Privacy Policy

Godzly Freelancing (“Godzly”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal data handled through our website and services.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, the service providers that may process it, how we protect it, and the choices available to you.

1.Information We Collect

Depending on how you use the website, we may process:

Account information: Your name or display name, email address, authentication information and account-related information.

Contact information: Information you voluntarily submit through contact forms, including your name, email address and message or project requirements.

User-generated information: Information you submit through features such as testimonials, vouches, support requests or communications.

Technical and security information: Browser/device information, IP-related information, timestamps, request information and information used to detect abuse, fraud, spam or security incidents.

Authentication information: Where you choose to sign in using a supported authentication provider, certain account information supplied through that authentication process may be processed.

We do not intentionally request sensitive personal data unless it is necessary for a specific service and clearly communicated to you.

2.How We Use Personal Data

We may use personal data to:

• provide and operate Godzly services;
• create and manage accounts;
• respond to enquiries and project requests;
• provide customer or technical support;
• process transactions where applicable;
• maintain website functionality;
• prevent spam, fraud, abuse and unauthorized access;
• maintain security and investigate incidents;
• comply with applicable law; and
• improve the reliability and performance of our services.

We will not use personal data for unrelated purposes without an appropriate legal basis or notice where required.

3.Third-Party Services

Depending on the features you use, Godzly may rely on service providers such as authentication, database, hosting, security and communications providers.

These may include services such as Firebase/Google, Cloudflare and email-delivery providers.

Third-party providers process information according to their own terms and privacy policies, as applicable.

4.Contact Forms and Spam Protection

Our contact system may use security measures including CAPTCHA/Turnstile, rate limiting, honeypot fields, timing checks and duplicate-submission controls to prevent spam and automated abuse.

Contact submissions may be processed through our server-side contact endpoint and an email-delivery service.

5.Data Sharing

We do not sell personal data.

We may disclose information to service providers that process information on our behalf, where required by law, to protect the website and users, or where necessary to provide a requested service.

6.Data Security

We use technical and organizational measures intended to protect personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, misuse or destruction.

No internet service can guarantee absolute security.

7.Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including account operation, service delivery, security, dispute resolution, legal compliance and legitimate record-keeping.

Specific retention periods may vary depending on the category of information.

8.Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal data, including access, correction, deletion and withdrawal of consent where consent is the basis for processing.

You may also have the right to lodge a complaint through the applicable grievance or regulatory mechanism.

We will provide reasonable methods for exercising applicable rights.

9.Children

Our website is not intended to encourage children to provide personal information unnecessarily. Where applicable law requires parental or guardian involvement or additional protections for a child, we will follow those requirements.

10.Cookies and Browser Storage

Godzly may use cookies, local storage or similar technologies that are necessary for functionality, authentication, security, preferences or maintaining certain application state.

Where optional analytics, advertising or other non-essential tracking technologies are introduced, they should be separately disclosed and handled in accordance with applicable consent requirements.

See our Cookie & Storage Policy for details, and use Privacy Settings to review your choices at any time.

11.Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will be published on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

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