Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Hammad Shk (Hammad Sheikh) handles personal data on hammadshk.com. The practice is based in Lahore, Pakistan.

Last updated: 8 September 2026.

What this policy covers

This policy covers the public website, contact and assessment forms, newsletter signup, blog post feedback, site chat when it is enabled, and related email. It does not cover other websites you may reach from here.

Data that is collected

When you submit a form, the site may store your name, email address, phone number, company or site URL, message text, and the service you selected. Blog feedback also stores the post title, post URL, category, and the reason you chose.

Technical data may include internet protocol (IP) address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, and the time of the request. This helps keep the site secure and diagnose errors.

If you subscribe to the newsletter, the site stores your name, email, signup time, and later unsubscribe or removal details you provide.

Cookies and analytics

The site may use cookies or similar storage for basic operation, security, and measurement. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) or Google Tag Manager may run when a measurement ID is configured in site settings.

Those tools can record how pages are used. You can block or clear cookies in your browser. Some features may not work if you block all cookies.

How data is used

Form data is used to reply to you, quote or deliver work you asked for, and keep a record of the conversation. Newsletter data is used to send the emails you signed up for.

Technical and analytics data is used to run the site, fix faults, and understand which pages are read. Marketing email is sent only if you subscribed, and it stops when you unsubscribe.

Legal bases

Where a privacy law requires a legal basis, Hammad Shk relies on: your request to receive a reply or a service; your consent for the newsletter; and legitimate interest in running a secure website and keeping business records as Pakistani law requires.

Sharing

Personal data is not sold. It may be processed by hosting, email delivery, form protection, and analytics providers that are needed to run the site. Those providers receive only what they need to do that job.

Data may be disclosed if required by law or to protect the site and its users from abuse or fraud.

Where data is stored

Servers and email tools may be located outside Pakistan. By using the site, you understand that your data may be transferred to those locations under the provider’s terms.

Retention

Contact and feedback records are kept while they are useful for the enquiry or project, then for a reasonable archive period for accounting and dispute handling. Newsletter records stay until you unsubscribe or ask for deletion, except where a suppressed address is kept so mail is not sent again by mistake.

Server logs and analytics are kept only as long as needed for security and reporting.

Your choices

You may ask for a copy of the personal data held about you, ask for a correction, or ask for deletion where the law allows. Use the contact form and say what you need.

To stop newsletter mail at once, use the unsubscribe link in any list email. To request deletion of stored list data, use the site’s data-removal form linked from the footer or from newsletter pages.

Children

This site is aimed at adult business readers. It does not knowingly collect data from children under 16. If you believe a child submitted a form, use the contact form so the record can be removed.

Changes

This policy may be updated. The date at the top of this page is the current version. Material changes will appear on this page.

Contact

Privacy questions: contact form, or the email and phone in the site footer. See also the Terms & Conditions.