Nayab Sphere ("we", "us") runs this website. This policy explains what information we collect, why, and the choices you have. You can contact us through the Contact Us page.
Information we collect
- Voting: to keep voting fair we ask you to verify your email address with a one-time code. We store a one-way (hashed) fingerprint of your email address and of your IP address to enforce the voting rules. When you vote we also ask for your Pakistani mobile number; it is stored with your voter record, is not verified, and is used only to contact voters about this event. The organisers can see which nominees a voter chose when checking the vote for fraud or contacting voters. Your email address is not stored with your vote, and the fingerprint cannot be turned back into your email address. We also keep your vote receipt number and the time of the vote.
- Applications and nominations: the details you submit, including your name, email address and the information about the work or person you are nominating, so that we can review the application and contact you.
- Newsletter: your email address, only if you tick the consent box. You can unsubscribe at any time.
- Messages: when you email or message us we use the details you send to reply.
- Website use: we count visits and the voting steps ourselves, without cookies. We also use Google Analytics to understand how people use the website and to measure our advertising. They may set cookies and collect information such as your device, browser and the pages you view. They are not used when your browser sends a "Do Not Track" or Global Privacy Control signal.
- Technical and security records: error reports (browser type, page address and error message) and server logs, so that we can find and fix problems and prevent abuse.
Cookies and browser storage
We keep a signed, protected cookie and a small item in your browser's session storage so that you do not have to verify your email again for every category within a short time (up to 30 minutes). These are needed for voting to work. Google Analytics may set additional cookies to measure visits and advertising. You can block cookies in your browser settings; voting may then ask you to verify more often.
Advertising
We use Google AdSense to show advertisements on this website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this website and other websites on the internet. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com, or opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at https://www.aboutads.info. You can read how Google uses information from websites that use its services at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. We do not control the ads shown and do not encourage visitors to click on them.
Who we share information with
We use trusted service providers to run the website: Supabase (database and file storage), Cloudflare (hosting and bot protection), Brevo and Resend (sending verification codes by email), and Google Analytics. They process information only to provide their service to us. We do not sell your personal information.
How long we keep information
Verification codes expire after 10 minutes and are removed by routine clean-up. We keep votes, applications and related records for as long as the awards and our legal obligations require.
Your choices and rights
You can ask us to tell you what we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it, and you can unsubscribe from emails at any time. Contact us through the Contact Us page. Because votes are stored without your email address, we may need your vote receipt number to find a specific vote.
Children
This website is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their information.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The date of the latest update is shown at the top of this page.
Contact
Questions about this policy: through the Contact Us page.