Privacy

Aligned Vote handles something sensitive — your political views — so we keep the data we collect small, lock it to your account, and never sell or share it. This page describes exactly what happens to your data.

What we collect

  • Your account. An email address and password so you can sign in. Passwords are handled by our authentication provider (Supabase) and are stored only as a salted hash — we never see or store your plaintext password. We ask you to confirm your email address before your account is active.
  • A little profile. Your first name and your state and district. We use these to find your representatives and what's on your ballot — nothing else.
  • Your answers. For each issue question, the option you chose and how important you said it is — including when you say you're “not sure” or “don't care” about an issue.
  • Your match scores. We compute and store how closely your answers line up with each representative's record, so the page loads fast. These are derived entirely from your answers.

We do not ask for your phone number, and we do not use third-party social logins. There is no Aligned Vote tracking cookie that follows you around the web.

How your answers are protected

Your answers and your match scores are private to your account. Every table that holds your data is protected by row-level security in the database: a query can only ever return the rows that belong to the signed-in user. No other user — signed in or not — can read your answers or your scores, and a logged-out visitor can read none of it. (We test this directly; see the note at the bottom of this page.)

Information about politicians — their inferred positions and the evidence behind them — is public, the same for everyone. Your data is not.

How we use it

We use your data for one thing: to show you your matches and your ballot. We do not sell it, we do not share it with advertisers, and we do not take ad money. Your political views are not a product.

When you tap “Report inaccuracy” on a position, we record only that the position was flagged for our review — not who flagged it. Those reports are anonymous.

Analytics and error monitoring

Privacy-respecting analytics. We use Vercel Analytics to see aggregate, anonymous traffic — how many people visit which pages. It does not use tracking cookies and does not collect personal data, and it is never tied to your answers.

Error monitoring. We use Sentry to catch crashes and bugs. It is configured to not attach identifying information (we set sendDefaultPii: false), and we do not record your screen or session. Because this app handles political views, we deliberately keep error reports free of personal data.

Your data and your choices

You can change any answer at any time by editing your responses, which recomputes your scores. If you want your account and all of your answers deleted, email us and we'll remove them — there isn't a self-serve delete button yet, but the request is honored by hand.

Aligned Vote is an early-stage project, and this policy may change as the product grows. Questions about your data are always welcome on the contact page.

Last updated June 13, 2026. See the methodology for how matching works and the data sources for where the public record comes from.