This Privacy Policy explains how Nitin Arya collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you use this website or engage my freelance services.
Last Updated: September 4, 2026
1. Who I Am
This website is operated by Nitin Arya, an independent freelance WordPress developer and consultant based in India. I provide WordPress development, website design, eCommerce development, SEO, maintenance, consulting, hosting, deployment, and related digital services to clients in India and worldwide.
My website address is: https://wp-nitin.com
2. Information I Collect
Depending on how you interact with my website or services, I may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address, contact details, company or business information, project requirements, messages, files, and other information you choose to provide.
I may also automatically collect limited technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, operating system, and website usage information where necessary for website operation, security, analytics, troubleshooting, or performance monitoring.
3. Contact Forms and Enquiries
I may use MetForm, Fluent Forms, and Forminator to provide contact forms and other forms on this website.
When you submit information through a form, I may collect the information you provide, such as your name, email address, contact details, project requirements, and message.
I use this information to respond to enquiries, understand your requirements, prepare proposals or estimates, communicate with you, and provide requested services.
4. Client and Project Information
When you engage me for services, I may process information required to provide and manage the project. This may include business and contact information, project requirements, website information, files and content supplied by you, project communications, approvals, invoices, payment-related records, and other information necessary to perform the agreed services.
Information provided for a project is used only as reasonably necessary to deliver, manage, support, maintain, or communicate about the relevant services.
5. How I Use Your Information
I may use information collected through this website or during service delivery to:
- Respond to enquiries and requests
- Prepare proposals, estimates, and project plans
- Provide and manage freelance and digital services
- Communicate with clients regarding projects and support
- Process invoices and maintain business records
- Maintain, secure, troubleshoot, and improve my website
- Understand website usage and improve user experience
- Prevent spam, fraud, misuse, and unauthorized activity
- Comply with applicable legal, administrative, and security requirements
6. Comments
When visitors leave comments on my site, I collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to determine whether you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/.
After approval of your comment, your profile picture may be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
7. Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images published on the website.
8. Cookies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, security, preferences, analytics, and other website operations.
If you leave a comment on my site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These cookies are used for your convenience so that you do not have to enter your details again when leaving another comment.
If you visit a login page, a temporary cookie may be set to determine whether your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, cookies may be used to save your login information and screen display choices. WordPress login and preference cookies may have different retention periods depending on their purpose.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie may be saved in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you edited.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
9. Analytics and Website Usage
I use Google Analytics to understand website traffic and usage and to improve the website and user experience.
I may also use Hotjar and Microsoft Clarity, where enabled, to understand how visitors interact with my website, identify usability issues, and improve website performance and user experience.
These services may collect information such as IP address, device information, browser information, pages visited, referring pages, approximate location, and interaction or usage data. They may use cookies or similar technologies according to their respective privacy policies.
10. Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles and pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, images, articles, code examples, or other resources from third-party websites.
Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you had visited the other website directly. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, particularly if you have an account and are logged in to that third-party website.
11. Hosting, Domain and Website Services
My website and related services may use infrastructure or services provided by GoDaddy and Hostinger for domain registration, hosting, servers, or related technical requirements.
These providers may process technical or account-related information as necessary to provide their services. Their processing of information is subject to their respective terms and privacy policies.
12. Security Services
I may use iThemes Security and Wordfence to help protect my website against spam, malicious activity, unauthorized access, security threats, and other forms of abuse.
These security services may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser information, login activity, and security-related events where necessary to detect, prevent, or investigate potentially harmful activity.
13. Payments and Financial Information
I may accept payments through methods including UPI, PayPal, and bank transfer.
Payment information may be processed or handled by the relevant payment provider or financial institution. I do not require you to provide payment card details directly to me where payment is made through a third-party payment service.
I may retain payment confirmations, transaction references, invoices, and related financial records as reasonably necessary for accounting, business administration, contractual, legal, or tax purposes.
14. Who I Share Your Data With
I do not sell or rent your personal information.
I may share or allow access to information with third-party service providers where reasonably necessary to operate my website, provide requested services, process payments, provide hosting or technical infrastructure, perform analytics, provide security services, prevent spam or fraud, or comply with legal requirements.
These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and terms. I do not control the privacy practices of independent third-party services.
15. Client Credentials and Access Information
For certain WordPress development, maintenance, hosting, migration, deployment, or technical services, clients may provide access credentials or other information required to access websites, hosting accounts, servers, APIs, or related systems.
Such information is used only as reasonably necessary to provide the requested services and should be provided through appropriate secure methods wherever possible.
Clients are responsible for providing accurate access information and for revoking or changing credentials when my authorized access is no longer required.
16. Where Your Data Is Stored or Processed
Depending on the services and third-party providers involved, your information may be stored or processed on servers located in India or other countries.
Third-party services used by my website or for project delivery may process information outside your country of residence in accordance with their own terms and privacy policies.
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
17. How Long I Retain Your Data
I retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing services, maintaining business and financial records, resolving disputes, enforcing agreements, preventing fraud or misuse, and complying with applicable legal or administrative requirements.
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata may be retained indefinitely where reasonably necessary to recognize and approve follow-up comments.
Project files, communications, backups, website data, and other project-related information may be retained for a reasonable period based on operational, contractual, security, legal, or business requirements. Such information is not guaranteed to be retained indefinitely.
18. Data Security
I take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, loss, alteration, or disclosure.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Clients should avoid sending sensitive credentials or confidential information through unsecured communication methods where a more secure method is available.
19. What Rights You Have Over Your Data
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights regarding the personal information I hold about you, including requesting access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information.
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request an exported file of the personal data I hold about you, including data you have provided to me.
You may also request that I erase personal data I hold about you. This does not include information I am required to retain for administrative, legal, contractual, financial, security, fraud-prevention, or other legitimate purposes.
To make a privacy-related request, please contact me using the details provided below.
20. Children’s Privacy
This website and my services are intended for businesses, professionals, and other individuals capable of entering into applicable agreements. I do not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of providing my services.
21. Changes to This Privacy Policy
I may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to my website, services, data practices, or applicable requirements.
The updated version will be published on this website with a revised “Last Updated” date.
22. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy-related request, please contact me:
Nitin Arya
Email: connect@wp-nitin.com
Website: https://wp-nitin.com