Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you submit our contact form:

• Identifiers: Full name, email address, phone number (optional)
• Commercial information: Investment comfort level (budget range)
• Communication data: Subject and message content, how you heard about us (source attribution)

We also automatically collect limited non-personal information:

• Analytics data: Anonymous, aggregated page-view statistics via Vercel Web Analytics. This service does not use cookies, does not collect personal identifiers, and cannot re-identify individual users.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information we collect for the following purposes:

• To respond to your inquiry and provide genealogy consulting services
• To send you a confirmation email after form submission
• To improve our website and services through anonymous analytics
• To comply with legal obligations

3. Service Providers (Third Parties)

We share your personal information with the following categories of service providers, solely for the purposes described above:

4. Sale or Sharing of Personal Information

We do NOT sell, rent, or share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We have not sold or shared personal information in the preceding 12 months. For more information, see our Do Not Sell or Share page.

5. Your Rights Under the CCPA/CPRA (California Residents)

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:

• Right to Know: You may request that we disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
• Right to Delete: You may request that we delete the personal information we have collected from you, subject to certain exceptions.
• Right to Correct: You may request that we correct inaccurate personal information we maintain about you.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing: We do not sell or share personal information. No opt-out action is required.
• Right to Limit Use of Sensitive Personal Information: We do not use sensitive personal information beyond what is necessary to provide our services.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@athena-genealogy.com. We will respond to your request within 45 days as required by law.

5a. Other US State Privacy Laws

If you are a resident of a US state with a comprehensive consumer privacy law - including but not limited to Virginia (VCDPA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), Utah (UCPA), Texas (TDPSA), Oregon, Montana, Iowa, Tennessee, Indiana, Delaware, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maryland, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Kentucky, or Nebraska - you have substantially similar rights as those described in the California section above (right to know, delete, correct, and opt out of sale/sharing or targeted advertising). Because we do not sell or share personal information and do not engage in targeted advertising, no opt-out action is required. To exercise any other right, contact us at info@athena-genealogy.com.

6. Data of Minors

Our services are not directed at individuals under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors. If we learn that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a person under 16, we will promptly delete that information. Under the CCPA/CPRA, personal information of consumers under 16 is automatically classified as sensitive personal information.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for up to 24 months after your last interaction with us, unless a longer retention period is required by law or necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defense of legal claims. After the retention period, your data is securely deleted.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. All data transmissions are encrypted using TLS/SSL. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

9. International Data Transfers

Our company is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. By submitting personal information through our Site, you acknowledge that your data may be processed in the UAE and/or the United States. In particular, our hosting (Vercel), email delivery (Resend), and business productivity tools (Google Workspace - Gmail, Drive, Sheets) operate on servers located in the United States, which means your contact information, message content, and related correspondence may be stored and processed there. We ensure that all data transfers comply with applicable data protection laws.

10. UAE Personal Data Protection Law (PDPL)

As a company registered in the UAE, we comply with the UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (PDPL). Under the PDPL, you have the right to access, rectify, and request deletion of your personal data. Requests can be directed to info@athena-genealogy.com.

11. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Our Site does not use traditional tracking cookies. Vercel Web Analytics, our sole analytics tool, operates without cookies and does not collect personally identifiable information. For more details, please see our Cookie Policy.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or applicable laws. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. We encourage you to review this page periodically. This policy is reviewed at least once every 12 months in accordance with CCPA requirements.

13. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your privacy rights: