The Democracy and Governance Foundation ("the Foundation", "we") respects your privacy. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, and your rights in relation to it.

What we collect

Three categories of information:

• Information you give us — when you subscribe to the newsletter, contact us, apply for a role, partner with us or participate in research.
• Information we collect automatically — limited website analytics (page views, referrers) collected via privacy-respecting analytics. We do not use third-party advertising trackers.
• Research data — collected with explicit consent from research participants under the consent terms specific to each study.

What we do with it

Newsletter subscribers receive the Foundation Bulletin and nothing else. Contact-form submissions are routed to the relevant team and not retained beyond what is needed to respond. Research data is processed strictly under the consent terms and ethics protocol of each study, and de-identified before any open-data release.

What we don't do

We do not sell personal information. We do not share newsletter lists with third parties. We do not use behavioural advertising. We do not track you across the web.

Your rights

You may request access, correction or deletion of your personal information at any time by writing to privacy@dgfoundation.pk. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time using the link in any bulletin.

Changes

This policy may be updated from time to time. Material changes will be notified via the newsletter and posted here with a revision date.

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Last revised: 2026. Questions: privacy@dgfoundation.pk.