Privacy Policy

Civic Vision Bangladesh (CVB)
Website: hr-defender.blogspot.com

Last updated: 14 September 2026

1. About This Policy

Civic Vision Bangladesh (CVB), formerly Bangladesh HR Defender, is an independent public-interest publishing and advocacy platform operated by Minhaz Samad Chowdhury in Sylhet, Bangladesh. The platform’s website address remains unchanged.

This policy explains how information may be handled when you visit the website, comment on a publication, contact us or submit material for editorial consideration.

The website is hosted on Google’s Blogger service. Google and other providers whose services appear on the site may process information under their own policies. This policy distinguishes information handled by CVB from information processed by those providers.

2. Information You Choose to Provide

When you email us or submit a correction, enquiry or contribution, we receive the information you provide. This may include your name, email address, message, attachments and details relevant to your request.

Documents and images may contain additional information, including names of other people, location details or embedded metadata. Please share only what is necessary and remove unrelated sensitive information where possible.

If you post a comment, its text and the display name or profile information associated with it may become public. Please do not place confidential information in a public comment.

3. Information Processed When You Visit

Blogger and services loaded by the website may process technical information such as an IP address, browser and device information, requested pages, access times, referring pages and cookie or similar identifiers. What is processed depends on the services used and your browser, account and consent settings.

CVB uses Blogger’s statistics interface to understand readership. It provides reports such as pageviews, referring sources, broad geographic locations, browsers and operating systems. These reports do not by themselves identify every visitor by name.

Google’s processing of information through Blogger and its other services is explained in the Google Privacy Policy.

4. How CVB Uses Information

We use information relevant to our work to:

• Respond to enquiries and communicate with contributors.
• Investigate correction requests and editorial complaints.
• Evaluate submissions, verify claims and prepare publications.
• Moderate comments and address spam, abuse or security concerns.
• Understand readership and improve website usability.
• Maintain appropriate editorial records and address applicable obligations.

Sending an enquiry or correction request is not permission to add you to an unrelated marketing mailing list. If we introduce an optional email subscription service, its sign-up process should identify the service provider, purpose and unsubscribe method.

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small pieces of information stored by a browser. Blogger and third-party services may use cookies or similar technologies for site functions, preferences, security, measurement and advertising, depending on the features active and applicable settings.

You can use browser settings to inspect, block or delete cookies. Restricting cookies may affect sign-in, comments, preferences or other features. Browser controls do not necessarily prevent all technical information from being transmitted.

This policy provides information about processing; visiting the website is not treated as blanket consent to every optional use of personal information. Where a consent interface is presented, use it to make or revise the choices it provides.

6. Google AdSense and Advertising

CVB has connected this website to Google AdSense and requested review. This policy does not represent confirmation that advertising has been approved or is currently being displayed. Ad-related code may nevertheless be present on the website.

When Google advertising services operate on this site, third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve advertisements based on a visitor’s previous visits to this website or other websites.

Google’s advertising cookies enable Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on visits to this and other websites, subject to applicable choices and settings.

You can manage or opt out of personalized Google advertising through Google Ad Settings. Choices for some other participating advertising providers are available through YourAdChoices.

Disabling personalized advertising does not necessarily remove advertisements or prevent processing for purposes such as security, fraud prevention and measurement. For further details, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services .

If additional advertising providers are enabled, this policy and any relevant consent information should identify them and provide appropriate links and choices.

7. External Content and Links

Pages may include externally hosted images, embedded media or other third-party features. Loading such content can communicate technical information to its provider, even without clicking an external link.

Following a link to another website takes you to a service governed by its own privacy practices. CVB does not control the information collected independently by those providers. An ordinary link and an embedded service may have different privacy implications.

8. Editorial Submissions and Sensitive Information

Human rights submissions may contain sensitive information about sources, witnesses, survivors or other identifiable people. We seek to limit collection and disclosure to what is relevant and necessary for the editorial purpose.

A private message is not automatically permission to publish your identity or your complete correspondence. Any proposed use of submitted material must be assessed in light of its context, verification needs, confidentiality expectations, public interest and potential harm.

If disclosure could place someone at risk, explain that concern before sending identifying documents. Ordinary email should not be assumed to provide a specially protected reporting channel. We cannot guarantee absolute confidentiality or security.

9. When Information May Be Shared

Information may be processed by providers used to host the website, deliver email or supply features you use. Their processing is governed by the relevant service arrangements and privacy policies.

CVB may disclose relevant information when you authorize it, when necessary for a clearly explained editorial purpose, to address serious misuse or safety concerns, or where disclosure is required by applicable law.

Publication of personal information requires a separate editorial assessment. We seek to avoid unnecessary disclosure of private contact details, identity documents and other sensitive material.

10. Retention

Information held by CVB is retained according to its purpose, sensitivity and continuing need. Enquiries may be retained while being resolved; supporting editorial records may be needed longer to verify publications, document corrections or respond to disputes.

We aim to review material and remove or anonymize personal information that is no longer needed, subject to applicable obligations and legitimate record-preservation needs. Published articles and correction notices may remain as part of the public archive.

Google and other providers apply their own retention and deletion practices to information they control. Deleting a CVB-held record does not necessarily delete copies held independently by those providers.

11. Security and International Processing

We aim to use reasonable account protections, access restrictions and careful handling of editorial records. No website, email service or storage system can guarantee complete security.

Because the website uses international service providers, information may be processed outside Bangladesh, including in countries with different privacy rules. Provider-specific safeguards and processing arrangements are described in the relevant providers’ policies.

12. Your Choices and Privacy Requests

You may contact us to ask what information CVB holds about you, request a correction, raise an objection or seek deletion or restriction of information. The rights available and any applicable exceptions depend on your circumstances and the law that applies.

We assess requests individually and may ask for proportionate information to verify identity or clarify the request. We do not routinely require identity documents. Some information may need to be retained for editorial integrity, the public record or applicable obligations.

Requests concerning information controlled independently by Google or another provider may need to be directed to that provider. Google account controls are available through Google Account: Data and privacy .

Where applicable, you may also raise a concern with the relevant data-protection authority.

13. Children and Vulnerable People

CVB publishes material for a general audience. Children should not submit private contact information or sensitive case details through public comments.

If you believe a child’s personal information has been unnecessarily collected or exposed through this website, please contact us. We will assess the concern with particular attention to safety, privacy and the child’s interests.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may revise this policy when website features or information practices change. The update date will identify the latest revision, and significant changes will be explained where appropriate. New processing that requires consent will not be authorized merely by changing this policy.

15. Contact

Minhaz Samad Chowdhury
Operator and Editor, Civic Vision Bangladesh (CVB)
Sylhet, Bangladesh
Email: info.hrdefender@gmail.com
Alternative: rightsmanbest@gmail.com

Please use the subject line Privacy request — Civic Vision Bangladesh.

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