Privacy policy

Last updated: 25 September 2026

This policy explains what personal data we collect when you use focalgrain.com or work with us, why we collect it, who we share it with and how you can exercise your rights. It is written to meet the UAE Personal Data Protection Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021). If you are in the European Union or the United Kingdom, we give you the rights you would expect under the GDPR.

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Who we are

Focalgrain is a brand of AYSUNOVA L.L.C-FZ, a limited liability company licensed in the Meydan Free Zone, Dubai, UAE, licence number 2650930.01, registered at Meydan Grandstand, 6th floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, U.A.E. We are the controller of the personal data described in this policy.

Company
AYSUNOVA L.L.C-FZ
Licence
2650930.01, Meydan Free Zone, Dubai, UAE
Address
Meydan Grandstand, 6th floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, U.A.E.
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What we collect

We collect as little as we can. This is all of it.

The quiz
When you finish the quiz on this site, we receive your name, your business name, your email address, your WhatsApp number and your five answers: the kind of business, how often you need video, where it needs to work, who runs your accounts, and when you want to start. From the answers we work out which package to recommend, and we note whether you have enquired before.
Messages
When you email us or message us on WhatsApp, we receive what you send, including your contact details and anything you tell us about your business.
Client work
If you become a client, we hold your business contact and billing details, the quote or proposal, and the material you give us for the project, such as brand assets, footage and briefs. Footage we shoot for you may show your staff, your customers or other people at your location.
Visiting the site
Our hosting provider processes the technical data every website needs to work: your IP address, the type of browser and device you use, the pages you request and when. From your IP address it works out the country you are visiting from. On the quiz page we read that country code once, to pre-select the dial code for your WhatsApp number. We do not store it.
Bot check
The contact step of the quiz uses Cloudflare Turnstile to tell people from bots. When it runs, Cloudflare processes your IP address, the characteristics of your browser and the address of the page. It does not read what you type into the form.

We do not use analytics, advertising pixels or tracking scripts, and we set no cookies of our own. Our cookie policy has the detail.

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Why we use it

We use personal data for these purposes only.

  • To answer your enquiry and recommend a package that fits your business.
  • To contact you about your enquiry by email or WhatsApp.
  • To agree, deliver and invoice the services you ask for.
  • To keep the quiz form safe from automated abuse and keep the site secure.
  • To keep the records the law requires us to keep, such as invoices.

We do not sell personal data, and we do not use it for advertising.

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Legal bases

Under the UAE Personal Data Protection Law, and the GDPR where it applies, we rely on the following bases.

Steps before a contract
Answering your enquiry and recommending a package, at your request.
Contract
Delivering and invoicing the services you have agreed with us.
Legitimate interests
Keeping the site secure, checking that a submission comes from a person, keeping a record of who has enquired so we do not contact anyone twice, and running our business. We balance these interests against your rights.
Legal obligation
Keeping the accounting and licensing records that UAE law requires.
Consent
Sending you marketing messages, which we only do if you ask for them. You can withdraw consent at any time by emailing us.
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Who we share it with

We share personal data with the providers that run our systems. Each one processes data on our instructions and under a contract.

Vercel
Hosts the website and runs the quiz form. Processes the technical data of every request and keeps short-lived server logs. United States.
Cloudflare
Turnstile checks that a quiz submission comes from a person. Cloudflare Stream serves the poster images of the videos on our site and, when you press play, streams the video to our player. Cloudflare runs a global network.
Notion
Holds our list of enquiries, where a quiz submission is stored. United States.
Resend
Sends the two emails a quiz submission triggers: a notification to us and a welcome email to you. United States.
Google Workspace
Hosts our email. Everything you email us, and every notification we receive, sits in it.
Meta (WhatsApp)
If you message us on WhatsApp, or tap a WhatsApp button on this site, your messages go through WhatsApp under Meta's own terms and privacy policy. The button on the quiz result page pre-fills a message with your name and business name; nothing is sent until you tap send.
AI tools
We use AI tools in our work as described in our AI policy. We keep personal contact details out of them where we can.

We may also share data with our professional advisers, and with authorities or courts where the law requires it. We do not share personal data with anyone else.

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International transfers

Our providers store data in the United States, and Cloudflare and Google process data across their global networks. When we transfer data outside the UAE, we do so under the conditions the UAE Personal Data Protection Law allows, including contractual safeguards with each provider. For people in the EU or the UK, our providers rely on Standard Contractual Clauses and, where they are certified, the EU-US Data Privacy Framework.

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How long we keep it

Enquiries
If you do not become a client, we delete your enquiry 24 months after our last contact with you.
Client records
We keep contracts, invoices and the records that go with them for as long as UAE law requires, then delete them.
Emails
Our email provider, Resend, keeps a copy of each email it sends for 30 days. Our mailbox keeps emails until we delete them.
Server logs
Our hosting provider keeps request logs for one hour on our current plan. Our own log lines never contain personal data.
Deleted records
A record deleted from our list of enquiries stays in that provider's trash for 30 days, then is gone.

If you ask us to delete your data sooner, we will, unless the law requires us to keep it.

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Security

All traffic to this site is encrypted. Personal data sent through the quiz goes straight to our list of enquiries and our inbox; it is not written to server logs. Access to our systems is limited to the people who need it. Our providers encrypt data at rest. No system is perfectly secure. If a breach affects your data, we will tell you and the authorities as the law requires.

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Your rights

You have the right to:

  • Ask for a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Ask us to correct data that is wrong or incomplete.
  • Ask us to delete your data.
  • Object to, or ask us to restrict, how we use your data.
  • Withdraw consent at any time, where consent is the basis.
  • Receive your data in a portable format, if you are in the EU or the UK.
  • Complain to a supervisory authority. In the UAE this is the UAE Data Office. In the EU it is the authority in your country, and in the UK it is the Information Commissioner's Office.

To use any of these rights, email hello@focalgrain.com. We reply within 30 days. We may ask you to confirm your identity first. There is no charge.

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Emails and marketing

We only email you about your enquiry or your project. We do not send marketing emails unless you have asked for them, and you can ask us to stop at any time by replying to any email or writing to hello@focalgrain.com.

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Children

Our services are for businesses. This site and our services are not directed at anyone under 18, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has given us data, email us and we will delete it.

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Changes to this policy

When we change this policy we publish the new version on this page with a new date at the top. If a change matters to how we use your data, we will tell the people who have enquired or worked with us.

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Contact

Email hello@focalgrain.com, or write to AYSUNOVA L.L.C-FZ, Meydan Grandstand, 6th floor, Meydan Road, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, U.A.E.