Version 2026-10, dated 15 October 2026. This notice explains how A&K Worldwide Enterprises FZCO processes personal data when you visit akdronix.com, send an inquiry or contact us. We process data in accordance with UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data and, where it applies to our activities directed at the European Union or the United Kingdom, the GDPR or UK GDPR.
Controller
A&K Worldwide Enterprises FZCO, Premises 407-FZH220, Floor 04, Sheikh Rashid Tower, Dubai World Trade Centre, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Email: contact@aok-enterprises.com. Telephone: +971 50 236 9167.
Website and server logs
When you open the website, our hosting provider processes your IP address, date and time, the page requested and browser information to deliver the website and keep it secure. Logs are kept only as long as needed for these purposes. Legal basis under the GDPR, where applicable: our legitimate interest in a secure website (Art. 6(1)(f)).
Inquiry form
- Data: company, company country, name and position, business email, phone if you provide it, products and quantities, delivery and end-use country, whether you buy for your own use or for resale, intended application, optional registration number and your message.
- Purpose: answering your inquiry, preparing a quotation and the business and end-use review that comes before an order.
- Processing: the form sends your entries to FormSubmit (formsubmit.co), an external service that forwards them to our email inbox. FormSubmit's servers may be located outside the UAE and the European Union. Its own privacy terms apply to its processing.
- Legal basis under the GDPR, where applicable: steps before a contract at your request where you are the contracting party (Art. 6(1)(b)); otherwise our legitimate interest in answering business inquiries and verifying business customers (Art. 6(1)(f)).
Email and WhatsApp
If you write to us by email or choose to contact us on WhatsApp, we process your messages and contact details to reply. WhatsApp is optional and opens only when you click a WhatsApp link; WhatsApp's own terms apply. Email is always available as an alternative.
Business verification and end-use review
Before an order is accepted we process company and contact data of the buyer, consignee and end user to check business status, destination and end use, and to apply for any permits. Where the GDPR applies, the legal basis is our legitimate interest in lawful trade (Art. 6(1)(f)) and, where an obligation under EU or member-state law applies, Art. 6(1)(c).
Recipients
- FormSubmit, our email provider and our hosting provider, as service providers.
- Manufacturers, freight forwarders and customs agents, only as far as needed for a quotation or delivery and, where possible, without personal contact details.
- Authorities, where required for permits or by law, for example the UAE Executive Office for Control and Non-Proliferation.
Transfers to other countries
Some of the recipients above are located outside the UAE and outside the European Economic Area. Transfers take place only where permitted by the applicable data protection law.
Retention
- Inquiries that do not lead to a contract: deleted 12 months after the last contact, unless needed for a legal claim.
- Contract, accounting and tax records: for the periods required by UAE commercial and tax law; corporate tax records are generally kept for seven years after the end of the relevant tax period.
- Business verification and export records: for the periods required by export-control law.
- Data subject to a legal dispute is kept until the dispute is closed.
Cookies and local storage
This website itself does not set cookies and does not use analytics, advertising or tracking services. Fonts and videos are served from our own server. The website stores the following in your browser:
- akd_inquiry_v1 (local storage): the IDs, names and quantities of products you add to your inquiry list, so they are available on the contact page. No contact details are stored. Entries expire after 30 days and are deleted when an inquiry has been sent successfully.
- akd_ref (session storage): the reference number of a sent inquiry, shown on the confirmation page. It is deleted when you close the browser tab.
You can delete this data at any time by removing the products from your inquiry list or clearing your browser data.
Your rights
You may request access, correction, deletion and restriction of processing, data portability, and object to processing based on legitimate interest. Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time. Write to contact@aok-enterprises.com. You may also complain to the competent data protection authority, in the EU in particular the authority of the member state where you live or work.
Changes
We update this notice when our processing changes. The version date is shown at the top.