Privacy policy

This page explains what information ayyaztech.com collects when you visit, why, and what you can do about it. The site is run by Ayyaz Zafar (AyyazTech). I keep this short and plain: if something here is unclear, ask me↗ (opens in a new tab).

What I collect

You can read everything on this site without an account. What gets collected:

• If you join the email list: your email address, where on the site you signed up (for example the footer or a specific article), the date and time, and the IP address you used to sign up and to confirm. The IP and timestamps are kept as proof that you asked to be added.
• If you click a short link (an address starting with ayyaztech.com/go/): the time, the page or app that sent you (referrer), your browser's user agent, your IP address, the country it maps to, and any campaign tags in the link (UTM parameters and ad click IDs such as gclid or fbclid).
• Analytics and advertising data collected by Google and Meta through their scripts, described below.

I don't ask for payment details, and there are no user accounts or comments on this site.

How it is used

• Email addresses are used only to send the AyyazTech newsletter: new tutorials and related updates.
• Short-link clicks are counted to see which videos, posts and platforms send people to a tool, and to filter out bots.
• Analytics show which pages people read, so I know what to write next.
• Ads (Google AdSense) help pay for the site and the free tutorials.

I don't sell your personal information, and I don't share the email list with anyone except the service that sends the emails.

Cookies and analytics

The site uses these third-party services. Most set their own cookies or similar identifiers:

• Google Analytics 4 measures page views and how people use the site.
• Google AdSense shows ads. Google and its partners may use cookies to show ads based on your visits to this and other sites. You can turn off personalised ads at Google Ads Settings↗ (opens in a new tab), and read how Google uses data from partner sites↗ (opens in a new tab).
• Meta (Facebook) Pixel records visits so I can measure and target ads on Facebook and Instagram. When you click a short link, the redirect page may also send a "viewed this tool" event to Meta, or to other ad platforms set up for that link, before it forwards you. Known bots are redirected straight away without these scripts.
• Cloudflare Turnstile runs on the email sign-up form to block bots. It checks your browser without a puzzle in most cases.
• YouTube: videos on this site use the privacy-enhanced youtube-nocookie.com player, and the player only loads when you click play. After that, YouTube's own privacy policy applies. Before any click, the video thumbnails are loaded from YouTube's image servers (i.ytimg.com and img.youtube.com), so YouTube sees your IP address and browser details for those image requests.
• Amazon Web Services (S3): article images and thumbnails are stored in an Amazon S3 bucket (ayyaztech-media, region eu-west-1, Ireland) and load straight from there when you open a page, so Amazon sees your IP address and browser details for those requests. No cookies are set for this.

The site itself stores one setting in your browser: your light or dark theme choice (in local storage, under the key ayyaztech-theme). It never leaves your device.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and use a content blocker if you prefer. The tutorials still work without them.

Visitors from the EU, the UK and Switzerland will see Google's consent message, where you can accept or refuse personalised ads. You can change your choice later from the same message.

Email list

The newsletter uses double opt-in: after you enter your email, you get a confirmation email, and nothing else is sent until you click the link in it. Subscriber data is stored in the AyyazTech database, and emails are sent through Resend↗ (opens in a new tab).

Every email has an unsubscribe link, including one-click unsubscribe in Gmail and other mail apps. Once you unsubscribe, you won't get any more newsletters. Signups that are never confirmed are deleted automatically after 30 days. After you unsubscribe, your address is kept, marked as unsubscribed, so you are never emailed again; ask me through the contact page if you want it deleted completely.

Where the data is kept

The website, the subscriber list and the click logs run on a server I manage (rented from Hetzner, in Falkenstein, Germany). Images are stored on Amazon S3 in Ireland (eu-west-1). Google, Meta, Cloudflare and Resend may process data in the United States and other countries. Short-link click logs are kept until I delete them; they are used only for my own traffic and affiliate reports.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• see the personal data I hold about you,
• have it corrected or deleted,
• object to its use, or withdraw consent (for example by unsubscribing),
• complain to your local data protection authority.

To ask for any of these, use the contact page↗ (opens in a new tab) and include the email address you signed up with. For Google and Meta data, use their own privacy tools, since they control that data.

Children

This site is written for developers and isn't aimed at children under 13. I don't knowingly collect their data; if you think a child has signed up, tell me and I'll remove it.

Changes

If this policy changes, I'll update it here and change the date at the top.