Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

  • Account: email, username, password hash (never the plaintext password).
  • Representatives: when you ask us to identify your political representatives, we request your browser's lat/lon for that lookup only. We don't store the coordinates after the lookup; we do store the resulting representative details on your account.
  • Subscription: if you subscribe to Daily Alerts, we store subscription state and Stripe identifiers. Card details stay with Stripe.
  • Discord (optional): Discord user ID and username if you link.
  • Public comments: displayed to other users with your username.
  • Usage and analytics: IP, user agent, pages visited, and anonymous metrics via Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights. No third-party tracking or advertising cookies.

2. Cookies

One first-party session cookie keeps you logged in; "Remember me" extends it. Vercel Analytics and Speed Insights set anonymous first-party cookies. No third-party tracking or advertising cookies.

3. Data Sharing

We don't sell your data. We share only with:

  • Stripe — for payment processing (governed by Stripe's privacy policy).
  • Service providers — hosting, email delivery (Mailgun), and error monitoring, scoped to what they need to perform the service.
  • Discord — if you link, your Discord user ID, for role sync.
  • Law enforcement — if compelled by valid legal process or where necessary to protect safety.

4. Your Rights

Subject to your jurisdiction's data protection laws, you can request access, correction, deletion, or export of your data. Most can be done directly in Settings; otherwise email admin@trackgov.com. Some records may be retained where law requires it (e.g. payment records).

5. Data Retention

We retain personal data while your account is active. On deletion, your data is removed or anonymised within 30 days, except records we're legally required to keep (e.g. financial). Aggregated, anonymised usage data may be retained indefinitely.

6. Security

Passwords are hashed, transport is encrypted, and access is gated. No system is fully secure.

7. Contact

admin@trackgov.com.

8. Changes

We'll post material changes here and update the date below.

9. Public records we display

TrackGov mirrors public government records — bills, votes, committees, development applications, and similar. We surface only fields the source publishes openly without login and attribute the source on every page. We don't enrich source data with additional personal information.

9a. DA alert location

If you opt into DA alerts, you give us an address. We use it to match new DAs to your saved radius and to send the resulting alerts. We don't share your address. You can change or delete it in Settings. Geocoding goes through OpenStreetMap Nominatim at save time only.

9b. Removal requests for people named in public records

If you appear on TrackGov in a public record and want it removed or narrowed, email admin@trackgov.com with the page link. We acknowledge within 5 business days. For listings the source authority doesn't open to public participation, removal is the default.

9c. Extra tracked DA locations (paid)

If you subscribe to Extra DA Locations, you give us up to nine additional addresses, each with a radius you choose. We use them exactly as the free location above — to match new DAs and send alerts — and we don't share them. Geocoding goes through OpenStreetMap Nominatim at save time only. If you ask us to cover an area we don't yet track, we store the address you entered as a coverage request; those requests are automatically deleted after 12 months. Your tracked locations themselves are retained until you delete your account, even if the subscription lapses, so they reactivate without re-entry. You can add, edit, disable, or remove any of them from the DAs Near You page.

Last Updated: 2026-05-30