Privacy

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    By using LocalRepublic.com, you agree to the collection and use of your personal information as described in this policy. If we make any significant changes to this policy, we will notify you by posting a notice of such changes on the website.

    We care deeply about protecting your privacy. Please send us any questions or comments you may have.

    Summary

    • We will never spam you or give your personal information to anyone.
    • You control when and how we send messages to you.
    • You can deactivate and delete your account at any time.
    • You have the ability to delete every comment you post.

    How we treat your information

    We will never spam you.

    We do send notifications for new messages and new comments, but you can turn these off.

    We will never disclose your personal information without your permission.

    We will never sell, rent or share your personal information with a 3rd party, especially your email addresses, without your express permission, unless required by law. Never ever!

    We give you full control over your information, including the ability to wipe it from our system.

    You can update your account information and preferences at any time. You can destroy your account when you choose.

    We will only access your personal information when:

    • You specifically request us to do so (e.g. you are having technical difficulties).
    • It is required by law.
    • It is necessary to maintain our system.

    We will protect your information from other users.

    Nobody can view messages you have sent or received through the Local Republic message system except the parties involved in the message.

    We may sell, rent or share information about user habits in aggregate only.

    We will never do so in a manner that could even remotely be individually identifiable.

    For example, we could collect and share information such as “what are the top 10 issues cared about by people aged 22-26 living in New York City”, but we would NOT share information like “what is the political leaning of one New Yorker aged 22-26?”

    What information do we collect?

    Personal: Name, email addresses, password

    All passwords are stored on our server in encrypted form - not even we can tell what they are! If you lose your password, we will generate a new one and send it to you.

    Optional: Gender, date-of-birth, short description

    These help us gather demographic information on our users. We may also share this information in the aggregate only. See above. The description is purely optional, and used to let other users know more about yourself.

    Issue-solving: Issues, solutions, articles, comments

    These items form the content of Local Republic. Please be aware that while comments can be deleted, issues, solutions and articles are permanently published and integrated into the Local Republic knowledge base. However, if you delete your account, you can no longer be identified as the creator of any such item you have authored.

    Usage: Number of logins, last login, activity and error logs

    This data helps us monitor Local Republic's health, and diagnose errors and slowness issues when they crop up.

    Cookies and log files

    LocalRepublic.com sends a "cookie" to your computer that contains an identification number that is unique to the computer you are using. We use this cookie to provide you with a continuous experience, and for us to record how our service is being used.

    As is done with most web sites, we log each visit to each web page. A log entry can contain information typically found in the "header" of your web browser's request such as the browser type you used, your Internet Protocol address, and the date and time of day. We may also log your cookie's identification number and the URL of the last site you visited. This log information is important for security, audit, quality improvement, as well as for monitoring the health of our service.