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Last Updated: August 28, 2026

Conviction Index ("Conviction Index," "we," "us," or "our") operates an online public-opinion platform where users can participate in debates, cast votes, express conviction, and post arguments.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you.

1. Information We Collect

Account Information

When you create an account, we may collect:

  • Email address
  • Username
  • Account authentication information
  • Account creation and activity timestamps

Public Participation

When you use Conviction Index, we may collect:

  • Votes
  • Conviction Points
  • Public arguments
  • Helpful or Not Helpful reactions
  • Debate participation history

Your public username and public arguments may be visible to other users.

Your email address is not displayed publicly.

Optional Demographic Information

You may voluntarily provide demographic information such as:

  • Age range
  • State or general geographic region
  • Sex
  • Occupation category

Providing demographic information is optional.

We use demographic information to analyze public opinion in aggregate and understand how opinions vary across groups.

We do not display individual demographic information on public user profiles.

Payment Information

Payments are processed by third-party payment processors such as Stripe.

Conviction Index does not store full payment-card numbers.

We may receive limited transaction information such as:

  • Purchase amount
  • Payment status
  • Transaction identifiers
  • Date and time of purchase

Technical Information

We may collect standard technical information such as:

  • IP address
  • Device type
  • Browser
  • Referring page
  • Pages visited
  • General usage activity
  • Cookies or similar technologies

2. How We Use Information

We may use information to:

  • Operate and improve Conviction Index
  • Authenticate users
  • Enforce one-person-one-vote rules
  • Process Conviction Point purchases
  • Display public debate results
  • Operate argument and reaction features
  • Prevent fraud, abuse, and manipulation
  • Moderate content
  • Analyze platform usage
  • Measure public opinion and conviction trends
  • Create aggregated demographic and research insights
  • Communicate with users about their accounts or the service
  • Comply with legal obligations

3. Aggregated and Analytical Data

Conviction Index may create aggregated or de-identified statistics based on platform participation.

Examples include:

  • Percentage of users supporting a position
  • Opinion differences by age range
  • Opinion differences by state
  • Opinion differences by occupation category
  • Conviction intensity by demographic group
  • Public opinion trends over time

We may publish, license, or provide aggregated or de-identified insights to researchers, journalists, businesses, organizations, or other third parties.

We do not intend to sell personally identifiable voting histories or individual demographic profiles.

4. Public Content

Arguments and usernames that you post publicly may be visible to anyone who visits the platform.

Do not include personal information in public arguments that you do not want others to see.

5. Service Providers

We may use third-party providers for services including:

  • Hosting
  • Authentication
  • Database services
  • Payment processing
  • Analytics
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Email delivery

These providers may process information on our behalf as necessary to provide their services.

6. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect user information.

No online service can guarantee complete security.

7. Data Retention

We may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:

  • Operate the service
  • Maintain historical public-opinion data
  • Prevent fraud
  • Resolve disputes
  • Meet legal and accounting requirements

Users may be able to modify or remove certain profile information through account settings.

8. Your Choices

Depending on available account features, you may:

  • Update your profile information
  • Change or remove optional demographic information
  • Request account deletion
  • Opt out of certain communications

9. Children

Conviction Index is not intended for children under 13.

Users who are not legally permitted to enter binding agreements in their jurisdiction should use the platform only with appropriate permission.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as the service evolves.

If we make material changes, we may provide notice through the site or other appropriate means.

11. Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy may be sent to:

admin@convictionindex.com