Privacy

The Accord stores some data — that's the honest answer. This page tells you exactly what, why, and how to delete it. The site is privacy-first by design: no third-party trackers, no advertising pixels, no session replay, country-level analytics only. But generating a tailored letter, accepting feedback, or sending you updates requires retaining the inputs you provide.

What is captured

Email signup. When you submit an email for updates, we store the address with optional preferences you choose (home state, ZIP, topic interests, role tags — see the preferences page). Used only to send site output (essays, chapter revisions, parameter changes). Never sold, never shared, never used for targeted advertising. One email = all output; there is no separate newsletter subscription.

Letters generated for legislators or candidates. When you draft a letter via the Accord's letter generator, we keep the prompt you wrote (your story, household context, priority concerns), the AI's draft, your edited version (if any), and a session identifier. Used to improve the framing logic and detect cases where the AI underperforms. Tied to a session_id, optionally to your email.

Comments and feedback. Public comments include the author name you provided (or "Anonymous"), the comment text, and an IP for spam moderation. Feedback (bug reports, suggestions, corrections) stores the page and your text — nothing else. Both kept indefinitely unless you delete.

AI conversations. When you ask Ask-AI a question or use any other AI surface, we keep the input, the response, and timing/cost metadata. Used to improve answer quality.

Anonymized analytics. Page-view counts at country level (not city, not IP), referrer source, session_id (so we can tell a return visitor from a new one). No third-party trackers.

One first-party cookie (naa_visitor). A random UUID set on your first visit and stored for one year. It has no name, email, or other identifier inside it — just an opaque id. We use it to thread three things: (1) your Ask-AI conversation history, so if you come back tomorrow the page can show you the question you asked last time and let you continue it; (2) page-view stats, so we can count return visits separately from new ones; (3) any “save this view to my profile” entries you create on the Ask-AI page. The cookie is httpOnly (JavaScript on the page can't read it) and SameSite=Lax (not sent on cross-site requests). If you sign up via email, the cookie is linked to your email so we can recognize you on the same device next time; if not, the cookie stays anonymous.

Right to deletion

You can delete every record tied to your email at any time. Open the preferences page, look up your email, and click "Delete all my data." The deletion cascades through email signup, preferences, generated letters, comments, feedback, and AI conversations. We retain anonymized aggregate counts (used to improve the site) but no identifier ties them back to you.

If you commented or wrote feedback without signing up, those rows aren't tied to an email and need an admin sweep — email contact@ with the context (page, approximate date) and we'll find and remove them.

Substack integration

If you subscribe via Substack, those addresses are governed by Substack's privacy policy. They are not accessible to us outside the Substack dashboard.

What we do NOT use

No Google Analytics. No Meta/Facebook Pixel. No TikTok pixel. No LinkedIn Insight Tag. No HotJar, FullStory, or session replay. No retargeting. No ad networks. No third-party cookies. Email addresses are never sold, shared, or used for targeted advertising. The one first-party cookie (naa_visitor) described above is the only cookie we set. Privacy-first posture is a credibility asset for a civic project.

Authored by Bill Hersman, LiDAR Space LLC · DNA v10.2 · May 2026