Last Updated: October 17, 2026
1. Introduction
At WE News English, we value the privacy of our readers and are committed to providing a safe, transparent, and trustworthy digital news experience.
WE News English is an independent digital news platform backed by The Daily Kasooti, delivering news, analysis, opinion, and multimedia journalism to audiences in Pakistan and around the world.
Our website is designed to provide free and convenient access to news and information without requiring visitors to register, create an account, subscribe to a newsletter, or provide personal identification details.
This Privacy Policy explains how information may be processed when visitors access our website, including information automatically generated through website operations, cookies, analytics, advertising technologies, and third-party services.
We are committed to responsible information handling and compliance with applicable privacy and data protection requirements.
2. Information We Do Not Request from Readers
WE News English does not currently require readers to provide personal information to access its news content.
Specifically:
- We do not require user registration or account creation.
- We do not offer paid or free reader subscription accounts.
- We do not operate a newsletter subscription service.
- We do not request names, email addresses, or mobile phone numbers to access news articles.
- We do not require readers to submit personal identification documents.
- We do not collect payment or credit card information from readers.
- We do not maintain a registered reader or subscriber database.
- We do not sell reader registration information or subscriber contact lists.
Readers can browse our website and access published news content without directly submitting personal details.
However, visiting a website may involve the automatic processing of certain technical information, as explained below.
3. Information Collected Automatically
Although WE News English does not actively request personal information from readers, certain technical information may be processed automatically when visitors access our website.
Depending on the technologies in use, this information may include:
- IP Address: Used in internet communications and potentially processed for security, network operations, analytics, and advertising.
- Browser Information: Such as browser type, language, and version.
- Device Information: Including device category, operating system, and technical characteristics.
- Website Activity: Such as pages visited, article views, and navigation patterns.
- Access Information: Including approximate visit times, referring websites, and traffic sources.
- Approximate Location: General geographic information that may be inferred from IP addresses.
- Cookies and Online Identifiers: Information that may be processed by website services, analytics providers, or advertising partners.
Some technical information, particularly IP addresses and online identifiers, may qualify as personal data under applicable laws.
Such information is generally processed through website infrastructure and relevant service providers rather than being actively requested from readers through forms.
4. How Information Is Used
Technical and usage information may be processed for the following purposes:
Website Operations
To support the delivery, accessibility, and functionality of our news website.
Performance Improvement
To evaluate website speed, technical performance, navigation, and user experience.
Audience Analysis
To understand general traffic trends, popular articles, geographic readership patterns, and engagement with published content.
Website Security
To identify potentially harmful traffic, prevent unauthorized activity, and maintain the reliability of our website.
Advertising Services
To deliver, manage, and measure advertisements where advertising technologies are implemented.
Technical Maintenance
To diagnose errors, resolve technical issues, and improve our digital publishing infrastructure.
WE News English does not require readers to disclose their identity or personal contact details for these purposes.
5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
WE News English and its third-party technology providers may use cookies and similar technologies to support website operations, understand traffic, and facilitate advertising.
Cookies are small files stored on a visitor’s device that allow websites and associated services to recognize browsers, maintain technical settings, and process usage information.
Depending on the technologies implemented, cookies may fall into the following categories:
Essential Cookies
Support basic website operations, security, and functionality.
Analytics Cookies
Help measure website traffic, page views, visitor engagement, and overall performance.
Advertising Cookies
May be used by advertising partners to display advertisements, measure advertising effectiveness, and provide personalized advertising where permitted.
Functional Cookies
May support website features and technical preferences.
Visitors may manage or disable cookies through their browser settings.
Where applicable privacy laws require prior consent for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, consent must be obtained through appropriate website controls before those technologies are used.
Disabling certain cookies may affect some website features or advertising functionality.
6. Google AdSense and Digital Advertising
WE News English may display advertisements through Google AdSense or other advertising partners.
If these services are active, advertising providers may use cookies, IP addresses, advertising identifiers, and similar technologies to deliver and measure advertisements.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies to serve advertisements based on visits to WE News English and other websites.
