Cookie & Tracking Policy

This Cookie & Tracking Policy explains how PolitiMind uses cookies, local storage, device fingerprinting, and similar technologies on our websites and applications.

• Strictly necessary: session cookies, CSRF tokens, authentication state. Required for the Services to function.
• Functional: the pmind_voter_id cookie used to deduplicate guest poll submissions; preference cookies (theme, language).
• Analytics: Google Analytics 4 and Google Tag Manager, used in aggregate to improve the product. Honors GPC opt-out signals.
• Fingerprint dedupe: SHA-256 hash of device signals to prevent sybil attacks in public polls. Stored as a one-way hash, not raw fingerprints.
• Error & session monitoring: Sentry collects errors and limited session replay (with input masking) for debugging.

We use Google (analytics, tag manager), HubSpot (CRM and forms), and Sentry (monitoring). These vendors set cookies under their own privacy policies, which govern their processing.

• Browser settings let you block or delete cookies. Blocking strictly-necessary cookies will break the Services.
• Browser-level GPC signals are honored as opt-out of sale/sharing under U.S. state privacy laws.
• Opt out of Google Analytics via the GA opt-out browser add-on.

A consent banner is live for all visitors. It offers granular category toggles (functional, analytics) and a "Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information" control. You can reopen it anytime from the Cookie Preferences link in the site footer. Browser-level Global Privacy Control signals are detected automatically and lock analytics off and the sale/share opt-out on. To exercise broader privacy rights, use our Privacy Rights Request form or contact chris@politimind.com.

We will update this Policy when our tracking practices change. Material changes will be noted in the "Last updated" date above.