Privacy Policy

Last updated: 14 September 2026

BPI News, operated by British Pakistani Index, respects your privacy. This policy explains what information may be collected when you visit bpinews.org, why it is used and the choices available to you.

Who we are

BPI News is a digital news publication covering Britain, Pakistan, British Pakistani communities and events around the world.

Our contact details are:

British Pakistani Index
Street 48, F-7/4, Islamabad
Email: Contact@BPINews.org

Information we may collect

Information you provide

We may receive information when you:

Contact us through a form or email.
Submit a correction, complaint or news tip.
Subscribe to a service, if subscriptions are available.
Create an account or post a comment, if those features are enabled.

This information may include your name, email address, message and any documents or media you choose to send.

Please do not send confidential, sensitive or legally restricted information unless it is necessary and you understand the risks involved.

Information collected automatically

When you visit BPI News, our website, hosting provider and connected services may process technical information including:

Your IP address and approximate location.
Browser, operating system and device type.
The pages you visit and the time of your visit.
The website or search engine that referred you to BPI News.
Cookie identifiers and advertising preferences.
Security, error and performance information.

We use this information to deliver the website, protect it from misuse, understand readership, improve performance and measure the effectiveness of our content and advertising.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored by your browser. BPI News may use:

Essential cookies required for security and basic website functions.
Preference cookies that remember choices you make.
Analytics cookies that help us understand how the website is used.
Advertising cookies used to deliver, limit and measure advertisements.
Embedded-content cookies created when you view material from another platform.

Where required by law, non-essential cookies should only be activated after you make a choice through the website’s consent banner.

You can change your choice through the available privacy or cookie controls. You can also delete or block cookies through your browser, although parts of the website may then work differently.

Google Analytics, Site Kit and advertising

BPI News may use Google services including Google Site Kit, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, Google advertising products and embedded YouTube content.

When these services are active, your browser may send Google information such as your IP address, the page address, device information and cookie identifiers. Google may use this information to:

Measure website and advertising performance.
Detect fraud and invalid advertising activity.
Limit how often an advertisement is shown.
Provide personalised advertising when you have consented.
Provide non-personalised or contextual advertising where applicable.

Google explains how it processes information from partner websites in its partner-sites privacy information.

You can manage Google advertising preferences through Google My Ad Center and your browser settings.

Other advertising providers may also use cookies or similar technologies where permitted by your consent and their applicable policies.

Embedded content and social-media posts

Articles and liveblogs may contain embedded material from services such as:

X
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube
Telegram
Other news, video or social-media platforms

Embedded content behaves as if you visited the provider’s website directly. The provider may collect information, set cookies or record your interaction with the content, particularly if you are signed into an account with that provider.

Those services are responsible for their own privacy practices.

Contact forms and correspondence

When you contact BPI News, we use the information you provide to read and respond to your message, investigate a complaint or correction, assess a news tip and keep an appropriate record of the correspondence.

Ordinary enquiries will normally be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary. Complaints, legal correspondence and records connected with published journalism may be retained for longer when required for legal, security or editorial purposes.

Submitting information does not guarantee that it will be published or that BPI News will investigate a proposed story.

Journalism and publicly available information

As a news organisation, BPI News may process information about individuals for journalistic purposes.

This may include information obtained from:

Public statements and official announcements.
Court proceedings and public records.
Government bodies and emergency services.
Interviews, eyewitnesses and press releases.
Publicly accessible websites and social-media posts.
Licensed news, image and video providers.

Publication decisions are guided by accuracy, relevance, applicable law, freedom of expression and the public interest.

If you believe an article contains inaccurate personal information or unjustifiably interferes with your privacy, contact Contact@BPINews.org and include the article address and an explanation of your concern.

BPI Global Alerts and automation

BPI Global Alerts may monitor named, machine-readable sources and create initial notices about developing events.

Automated tools may also assist with website monitoring, formatting, search descriptions and related-article suggestions. These systems may process publicly available article and source information.

Automated alerts are not intended to collect private information from readers. Original BPI News journalism remains subject to editorial responsibility.

How we use information

Depending on the circumstances, information may be used to:

Operate and secure the website.
Respond to messages, complaints and corrections.
Publish and maintain journalism.
Understand website readership and performance.
Prevent spam, fraud and malicious activity.
Display and measure advertising.
Meet legal or regulatory obligations.
Establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

The legal basis may include consent, legitimate interests, compliance with a legal obligation, responding to a request you have made and protections available for journalism and freedom of expression.

You may withdraw consent at any time where processing depends on consent. Withdrawal does not make earlier processing unlawful.

Who information may be shared with

Information may be processed by trusted providers that help operate BPI News, including:

Website hosting and content-delivery providers.
Security, backup and anti-spam services.
Analytics and advertising providers.
Email and contact-form services.
Professional advisers where necessary.
Public authorities when disclosure is legally required.

We do not sell contact-form submissions or readers’ personal information as a standalone product.

Some providers may process information in countries other than your own. Where required, transfers should be protected by an adequacy decision, contractual safeguards or another legally recognised mechanism.

Data retention

We retain personal information only for as long as it is reasonably required for the purpose for which it was collected.

Retention may vary because:

Security logs may be needed to investigate misuse.
Analytics and advertising data follow the connected provider’s retention settings.
Correspondence may be needed to handle continuing enquiries.
Editorial records may be retained to support the accuracy and legal history of published journalism.
Information may need to be kept to meet legal obligations or defend a legal claim.

Information that is no longer required should be deleted, anonymised or securely archived as appropriate.

Your rights

Depending on where you live and the circumstances, you may have the right to:

Ask for access to your personal information.
Ask for inaccurate information to be corrected.
Request deletion or restriction of certain information.
Object to certain uses of your information.
Withdraw consent.
Request portable copies of information you supplied.
Complain to an appropriate data-protection authority.

These rights are not absolute. Some requests may be limited by legal obligations, freedom of expression, the public interest and protections applying to journalism.

To make a request, email Contact@BPINews.org. We may need to confirm your identity before providing or changing personal information.

UK readers can find further information or raise a concern with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

Children

BPI News is a general news service and is not designed to collect personal information directly from young children.

If you believe a child has submitted personal information inappropriately, contact us so the matter can be reviewed.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the website and information under our control. However, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

External links

Articles may link to websites operated by other organisations. BPI News is not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of external websites.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, connected services or legal requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page with an updated review date.

Contact us

Questions about this policy or personal-information requests should be sent to:

British Pakistani Index
Street 48, F-7/4, Islamabad
Contact@BPINews.org