Scope and who is responsible
DS LAB operates this website and is responsible for deciding how information collected through it is used. References to “DS LAB”, “we”, “us”, or “our” in this policy refer to the DS LAB website and team.
Information we collect
Project and partnership enquiries
When you submit a form, we collect the information you choose to provide. Depending on the form, this may include:
- Your name, work email, company, company website, country, and industry.
- The service or collaboration model you are interested in.
- Project challenges, desired outcomes, technical context, integrations, timing, and approximate budget.
- Partnership support requirements and whether an NDA may be needed before further details are shared.
- How you heard about DS LAB and any later correspondence relating to the enquiry.
Basic website analytics
For public page visits, the website records the page path, referring website domain, broad device category, and event time. The browser user-agent is used at the time of the request only to classify the device as desktop, tablet, or mobile. The analytics record does not include an IP address, precise location, advertising identifier, or cross-site profile.
Information you should not submit
Do not send passwords, access tokens, payment-card information, government identifiers, health information, or client-confidential material through a website form. If confidential disclosure is necessary, first request an appropriate confidentiality agreement and an approved transfer method.
How and why we use information
We use information only for relevant business and website purposes, including to:
- Respond to your enquiry and communicate about a possible project or partnership.
- Understand requirements, evaluate fit, prepare next steps, and manage follow-up.
- Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website and admin workspace.
- Understand aggregate page activity and improve website navigation and content.
- Maintain appropriate business records and comply with applicable legal obligations.
- Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights where reasonably necessary.
Depending on the applicable law and context, processing may be based on your consent, steps requested before entering a contract, performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or legitimate interests such as responding to business enquiries and securing the website. Where consent is the applicable basis, you may withdraw it for future processing.
International data transfers
Website infrastructure and service providers may process or store information in countries other than your own. Where applicable law requires transfer safeguards, DS LAB will use an appropriate lawful mechanism and reasonable contractual or organizational protections.
How long information is kept
Anonymous website analytics records are configured to expire automatically after 180 days. Enquiry records and related correspondence are retained only while reasonably needed to respond, manage a potential or active business relationship, maintain necessary records, resolve disputes, and meet legal obligations. Retention can vary according to the nature and outcome of the enquiry.
Information may be deleted, anonymized, or retained in restricted records when the original purpose ends, subject to technical backup cycles and any lawful preservation requirement.
How information is protected
DS LAB uses reasonable technical and organizational measures appropriate to the information handled, including authenticated admin access, restricted database access, input validation, and limited collection. No internet transmission or storage method can be guaranteed completely secure. Please use the contact address above if you believe information submitted through this website may have been compromised.
Your choices and privacy rights
Depending on the law that applies to you, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or a portable copy of your personal information; to object to certain processing; or to withdraw consent. You may also have the right to complain to the data-protection or supervisory authority in your country.
Send a request to dslab.web@gmail.com. Describe your request and the email address used in the enquiry. We may need to verify your identity and may retain information where applicable law permits or requires it. DS LAB will respond within the period required by applicable law.
Children's privacy
This business-to-business website is not directed to children, and DS LAB does not knowingly solicit personal information from anyone who cannot lawfully provide it. A parent or guardian who believes a child has submitted information may contact us to request review and deletion.
Links and changes to this policy
The website may link to third-party websites that operate under their own privacy terms. DS LAB is not responsible for their practices, and you should review their notices before providing information.
This policy may be updated when website features, service providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top of this page will be revised when a material update is published.