Privacy Policy | Anas El-Abrak

Note: This Privacy Policy is a template document prepared for aelabrak.com. It covers standard requirements under UAE PDPL and KSA PDPL. For high-stakes commercial use, please have this reviewed by a qualified legal professional in the UAE or Saudi Arabia.

1. Who We Are

This website, aelabrak.com, is operated by Anas El-Abrak, GTM & Growth Partner, operating in association with Absher Business (part of Absher Group), based in Dubai, UAE.

Data Controller Contact:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +971 54 522 6699
Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2. What Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when you voluntarily provide it: by using the contact form or the newsletter sign-up form on this website, messaging us on WhatsApp, booking a call, or emailing us. The contact and newsletter forms store what you submit (your name, email address and message, plus company and topic if you add them) in our database on a server operated by Hostinger in Mumbai, India. Confirmation emails and newsletter issues are sent through Resend, our email delivery provider. The data collected includes:

Full name: to address you by name in our response
Email address: to reply to your enquiry
Phone number: optional, if provided
Company or business name: optional, for context
Topic of enquiry: to route your message appropriately
Message content: your question, situation, or request

We also collect limited technical data automatically when you visit this website, including your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on pages. This is collected via analytics services (see Section 5).

LinkedIn-sourced contacts. Where a professional relationship starts on LinkedIn, we may hold the public profile details you share there (name, role, company and the content of our LinkedIn conversation). LinkedIn messaging and connection activity is processed on our behalf by Unipile, a service provider established in the European Union, under the same purposes and retention periods described in this policy. Unipile's privacy policy applies to its processing: unipile.com/privacy-policy.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal data you provide for the following purposes:

To respond to your enquiry or message personally
To provide the business advisory services you have requested
To follow up on an ongoing commercial conversation or proposal
To improve the quality and relevance of content on this website

Legal basis: We process your personal data on the basis of your consent (by voluntarily contacting us or subscribing to the newsletter) and legitimate interest (to respond to business enquiries directed to us). We do not use your data for unsolicited marketing. The newsletter goes only to people who subscribed, and every issue has a one-click unsubscribe link.

4. Data Retention

Data Type	Retention Period
Enquiries and messages	2 years from date of receipt
Active client communications	Duration of engagement plus 2 years
Website analytics data	26 months (Google Analytics default)

After the retention period, data is permanently deleted. You may request earlier deletion, see Section 7.

5. Third Parties We Share Data With

We do not sell your personal data to third parties. We share data only with the following service providers, strictly for operational purposes:

Google Analytics: website usage analytics. Data is anonymised and used only for aggregate traffic insights. Google's privacy policy applies: policies.google.com/privacy
HubSpot CRM: if you become a client or prospect, your contact details may be stored in HubSpot for relationship management purposes. HubSpot's privacy policy applies: legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy
Resend: delivery of newsletter issues and of emails triggered by the contact and newsletter forms. Resend's privacy policy applies: resend.com/legal/privacy-policy
Unipile: LinkedIn messaging and connection processing, as described in Section 2.
WhatsApp and Calendly: when you message us or book a call, their respective privacy policies apply to the data you enter there.

All third-party providers are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the purpose it was shared.

6. Cookies and Tracking

This website uses cookies in the following categories:

Strictly necessary cookies: Required for the website to function. No consent required.
Analytics cookies: Google Analytics uses cookies to understand how visitors use this site. These are anonymised and aggregated. You can opt out via Google's opt-out tool.

We do not use advertising or retargeting cookies on this site.

7. Your Rights Under UAE PDPL and KSA PDPL

Under UAE Federal Law No. 45 of 2021 (PDPL) and Saudi Arabia's Personal Data Protection Law (Royal Decree M/19), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to access: request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
Right to correction: request that inaccurate or incomplete data be corrected
Right to deletion: request that your personal data be deleted, where there is no overriding legal obligation to retain it
Right to restrict processing: request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances
Right to withdraw consent: if processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: [email protected]

We will respond to your request within 30 days. If your request is complex or numerous, we may extend this period by a further 30 days with notice.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. Measures include:

SSL/TLS encryption on all website communications (HTTPS enforced)
Access controls: only Anas El-Abrak and authorised Absher Business staff have access to submitted enquiry and subscriber data
Third-party service providers are vetted for security compliance

No transmission over the internet is 100% secure. While we take every precaution, we cannot guarantee absolute security of data transmitted to or from this site.

9. Links to Other Websites

This website may contain links to external websites (LinkedIn, Instagram, partner sites). We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any external sites you visit.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, services, or applicable law. The updated version will be published on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

11. Contact Us

For any questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact:

Anas El-Abrak
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +971 54 522 6699
WhatsApp: wa.me/971545226699
Address: Dubai, United Arab Emirates