Privacy Policy

1. Introduction & Overview

Welcome to Metalynks (“we,” “our,” or “us”). This Privacy Policy explains transparently how personal data and technical business information are collected, used, stored, and safeguarded when you visit our website at https://metalynks.com/ or communicate with our search strategy practice.

We respect your privacy and are committed to handling all prospective client inquiries, website audit requests, and communications with strict professional discretion and confidentiality.

2. Operating Identity & Contact Information

All digital operations and client communications on this website are conducted under the official business name Metalynks. Official contact and operating details are:

• Brand & Business Name: Metalynks
• Physical Business Address: [Physical Business Address: To be provided and entered by business owner]
• Company Registration Status: [Company Registration Number: Optional / Pending owner review - if registered as a formal corporate entity, insert registration/CIN here; otherwise Not Applicable for sole business name operation]
• Direct Inquiries Email: pratik@metalynks.com
• Telephone Contact: +91 77424 06546
• Designated Privacy / Practice Lead: Pratik Kumawat (Founder / Practice Lead)

3. Information We Collect Through Our Website

We collect information solely when you voluntarily provide it through our website interactive features or when your device connects to our servers:

A. Form Inquiries & Audit Requests

• Free SEO Audit Form (free-seo-audit.html): Full Name, Business Email Address, Target Website URL, Selected Audit Focus (e.g. Technical SEO, Link Building, Content Gap), Optional Project Message, and Consent confirmation.
• Contact Us Form (contact.html): Full Name, Business Email Address, Website URL, Primary Need / Service Category, and Project Message.
• Homepage Inbound Form (index.html): First Name, Last Name, Email Address, Telephone Number, and Inquiry Message.
• Footer Newsletter Form (All Public Pages): Email Address submitted voluntarily for organic search strategy updates.

B. Automated Technical & Operational Data

• IP Address: Temporarily processed and hashed for automated rate limiting (strictly to block automated spam bots and prevent denial-of-service abuse). Rate records are pruned automatically within 60 minutes.
• Standard HTTP Header Data: Browser user agent, timestamp, request URI, and referring page automatically recorded in server access logs for technical network delivery and security monitoring.

4. Purpose & Use of Collected Information

We use your submitted information exclusively for standard, legitimate commercial agency purposes:

• To crawl, analyze, and generate manual technical SEO and backlink audit assessments for the domain you provided.
• To communicate directly with you regarding your inquiry, send proposals, or schedule technical strategy consultations.
• To dispatch search industry newsletters and agency announcements if you subscribed to our newsletter list.
• To maintain website security, prevent fraudulent form submissions, and maintain defensive rate limits.

5. Data Storage, Security & Retention Architecture

When you submit an inquiry through our public website forms:

• Transmission: Data is transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections to our internal API endpoint (admin/api.php?action=add_lead).
• Input Sanitization: Form inputs are sanitized against SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and null-byte injection.
• Storage Architecture: Inquiries are stored within encrypted server databases and secured internal CRM repositories. Server directories storing leads are protected with strict .htaccess access controls (Require all denied) to prevent direct public downloading.
• Client Browser Buffer: In accordance with progressive web design, your browser temporarily stores your submitted lead in local client storage (localStorage) to enable offline continuity and prevent re-typing.
• Retention Period: Inactive inquiry data is reviewed periodically and purged when no longer required for prospective commercial relations, or immediately upon receipt of a verified deletion request.

6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies Disclosures

We believe in privacy by design. Our public website implements the following cookie architecture:

• Zero Third-Party Advertising Cookies: We do NOT deploy third-party advertising cookies, behavioral tracking pixels, or cross-site remarketing beacons (such as Meta Pixel or Google Ads tracking cookies) on our public website.
• No Fake Banners: Because our public site does not deploy non-essential profiling cookies, we do not present deceptive cookie consent modals.
• Session Cookies: Standard PHP session cookies (PHPSESSID) are strictly generated only when an administrative user authenticates into the restricted admin portal.
• Content Delivery Networks (CDNs): Our site loads open-source fonts and stylesheet libraries from Google Fonts and Cloudflare CDN. These requests involve technical IP transmission strictly necessary to render web typography.

7. Data Sharing & Third-Party Disclosures

We do not sell, rent, trade, or monetize your personal contact information. We do not share your audit requests with third-party marketers or external lead generation platforms. Data is shared only with trusted technical infrastructure providers (such as our certified web hosting environment and cloud server providers) operating under strict data processing agreements.

8. Your Privacy Rights & Deletion Requests

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights under applicable privacy laws regarding your personal data. Regardless of your location, Metalynks grants you the following practical controls:

• Right to Access: You may request a summary of the contact information we currently retain regarding your inquiries.
• Right to Rectification: You may request that we correct inaccurate or outdated contact information.
• Right to Deletion: You may request that we permanently purge your inquiry records from our CRM repositories.
• Right to Unsubscribe: You may opt out of marketing newsletter emails at any time by replying with “Unsubscribe” or contacting us directly.

To exercise any of these rights, please email our senior team directly at pratik@metalynks.com. We will process your request within 5 business days upon verifying your identity.