Privacy Policy & Data Protection
How Common Grounds Foundation Pakistan protects your personal data, respects user privacy, and adheres to global data standards.
1. Introduction & Commitment
At Common Grounds Foundation Pakistan (CGF), we are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting the personal data shared with us. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, process, store, and safeguard information across our website and public forms.
2. Information We Collect
We collect personal information voluntarily submitted through public interaction forms on our website:
Full Name, Email Address, Country of Residence, Subject, and Message content.
Full Name, Email, Phone Number, Profession, Category, City/Province, and Skills statement.
Author Name, Email, Phone, Bio, Article Draft, References, and optional Profile/Media files.
Donor Name, Email, Support Programme, Contribution Amount, and Transaction Reference.
3. Cookie Preferences & PECR Compliance
We use cookies and local browser storage to provide essential security and improve visitor experience:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Encrypted PHP session tokens (`ci_session`) and CSRF tokens required for secure form handling and navigation.
- Analytics & Preference Cookies: Optional cookies used to store user consent selections and collect anonymized website usage statistics.
You can modify or withdraw your consent at any time using the "Cookie Preferences" link located in our website footer.
4. Real-Time IP Analytics & Anonymization
To monitor site traffic, prevent fraudulent activity, and analyze regional engagement, we record first-party visitor session analytics.
IP addresses and browser user-agent strings are converted into a daily 24-hour cryptographic hash (`MD5(IP + UserAgent + Date)`). This prevents duplicate unique device counts without storing unhashed IP tracking histories. Approximate country location is resolved via free cached IP geolocation.
5. Data Security & Your Rights
All submitted data is stored securely in our database protected by HTTP Security Headers (`X-Content-Type-Options`, `X-Frame-Options`, `X-XSS-Protection`). We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data to third parties.
You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information held by Common Grounds Foundation Pakistan.
Privacy Contact
For any privacy enquiries, data deletion requests, or questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact our administrative team: