Information we collect
- Account and contact information: your email address for verification and, only if you opt in, occasional project updates. If you use the contact form, we also receive the name, email address, topic, and message you submit.
- Participation information: your self-reported state, Agree/Disagree/Pass choices, optional written context, and optional statement suggestions.
- Security information: privacy-protected device, browser, and network signals used to reduce duplicate participation. The duplicate-participation system stores one-way hashes rather than a raw IP address.
- Technical records: hosting and service providers may process IP addresses, timestamps, request details, and device information in ordinary security and delivery logs.
- Optional analytics information: if you allow analytics, Google Analytics processes pages viewed, general device and browser information, approximate location, referral information, and limited interaction events such as beginning or completing participation, viewing or filtering results, sharing results, and completing the contact form. We do not send email addresses, contact-form contents, written responses, or individual Agree/Disagree/Pass choices to Google Analytics.
How we use information
We use information to verify participants, save responses, prevent duplicate or abusive participation, display aggregated results, maintain security, improve the service, respond to contact-form messages, and send updates when a person has chosen to receive them.
What becomes public
Only aggregated response patterns are public, and only after a minimum reporting threshold is met. We do not publish email addresses, individual votes, written explanations, security hashes, or personal profiles.
When information is shared
We use service providers to operate the site, including Supabase for authentication and database services, Resend for verification-email delivery, Namecheap Private Email for contact-form delivery and correspondence, Google Analytics for optional traffic and engagement measurement, and hosting, content-delivery, and security providers. They may process information only as needed to provide those services. We may also disclose information when required by law or to protect the service and its users.
We do not sell personal information. We do not provide political responses to campaigns, data brokers, or advertisers for individual targeting.
Browser storage, analytics, and advertising
The site uses local browser storage for verification, duplicate-participation safeguards, and remembering your analytics choice. Google Analytics remains off unless you select “Allow analytics.” If allowed, Google Analytics uses browser identifiers to measure traffic and engagement. Google Signals and advertising personalization are disabled. The site does not use third-party advertising or create political targeting profiles.
Retention and security
We keep participation records for as long as they support the project’s research, integrity, and historical reporting purposes. Contact correspondence is retained in the appropriate project mailbox for as long as reasonably needed to respond, document a request, or protect the service. Security and delivery logs may have shorter provider-controlled retention periods. We use access controls, encrypted connections, and one-way hashing for duplicate-prevention signals, but no online service can promise absolute security.
Your choices
Analytics is optional. You can allow or decline it when first visiting and change that decision at any time using the “Privacy choices” control. Marketing updates are also optional, and you may unsubscribe using the link in any marketing message. You may request access, correction, or deletion of personal information associated with your email, subject to identity verification and legal or integrity-related exceptions. Removing identifying account data may not require removal of permanently de-identified aggregate statistics.
Children
The service is intended for people age 13 and older and is not directed to children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 submitted personal information, contact us so we can review and remove it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the service changes. We will post the revised version here and change the effective date. Material changes will be highlighted on the site or communicated to participants when appropriate.