Privacy Policy — Sim Owner Details

Sim Owner Details (called "we," "us," or "our" below) is an independent, Pakistan-focused educational website. We exist to help Pakistani citizens understand how to use PTA's (Pakistan Telecommunication Authority's) official SIM verification tools — the 668 SMS service, the cnic.sims.pk portal, and the 667 USSD code among them — safely and within the law.

We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or run by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, NADRA, FIA, or any licensed mobile operator (Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, SCO).

Depending on how you use this site, we collect two broad categories of information:

We only use the data we collect for the following purposes:

• To run and improve the website — knowing which guides get the most use helps us write better content and fix pages that aren't working well.
• To respond to your enquiries — when you fill out our contact form, we use your name and email to reply to your question or feedback.
• To show relevant ads — our advertising partners (see Section 6) use cookies to display ads suited to your interests. Ad revenue is what lets us keep every guide free.
• To keep the site secure — server logs help us catch spam, bot traffic, and suspicious activity.
• To meet legal obligations — we may process or share data where required by a Pakistani court order, an FIA directive, or a PTA regulatory requirement.

We do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise commercially hand over your personal data to any third party for their own marketing.

Cookies are small text files your browser stores that help a website remember your preferences and understand how you use it. We rely on the following types:

You're free to control or delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Turning off cookies may affect some site features. For more on managing cookies, see aboutcookies.org.

The following third-party services support this site and may collect data on their own when you visit. Each one has its own privacy policy:

We aren't responsible for how these third-party services handle privacy on their end. If you have concerns, we'd encourage reading their policies before using our site.

Sim Owner Details shows ads to help keep our educational content free. Our advertising partners may use cookies and web beacons to gather non-personally-identifiable data about your browsing so they can serve relevant ads.

Our current advertising partners may include:

• Google AdSense — contextual and interest-based ads managed by Google LLC
• Adsterra — performance advertising network
• Monetag — display and push notification advertising

We don't control which individual ads appear. All ad content comes from our advertising partners based on context or inferred interests, and we take no responsibility for the content, claims, or privacy practices of any advertiser.

We take reasonable technical and organisational steps to protect any personal data we hold from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or loss. These steps include:

• HTTPS encryption across every page (SSL/TLS via Cloudflare)
• WordPress security hardening, two-factor authentication for admin access, and regular security updates
• Server-side firewalls and DDoS mitigation through Cloudflare
• Contact form submissions sent securely and kept only as long as needed to respond
• Regular backups stored on encrypted infrastructure

Data Retention: Contact form submissions are kept for a maximum of 90 days after your query is resolved, then permanently deleted. Anonymous analytics data may be retained for up to 26 months under Google Analytics' default settings.

Under Pakistan's Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) and related regulations, you hold the following rights over your personal data:

To exercise any of these rights, email privacy@ssimownerdetails.com. We aim to respond within 14 days and may ask you to verify your identity before processing the request.

Sim Owner Details is built for adults and individuals legally permitted to hold a SIM card under Pakistani law (18 years and above, or with biometric parental consent per PTA rules).

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If you believe a child has shared personal data with us without proper parental consent, please contact us right away at privacy@ssimownerdetails.com and we'll remove it promptly.

Our guides link out to official external websites, including:

• cnic.sims.pk — PTA's official SIM verification portal
• pta.gov.pk — Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
• nadra.gov.pk — National Database and Registration Authority
• Mobile operator websites (Jazz, Zong, Telenor, Ufone, SCO)

Once you click through to one of these sites, our Privacy Policy no longer applies. We'd strongly recommend reading the privacy policy of any external site before using it. We're not responsible for the content or privacy practices of external websites, even ones we link to as trusted official sources.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in how we operate, new technology, legal requirements, or PTA/NADRA regulatory updates that affect our SIM verification content.

Whenever we make changes, we will:

1. Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and in the hero section above.
2. For significant changes, post a notice on our homepage or relevant guide pages for at least 30 days.
3. Where practical and we have your contact details, notify you by email.

Continuing to use Sim Owner Details after an update means you accept the revised policy. We'd encourage checking this page from time to time.

If you have questions, concerns, or complaints about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, reach out through:

If our response doesn't resolve your concern, you can file a complaint with the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) at pta.gov.pk or call their toll-free consumer helpline at 0800-55055. For matters involving data misuse or cybercrime, you can also approach the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) at complaint.nccia.gov.pk or call 1991.