Compliance

Compliance overview for a digital publication

This page explains IndoPac's current low-data operating posture across the public site, audience measurement, and confirmed Daily Brief subscriptions.

EU-facing expectations

For EU and EEA readers, the key issues are a clear privacy notice, transparent legal bases, a truthful storage posture, restrained non-essential tracking, and documented newsletter consent. IndoPac uses double confirmation for the Daily Brief and avoids ad-tech, reader accounts, and broader profiling.

GA4 measurement is enabled as part of the site's current operating model, while ad-tech and broader profiling remain off. If the site later introduces additional non-essential cookies or broader personal-data collection, it should revisit its 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. Daily emails include source identification and direct unsubscribe controls.

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 public publication with no reader accounts, paywall logins, comments, or payment profiles.
  • The Daily Brief collects an email address, signup source, consent timestamps, and delivery state solely to confirm, send, and administer the subscription.
  • The site uses Google Analytics 4 for audience measurement, but keeps advertising storage, Google signals, ad personalization, and behavioral profiling off.
  • Readers can open brief pages on IndoPac and follow links to external publishers for original reporting.
  • Readers can turn analytics off from the site footer; Global Privacy Control is also honored for analytics measurement.
  • If IndoPac adds accounts, submissions, targeted ads, paid products, 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, paid subscriptions, or membership
  • 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