Founding Editor and Publisher: Rohit Sen Gupta
Rohit Sen Gupta holds primary responsibility for Data Watchdog’s editorial direction, publication standards, commissioning, major editorial decisions, corrections oversight, and institutional accountability.
His work focuses particularly on technology, digital sovereignty, India, South Asia, and the wider geopolitical consequences of technological development. His published biography and author archive should be linked from this masthead.
Accountable Editorial Functions
Data Watchdog operates as an independently managed specialist digital publication with a focus on technology, data, digital sovereignty, and the broader consequences of technological power.
To maintain transparency about the publication’s organizational structure, this masthead distinguishes accountable editorial functions from individual employees. A desk, office, or contact function may describe a responsibility handled by one or more authorized individuals and does not necessarily represent a separate full time department.
Editorial Standards and Fact Checking
Office of the Editor
Responsible for editorial standards, source assessment, verification, article classification, conflict screening, corrections, updates, and implementation of published editorial policies.
Contact: editorial@datawatchdog.org
Corrections and Reader Accuracy
Corrections Desk
Receives and assesses reports concerning factual errors, material omissions, misleading presentation, inaccurate attribution, and outdated information.
Contact: corrections@datawatchdog.org
Complaints and Right of Reply
Reader Standards Desk
Handles formal editorial complaints, requests for review, rights of reply, and appeals in accordance with the publication’s complaints procedure.
Contact: complaints@datawatchdog.org
Contributors and Commissioning
Contributors Desk
Handles editorial pitches, contributor verification, declarations of interest, commissioning, rights, contributor agreements, and author standards.
Contact: contributors@datawatchdog.org
Accessibility
Accessibility Contact
Coordinates accessibility feedback, alternative formats, accessibility improvements, and remediation priorities across the publication.
Contact: accessibility@datawatchdog.org
Privacy and Data Protection
Privacy Contact
Handles questions and rights requests relating to personal information processed through Data Watchdog’s website and associated digital services.
Contact: privacy@datawatchdog.org
Security and Vulnerability Disclosure
Security Contact
Receives good faith reports concerning technical vulnerabilities or security issues affecting systems controlled by Data Watchdog.
Contact: security@datawatchdog.org
Commercial Partnerships and Advertising
Commercial Contact
Handles advertising, sponsorship, licensing, partnership, and other commercial enquiries.
Commercial personnel do not control independent editorial conclusions, reporting decisions, corrections, or editorial assessments.
Contact: advertising@datawatchdog.org
Legal Notices
Legal Contact
Receives formal legal correspondence and related notices, subject to appropriate verification of identity and authority.
Contact: legal@datawatchdog.org
Authors and Contributors
Permanent editorial personnel are listed on this page when they hold a continuing accountable role within Data Watchdog.
Freelance writers, guest contributors, photographers, researchers, translators, reviewers, analysts, and subject specialists are identified through individual article bylines and author pages.
Where appropriate, an author page may identify a contributor’s relevant expertise, professional role, material affiliations, correction history, and recent work.
Data Watchdog does not create fictitious staff profiles, synthetic headshots presented as real people, inflated biographies, or honorary titles intended to create a misleading impression of organizational size or expertise.
Pseudonyms may be used only where there is a documented safety, legal, privacy, or public interest reason and where their use has been approved by the responsible editor.
Editorial Accountability
Responsibility for published journalism ultimately rests with the publication’s accountable editorial leadership.
Different editorial functions may be delegated, but delegation does not remove responsibility for maintaining appropriate standards of accuracy, attribution, transparency, independence, corrections, and reader accountability.
Commercial, technical, administrative, or partnership functions are kept distinct from independent editorial decision making.
Masthead Changes
This masthead is updated when significant editorial responsibility changes.
Former staff members or contributors are not silently presented as current members of the publication. Material changes to editorial leadership, ownership, publisher control, or accountable editorial functions should also be reflected in relevant transparency and legal information pages.
The masthead is intended to provide readers with a clear understanding of who is responsible for Data Watchdog’s journalism and how readers can raise concerns about published material.
Last verified: 18 August 2026