Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how samirabouelmagd.com (the “Website”) may collect, use, store, and protect information when you visit the Website, communicate through its forms, or otherwise interact with its services.

By using the Website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. About This Website

This Website is the official professional and biographical website of Dr. Samir Abou El Magd.

It provides information relating to professional experience, academic activities, clinical expertise, publications, training, media appearances, and other professional and biographical information.

The Website is primarily intended to provide general informational and educational content and is not an online medical consultation or emergency medical service.

2. Information We May Collect

Depending on how you interact with the Website, we may collect the following categories of information.

Information You Provide

When you contact us through a form, email, or another communication method available on the Website, you may voluntarily provide information such as:

Your name
Email address
Telephone number
The content of your message or inquiry
Any other information you voluntarily include in your communication

Please avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information, particularly detailed medical or health information, through general Website contact forms.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the Website, hosting infrastructure, security systems, analytics services, or similar technologies.

This may include:

IP address
Browser type and version
Device type
Operating system
Pages visited
Referring website or source
Date and time of access
General interaction and usage information
Technical and security logs

Such information may be used to operate, secure, maintain, and understand the use of the Website.

3. How We Use Information

Information collected through the Website may be used to:

Respond to inquiries and communications
Operate and maintain the Website
Provide requested information
Improve Website content, functionality, and user experience
Diagnose technical problems
Protect the Website against spam, fraud, abuse, and security threats
Understand general Website usage and performance
Comply with applicable legal obligations
Establish, exercise, or defend legal rights where necessary

Personal information will not be used for purposes materially incompatible with those for which it was collected unless permitted by applicable law.

4. Medical and Health Information

The Website is not intended to collect medical records or detailed health information through general contact forms.

Visitors should not use the Website to communicate medical emergencies or rely upon Website communications for urgent medical assistance.

If you voluntarily provide health-related information when contacting the Website, such information will be treated with appropriate care. However, submitting information through a Website contact form does not establish a doctor-patient relationship.

Where a formal professional or clinical relationship exists independently of this Website, information relating to that relationship may be subject to separate professional, medical, institutional, and legal confidentiality requirements and is not governed solely by this Website Privacy Policy.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Website may use cookies and similar technologies to operate correctly, remember preferences, understand Website usage, improve performance, and support other functionality.

Cookies may include categories such as:

Necessary cookies are required for essential Website functionality and security.

Functional cookies may remember preferences or enable enhanced Website functionality.

Analytics cookies may help us understand how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are visited and how visitors navigate through the site.

Advertising or marketing cookies, if used, may support advertising, campaign measurement, or related functionality.

Where required, non-essential cookies will be used according to the choices you make through the Website’s cookie consent mechanism.

You may also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect some Website functionality.

6. Analytics

The Website may use analytics technologies to understand general Website traffic, visitor behavior, and Website performance.

Depending on the analytics service configured on the Website, these technologies may collect information such as visited pages, approximate geographic area, device and browser information, referral source, and interaction data.

Where consent is legally required for analytics technologies, they should not be activated until the appropriate consent has been obtained.

7. Third-Party Services

The Website may rely on third-party service providers for functions such as:

Website hosting
Security and spam prevention
Website analytics
Email or contact-form delivery
Content delivery
Website performance
Embedded media
Other technical services

These providers may process limited information as necessary to perform their services.

Their handling of personal information may also be governed by their respective privacy policies and applicable data-protection requirements.

8. Embedded Content and External Websites

Pages on the Website may include embedded content or links from third-party websites, including videos, publications, media platforms, social networks, academic resources, or other external services.

Embedded content may behave in a similar way to visiting the third-party website directly. Such third parties may collect information, use cookies, or monitor interaction with their content according to their own privacy practices.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of independently operated third-party websites.

Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy policies of external services they use.

9. Sharing of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information submitted through the Website.

Information may, however, be disclosed where reasonably necessary to:

Service providers supporting the operation of the Website
Hosting, security, email, analytics, or technical providers
Professional advisers where necessary
Governmental, regulatory, judicial, or law-enforcement authorities where legally required
Protect the rights, safety, security, or legitimate interests of the Website, its operator, or others

Service providers should only receive information reasonably necessary for the services they perform.

10. International Data Processing

Some Website service providers or technical infrastructure may operate outside Egypt.

As a result, certain information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country from which you access the Website.

Where applicable, reasonable measures will be taken to ensure that such processing occurs in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.

11. Data Retention

Personal information will generally be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to communications, maintaining appropriate records, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, and protecting legitimate interests.

Technical logs, analytics information, backups, and security records may have different retention periods depending on their purpose and the systems involved.

Information that is no longer reasonably required may be deleted, anonymized, or securely retained where required by law.

12. Data Security

Reasonable technical and organizational measures are used to protect information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or loss.

However, no website, electronic communication, or Internet-based storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Visitors should therefore exercise appropriate care when submitting personal information online, particularly sensitive medical or health-related information.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, which may include the right to:

Request information about personal data held about you
Request access to your personal information
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
Request deletion of information where legally applicable
Object to or restrict certain processing
Withdraw consent where processing relies upon consent
Request information regarding how your personal information is used
Submit a complaint to an appropriate data-protection authority

These rights may be subject to legal exceptions and verification of your identity.

14. Children’s Privacy

The Website is intended as a general professional and informational website and is not specifically designed to collect personal information from children.

We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children through the Website.

If you believe that a child has submitted personal information through the Website inappropriately, please contact us so that the matter can be reviewed and appropriate action taken.

15. Contact Forms

Information submitted through Website forms will be used primarily to receive, review, and respond to the relevant inquiry.

Submission of a contact form does not establish a doctor-patient relationship, guarantee an appointment, or constitute medical consultation.

Please do not submit urgent or emergency medical requests through a general Website contact form.

16. Email Communications

If you contact us by email, the information contained in your message may be retained as necessary to respond to your inquiry and maintain appropriate communication records.

Email communications transmitted over the Internet cannot always be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should therefore avoid sending unnecessary sensitive medical or personal information by ordinary email.

17. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes to the Website, technologies used, data-processing practices, or applicable legal requirements.

When material changes are made, the revised policy will be published on this page with an updated Last Updated date.

Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

18. Governing Privacy Requirements

The processing of personal information through this Website is intended to be conducted in accordance with applicable data-protection and privacy requirements, including applicable laws of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Additional privacy requirements may apply depending on a visitor’s location or the services used by the Website.

19. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise an applicable privacy right, or have concerns regarding personal information submitted through the Website, please contact us using the contact information provided on samirabouelmagd.com.