Privacy & Terms of Use

Last updated: 6 April 2026 · Effective immediately upon access

1. Nature of this website

This website (tusharkantnaik.com and all associated domains including tusharkantnaik.in) is a personal portfolio owned and operated by Tushar Kant Naik, an individual of Indian nationality. It is not a commercial service, e-commerce platform, or business entity. The content presented here is personal creative and professional work made available for viewing at the owner's sole discretion.

2. Agreement and acceptance

Access to this website is conditional upon acceptance of these terms. By clicking “I Agree & Enter Portfolio” on the welcome screen, you enter into a binding clickwrap agreement with the site owner. This agreement incorporates all terms on this page. If you do not agree to these terms, you must close this website immediately and refrain from accessing any content.

Continued use of this website after any modification to these terms constitutes acceptance of the revised terms. Material changes will be reflected in the “Last updated” date above.

3. Data collection and processing

This site uses web analytics to understand how visitors engage with the presented work. The following data is collected and processed for the sole purpose of improving how projects are structured and presented:

  • Page views and navigation patterns
  • Scroll depth and time spent on content sections
  • Interaction patterns (clicks, engagement sequences)
  • Device type, browser, operating system, and screen dimensions
  • Approximate geographic location derived from IP address (country level)
  • Referring URL (the page that linked you to this site)

This data is collected using pseudonymous identifiers (randomly generated tokens with no connection to your real identity). No names, email addresses, phone numbers, government identifiers, or account credentials are collected unless you voluntarily provide them through the contact form or comment features.

Analytics data is processed by PostHog (PostHog Inc., EU data residency, Frankfurt, Germany) and retained for a maximum of 12 months, after which it is automatically deleted.

4. Legal basis for data processing

The data described in Section 3 is processed on the following legal bases:

  • Contractual agreement — By accepting these terms via the clickwrap agreement (Section 2), you have explicitly agreed to the data collection practices described herein.
  • Legitimate interest — The site owner has a legitimate interest in understanding how visitors engage with their creative work in order to improve its presentation.
  • Personal activity exemption — Under Section 17(c) of India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, data processing by an individual for personal or domestic purposes is exempt from the Act's requirements.

5. Error monitoring

This site uses Sentry (Functional Software Inc.) to detect and resolve technical errors. Sentry collects error stack traces, browser and operating system information, and request URLs when errors occur. Personal data including cookies, form input values, and request bodies are stripped before transmission. Error data is retained for 90 days.

6. Voluntarily provided information

When you submit the contact form, your name, email address, and message text are stored in the site's database for the purpose of enabling a response. This information is retained for the duration necessary to respond to your enquiry and is subsequently deleted during periodic maintenance. Submissions are protected by Cloudflare Turnstile (anti-spam verification) and rate-limited to prevent abuse.

Comments and text annotations submitted on project pages are stored with the display name you provide. You may request deletion of your comments at any time by contacting the site owner.

7. Confidential and NDA-protected content

Certain projects on this site are protected under non-disclosure agreements. Access to such content is granted exclusively through time-limited, view-tracked links generated by the site owner. By accessing NDA-protected content through such a link, you acknowledge and agree that:

  • The number of views and access timestamps are recorded
  • The link may be associated with your email address (if provided by the sender)
  • Access may be revoked at any time at the site owner's discretion
  • The content viewed is confidential and must not be reproduced, shared, or distributed
  • Violation of these terms may result in immediate revocation of access and legal action

8. Intellectual property

All content displayed on this website — including but not limited to designs, images, illustrations, text, typography, layout, prototypes, interactive elements, source code of visual components, and the design system — is the intellectual property of the site owner, unless otherwise attributed. Unauthorized reproduction, distribution, modification, public display, or commercial use of any content from this site is strictly prohibited and may result in legal action under the Indian Copyright Act 1957, the Information Technology Act 2000, and applicable international copyright treaties including the Berne Convention.

9. Data infrastructure and security

Data collected through this site is processed and stored using the following infrastructure:

  • Database and file storage: Supabase (Southeast Asia, Singapore region). Encrypted at rest (AES-256) and in transit (TLS 1.3).
  • Analytics processing: PostHog (European Union, Frankfurt, Germany). Data residency remains within the EU.
  • Error monitoring: Sentry (sentry.io). Personal data is stripped before transmission.
  • Hosting and content delivery: Vercel (global edge network). No user data is stored on the CDN. DNS by Cloudflare.

The site owner does not sell, rent, lease, or share collected data with any third party for any purpose. Data is used exclusively for the purposes described in this document.

10. Technical requirements

This website requires JavaScript and standard browser functionality to operate. The site uses first-party cookies and local storage for essential functionality including session management, theme preferences, and analytics identifiers. These are necessary for the site to function as described and are set as part of the agreement accepted in Section 2.

11. Limitation of liability

This website is provided on an “as is” basis. The site owner makes no warranties, expressed or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, or availability of the content. The site owner shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use of or inability to use this website.

12. Governing law and jurisdiction

These terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India. The site owner is an Indian national and this website constitutes a personal activity within the meaning of applicable data protection legislation. Any disputes arising from or in connection with these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Data infrastructure is located in Singapore (database services) and the European Union (analytics processing) as described in Section 9. The choice of data location is a technical decision for performance and security and does not alter the governing law of this agreement.

13. Data enquiries

If you have questions about the data practices described on this page, or wish to request information about or deletion of any data associated with your use of this site, please contact:

hello@tusharkantnaik.com

Requests will be addressed within 30 days. The site owner reserves the right to verify the identity of the requester before processing any data-related request.

14. Severability

If any provision of these terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable while preserving the original intent.