Your privacy is important to us at Floptropica Elections. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use our mock voting platform.

• Information Collection: We collect only the information necessary to provide our voting service. When you create an account, we collect your email address, name, and optionally, a profile picture. When you vote, we record your vote choice, the time of your vote, and your IP address to help detect and prevent fraudulent activity, bot behavior, and election manipulation.
• How We Use Your Information: Your email and name are used for account authentication and management. Your vote data is stored to ensure one-vote-per-user and to display aggregate election results. Profile pictures are stored for display purposes only. IP addresses are used to implement rate limiting (restricting the number of requests from a single IP address) and to detect suspicious patterns of voting activity.
• Vote Privacy: While your vote is recorded in our database, it is associated with your account for validation purposes. Individual vote choices are not publicly displayed - only aggregate vote counts and percentages are shown.
• Data Sharing: We do not sell, trade, or share your personal information with third parties except as required by law or to protect our rights and safety.
• Account Data: Your account information (email, name, profile picture) is stored securely in our database. You can delete your account at any time through the account settings, which will remove your personal information and vote from our system.
• Cookies & Analytics: We may use cookies for authentication and session management. We may also use analytics tools to understand usage patterns and improve our service.
• Third-Party Authentication: We offer Google Sign-In as an authentication option. When you use Google Sign-In, we receive your name, email, and profile picture from Google. This data is subject to Google's privacy policy.
• Data Security: We implement reasonable security measures including password hashing and secure authentication to protect your data, but cannot guarantee absolute security.
• Children's Privacy: Our service requires users to be at least 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
• Data Retention: We retain your account data and vote information for the duration of your account. You may delete your account at any time to remove your data.
• Changes to Policy: We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Continued use of the service constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
• Contact: For questions or concerns about this policy, or to request deletion or a copy of your data, please contact us at flopelections1@gmail.com.

By using Floptropica Elections, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to this Privacy Policy.