# Privacy Policy

_Last updated: 2026-08-22_

This page explains what happens to your data when you use this site. It is short and specific on purpose: this is a personal portfolio, not a company with a data-processing department, so the honest answer is usually simpler than a typical privacy policy makes it sound.

## Contact form

The contact form on /contact collects the name, email, phone number, and message you type in. When you submit it, that submission is forwarded directly to a private Telegram chat via a Telegram bot, so I can read and reply to it. It is not written to a database and is not used for anything other than answering you.

Submissions are rate-limited by IP address (5 per minute) to prevent abuse of the form.

## AI chat assistant

The chat assistant on this site (the chat bubble) sends the message you type, along with the recent conversation history in that session, to Google's Gemini API to generate a reply. That conversation is not stored in a database on my side; it exists only for the duration of the request needed to answer you.

Chat requests are rate-limited by IP address (20 per minute).

## Analytics

This site uses Umami for basic, privacy-friendly analytics (page views and referrers), and only loads it when it has been explicitly configured for the deployment. Umami is cookieless and does not build cross-site advertising profiles.

There is no advertising pixel, no cross-site tracking script, and no sale of visitor data to third parties, on this site.

## Scheduling

If you book a call through the Cal.com embed on this site, that scheduling interaction is handled by Cal.com, a third-party service with its own privacy policy. I only see the booking details you choose to share (name, email, and the time you pick).

## Hosting and server logs

This site is hosted on Vercel. Like most hosting providers, Vercel keeps standard server logs for operating the platform, which can include your IP address and request metadata. I do not query those logs for anything beyond debugging outages.

## Local storage on your device

Your theme preference (light or dark) and which portfolio 'mode' you have selected are stored in your own browser's localStorage. That data never leaves your device and is not visible to me.

## Data retention and deletion

I keep contact-form and chat data only for as long as it takes to read and respond to you; there is no long-term database of visitor submissions on this site. If you want a Telegram message you sent through the contact form deleted, or have any other question about your data, email mohitgoyal09042006@gmail.com and I will act on it.

## Changes to this policy

If what this site collects or how it is processed changes, this page will be updated and the date at the top will change accordingly.