Privacy Policy
Last updated: 30 June 2026
Welcome to HPLC Practical Guide.
This Privacy Policy explains how HPLC Practical Guide collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit:
https://hplcpracticalguide.com
It also explains the choices and rights that may be available to you regarding your personal information.
1. Who We Are and Data Controller
HPLC Practical Guide provides practical HPLC learning materials, PDF guides, free educational resources, and digital products for students, graduates, junior analysts, QC staff, and laboratory professionals.
HPLC Practical Guide is operated by Mohammad Abu Alrub in the United Arab Emirates.
For privacy-related questions or requests, contact:
Email: contact@hplcpracticalguide.com
Website: https://hplcpracticalguide.com
2. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
This may include:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Information submitted through website forms
- Information submitted when requesting a free guide
- Information related to purchases, downloads, or customer support
- Communications you send to us
Technical and Usage Information
When you visit the website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Referring website
- Date and time of access
- General website usage and performance information
3. How and Why We Use Your Information
We may use personal information for the following purposes:
- To deliver the Free HPLC Starter Kit or another requested resource
- To provide access to purchased digital products
- To process and manage purchases
- To respond to messages and customer support requests
- To send educational updates or promotional emails when you have subscribed or provided appropriate consent
- To operate, maintain, secure, and improve the website
- To understand general website performance and visitor activity
- To prevent spam, fraud, misuse, and security threats
- To maintain business, transaction, and consent records
- To comply with applicable legal obligations
Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information based on:
- Your consent
- The performance of a contract or steps requested before entering into a contract
- Our legitimate interests in operating, improving, and protecting the website and services
- Compliance with legal obligations
You may withdraw consent to email marketing at any time.
4. Email Communications
When you submit your email address to receive a free guide or subscribe to updates, your information may be added to our email list.
We may send:
- The resource you requested
- Practical HPLC educational information
- Updates about HPLC Practical Guide
- Information about products, offers, or related resources
Email communications may be managed through services such as Zoho Campaigns and Zoho Flow.
Every promotional email will include an unsubscribe option. You may also unsubscribe by contacting:
contact@hplcpracticalguide.com
We do not sell or rent your email address to third parties.
Unsubscribing from promotional emails does not necessarily prevent us from sending essential transactional or customer-service messages relating to a purchase or request.
5. Payments and Digital Products
Purchases and digital product delivery may be processed through third-party platforms such as Payhip and its associated payment processors.
These providers may collect information required to:
- Process payments
- Confirm transactions
- Prevent fraud
- Deliver purchased files
- Provide receipts and customer access
We do not directly store your complete credit card or payment card details on the HPLC Practical Guide website.
Payment and delivery providers process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
Payhip pages may also use analytics and advertising technologies, including Google Analytics and Meta Pixel, to help measure product page visits, checkout activity, and purchases. These technologies may be controlled by Payhip’s platform settings and are also subject to the privacy and cookie policies of the relevant third-party providers.
6. Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising Technologies
The website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies may be used for:
Website security
Form operation
Basic website functionality
Remembering necessary preferences
Preventing spam and misuse
These cookies may be necessary for the website to function correctly.
Analytics Cookies
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with the website, including pages visited, traffic sources, device information, general location, and website performance.
Google Analytics helps us measure website usage, improve content, and understand which pages and resources are useful to visitors.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
We may use Meta Pixel, also known as Facebook Pixel, to measure website activity, track conversions, understand visitor interaction with our website and products, and improve future Facebook and Instagram advertising.
Meta Pixel may collect information such as pages visited, actions taken on the website, browser information, device information, and referral information. This information may be used by Meta according to Meta’s own privacy and cookie policies.
We may use Meta Pixel to measure events such as:
- Website visits
- Free guide sign-ups
- Clicks toward product pages
- Checkout activity on Payhip
- Purchases, where supported by Payhip or related payment/delivery platforms
Consent and Cookie Control
Where required by applicable law, analytics, advertising, and other non-essential cookies will not be activated until the visitor has provided consent.
Visitors may accept, reject, or manage optional cookies through the website’s cookie controls, where available. Cookies may also be controlled through browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions or limit our ability to measure website performance and advertising effectiveness.
7. Third-Party Service Providers
We may use third-party services to operate and support the website, including services for:
- Website hosting and infrastructure
- Website forms
- Email delivery and automation
- Payment processing
- Digital product delivery
- Analytics
- Spam prevention
- Website security
Current or potential providers may include:
- WordPress and website plugins used to operate forms and website functionality
- Namecheap or other hosting and domain service providers
- Zoho Campaigns, Zoho Flow, and related Zoho services
- Payhip and associated payment processors
- Google Analytics, Meta Platforms, including Meta Pixel / Facebook Pixel, for advertising measurement, conversion tracking, and campaign performance analysis
These providers may process limited information only as required to provide their services. Their processing is also governed by their own privacy policies and contractual terms.
We do not authorize service providers to use personal information for unrelated purposes except as permitted or required by law.
8. International Data Transfers
Some third-party providers may store or process information in countries outside the United Arab Emirates or outside the country in which a visitor is located.
Where applicable, we take reasonable steps to use reputable providers and appropriate contractual, organizational, or technical safeguards for international data transfers.
However, privacy and data protection laws may differ between countries.
9. How We Protect Information
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against:
- Unauthorized access
- Accidental loss
- Misuse
- Alteration
- Unauthorized disclosure
Measures may include encrypted website connections, restricted account access, secure passwords, and security tools.
No website, electronic transmission, or storage system can guarantee complete security.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
For example:
- Email subscription information may be retained until you unsubscribe, withdraw consent, or request deletion.
- Purchase and transaction records may be retained as required for customer support, accounting, fraud prevention, and legal obligations.
- Support correspondence may be retained for a reasonable period to resolve requests and maintain appropriate records.
- Technical and security records may be retained for a limited period where necessary to protect the website.
Information may be retained longer where required by law, to resolve disputes, or to enforce agreements.
When information is no longer required, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of your information
- Withdraw consent
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Request a copy or transfer of certain information
- Unsubscribe from marketing communications
- Submit a complaint to the relevant data protection authority in your jurisdiction
Some rights may be subject to legal limitations or record-retention requirements.
To submit a privacy request, contact:
contact@hplcpracticalguide.com
We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before completing a request.
12. Children’s Privacy
The website and its products are designed for students, graduates, analysts, laboratory staff, and professionals interested in HPLC education.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children who are not legally permitted to provide consent under applicable law.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information without appropriate authorization, contact us so that we can investigate and take appropriate action.
13. External Links
The website, PDF guides, and emails may contain links to external websites or services.
We are not responsible for the content, availability, security, or privacy practices of external websites. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those services separately.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, technologies, legal obligations, or data-handling practices change.
The revised version will be published on this page with an updated “Last updated” date.
We encourage visitors to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
15. Contact Us
For questions, requests, or concerns relating to this Privacy Policy or the handling of personal information, contact:
HPLC Practical Guide
Operated by Mohammad Abu Alrub
United Arab Emirates
Email: contact@hplcpracticalguide.com
Website: https://hplcpracticalguide.com