Privacy policy

Last updated 10 November 2026

This is Yousef Mamdouh's personal portfolio. It collects as little as it can: nothing is sold, there are no ads, no analytics trackers, and the site sets no cookies of its own.

The contact form

When you send a message, the site receives your name, email address, the type of message and the message itself. These are emailed to me so I can reply: the site keeps no database of messages, and they stay in my Gmail inbox until I delete them. Delivery goes through Resend, an email service.

To check the address can receive mail, the site looks up its domain in public DNS. To show your picture in the email, it asks Gravatar whether your address has one, sending only a one-way hash of the address, never the address itself.

To stop spam, a one-way hash of your IP address is counted for 10 minutes, then deleted automatically.

Signing in with Google (optional)

As you scroll near the contact form, the page loads Google's sign-in button from Google's servers, so Google can see that visit even if you never click it.

If you choose “Continue with Google” on the form, Google shares your name, email address and profile picture with this site. They're used only to fill in the form, confirm the address is yours, and show your picture and a “verified” mark in the email I receive. The site asks for nothing else, keeps nothing beyond that email, and can't see your password or anything else in your Google account. Google's handling is covered by the Google Privacy Policy. You can remove access at any time from your Google account settings.

The view counter

Each page load adds one to a single shared number shown in the footer. Nothing about you is recorded to do it: no address, no device details, no cookie.

The “ask” command and the chibi

These look your question up in notes I wrote, inside your browser. The notes are downloaded to your browser, but your question isn't sent anywhere, and no AI model is involved.

Everything else

Achievements, the chibi hunt, the theme and other settings live only in your browser's memory and reset when you refresh. The site is hosted on Vercel, whose servers keep standard request logs.

Changes

If what the site collects changes, this page changes with it, and the date at the top shows when.

Questions or removal

Email mamdouhy614@gmail.com and I'll answer, or delete any message you've sent me.