Privacy policy
Effective date: October 2, 2026
The short version
- You never need an account, and we never ask who you are.
- The choices you make on the Site, such as which endorsers to show, are saved only on your device.
- We do not use analytics, cookies or tracking pixels.
- We do not sell personal information, show ads, or share data with campaigns, parties or endorsing organizations.
1. Who we are
Voter Guide Guru ("we", "us") operates voterguide.guru and its city sites, including sf.voterguide.guru (the "Site"). The Site is operated by Izac, LLC by Izac Ross, based in San Francisco, California. It is independent, self-funded, and not affiliated with any government agency, candidate, campaign, political party or endorsing organization.
Questions about this policy: contact@voterguide.guru.
2. Information we do not collect
We built the Site so that the most sensitive information never reaches us.
- Your address and your ballot choices. The Site does not ask for either.
- Your identity. We do not ask for your name, do not offer accounts, and do not use voter registration records.
- Your registration. Links to register or check your registration take you to official government websites. We do not see what you enter there. Those sites have their own privacy policies.
3. Information we collect
Information you choose to send us. If you email us, including to report an error, we receive your email address and message. We use these only to investigate the report and reply to you.
Information collected automatically. When you visit, our hosting provider receives the technical request data that every website receives: your IP address, browser and device type (user agent), the page requested, and the date and time. It processes this to deliver the Site and protect it from abuse.
We do not combine this information to identify you, and we do not build profiles of individual visitors.
4. How we use information
We use the information above to operate and secure the Site, to fix errors that are reported, and to respond to people who contact us. We do not use it for advertising, and we do not use it to infer anyone's political views.
5. Analytics
We do not use any analytics tool on the Site. If we add one, we will update this policy first, as described in section 14.
6. Service providers
We share information only with companies that help us run the Site, and only as needed for that purpose:
| Provider | What it does for us | Information it processes |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare, Inc. | Hosting, content delivery, security, database | IP address, user agent and pages requested |
| Email provider for contact@voterguide.guru | Receiving and sending email | Messages you send us |
We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. We do not disclose information to candidates, campaigns, political parties, endorsing organizations or data brokers.
We may disclose information if required by law, such as in response to a valid court order, or to protect the Site and its users from fraud or abuse. Because we hold so little, there is very little we could disclose.
7. Cookies and storage on your device
We do not use cookies. The Site saves the following in your browser's local storage so that it works as you expect:
- the endorser filters you selected;
- whether you prefer the tiles or the grid view.
This information stays on your device and is not sent to us. You can erase it at any time by clearing site data in your browser. Because it lives in one browser, it does not follow you to another browser or device.
8. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
We do not track you over time or across other websites, and we do not allow other parties to do so through the Site. Because we collect no analytics, there is nothing further to switch off when your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal.
9. How long we keep information
| Information | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Error reports sent by email | 12 months after the report is resolved, then deleted |
| Other email correspondence | 24 months after the last message |
| Hosting and security logs | As retained by Cloudflare under its own policies; we do not keep our own copies |
| Filter and view choices | On your device until you clear them |
10. Your choices and rights
- See, correct or delete what we hold. The only personal information we may hold about you is an email you sent us. Write to contact@voterguide.guru and we will tell you what we have, correct it, or delete it. We will respond within 30 days.
- Clear your device. Clear site data in your browser.
We will not treat you differently for making any of these requests. California residents may have additional rights under California law; because we do not sell or share personal information and hold very little, the steps above are how those rights are exercised with us.
11. Children
The Site is intended for voters and people preparing to vote. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
12. Security
The Site is served only over encrypted connections. Access to the email account where error reports arrive is limited to the Site's operator and protected by sign-in controls. No system is perfectly secure; the strongest protection we offer is that we do not collect your address, your identity or your ballot choices in the first place. If a breach affecting personal information occurs, we will notify affected people as the law requires.
13. Links to other sites
The Site links to endorsing organizations, news outlets and government election offices. We do not control those sites, and this policy does not cover them.
14. Changes to this policy
If we make a material change, we will post the new policy here, update the effective date, and show a notice on the Site's home page for at least 30 days. Earlier versions are available on request. If a change would reduce your privacy, it will not apply to information collected before the change.