Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 20th November 2025
This Privacy Policy describes how Aijaz & Co. (“we,” “us,” or “our”) collects, uses, and discloses information from individuals who visit our website, submit forms, request meetings, interact with the website content or subscribe to our newsletters. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information from you when you voluntarily provide it to us through our website. The types of personal information we may collect include:
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following business purposes:
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Communication: To respond to your direct inquiries, requests for information, or support.
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Service Delivery: To assess and prepare for potential consulting engagements and client meetings based on the project insights you provide.
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Marketing: To send you our newsletter and other relevant professional communications, where you have provided consent.
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Website Improvement: To monitor, analyze, and improve the performance, functionality, and security of our website and services.
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Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and to protect our rights and interests.
3. Legal Basis for Processing (Applicable to GDPR/EEA Users)
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
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Consent: Where you have explicitly provided consent (e.g., for newsletter subscription).
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Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., responding to inquiries, operating our business, website security), provided these interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.
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Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary to take steps at your request prior to entering into a potential contract (e.g., preparing for a consultation meeting).
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We may disclose your information to the following categories of recipients:
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Service Providers: Third-party companies that perform services on our behalf, such as our partners, website hosting, IT maintenance, CRM software providers, and email delivery services. These providers are bound by strict contractual obligations to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
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Legal & Compliance: When we are legally required to do so, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, and the rights, property, or safety of others.
5. Data Security
We do our best to implement appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
6. Data Retention
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
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Inquiry Data: Kept for a reasonable period after the inquiry is resolved, or longer if it leads to a consulting engagement.
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Newsletter Data: Retained until you unsubscribe.
7. Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
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Right of Access: To request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
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Right to Rectification: To request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
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Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): To request the deletion of your personal data under certain conditions.
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Right to Object/Restrict Processing: To object to or request the restriction of processing your data under certain conditions.
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Right to Data Portability: To request that we transfer your data to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
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Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided below.
8. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. If you click on a link to a third-party website, you will be subject to that website’s privacy practices. We are not responsible for the content or privacy policies of third-party sites.
9. Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact Information
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
Aijaz & Co. Email: hello [at] aijaz [dot] co