Privacy notice
How I handle your enquiry, the information collected when you visit this site, and your choices.
Contact me about your dataWho is responsible
I am Rand Deeb, an independent software engineer and security specialist based in Russia. I operate rand-deeb.com and am responsible for the personal information I use to handle enquiries through this website.
For a privacy question or a request about your information, email contact@rand-deeb.com. This notice covers the website and initial enquiries. A client project may require a separate agreement covering confidential material and project data.
When you contact me
The form collects your name, email address, selected service, message, language and confirmation that you agree to the processing of your enquiry. Your company or team name is optional. I use these details to understand your request, discuss scope and pricing, and reply to you.
You choose whether to contact me. The required fields let me handle a form submission; without them, the form cannot be sent. You can use the email link instead. Sending an enquiry does not subscribe you to a mailing list.
Keep the first message to a short description of your project. Do not send passwords, access tokens, confidential source code or undisclosed vulnerability details. We can arrange an NDA and a suitable exchange channel before sharing sensitive material.
Hosting, email and other services
The Vercel-hosted website processes your connection to serve pages and receive form submissions. Technical information includes your IP address, requested page, request time, and browser or device information. It is used to operate the site, diagnose problems and protect it against abuse.
Successful form submissions are forwarded to my inbox through email delivery. Email providers process the message to deliver and store it. The website does not keep a separate database of enquiry messages. Hosting and email services may process information outside your country, including outside Russia and the European Economic Area.
Telegram, LinkedIn and other external links take you to separate services. They receive information when you use them and have their own privacy terms. The contact form does not automatically send your message to Telegram. The interview recording and conference photos are served by this website rather than an embedded social-media player.
Visitor counts and performance
On Vercel, Web Analytics measures visits and page views, and Speed Insights measures loading speed, visual stability and responsiveness. Reports help me see which content is useful and where the website needs improvement.
The measurements include page addresses, referrers, browser and device information, approximate location and performance timings. Speed Insights also receives connection information and diagnostic details about page elements. Vercel describes these reports as aggregate or anonymous; Web Analytics does not use analytics cookies.
The form fields and message are not sent as custom analytics events. I do not use advertising pixels, session recordings or automated decisions about whether to work with a client. Browser content blockers can prevent the measurement scripts from loading.
Your language preference
The cookie named i18n_redirected remembers your chosen language for up to one year. On your first visit to the homepage, a supported browser language is used; otherwise the site opens in English. You can switch languages at any time.
This cookie is for language selection, not visitor tracking. You can remove it through your browser settings. The website uses locally hosted fonts; reading a page does not require a request to Google Fonts.
How long I keep information
If an enquiry does not become a project, I delete the correspondence from my active inbox 12 months after our last contact. This is an inbox-cleanup policy; the website does not automatically delete email.
If we work together, project correspondence and contractual records are kept for the project and any applicable record-keeping or legal-claim requirements. Hosting logs, measurement reports and email-provider backups follow the relevant provider’s retention settings. Deleting an inbox message does not immediately remove every provider backup.
You can ask for deletion before the 12 months are up. If I need to retain particular information for a legal obligation or an active claim, I will explain what needs to be kept and why.
Access, correction and deletion
Email contact@rand-deeb.com to ask what information I hold about you, correct it, request its deletion, or withdraw consent to processing based on your consent. If you want me to stop following up on an enquiry, say so in your message.
Depending on the law that applies, you may also have rights to restrict processing, object to it or receive your information in a portable format. I may ask for enough information to verify the request without collecting unnecessary identity documents. Withdrawing consent does not undo processing that was lawful before withdrawal.
Rights in your location
Russia: where Federal Law No. 152-FZ applies, you can request information about the processing of your personal data and seek correction, blocking or deletion in the circumstances provided by that law. You can raise a concern with Roskomnadzor or seek a judicial remedy.
EU and EEA: where the GDPR applies, requested project discussions rely on steps taken at your request before entering a contract; general correspondence and site security rely on the legitimate interests of responding to enquiries and operating a secure website. Processing that requires consent must have that consent. You have the applicable GDPR rights and can complain to the supervisory authority in your country. GDPR requests are normally answered within one month, with an extension where the regulation permits it.
Your location and the circumstances of the processing determine which rights and rules apply. Choosing English, Russian, Arabic or German does not change this. Visitors elsewhere can contact me about their information and any rights under their local law.
Changes to this notice
I update this notice when the website’s data handling changes. The date above identifies this version. Before using enquiry information for a different purpose, I will provide the information and obtain any consent required for that use.