🔐 PRIVACY & TRANSPARENCY POLICY – Barbados Policy Pulse
Barbados Policy Pulse is committed to protecting your privacy and handling all information responsibly, ethically, and transparently. We collect only the information necessary to support civic reporting and public-interest research.
1. Information We Collect
A. Website Visits
We may collect general analytics such as:
- Page views
- Device type
- Country or region
- Time spent on pages
This data is anonymous and used for improving content quality.
B. Newsletter Subscriptions
When you subscribe, we collect:
- Name (optional)
- Email address
We do not share or sell email addresses to third parties.
C. Constituency Feedback Submissions
Optional forms may collect:
- Constituency
- Type of issue
- Description
- Date
- Whether you contacted your MP
- Response time
- Photos or videos (optional)
Personal names, addresses, or contact details are never published without explicit consent.
2. How We Use This Information
We use collected information to:
- Track governance-related issues
- Report on constituency-level concerns
- Develop issue heatmaps and dashboards
- Improve content relevance
- Produce non-partisan public reports
We do not use submissions for political campaigning or targeted profiling.
3. Anonymity
You may submit constituency issues completely anonymously.
If you choose to provide a name or contact information, it will:
- Never be published without written consent
- Only be used to follow up for verification or clarity
4. When We Contact Public Officials
If a citizen submission involves:
- Public service quality
- Constituency office behaviour
- Delayed responses
- Infrastructure issues
- Service breakdowns
We may contact the relevant MP or ministry for comment without sharing your identity, unless you ask us to.
5. Data Storage & Retention
All form submissions and analytics are stored securely using:
- Encrypted databases
- Password-protected platforms
- Restricted staff access
We do not retain identifiable data longer than necessary.
6. Third-Party Tools
We may use trusted tools such as:
- Airtable
- Typeform
- Google Forms
- Google Analytics
- Email newsletter platforms
Each has its own privacy policies, which comply with international standards.
7. Your Rights
You may request at any time to:
- Remove your submissions
- Correct your information
- Opt out of communications
- Delete your email from our lists
8. Transparency Commitment
Barbados Policy Pulse operates openly and transparently.
We publish:
- Our editorial standards
- Our methodology for MP performance tracking
- Our corrections
- Our sources where possible
- Our privacy practices
If we change or update this policy, we will timestamp the update.