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How ScaleCloudX collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data β€” compliant with UAE PDPL, GDPR, and GCC data protection regulations.

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Last Updated: June 2026
Effective Date: 1 January 2025 | Company: ScaleCloudX FZCO, Dubai Internet City, Dubai, UAE

1. About This Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how ScaleCloudX FZCO ("ScaleCloudX", "we", "us", or "our"), headquartered at Dubai Internet City, Dubai, UAE, collects, uses, processes, stores, and protects personal data when you visit our website (scalecloudx.com), engage with our cloud services, attend our events, or contact our team.

We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with applicable data protection laws including the UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on Personal Data Protection (UAE PDPL), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for EU/EEA individuals, and other applicable GCC regional data protection regulations.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of personal data:

Contact & Identity Data

Name, job title, company name, work email address, phone number, and any information you voluntarily provide when completing our contact forms, requesting consultations, registering for events, or applying for careers.

Technical & Usage Data

IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on pages, referral URLs, and general geographic location (country/city level) collected automatically via cookies and analytics tools when you visit our website.

Communications Data

Records of your enquiries, correspondence with our team via email or WhatsApp, event registration details, and marketing preferences (newsletter subscriptions, event notifications).

Client Project Data (Contracted Clients Only)

Technical information about your cloud environment, architecture documentation, and project-specific data shared during consultancy or managed services engagements β€” governed by separate Data Processing Agreements (DPAs).

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your personal data for the following purposes:

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Service Delivery: Responding to enquiries, delivering consulting and managed services, and managing your project engagement.
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Marketing Communications: Sending relevant cloud insights, event invitations, and service updates β€” with your consent, which you may withdraw at any time.
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Website Improvement: Analysing website usage patterns to improve user experience and content relevance for GCC cloud professionals.
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Legal Compliance: Fulfilling legal obligations including UAE PDPL requirements, tax regulations, and contractual obligations with clients and suppliers.
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Recruitment: Processing job applications and maintaining a candidate database for future suitable positions β€” with your explicit consent.

4. Data Storage & Residency

ScaleCloudX stores business contact and operational data on cloud infrastructure located primarily within the UAE and GCC region, consistent with our commitment to GCC data sovereignty principles. We use enterprise cloud services from authorised providers with UAE or GCC-region infrastructure.

For client cloud environment data handled under consulting or managed services contracts, all data processing occurs in accordance with client-specified data residency requirements and the terms of the applicable Data Processing Agreement.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with:

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Service Providers: Cloud infrastructure providers (OCI, AWS, Azure), CRM systems (HubSpot), and email platforms β€” under data processing agreements with appropriate security controls.
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Legal Authorities: When required by UAE law, court order, or regulatory authority β€” we disclose only the minimum information required.
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Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of business assets β€” with appropriate safeguards and notification to affected individuals.

6. Your Rights

Under the UAE PDPL and applicable GCC regulations, you have the right to:

Access:

Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

Correction:

Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

Deletion:

Request deletion of your data where no legal basis exists for retention.

Objection:

Object to processing of your data for direct marketing at any time.

Portability:

Receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.

Withdrawal:

Withdraw consent for marketing communications at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at privacy@scalecloudx.com. We will respond within 30 days as required by UAE PDPL.

7. Cookies

Our website uses essential cookies (required for site functionality), analytics cookies (to understand visitor behaviour β€” Google Analytics), and marketing cookies (to measure campaign effectiveness). You can control cookie preferences through your browser settings. Essential cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to function.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary: contact enquiry data for 3 years, client project data for 7 years (legal requirement), marketing consent data until withdrawn, and recruitment data for 2 years. Data is securely deleted upon expiry of the retention period.

9. Contact Our Data Protection Team

For privacy enquiries, data subject requests, or to report a data protection concern:

πŸ“§ Email: privacy@scalecloudx.com
πŸ“ Post: ScaleCloudX FZCO, Dubai Internet City, Dubai, UAE
πŸ“ž Phone: +971 501 748 157

This Privacy Policy was last updated in June 2026. We reserve the right to update this policy to reflect changes in UAE law, GCC regulatory requirements, or our data processing practices. Material changes will be communicated by email to registered users.

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