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Privacy Policy

Last updated 16 October 2026

Civix is made by AmPa. This policy explains what the Civix app and this website collect, why, and the choices you have. Reading the news, the summaries, the map and the party and candidate pages needs no account, and we do not ask for or store personal information to do that.

What we collect

• Phone number, if you sign in. It is used to send a one-time code by SMS and to recognise your account.
• Profile details you choose to add: name, gender, date of birth, social media handles and party affiliation. All of them are optional.
• Your likes and saved stories, with each story's headline, source and link, so they appear in your lists on any device when you are signed in.
• Feedback you send from the app, with an email address only if you choose to give one for a reply. If you are signed in, it is linked to your account.
• Basic technical records our servers keep when the app or site asks for data, such as the time of a request.

Your theme, language and onboarding choices stay on your device.

How we use it

Only to run Civix: to sign you in, to show your profile, to keep your likes and saved stories, and to answer feedback.

• We do not sell your information.
• We do not show advertising, and we do not track you across other apps or websites.

Alerts

If you turn on high-priority alerts or summary alerts (You > Settings), your device registers with Google's Firebase Cloud Messaging, which gives it a push token so alerts can be delivered; on iPhone, Apple's push service delivers them. The token identifies your device to the push service only. We do not store it or link it to your phone number or profile. Alerts stay off unless you turn them on.

Services that help us run Civix

Sign-in codes are sent and checked by Twilio. Alerts are delivered by Google Firebase and Apple. Account data is stored in a database hosted by Supabase and served from Microsoft Azure. These providers receive only what they need to do that job.

Stories link to their original publishers. Opening one loads the publisher's page, and photographs are loaded from publisher and Wikimedia servers, which receive the request from your device as with any website. Their own privacy policies apply.

Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your account data until you delete your account. You can do that at any time in the app, under You > Delete account. Deleting removes your phone number, profile, likes and saved stories immediately. You can also ask us to delete it by email.

Your choices

• You can use Civix without signing in.
• You can edit or clear your profile details at any time.
• You can turn alerts off at any time in You > Settings, or in your phone's settings.

Children

Civix is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information.

This website

This site stores your theme choice (day or night) in your browser. It sets no tracking cookies. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here and the date above will change with it. Questions or requests: admin@ampalab.com.