Institutional Privacy Policy
An honest, implementation-first disclosure articulating exactly how information is received, processed, and safeguarded across this digital portal.
Institutional Transparency Standard
The disclosures and terms articulated in this legal section are grounded strictly in the authentic technical implementation of this portal and the registered statutory records of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Ijtihad on file with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan (IPO). This website operates as an institutional documentary portal. Private archives, unpublished internal correspondence, and personal telephone lines remain strictly excluded from public display.
1. Core Philosophy & Architectural Baseline
This Privacy Policy describes the actual technical operations and data practices of the official Pakistan Tehreek-e-Ijtihad digital portal (ijtihad.org.pk). The platform is engineered with a strict minimal-data philosophy. We do not engage in surveillance capitalism, behavioral profiling, or commercial data monetization.
2. Information Voluntarily Submitted
This website does not automatically collect personal identifying information. Personal information is received only when a visitor voluntarily submits a structured intake form.
Contact & Media Desk Inquiries
Full Name (3–100 chars), Email Address, Optional Telephone Number, Inquiry Topic ('general', 'publications', 'media', 'website'), Message details (10–2000 chars), and Privacy Affirmation.
Membership & Civic Onboarding Inquiries
Full Name, Father's Name, Mobile Number, Email Address, Administrative Region, District, Tehsil, Residential Address, Profession, Optional CNIC (13 digits), Membership Category ('regular' or 'volunteer'), and Constitutional Affirmation.
Strict Exclusion of Sensitive Personal Data
Users must never submit passwords, financial records, credit or debit card numbers, copies of national identity cards (CNIC), medical data, or confidential legal dispute files through public website forms. Any sensitive materials transmitted through public forms will be deleted or disregarded.
3. Purpose of Information Processing
Submitted details are utilized exclusively to review, evaluate, and respond to the specific administrative, journalistic, or civic inquiry initiated by the user. Information is never repurposed for commercial marketing, automated telemarketing, or third-party lead generation.
4. Intake Architecture & Configuration Transparency
In strict adherence to truth-in-engineering principles, public form submissions are processed through Next.js server actions with input trimming, server-side Zod schema validation, hidden honeypot spam protection, and in-memory rate limiting (maximum 5 requests per 10 minutes per identifier). Because production mail delivery infrastructure is scheduled for activation during final platform release, the portal operates in an intake validation mode and returns an honest 'config_pending' state with an audit reference ID (PTI-INQ-YYYYMMDD-XXXX), advising users of direct secretariat telephone and email channels rather than falsely claiming automated dispatch.
5. Data Storage & Retention Reality
The current website codebase does not maintain persistent database storage for public inquiries. No SQL, NoSQL, or cloud database client is connected to intake forms. Inquiries are validated in server runtime memory. Because persistent database archiving is not implemented on this portal, users seeking formal statutory correspondence should communicate directly with the Central Secretariat via registered mail.
6. Zero Third-Party Trackers
This website does not load external tracking scripts or advertising technology. Specifically, this portal operates with: Zero Google Analytics scripts, Zero Meta / Facebook tracking pixels, Zero commercial advertising networks, Zero third-party form intermediaries (e.g. Formspree or EmailJS), and Zero external user-profiling telemetry.
7. Zero Tracking Cookies
This website does not set, read, or store tracking, profiling, or non-essential cookies on your device. Browsing the public informational sections, treatises, photographs, and constitutional pages is entirely possible without accepting cookies.
8. Inquiries Regarding Submitted Information
Visitors who have submitted inquiries through the contact or membership portals and wish to request clarification, correction, or withdrawal of their communication may contact the Central Secretariat directly.
Central Secretariat, 13-C Civil Area, Okara Cantt, Punjab, Pakistan | Telephone: 044-2880393 | Email: info@ijtihad.org.pk