Advertising technologies may be used for:
- Displaying contextual advertisements relevant to website content.
- Measuring advertising performance.
- Managing advertisement frequency.
- Detecting invalid traffic and advertising fraud.
- Delivering personalized advertisements where permitted by law and applicable user preferences.
Readers can learn more about Google’s advertising practices and privacy controls through the following resources:
WE News English seeks to comply with applicable advertising privacy requirements and to provide appropriate information and choices regarding advertising technologies.
Where required, consent will be obtained before using cookies or processing personal data for advertising personalization.
7. Website Analytics
WE News English may use website analytics services, including Google Analytics where implemented, to understand how audiences engage with its news coverage.
These services may process technical and usage information such as:
- Number of website visits.
- Page views and article popularity.
- General audience locations.
- Website traffic sources.
- Browser and device characteristics.
- Engagement patterns and website performance.
Analytics findings may help the editorial and technical teams improve website accessibility, content presentation, navigation, and overall performance.
WE News English generally uses audience analytics to evaluate website performance and readership trends, rather than to identify individual readers by name.
Where required by applicable law, analytics technologies will operate subject to the necessary user consent.
For information about Google’s privacy practices, visit https://policies.google.com/privacy.
8. Third-Party Links and Embedded Content
WE News English publishes news articles and multimedia content that may contain links to external websites and third-party platforms.
These may include:
- YouTube videos.
- Social media posts.
- External news sources.
- Publicly available documents.
- Third-party multimedia content.
- Advertising links.
When visitors access third-party websites or interact with embedded content, those services may independently collect or process technical information according to their own privacy policies.
Embedded videos and social media features may also enable third-party tracking technologies, depending on their configuration.
WE News English does not control the independent privacy practices of external websites or platforms.
Visitors are encouraged to review the privacy policies of third-party services before interacting with them.
9. Social Media Platforms
WE News English maintains an official presence on several social media platforms to distribute news, videos, analysis, and editorial content.
These include:
When users visit or interact with these platforms, their information may be processed by the respective platform operators.
Such processing is governed by the privacy policies, terms of service, and settings of those platforms.
WE News English may receive audience statistics and engagement insights made available by these services.
These statistics help us understand how our journalism reaches audiences across different digital channels.
10. Data Sharing with Third Parties
WE News English does not collect personal registration information from readers for sale or commercial distribution.
However, technical or usage information may be processed or shared through third-party technologies supporting website operations.
Depending on the services implemented, these may include:
Website Hosting and Security Providers
For infrastructure management, website delivery, performance, and security.
Analytics Providers
For measuring website traffic, readership, and technical performance.
Advertising Partners
For advertisement delivery, measurement, and related advertising functions.
Embedded Content Providers
For displaying externally hosted videos, social media content, and other multimedia materials.
Legal and Regulatory Authorities
Where disclosure is required by applicable law or valid legal process.
Third-party providers may act as service providers or independent data controllers, depending on their roles and the relevant legal arrangements.
Any processing or sharing of personal data must be supported by an appropriate legal basis where required.
11. Data Security
WE News English recognizes the importance of protecting the technical information processed through its website.
We aim to maintain appropriate technical and organizational safeguards to protect website operations and associated information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, and security threats.
Security measures may include website access controls, secure communications, infrastructure maintenance, and technical monitoring.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
WE News English seeks to maintain reasonable safeguards appropriate to its website operations and the nature of information processed.
12. Data Retention
WE News English does not maintain a reader registration or newsletter subscription database.
Technical information generated through website access may be retained by hosting providers, analytics services, security systems, or advertising partners for periods determined by operational requirements, service configurations, and applicable laws.
Where WE News English controls the retention of personal data, it seeks to retain such information only for as long as reasonably necessary for relevant technical, analytical, security, or legal purposes.
Third-party service providers may apply their own retention periods as described in their respective privacy policies.
13. International Visitors and Data Processing
WE News English serves audiences in Pakistan and internationally.
Some website infrastructure, analytics, advertising, or embedded-content services may process information on servers located outside Pakistan.
Where personal data is transferred internationally and applicable laws require particular safeguards, appropriate legal transfer mechanisms must be used.
