Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Legislation Nation ("we", "us", or "our") operates a civic engagement platform that allows users to draft, publish, endorse, and discuss proposed legislation. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.

2. Information We Collect

Account information: Your name, email address, and authentication details when you register or sign in via Google.
Bill content: The titles, summaries, full text, arguments, and metadata you enter for bills you draft.
Engagement data: Endorsements and comments you submit on published bills.
Payment information: When you subscribe, payment processing is handled by Stripe. We do not store your card details — Stripe does.
Usage data: IP address, browser type, and pages visited, collected through standard server logs and analytics.

3. How We Use Your Information

To create and manage your account and authenticate your sessions.
To store and display the bills, endorsements, and comments you create.
To process subscription payments and manage your subscription status.
To communicate with you about your account, security, and platform updates.
To improve our services and understand how the platform is used.

4. Draft Visibility

Bills you save as drafts are private and visible only to you. Once you publish a bill, its title, summary, full text, arguments, jurisdiction, and author name become publicly visible and indexable by search engines.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers that help us operate the platform — such as Stripe for payment processing, our hosting provider, and Google (for ad serving via Google AdSense) — under their respective privacy and security obligations. We may disclose information when required by law or to protect our rights and safety.

6. Cookies and Advertising

We use essential cookies to maintain your login session and remember your preferences. We also use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons and IP addresses) for advertising purposes.

Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display ads on this platform. Google, as a third-party vendor, may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.

Third parties, including Google, may place and read cookies on your browser to collect information as a result of ad serving on this website.
You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
You can also opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.
For more information about how Google uses data when you use this site, please see How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites.

Cookie Consent: We display a cookie consent banner on your first visit. You may choose to accept or decline advertising cookies. If you decline, we will not serve personalized ads. Essential cookies required for the platform to function are always active.

7. Data Retention

We retain your account and bill data for as long as your account is active. You may delete your bills at any time. If you cancel your subscription, your published bills remain public but you lose the ability to publish new ones until you resubscribe.

8. Your Rights

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal data by contacting us. If you are in the EU, UK, or California, you have additional rights under the GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA respectively, including the right to data portability and the right to object to processing.

9. Security

We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including encrypted transmission (HTTPS) and secure authentication. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Children's Privacy

The platform is not intended for children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe we have, please contact us so we can delete it.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version on this page and revise the "Last updated" date. Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact us through the support channels available on the platform.