Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Scope

Welcome to AK Kinetic Studio ("we", "our", "us", or "Studio"). We are committed to safeguarding the privacy and personal data of our website visitors, registered clients, and project partners.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, process, store, and protect your information when you access https://ak-kinetic-studio.pages.dev, create an account, purchase bespoke web design packages, or communicate with us through direct channels.

2. Information We Collect

We only collect information that is strictly necessary to deliver high-quality digital design, manage customer accounts, and fulfill commercial agreements:

• Contact & Identity Information: Full name, email address, telephone/WhatsApp number ([STUDIO_PHONE: +91 79732 40243]), and business or company name provided during registration, brief submission, or quote requests.
• Account Credentials: Password authentication data. All passwords are cryptographically salted and hashed using PBKDF2 with SHA-256 (100,000 iterations). We never store, transmit, or have access to plain-text passwords.
• Project Brief Data: Brand guidelines, design preferences, website URLs, and feature specifications submitted via our interactive quote form.
• Payment & Transaction Information: Order ID, payment date, plan selected, currency (INR / USD), and unique invoice numbers (AK-INV-2026-XXXX).

3. Purpose & Legal Basis for Data Processing

We process your personal information strictly for the following purposes:

1. Service Delivery: To design, engineer, and deploy your custom website, motion visualizers, and digital flagship deliverables.
2. Account Administration: To create and secure your client access portal and enable viewing of project deliverables and tax invoices.
3. Billing & Invoicing: To generate verified tax invoices and maintain accounting records in compliance with Indian tax regulations.
4. Direct Communication: To respond to your project inquiries, send timeline milestone updates via email or WhatsApp, and schedule design review sessions.
5. Security & Abuse Prevention: To safeguard our website and edge infrastructure against fraudulent attempts, brute-force access, and unauthorized modification.

4. Data Storage, Security & Edge Protection

We employ industry-leading architectural safeguards to guarantee that your data remains confidential and tamper-proof:

• TLS 1.3 Encryption: All communications between your browser and our website are encrypted using high-grade Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3 / HTTPS).
• Cryptographic Password Hashing: Passwords undergo one-way cryptographic key derivation before reaching storage.
• Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Client records and studio dashboard operations are strictly isolated. Only designated studio personnel have administrative privileges.
• Global Edge Network: Hosted on Cloudflare Pages with edge isolation, DDoS mitigation, and encrypted key storage.

5. Absolute Commitment: Data is Never Sold

We will NEVER sell, lease, rent, trade, or monetize your personal information to third-party brokers, advertisers, or data aggregators.

We only share data with essential third-party service infrastructure required to operate our service:

• Payment Gateway: Razorpay (to process checkout and generate transaction receipts).
• Hosting & Edge Delivery: Cloudflare (for serverless edge execution and website delivery).
• Legal Obligations: If required by a court order, law enforcement authority, or statutory regulation under the laws of the Republic of India.

6. Your Data Rights under the DPDP Act 2023

As a data principal under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you are entitled to exercise the following rights:

• Right to Access: You may request a summary of the personal data we hold about you and the processing activities undertaken.
• Right to Correction: You may request rectification of inaccurate, outdated, or incomplete personal data.
• Right to Erasure (Deletion): You may request that we permanently delete your personal data from our active systems, provided there is no conflicting legal obligation to retain financial transaction records for tax compliance.
• Right to Nominate: You have the right to nominate an individual to exercise your rights in the event of death or incapacity.
• Right of Grievance Redressal: You may raise concerns or complaints directly with our designated Data Protection Officer.

To exercise any of these rights, please write to our Data Grievance Desk at:
hello@apexstudio.design or message via WhatsApp at +91 79732 40243.

7. Official Studio Business Details