The privacy practices of third-party providers may also be governed by the laws of the countries in which those providers operate.
WE News English seeks to observe applicable privacy and data protection requirements relevant to its operations.
14. Privacy Rights of Visitors
Depending on applicable privacy laws, website visitors may have rights concerning personal data processed about them.
These may include:
- The right to request access to personal data.
- The right to request correction of inaccurate information.
- The right to request deletion of qualifying personal data.
- The right to object to certain processing activities.
- The right to restrict processing in appropriate circumstances.
- The right to withdraw consent where consent is the legal basis.
- The right to data portability where applicable.
- The right to raise concerns with an appropriate data protection authority.
These rights may be subject to legal limitations and exceptions.
As WE News English does not maintain individual reader accounts or a reader registration database, we may not be able to directly identify information relating to a particular visitor.
Certain information may instead be processed independently by third-party service providers.
Visitors wishing to exercise their privacy rights may contact us at [email protected].
We will assess requests and respond in accordance with applicable legal obligations.
15. GDPR and International Data Protection
WE News English recognizes that certain international privacy laws, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the United Kingdom’s GDPR, may apply to particular processing activities.
Where such laws apply, personal data must be processed using an appropriate legal basis and in accordance with relevant transparency, security, and individual-rights requirements.
Depending on the processing activity, applicable legal bases may include consent, legitimate interests, or legal obligations.
WE News English does not require website visitors to create accounts or submit personal information to access published news.
Nevertheless, the processing of IP addresses, cookies, and other online identifiers may be regulated under applicable privacy legislation.
Where legally required, visitors will be provided with appropriate notices, privacy choices, and consent mechanisms.
16. Children’s Privacy
WE News English is a general-audience news website and is not specifically directed toward children under the age of 13.
Our website does not require children or adults to register, subscribe, or provide personal details to read published news.
We do not knowingly solicit personal information from children through reader-registration or subscription forms.
Technical information may still be processed through normal website operations and third-party services.
Where applicable laws provide additional protections for children, WE News English seeks to respect those requirements.
Parents or guardians who have concerns regarding children’s privacy may contact us at [email protected].
17. Editorial Independence and Journalistic Information
WE News English is committed to responsible journalism, factual reporting, editorial independence, and the public interest.
The publication of news may involve the collection, verification, and processing of information for legitimate journalistic purposes.
Such editorial activities are distinct from the automatic technical data processing associated with ordinary website visits.
Information used in journalism is handled in accordance with applicable laws, relevant editorial standards, and the principles of responsible reporting.
Where relevant, applicable privacy laws may recognize specific protections or exceptions for journalism, freedom of expression, and matters of public interest.
WE News English recognizes the importance of protecting confidential journalistic sources and responsibly handling sensitive editorial material.
18. Your Privacy Choices
Visitors can take several steps to manage their online privacy.
These include:
- Adjusting cookie permissions in their browser.
- Blocking or deleting cookies through browser settings.
- Managing Google’s advertising personalization settings.
- Reviewing privacy settings on third-party websites and social media platforms.
- Using applicable cookie-consent or privacy-preference controls where made available on our website.
Google’s advertising privacy controls are available at https://adssettings.google.com/.
Please note that disabling cookies does not necessarily prevent all technical information from being processed during normal website communications.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
WE News English may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in website technology, advertising arrangements, operational practices, or applicable legal requirements.
Any revised version will be published on this page with an updated revision date.
Where legally required, additional notice or consent will be provided for material changes to relevant processing activities.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
20. Contact Information
For questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:
WE News English
Backed by The Daily Kasooti
Website: https://wenewsenglish.com
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 051-2744885
We welcome privacy-related inquiries and will respond in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Our Privacy Commitment
WE News English believes that access to credible journalism should not require readers to surrender their personal information.
Our website is designed to provide accessible news and information without mandatory registration, subscriptions, or collection of personal contact details from readers.
We remain committed to transparency about the technical information that may be processed through website operations, analytics, advertising, and third-party services, while respecting the privacy of our national and international audiences.
