(for Mobile Application)
This section applies to users who access or use the Senate of Pakistan mobile application.
Personal Information:
The Senate of Pakistan mobile application may collect personal information provided by users when they sign in, access their account, or use features of the application. This information may include the user's name, email address, phone number, and user or account identifier.
This information is used to authenticate users, maintain user accounts, provide access to authorized features, process submissions, communicate with users where necessary, and provide and maintain the functionality of the application.
User Submissions and Content:
Users may submit information through the mobile application in connection with Senate-related business or other authorized submissions. Such submissions may include text, photographs, documents, files, attachments, and other content provided by the user.
This information is used to process and manage submissions and to provide the relevant functionality and services of the application.
Push Notifications:
The mobile application may use push notification services to send notifications to users. A notification identifier or push token may be associated with the user's account or device for the purpose of delivering notifications.
Push notification information is used for application functionality and communication, and is not used for advertising or tracking purposes.
Use of Information:
Information collected through the mobile application may be used to:
Data Security:
The Senate of Pakistan takes reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information submitted through the mobile application against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
Data Retention:
Personal information and user-submitted content may be retained for as long as necessary to provide the application’s services, process submissions, maintain records, comply with applicable legal requirements, and protect the security and integrity of the Senate of Pakistan's systems.
Third-Party Services:
The mobile application may use third-party services or software components required to provide certain functionality, such as push notifications, hosting, security, or technical services. Such services may process information as necessary to provide their respective services.
The Senate of Pakistan does not use the information collected through the mobile application for third-party advertising or tracking.
Changes to This Policy:
This Mobile Application Privacy section may be updated from time to time to reflect changes to the mobile application, applicable requirements, or the way information is handled. Users are encouraged to review this policy periodically.
(for Website)
This statement applies to all users who access the Senate of Pakistan’s website.
Personal Information:
Personal information (e.g. name, phone number, e-mail address etc) is not automatically collected. This information is only obtained if provided through usage of contact forms or by sending an e-mail, and will only be used to respond to your message(s) and to provide you with information requested, if available. No personal information is collected or used for commercial marketing.
Cookies:
A cookie is a piece of data that contains information about your activities on the Internet. The Senate of Pakistan’s website does not use cookies to collect personal identifiable information or track site usage. The only cookies used on this site are session cookies. These cookies are used to facilitate navigation through the site and do not collect personal information on the user. Session cookies are not stored on your computer’s hard drive and are erased from memory as soon as you leave our website or close your browser.
Security:
The Senate of Pakistan’s website uses commercial software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. The software records the Internet Protocol (IP) address and Internet domain from which you accessed our website, the type of browser used, the date and time of your access, the pages you access, and the address of the website from which you accessed the Senate of Pakistan’s website (https://www.senate.gov.pk).
The information collected is used to administer the site and analyze trends and demographic information related to site usage. IP addresses are not used to determine the identity of users of the site unless an attempt to damage the site has been detected.
Links:
This website contains links to other websites created and maintained by other public or private organizations. These are provided for the convenience of our users. When users link to these sites, they leave the Senate of Pakistan’s website, and are subject to the privacy and security policies of the relevant websites accessed.
Links to non-Senate of Pakistan websites do not mean that the Senate of Pakistan endorses the organizations sponsoring the linked websites, the views expressed or services offered by these organizations.
Notification of Changes:
The Senate of Pakistan reserves the right in its sole discretion to amend this privacy statement at any time, and you should regularly check this privacy statement for any amendment.
Senate of Pakistan
Parliament House
Islamabad
Pakistan
Questions/Comments:
If you have any questions or comments on our Privacy and Security Policy, you can contact us:
IT Directorate
Ground Floor, Parliament House Building
Senate Secretariat
Telephone: (+92) 51 9022581
E-mail: websenate@senate.gov.pk