Privacy Policy

OpenVerdict Inc. ("we," "us," or "our") operates The CourtRoom at openverdict.net. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information.

We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We do not sell your personal information.

Account information. When you sign in, we collect your email address via Supabase Auth. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name and email from Google's OAuth service.

Profile information. Your chosen username and any profile details you voluntarily provide.

User content. Arguments, verdicts, topic submissions, and any other content you post to the Platform.

Awards. If you give a paid award, the payment is processed by Stripe under its own privacy policy. We receive the amount, the argument it was given for, and your juror name; we never see or store card details.

Usage data. We record page views and the actions you take on the site, such as clicks, votes and searches, in our own database: the page, the referring page, your IP address, browser type, window size and timestamps, tied to your account or to an anonymous session. We use this to maintain, secure, and improve the Platform.

Legal notice tool. If you use the "Your Claim" legal notice generator, the situation description you enter is used only to draft your notice in your browser. It is not posted, shared, or stored by us.

• To operate and maintain your account
• To display your contributions in community deliberations
• To send transactional emails (sign-in links, account notices)
• To monitor for abuse and enforce our Terms of Service
• To improve the Platform through aggregate usage analysis

We do not use your information for advertising or sell it to third parties.

Public content. Arguments, verdicts, and usernames you post are visible to all Platform users.

Service providers. We use Supabase (database and authentication), Vercel (hosting) and Stripe (payments for paid awards). These providers process data on our behalf and are contractually bound to protect it.

Legal requirements. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights and safety of our users or the public.

Google Ads conversion measurement. We receive free search advertising through the Google Ad Grants program, and that program requires us to tell Google when an ad led to something. On the public site we load Google's conversion tag, which reports to Google that a visitor cast a verdict, opened a case from the homepage, created an assignment, clicked to donate, or completed a paid award. It sends no name, no email, no vote and no text, it builds no advertising audiences, and it is not loaded on the education and live session pages, on a case opened for coursework, or in a browser that sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal. Google's handling of what it receives is described in Google's own privacy policy.

We do not share your personal information with any other third parties.

Classes and assignments on OpenVerdict for Education are covered by a separate, more detailed statement: the student data page. In short: a student taking part through a one-off assignment link gives a first name and nothing else, with no account, no password and no email address. An enrolled student signs in with an email address, which their instructor never sees.

Real names are readable only by the student and by their instructor, and never appear on the public platform, where every juror is a number. Written coursework, marks and feedback are readable only by the student and the instructor who set the work. Votes count in the public tally, and arguments appear on the public floor unless the instructor marked the assignment private.

Where this policy and the student data page differ for a classroom, the student data page governs. Institutions reviewing the tool should start at what your campus needs from us.

We retain your account information for as long as your account is active. User-generated content may persist after account deletion for the integrity of community deliberations unless you request its removal.

You can delete your account yourself. "Delete my account and everything I wrote", at the bottom of your record, removes your verdicts, your arguments, your written reasoning, any marks and extensions, your class memberships, the page views and actions recorded against your account (including the IP addresses), your profile and the login itself, immediately. Instructors have their own delete buttons on an assignment and on a class, which remove the coursework those hold, every page view and action recorded on that assignment's or class's pages, and the page views and actions of each student on it who used an anonymous session or has no other coursework left.

If you would rather we did it for you, or you need a whole class or term removed, contact us at team@openverdict.net.

We use industry-standard security measures including encrypted connections (HTTPS), Supabase row-level security, and access controls. However, no system is completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your information.

You have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal information. Deletion you can do yourself, from your record. For anything else, contact us at team@openverdict.net. We will respond within 30 days.

If you are located in California, you may have additional rights under the CCPA. If you are in the European Economic Area, you may have rights under the GDPR. Contact us to make a request.

We use session cookies and local storage to keep you signed in and to remember your preferences. We do not use third-party tracking or advertising cookies.

The Platform is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, contact us and we will delete it promptly.

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. We will post the updated policy on this page with a revised date. Continued use of the Platform after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to OpenVerdict Inc. at team@openverdict.net.