This Privacy Policy describes how Miguel Silva, doing business as Acta ("Acta," "we," "us," or "our"), collects, uses, and protects your information when you use actacivic.com (the "Service"). Acta is a nonpartisan civic-engagement platform that helps people understand public issues and take civic action. By using Acta, you agree to the practices described here.
Acta is built on data minimization: we collect only what is needed to make the Service work, and we never sell your individual identity. You can read briefs, look up your representatives, and explore the Service without creating an account or providing personal information.
We collect the following only when you choose to provide it or when it is necessary to operate the Service:
• Email address, only if you voluntarily provide it (e.g., to receive updates or contact us). You are never required to create an account.
• Geographic location (ZIP code), to identify the elected officials who represent you. We use ZIP-level location, not precise GPS.
• Issue interests, the topics, bills, or measures you search for or act on.
• Content you create, letters, campaign materials, or messages you generate.
• Usage information, anonymous, aggregated information about how the Service is used, collected through privacy-protective analytics. This is not tied to your identity.
We do not collect payment information, biometric data, precise device location, or sensitive personal information (such as racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, health data, or sexual orientation).
Acta is a general-audience civic platform. We comply with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and applicable state laws regarding minors. We handle age in three bands, based on self-reported age:
• Under 13: We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Users under 13 are blocked from submitting personal information through the Service. If we learn we have collected personal information from a child under 13, we will delete it.
• Ages 13-15: Users in this range may use the Service's informational and action features, but we do not collect personal information or share data from these users.
• Ages 16-17: Users in this range may use the Service with limited data collection, consistent with applicable law.
Classroom use: When Acta is used in a classroom through a class link provided by an educator ("Classroom Mode"), no personal information is collected from any student, regardless of age, no accounts, no email capture, no tracking. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact hello@actacivic.com and we will delete it.
We use the information we collect to provide the Service (generate briefs, identify your representatives, draft letters, enable civic action), send you updates you have requested, understand and improve the Service through aggregated analytics, maintain security, and comply with legal obligations. We do not use your information to build advertising profiles, and Acta does not display third-party advertising.
We do not sell your individual identity or personal records. We may share information only as follows:
• Aggregated, anonymized insights. We may produce and share aggregated, anonymized information about what issues communities care about. This is statistical and cannot reasonably be used to identify any individual.
• Service providers. We use trusted providers (hosting, database, AI, and representative-lookup services) who process data on our behalf under confidentiality obligations.
• Legal requirements. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights, safety, or property of Acta or others.
Some organizations (such as unions or advocacy groups) run their own campaigns on Acta. If you choose to take action through an organization’s campaign, the information you submit through it (such as your name, contact details, and the message you send) is shared with that organization so it can act on your participation, and that organization handles your information under its own privacy practices. Acta’s own internal reporting and any insights we publish use only aggregated, anonymized signals that do not identify individuals.
Acta uses AI (provided by Anthropic) to generate briefs, letters, and other civic materials. Your inputs are processed by this provider to deliver those features. AI-generated content is for informational purposes; you are responsible for reviewing it before use.
• Use without an account. You can use the core Service without providing personal information.
• Access and deletion. You can delete your data at any time using our data deletion page, which removes your personal data from our active systems right away. You may also request access or deletion by emailing hello@actacivic.com, and we will respond within 30 days where required. We keep a minimal suppression record (your email in hashed form) so that we do not contact you again, and we may retain information we are legally required to keep. Residual copies in routine backups are purged on our normal backup cycle.
• State privacy rights. Depending on where you live (e.g., California), you may have additional rights to know, access, correct, and delete your information, and to opt out of the “sale” or “sharing” of personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising. Acta does not sell personal information and does not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights. To exercise any right, use the data deletion page or email hello@actacivic.com.
We use only functional cookies and privacy-protective analytics, no advertising or targeting cookies. See our Cookie Policy for details.
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. We retain personal information only as long as needed to provide the Service, and no longer than 2 years for inactive users. Aggregated, anonymized information may be retained indefinitely because it does not identify you.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time and will post the updated version with a new "Last updated" date. Questions about this policy or your data? Email hello@actacivic.com.