1. Who operates this website
This website is operated by Bhupinder Singh through The Lubricant Specialists, an independent professional information and community platform based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, serving the global lubricants industry. Further identity information is available in the identity and disclosures statement. Privacy enquiries may be sent to contact@lubricantspecialists.com.
2. Information we may receive
We may receive information that you choose to provide through the enquiry and briefing-request forms or by email. This can include your name, work email, organisation, role, areas of interest, chosen enquiry topic, consent record and the contents of your message. Enquiries may concern editorial contributions, media partnerships, magazine activity, vacancy submissions or executive search. Please do not send confidential, commercially sensitive or special-category personal information unless it is necessary and agreed in advance.
The website’s hosting and security infrastructure may also process limited technical information such as an IP address, browser type, access time, requested page and security or diagnostic logs.
3. LS Briefing subscriptions
The subscription form records your name, work email, optional organisation, interest, consent time and signup source in the website database. A new request remains pending until you confirm control of the address through the email link we send. Only confirmed subscribers are included in the active weekly LS Briefing distribution. Each distribution should include a direct withdrawal method. You may also unsubscribe by emailing the contact address.
4. Executive Search and vacancy enquiries
Employer and candidate enquiries may include professional history, geographic preferences, compensation expectations or information relevant to a potential appointment. Please make only an initial introduction through the website form and do not send identity documents, financial information or a full confidential dossier until a specific process and lawful purpose have been agreed.
Candidate details will not be represented as endorsed by the platform or shared with a prospective employer without an appropriate professional basis and, where required, the candidate’s agreement. Vacancy submissions may be checked against an official employer source before publication.
5. Privacy-conscious analytics
The website records first-party, aggregate events for pageviews and completed forms. The application database stores the requested page path, referring website domain where available, event type and time. It does not store an advertising identifier, set an analytics cookie, create a visitor profile or deliberately write your IP address to the analytics database. Browser “Do Not Track” and Global Privacy Control signals are respected by the pageview collector.
Hosting and security providers may separately process network information such as IP addresses in operational logs as described above.
6. How information is used
- To respond to enquiries and requested communications.
- To assess editorial proposals, partnerships and event invitations.
- To assess vacancy submissions and facilitate agreed executive-search conversations.
- To protect the website, prevent misuse and diagnose technical problems.
- To meet legal, regulatory or record-keeping obligations where applicable.
7. Legal basis and consent
Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, information may be processed with your consent, to respond to a request you have made, for legitimate professional and security interests, or to meet a legal obligation. You may withdraw consent for future communications at any time.
8. Sharing and international processing
Information may be processed by service providers that support website hosting, database storage, email and security, including infrastructure operated by Cloudflare and OpenAI for this site. Those providers may operate in other countries. We do not sell personal information. We may disclose information when required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety or service integrity.
9. Retention
Contact enquiries are normally reviewed for deletion after 24 months unless an active professional relationship, dispute or legal obligation requires longer retention. Briefing subscriptions are retained until withdrawal or after a period of inactivity under the communication programme. Aggregate analytics events are normally reviewed for deletion after 24 months. Technical logs are retained according to the hosting provider’s operational and security practices.
10. Your choices and rights
Subject to applicable law, you may ask to access, correct or delete personal information, object to or restrict certain processing, or withdraw a communication request. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
11. Third-party links
This website links to LinkedIn and other third-party services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, and we are not responsible for their websites or services.
12. Security and changes
Reasonable organisational and technical measures are used to protect information, but no internet service can guarantee absolute security. We may update this policy when the website, service providers or legal requirements change. The effective date above will be revised when material updates are made.