Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: August 20, 2026

Astar.Marketing (“Astar.Marketing,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit astar.marketing, contact us, schedule a consultation, or otherwise interact with us through the website.

1. Information We Collect

When you submit a contact form, send us an email, request information, or schedule a consultation, we may collect:

Your name
Email address
Telephone number
Company or organization name
Professional or business information
Information included in your message
Consultation preferences and scheduling details
Any other information you choose to provide

Please do not submit confidential, proprietary, financial, medical, immigration-related, or other sensitive information through the website contact form.

When you visit the website, limited technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting, security, and technology providers. This information may include:

IP address
Browser and device type
Operating system
Referring and visited pages
Date and time of access
General location derived from an IP address
Website performance, security, and diagnostic information

This information may be collected through server logs, cookies, scripts, and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Information

We may use personal information to:

Respond to inquiries and requests
Schedule and conduct consultations
Evaluate potential business engagements
Prepare proposals and discuss requested services
Provide and administer contracted services
Maintain appropriate business records
Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the website
Prevent spam, fraud, misuse, and security incidents
Comply with legal, accounting, tax, and regulatory obligations
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. We do not use information submitted through our contact or scheduling forms for unrelated third-party advertising.

3. Calendly

We use Calendly to provide consultation scheduling. When you use the scheduling function, Calendly may collect your name, email address, time zone, availability, meeting details, device information, and other information you provide.

Calendly processes information under its own Privacy Notice:

https://calendly.com/legal/privacy-notice

4. Google reCAPTCHA

We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect our website and forms from spam, fraud, and automated abuse.

Google may collect technical and interaction information when reCAPTCHA is used. Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

https://policies.google.com/terms

5. How We Disclose Information

We may disclose personal information to:

Website hosting, maintenance, security, and technology providers
Scheduling and communication providers, including Calendly
Spam-prevention and security providers, including Google reCAPTCHA
Professional advisers, including attorneys, accountants, and consultants
Government authorities or other parties when disclosure is required by law
A successor or potential successor in connection with a merger, restructuring, acquisition, financing, or transfer of business assets

Service providers may access information only as reasonably necessary to perform their functions, subject to their contractual and legal obligations.

6. Legal Bases for Processing

Where applicable data-protection laws require a legal basis, we process personal information based on one or more of the following:

Your consent
Steps taken at your request before entering into a contract
Performance of a contract
Compliance with a legal obligation
Our legitimate interests in operating our business, responding to inquiries, maintaining professional relationships, and protecting the website

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.

7. International Data Processing

Astar.Marketing operates from the United States.

If you access the website from another country, your information may be processed in the United States or in other countries where our service providers operate. These countries may have privacy and data-protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Where required by applicable law, appropriate safeguards will be used for international transfers.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

Respond to an inquiry
Evaluate or maintain a business relationship
Provide contracted services
Maintain business, tax, and accounting records
Resolve disputes
Meet legal or regulatory obligations
Establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

Information that is no longer reasonably required will be deleted, anonymized, or securely retained when immediate deletion is not possible.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, email transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:

Request access to your personal information
Request correction of inaccurate information
Request deletion of certain information
Request restriction of processing
Object to certain processing
Withdraw consent
Request a portable copy of certain information
Lodge a complaint with an appropriate data-protection authority

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions and record-retention requirements.

To submit a privacy request, email:

mail@astar.marketing

We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.

11. Children’s Privacy

The website and our professional services are intended for business and professional audiences. They are not directed to children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe that a child has submitted personal information through the website, please contact us.

12. Third-Party Websites

The website may contain links to third-party websites and services. We do not control and are not responsible for their content, security, privacy practices, or data-handling procedures.

Please review the privacy policies of third-party services before providing information to them.