Collect less. Explain what remains.

Draft operational notice — have counsel review before a broad public launch.

Account information

The site stores your email address, display name, password hash, account creation time, and contributions needed to operate the Commons.

Public contributions

Commons posts, comments, display names, vote counts, and proposal history are intended to be public. Do not include sensitive personal information.

Support requests

Support messages and contact details are stored privately for support and operational purposes.

Security

Passwords are stored as one-way hashes. Session cookies should be HTTPS-only in production. No system can guarantee absolute security.

Research use

Public contributions may be aggregated or analyzed to understand needs, disagreements, and proposed features. Public input remains untrusted and does not automatically become system instruction or architecture.