Compliance

Compliance overview for a static publication

This page explains the legal posture IndoPac is aiming for today: a narrow, low-data publication model that keeps privacy and accessibility obligations manageable while the site remains mostly static.

Last updated

March 29, 2026

Scope of this page

This is a practical compliance overview for the site's current feature set. It is not a substitute for jurisdiction-specific legal advice, especially if IndoPac adds user accounts, subscriptions, ads, or contribution workflows later.

EU-facing expectations

For EU and EEA readers, the key issues for a site like IndoPac are a clear privacy notice, transparent explanation of legal bases, a truthful cookie posture, and restraint around non-essential tracking. The current site keeps that scope narrow by avoiding ad-tech, reader accounts, and broader profiling.

GA4 measurement is treated as optional and consent-gated. If the site later introduces additional non-essential cookies or broader personal-data collection, it should add the necessary consent and request-handling workflow before launch rather than after.

U.S.-facing expectations

For U.S. readers, the main pressure points today are transparency about what is collected, whether personal information is sold or shared, whether the service is directed to children, and whether the public-facing site is accessible.

IndoPac's current posture is intentionally narrow: no sale or sharing for behavioral ads, no child-directed features, no account database, and no paywall identity layer.

Accessibility and public-facing obligations

Because IndoPac is a public-facing publication, accessibility should be treated as part of compliance rather than only as a design preference. The site therefore maintains a separate accessibility statement and should continue to use recognized technical guidance such as WCAG in future development.

What keeps the current posture workable

  • IndoPac is a static publication with no reader accounts, paywall logins, comments, or newsletter subscriptions.
  • The site loads Google Analytics 4 only after a reader explicitly allows analytics cookies. IndoPac does not use advertising cookies or behavioral profiling.
  • Readers can open brief pages on IndoPac and follow links to external publishers for original reporting.
  • If IndoPac adds accounts, submissions, newsletters, targeted ads, or other data-heavy features later, these notices will be updated before those features go live.

What would trigger another legal pass

  • Launching reader accounts, profiles, or subscriptions
  • Adding contribution forms or user-generated content
  • Turning on analytics, ad tech, or third-party embeds that store non-essential identifiers
  • Collecting direct reader correspondence or other personal submissions at scale
  • Offering paid products, membership, or commerce flows