Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 13, 2026

Welcome to FromTechie (fromtechie.com). Your privacy matters to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, and the choices and rights you have.

FromTechie was founded by Muzammil Hussain and is operated from Pakistan. In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to FromTechie. If you have any questions, contact us at contact@fromtechie.com.

1. Information We Collect

Information you give us

  • Contact form and email: when you contact us, we collect your name, email address and the content of your message.
  • Comments: when you leave a comment, we collect your name, email address, the comment itself, and your IP address and browser details to help detect spam. Your email address is never shown publicly.

Information collected automatically

When you visit FromTechie, some information is collected automatically, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, pages visited, time spent on pages and the website that referred you. This is collected through cookies, web beacons, log files and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Reply to your messages and requests
  • Display and moderate comments
  • Understand how visitors use our site, so we can improve our content
  • Show advertisements that keep FromTechie free to read
  • Track affiliate referrals
  • Protect our site from spam, abuse and security threats
  • Comply with legal obligations

We do not sell your personal information for money.

3. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA and UK Visitors)

If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your personal data on these legal bases:

  • Consent: for personalized advertising cookies, which you can withdraw at any time
  • Legitimate interests: to run, secure and improve our website and reply to messages
  • Legal obligation: when the law requires us to keep or share information

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We and our partners use cookies to keep the site working, remember your preferences, measure traffic and show ads.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Some parts of the site may not work properly without them.

5. Advertising (Google AdSense and Other Ad Partners)

We use Google AdSense to show ads on FromTechie, and we may work with other advertising partners in the future.

  • Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
  • Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
  • You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings: https://adssettings.google.com
  • You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info/choices, or www.youronlinechoices.eu if you are in Europe.

Our advertising partners may place and read cookies on your browser, or use web beacons and IP addresses, to collect information as a result of ad serving on our site.

To learn how Google uses information from sites that use its services, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites

6. Consent for Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we ask for your consent before using cookies for personalized ads, through a certified consent banner shown when you first visit. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the privacy settings link on our site.

7. Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site, for example which pages are most popular. Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time on site, device type and approximate location (country or city). This data is used in aggregated form.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

8. Affiliate Links

Some posts may contain affiliate links. If you click one and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate partners may use cookies to record that the purchase came from our site.

9. Spam Protection

We use Antispam Bee to protect our comments from spam. It checks comments on our own server and does not send your data to any third-party service. Information used for spam checks, such as your IP address, is not stored permanently.

10. Service Providers

We use trusted third-party services to run FromTechie, such as web hosting, security, email, analytics and advertising providers. These providers may process your information only to perform services for us.

11. Sharing of Information

We may share information:

  • With the service providers and partners described in this policy
  • When required by law, court order or a government request
  • To protect the rights, safety and security of FromTechie, our users or others
  • As part of a merger, sale or transfer of the website, in which case this policy will continue to apply to your information

12. Third-Party Links

Our posts link to other websites and tools. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Please read their privacy policies before sharing any information with them.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, including under the GDPR (EEA), UK GDPR, and US state privacy laws such as the CCPA/CPRA (California), you may have the right to:

  • Know what personal data we hold about you
  • Get a copy of your data
  • Ask us to correct or delete your data
  • Object to or restrict how we use your data
  • Withdraw your consent at any time
  • Opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of your personal information for targeted advertising
  • Not be discriminated against for using these rights

We respect Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals where required by law.

To make a request, email contact@fromtechie.com with “Legal: Privacy Request” in the subject line. We may need to verify your identity before responding. We will respond within 30 days, or within the time required by the law that applies to you.

If you are in the EEA or UK, you also have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.

14. Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes in this policy:

  • Contact messages: deleted when no longer needed to answer your request
  • Comments: kept as long as the comment is published on the site
  • Analytics data: kept according to Google Analytics retention settings

15. International Data Transfers

FromTechie is operated from Pakistan, and our service providers may process data in other countries, including the United States. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers.

16. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your information, including secure (HTTPS) connections. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

17. Children’s Privacy

FromTechie is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.

18. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time, for example when we add new features or partners. Changes will be posted on this page with a new “Last updated” date. Please check this page regularly.

19. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:

📧 contact@fromtechie.com (subject: “Legal: Privacy Request”)
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