to communicate with you about your projects or deliver contracted web development services:

• Direct Inquiry Information: When you submit a project inquiry via the contact form or email, I may receive your name, business email address, telephone/WhatsApp number (if voluntarily provided), company name, and technical project description.
• Contract & Billing Data: If we enter into a commercial development agreement, I collect corporate billing addresses, tax identifiers (where applicable), and project milestone documentation.
• Technical Device & Server Logs: Standard web server logs automatically record visitor IP addresses, browser user-agents, referring URLs, and request timestamps to monitor server health and mitigate malicious automated attacks.

I do not collect sensitive personal categories (such as biometric data, health records, or religious beliefs), nor do I track users across third-party websites for targeted advertising.

3. Purpose of Data Processing

Your personal information is processed strictly for legitimate business and contractual purposes:

• To evaluate and respond to your website design, software engineering, or technical SEO inquiries.
• To draft project specifications, scope architectural blueprints, and deliver custom programming deliverables.
• To issue project milestones, invoices, and maintain records of completed technical deliverables.
• To protect the security, stability, and integrity of biswajitmazumdar.com against malicious bots, spam, and denial-of-service attempts.

4. Data Protection & Confidentiality

I do not sell, rent, lease, or monetize your personal information to third parties under any circumstances.

All project briefs, client codebase credentials, and correspondence are held in strict professional confidence. I implement modern security protocols, including end-to-end TLS/SSL transport encryption, secure Linux hosting environments, multi-factor authentication on development systems, and strict server-side access barriers.

5. Third-Party Infrastructure & Processors

This website relies on select, reputable technical infrastructure providers to maintain uptime, edge delivery, and secure communications:

• Cloudflare: Provides DNS resolution, Content Delivery Network (CDN) edge caching, Web Application Firewall (WAF) filtering, and DDoS attack mitigation.
• Google Analytics 4: Collects anonymized, aggregated usage statistics (such as page views and geographic country distribution) with IP masking enabled to help understand website performance.
• Stripe / Payment Gateways: Used for secure electronic invoicing and credit card processing. Payment card details are handled directly by the PCI-DSS compliant processor and never touch my local web server.

6. International Cross-Border Data Transfers

Because I collaborate with international clients across the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, project correspondence and technical files necessarily cross national borders. When data is transferred internationally, it is transmitted over encrypted channels and processed in accordance with internationally recognized data privacy principles.

7. Your Rights & Contact Information

Regardless of your geographic location, you hold the following rights regarding your personal information:

• Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal contact records I hold about you.
• Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or outdated contact information.
• Right to Erasure: Request the deletion of your inquiry messages or archived communication records, subject to legal or tax retention obligations.