Last updated: 31 October 2026
This notice explains how Arbitration BITS handles information connected with this website and enquiries to the team. It is written with the UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and, where applicable, the EU GDPR in mind. Our browser-storage choices also take account of the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
Who is responsible
Arbitration BITS is an independent editorial and educational platform operated by Aabhas Pareek. For personal information we handle for editorial, contributor and general enquiries, Arbitration BITS is the controller. Contact us at arbitrationbits@gmail.com, using “Privacy” in the subject line. You can also ask for our correspondence details by email.
What this website does
You can read articles without creating a BITS account or subscribing. Site search and filters run in your browser. This edition has no BITS advertising trackers, analytics scripts or automatically loaded social-media embeds. The contact page prepares a draft on your device; it does not upload the form to a BITS database. If you choose to send the email, your email provider and our email service will process it.
Access to a privately shared version may require the hosting provider’s own sign-in. That provider’s account and access processing is governed by its own notices in addition to the processing described here.
Information, purposes and lawful bases
| Information | What we use it for | Lawful basis |
|---|---|---|
| Your name, email address and message, if you contact us | Reading and responding to the enquiry, managing correspondence and resolving a correction or privacy request | Legitimate interests in running the platform and communicating with people who approach us; legal obligation where a data-protection duty applies |
| A pitch, draft, professional bio, relevant experience or portfolio you send | Considering a contribution, discussing edits or a voluntary role, and publishing agreed work with credit | Steps towards an agreement or performance of an agreement where applicable; otherwise our legitimate interests in editorial work and handling voluntary enquiries |
| Author names, approved bios, professional images and publicly available professional details | Crediting contributions and introducing the team | Our legitimate interests in transparent attribution and explaining who runs BITS, subject to individuals’ rights and agreed permissions |
| Your browser privacy choice | Remembering your choice and avoiding repeated requests | Legitimate interests in respecting privacy preferences; essential browser storage |
| Article identifiers in your reading list | Keeping articles you choose to save on this device | Your consent for optional storage; no reading list is sent to BITS |
| Technical connection and security information, potentially including IP address and request details | Delivering pages and protecting the hosting service | Legitimate interests in reliable, secure delivery; the hosting provider may also have its own responsibilities |
You can choose whether to contact us or supply a contribution. We may be unable to answer a question or consider a submission without the relevant details. Please do not send identity documents, health information, confidential client material or other sensitive data unless we have specifically agreed a necessary and secure process.
Where information comes from
Most enquiry and contributor information comes directly from you. Team and editorial attribution may also draw on public professional profiles, including LinkedIn, and material supplied or approved by the person concerned. We identify authors and sources in the relevant content. Contact us to correct your details or raise an objection.
Who may receive information
Relevant members of the BITS editorial team may access an enquiry or submission where needed to respond or review it. Service providers involved in website hosting, access security and email delivery may process information as necessary to provide those services. This edition is hosted through OpenAI Sites using Cloudflare infrastructure; the public contact address uses Gmail. We do not sell personal information.
Published author credits, approved bios and articles are visible to the audience with access to that edition. LinkedIn, Instagram and other external services receive information when you follow their links and interact with them under their own policies. We do not automatically load those services into the page.
International processing
Hosting and email providers may process information in countries outside the UK or EEA. Where a restricted transfer is made on our behalf, the applicable arrangement must use an adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards, such as approved contractual clauses and any necessary additional measures. Contact us for information about the arrangements relevant to your enquiry. External services you choose to visit may act as separate controllers.
How long information is kept
Our approach is to keep ordinary resolved enquiries for no longer than 12 months after the last meaningful contact, unless an ongoing matter or legal need requires longer. Unsuccessful contributor or voluntary-role enquiries should ordinarily be removed within six months after the discussion ends. If you agree to remain in touch about a later opportunity, we will confirm the purpose and period separately.
Published work, agreed author credits and the record of permission may be retained while the publication remains available and for any period needed to establish or defend related rights. Privacy-request records are kept only as long as reasonably needed to demonstrate our response and meet legal obligations. Provider-controlled security and account records follow the applicable provider’s retention arrangements; ask us if you need the details relevant to your use.
Your browser choice expires after 180 days. An optional reading list is cleared when you withdraw permission, the choice expires on a later visit, or you clear the site’s browser storage. It is not synchronised between devices.
Your rights
Depending on the processing and applicable law, you may have rights to access your information, correct it, request erasure, restrict processing, receive certain information in a portable format and withdraw consent. Withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. Some rights have conditions and exceptions, including in relation to publication and freedom of expression.
You can object to processing based on legitimate interests. Tell us the processing you are concerned about and your circumstances. You can also object to direct marketing at any time. We do not automatically subscribe people who contact us to a marketing list.
Email your request to the address above. We aim to respond within the period required by applicable law, normally one month, and will explain if a lawful extension or proportionate identity check is needed. We do not make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects solely by automated means.
Complaints
You can raise a concern with us first, but you do not have to do so before approaching a regulator. In the UK, you may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office. Where EU GDPR applies, you may also complain to a supervisory authority in the EU member state of your habitual residence, place of work or the alleged infringement.
Cookies, security and changes
Our Cookies & browser storage notice explains the two storage entries used by this edition. You can revisit at any time. We use proportionate access and security measures, but please avoid including confidential dispute information in a general email. We will update this notice if the site’s services or processing change and will seek fresh consent where required.