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Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 28, 2026

Introduction

This privacy policy explains how alakel.eu ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our website, in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Data Controller

The data controller responsible for your personal information is Abdullah Alakel, operator of alakel.eu. To protect personal privacy, no direct email address is published. You can reach the data controller, including for any data protection request, exclusively through the contact form on this website.

Information We Collect

When you use our contact form, we collect:

  • Contact Information: Your name, email address, subject, and message content
  • Technical Data: IP address and browser information (via Cloudflare Turnstile for spam protection)
  • Analytics (Optional): If you accept cookies, we collect anonymous usage data via Vercel Analytics (page views, device type, location)

How We Use Your Information

  • Contact Form: To respond to your inquiries and communicate with you
  • Spam Protection: To verify you're human and prevent abuse
  • Analytics: To understand how visitors use our site and improve user experience

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

  • EmailJS: To send contact form submissions to our email
  • Cloudflare Turnstile: For spam and bot protection
  • Vercel Analytics: For privacy-friendly website analytics (only if you accept cookies)

International Data Transfers

Some of our providers (EmailJS, Cloudflare, and Vercel) may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), including in the United States. Where this happens, the transfer is protected by appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

Cookies

We use cookies only if you explicitly accept them via our cookie consent banner. You can decline cookies at any time, and the website will function normally without analytics tracking. The cookies we may use are:

  • user_cookie_consent: Stores your cookie preference (accept or decline). Essential for respecting your choice. Duration: 7 days.
  • Vercel Analytics cookies: Set only after you accept, to collect anonymous usage statistics. Purpose: site performance and improvement.

Data Security

We implement appropriate security measures to protect your personal information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your Rights

Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access: Obtain a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Right to rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Right to erasure: Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
  • Right to data portability: Receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format
  • Right to restrict or object: Restrict or object to the processing of your data
  • Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw cookie consent at any time

To exercise any of these rights, please reach out via the contact form.

Data Retention

Contact form submissions are kept only as long as needed to handle your inquiry and are deleted afterwards. Cookie consent preferences are stored for 7 days, and analytics data remains anonymous.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us through the contact form on our website. We do not publish a direct email address in order to protect personal privacy; the contact form is the official channel for all inquiries.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.