Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 13, 2024

1. Introduction

PHPDEV (“we,” “our,” or “us”) operates the website https://phpdev.in (the “Service”). This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

2. Definitions

  • Service: The https://phpdev.in website operated by PHPDEV
  • Personal Data: Data about a living individual who can be identified from those data
  • Usage Data: Data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself
  • Cookies: Small pieces of data stored on your device

3. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

3.1 Types of Data Collected

a) Personal Data

While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you (“Personal Data”). This may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Website URL (if provided in comments)
  • Comments on articles

b) Usage Data

We may also collect information on how the Service is accessed and used (“Usage Data”). This may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g., IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data.

c) Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

3.2 Use of Data

PHPDEV uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain the Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer care and support
  • To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service
  • To monitor the usage of the Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To serve personalized advertisements

4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data Under GDPR

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), PHPDEV’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it.

PHPDEV may process your Personal Data because:

  • We need to perform a contract with you
  • You have given us permission to do so
  • The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
  • To comply with the law

5. Retention of Data

PHPDEV will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

PHPDEV will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.

6. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to India and process it there.

Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

PHPDEV will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of your data and other personal information.

7. Disclosure of Data

7.1 Business Transaction

If PHPDEV is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.

7.2 Disclosure for Law Enforcement

Under certain circumstances, PHPDEV may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency)

8. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

    9.1 Rights under GDPR

    If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. PHPDEV aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.

    If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.

    In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:

    • The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you
    • The right of rectification
    • The right to object
    • The right of restriction
    • The right to data portability
    • The right to withdraw consent

    9.2 Rights under CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act)

    If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

    • Request that a business delete any personal information about the consumer which the business has collected
    • Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal information disclose to that consumer the categories and specific pieces of personal information the business has collected
    • Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal information, or that discloses it for a business purpose, disclose to that consumer: (1) The categories of personal information that the business collected about the consumer; (2) The categories of personal information that the business sold about the consumer and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold; and (3) The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about the consumer for a business purpose

    9.3 Rights under LGPD (Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados)

    If you are a Brazilian resident, you have the right to:

    • Confirmation of the existence of processing
    • Access to data
    • Correction of incomplete, inaccurate or outdated data
    • Anonymization, blocking or deletion of unnecessary, excessive or processed data in disagreement with the LGPD
    • Data portability
    • Deletion of personal data processed with consent
    • Information about public and private entities with which the controller has shared data
    • Information about the possibility of not providing consent and the consequences of denial
    • Revocation of consent

    10. Service Providers

    We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

    These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

    10.1 Analytics

    We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

    You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.

    For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy

    10.2 Advertising

    We use Google AdSense & Bing Ads to serve ads on our website.

    Google AdSense is an ad serving platform run by Google. For more information on how Google uses data when you use our website, please refer to Google’s Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

    Bing Ads is an ad serving platform run by Microsoft. For more information on how Microsoft uses data when you use our website, please refer to Microsoft’s Privacy Policy: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

    11. Links To Other Sites

    Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.

    We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

    12. Children’s Privacy

    Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 (“Children”).

    We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children have provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

    13. Changes To This Privacy Policy

    We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

    We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.

    You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

    14. Contact Us

    If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

    By email: connect@phpdev.in