Privacy Policy

Who we are

Grow with Dr. Shikha is the education, research mentoring, engineering, and academic consulting brand of Dr. Shikha A. Ebrahim. This policy explains how information submitted through this website is handled.

Information we collect

We collect information you choose to provide through inquiry, booking, and newsletter forms, including your name, email address, phone or WhatsApp number, organization, audience category, consultation type, selected appointment date and time, preferred timeline, location or time zone, and the details in your message. We also retain the source page and submission time so inquiries and appointments can be understood and managed correctly.

How we use information

Information is used to respond to inquiries, assess whether a service is a suitable fit, arrange consultations, send updates you requested, maintain service records, protect the website from misuse, and improve the clarity and performance of the site. Personal information is not sold.

Newsletter and communications

Newsletter messages and the short welcome sequence are sent only to people who actively subscribe. Every automated message includes an unsubscribe link. You may also ask to have your details removed through the Contact page.

Cookies, analytics, and technical data

WordPress and WooCommerce may use essential cookies for security, administration, and session functions. If analytics or marketing tools are enabled later, this policy and any consent notice should be updated before those tools begin collecting data.

Courses, products, and payments

The current catalog is presented as a preview and checkout is disabled. When live payments are introduced, payment details will be processed by the selected payment provider rather than stored directly on this website. This policy will be updated with the relevant provider details before payment collection begins.

Sharing and service providers

Booking records are managed by the first-party GrowShikha Booking plugin inside WordPress rather than an external scheduling platform. Information may still be processed by trusted hosting, email, analytics, or payment providers only when needed to operate the service. Providers should receive only the information required for their role and may process it in other countries under their own security and privacy terms.

Retention and security

Inquiry and subscriber records are kept only as long as reasonably needed for follow-up, service administration, legal obligations, or legitimate business records. Reasonable administrative and technical safeguards are used, but no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed completely secure.

Your choices and rights

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information held through this website, subject to applicable legal or record-keeping requirements. Use the Contact page and include enough information for the request to be verified.

Children

The services currently launched are intended for adults, university students, researchers, educators, and institutions. Future children’s programs will require separate safeguards and parent or guardian consent before personal information from children is collected.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as services, integrations, and legal requirements change. The latest revision date appears at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions or privacy requests can be submitted through the Contact page or sent to the public contact email listed in the site footer.