Last updated: September 27, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be collected, used, and handled when you visit nirmalsarkar.com (“this website”).
This website is a personal academic and professional website operated by Nirmal Sarkar. It is primarily intended to share information about my academic background, research, publications, professional activities, and related content.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide personal information when interacting with this website, such as when you contact me through a contact form, email address, or other communication method.
Depending on how you contact me, this information may include:
- Your name
- Your email address
- The contents of your message
- Any other information you voluntarily provide
This information is used only for purposes such as responding to your inquiry or communicating with you.
I do not sell or rent personal information provided through this website.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, certain technical information may be collected automatically when you visit this website.
This may include information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring website or page
- Pages visited
- Date and time of access
- General website usage and performance information
Some of this information may be collected automatically by the website’s hosting provider, WordPress, security services, or other infrastructure used to operate the website.
This information may be used for website security, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, fraud prevention, and understanding general website usage.
Cookies
This website may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary for the website to function properly.
WordPress, website plugins, embedded services, or other features may also place cookies on your device.
If analytics, advertising, or other optional services are added to this website in the future, additional cookies may be used. Where legally required, appropriate consent mechanisms will be provided.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect how some parts of the website function.
Analytics
This website may use privacy-respecting website analytics or third-party analytics tools to understand general website traffic and usage.
If analytics services are enabled, they may collect information such as pages visited, approximate geographic location, device information, browser information, and referral sources.
Analytics information is generally used to understand how visitors interact with the website and to improve its content and performance.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Websites
Pages on this website may include embedded or linked content from third-party websites, such as:
- YouTube
- Google Scholar
- ResearchGate
- ORCID
- GitHub
- Academic publishers
- Universities or research institutions
- Social media platforms
- Other external websites
Embedded content from another website may behave in the same way as if you visited that website directly.
These third-party services may collect information about you, use cookies, or track your interaction with their content according to their own privacy policies.
This Privacy Policy does not control the privacy practices of external websites or services. You should review the privacy policies of those services if you would like more information about how they handle your data.
Contact Forms and Email
If you contact me through this website, information submitted through a contact form may be processed by WordPress, the website hosting provider, email services, or plugins used to deliver and protect the form from spam.
Messages may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to respond to the inquiry, maintain correspondence, or address security or legal concerns.
Please do not submit confidential, sensitive, or highly personal information through website contact forms.
Website Hosting
This website is hosted using third-party web hosting infrastructure.
The hosting provider may process technical information such as IP addresses, server logs, security information, and website traffic data as necessary to provide hosting, security, backup, and related services.
The hosting provider’s handling of information is governed by its own privacy policies and terms.
Spam and Security Protection
This website may use automated security, firewall, anti-spam, or abuse-prevention tools.
These services may process information such as IP addresses, browser information, form submissions, or other technical data in order to detect spam, malicious activity, unauthorized access, and other security threats.
How Information Is Used
Information collected through this website may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Respond to messages or inquiries
- Improve website functionality and content
- Analyze general website usage
- Protect the website against spam, abuse, and security threats
- Diagnose technical problems
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
Personal information will not be sold to third parties.
Data Retention
Information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including communication, website operation, security, troubleshooting, recordkeeping, and applicable legal requirements.
Server logs and similar technical information may be retained according to the policies of the website’s hosting provider and other service providers.
Data Security
Reasonable technical and administrative measures are used to protect this website and information submitted through it.
However, no website, Internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore avoid submitting sensitive information through this website.
Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live, applicable privacy laws may provide you with certain rights regarding your personal information, such as the right to request access, correction, or deletion of information you have provided.
If you would like to make a privacy-related request concerning information submitted directly through this website, you may contact me using the contact information provided on the website.
Please note that some information may need to be retained where required for security, legal, fraud-prevention, or legitimate recordkeeping purposes.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended as a general academic and professional website and is not specifically directed toward children.
I do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website. If you believe that a child has submitted personal information through the website, please contact me so that the matter can be reviewed.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the website, the services used by the website, or applicable privacy requirements.
When significant changes are made, the “Last updated” date at the top of this page will be revised.
Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how information submitted through this website is handled, please contact me nirmal.sarkar@usu.edu.