Privacy Policy

new.vote is operated by Debate Report Limited, a private limited company registered in Scotland. When we refer to "we", "us" or "our" in this policy, we mean Debate Report Limited.

For questions about your personal data, please use our Contact page.

We collect the following categories of personal data:

• Account data: Your username (handle), email address (if provided), and account tier.
• Content data: Claims, warrants, evidence, rebuttals, comments and votes you submit to the Platform.
• Authentication data: Passkey credentials used to verify your identity (stored as cryptographic keys, never as passwords).
• Usage data: Pages visited, features used, and session information for security and performance purposes.
• Contact data: Name, email, subject and message if you contact us via the Contact page.

We use your personal data to:

• Provide and operate the Platform.
• Authenticate you and maintain session security.
• Associate your contributions with your account.
• Respond to enquiries and contact form submissions.
• Prevent abuse, fraud and policy violations.
• Improve the Platform based on usage patterns.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Contract: To provide the services you have signed up for.
• Legitimate interests: To operate, secure and improve the Platform.
• Consent: Where you have given explicit consent, such as for optional communications.

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. Content you submit is retained as part of the debate record and may remain visible after account deletion, attributed to a anonymised identifier.

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months for correspondence purposes.

We use a session cookie (dr_session) to maintain your authenticated session. This is a strictly necessary cookie and does not require consent.

We also use localStorage to remember your theme preference (light/dark). No tracking or advertising cookies are used.

Under applicable data protection law, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate personal data.
• Request deletion of your personal data.
• Object to or restrict processing of your personal data.
• Data portability (where applicable).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the Contact page. We will respond within 30 days.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including encrypted session tokens, passkey-based authentication, and access controls. No method of data transmission is 100% secure; we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will update the date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Platform after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.