This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, processed, and protected when you visit or interact with Balamurugan's portfolio website and related online services.
Effective date: September 19, 2026
1. Information You Provide
If you use the contact form, you may voluntarily provide information such as your name, email address, company, project type, budget, timeline, subject, preferred contact method, and message.
This information is used to respond to your enquiry, communicate with you about a potential project, and evaluate a possible professional engagement.
2. Contact Form Processing
Contact-form submissions are transmitted to the portfolio's server and may be processed through Resend or another configured email-delivery service for the purpose of delivering the enquiry.
The submitted enquiry may be sent to the portfolio owner's configured contact email address. An acknowledgement email may also be sent to the email address provided in the contact form.
3. Browser Storage
The website may use browser local storage to remember preferences such as your selected theme.
The contact form may also temporarily store an unfinished draft locally in your browser so that it can survive navigation or a page refresh.
Information stored locally in your browser is not intentionally transmitted to the server unless you submit the relevant information through the website.
4. GitHub Data
The portfolio may request publicly available repository information from GitHub to display project or repository statistics.
This may include information such as repository names, descriptions, stars, forks, language information, and other publicly available repository metadata.
The website does not intentionally request or access private GitHub account content through its public repository statistics functionality.
5. Third-Party Services
The website may use or link to third-party services, including GitHub, LinkedIn, Resend, email services, project demonstrations, hosting providers, analytics services, scheduling services, and other external platforms.
When you visit or interact with a third-party service, that service may process information according to its own privacy policy and terms.
6. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The website may use essential browser technologies and local storage to provide functionality such as theme preferences and form-draft persistence.
Where third-party services use cookies or similar technologies, their use is governed by the respective third party's policies.
7. How Information Is Used
Information submitted through the website may be used to:
- Respond to contact and project enquiries.
- Communicate about potential professional engagements.
- Provide requested services or information.
- Maintain and improve website functionality.
- Prevent abuse, spam, or unauthorized activity.
- Maintain appropriate professional and business records.
8. Data Retention
Contact enquiries may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for communication, project evaluation, professional record-keeping, legal obligations, or other legitimate business purposes.
Information that is no longer reasonably required may be deleted or otherwise disposed of where appropriate.
9. Data Sharing
Personal information submitted through the website is not intended to be sold as a product or service.
Information may be processed by service providers that are necessary to operate the website or deliver requested functionality, such as hosting, email delivery, security, or other technical services.
10. Security
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to protect information handled through the website.
However, no internet transmission, electronic communication, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
11. Your Requests
If you have submitted personal information through the contact form, you may contact the portfolio owner to request access, correction, or deletion of information where applicable.
Requests may be subject to applicable legal, contractual, security, or record-keeping requirements.
12. Children's Privacy
This website is intended primarily for professional and general informational purposes. The website does not knowingly request unnecessary personal information from children.
13. External Links
The website may contain links to external websites and services. Balamurugan is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites.
Users should review the privacy policies and terms of any external service they choose to use.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated when the website's functionality, services, or data-processing practices change.
The latest version will be published on this page together with the applicable effective date.
15. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy-related request, please use the contact information provided on the portfolio's contact page.