Privacy Policy
Last updated: 3 September 2026
Who We Are
This website is operated by Hussain Sharifi, an individual based in London, United Kingdom ("we", "us", "our"), who works directly on research, operations and special projects. This notice covers this site and its enquiry routes. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data transparently.
What Data We Collect
This site has no forms. The only route in is an email you write yourself, so the only personal data we hold is what you choose to put in it: your name, your email address, your question, and anything you send with it. Please do not include medical records or detailed health information in a first email. If work goes ahead, a way to share records is agreed in writing before any records move. We do not collect usage data: this site runs no analytics and sets no tracking pixel, so your visit is not measured, profiled or recorded.
How We Use Your Data
An email is used only to reply to the enquiry it was sent with, and to carry out any work that enquiry leads to. There is no newsletter and no mailing list, so writing to the office does not put you on one. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.
Cookies
This site sets no cookies. Some pages remember your choice of colour theme in your browser's own local storage, which stays on your device and is never sent to us. You can clear it through your browser settings, and the site works normally without it.
Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Netlify (site hosting; it serves the pages and receives no enquiry, because the site carries no form)
- Google (Gmail; every enquiry, support and correction email is received and stored in a Gmail mailbox)
- Google Fonts (typography, on older pages only; the current pages self-host every typeface they use and request nothing from Google, while part of the recovered article library still links a Google Fonts stylesheet, and on those pages your browser requests font files from Google, which sees your IP address)
Your Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data. To exercise these rights, use the contact details below.
Data Retention
Enquiry emails are kept while the enquiry, or the commissioned work it led to, is open, and are deleted no later than twelve months after our last exchange. Records of paid work that UK tax law requires us to keep are kept for the statutory period and then deleted.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.
Contact
Questions or complaints about this policy, to ask what is held about you, to correct it or to have it deleted, go to Hussain Sharifi at office@hussainsharifi.com. If you are not satisfied with the answer, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.