Effective as of: 3/9/2026
By accessing or using Civie ("the Service"), operated by Civie LLC ("we," "us," or "our"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, you may not access the Service. These Terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the Service.
Civie is a civic engagement platform that enables individuals to answer daily questions on civic and political topics and explore anonymized, aggregated results over time. Questions are released daily at 6:00 AM PT (9:00 AM ET) and are available for 24 hours.
The Service allows users to:
The Service is currently in beta and may be modified, suspended, or discontinued at any time.
Beta Access: The Service is currently in beta and access may be restricted. You may need to join a waitlist or obtain a beta access code to create an account. We reserve the right to limit access during the beta period and may modify or discontinue beta access at any time.
To access certain features, you must register for an account using:
You agree to:
You must be at least 18 years old to use the Service. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms.
We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms or engage in fraudulent or abusive behavior.
Civie offers optional identity verification to support data integrity, prevent abuse, and enable accurate demographic aggregation. Identity verification is opt-in - you may choose to verify your identity or skip verification and still participate in the Service.
Basic Account Requirements:
Mobile and SMS data: No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes at any time. Our Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your phone number and SMS consent in full.
Optional Identity Verification:
If you choose to verify your identity, Civie uses Persona, a third-party identity verification service, to verify your identity using government-issued identification documents. When you opt-in to identity verification:
If you choose to skip identity verification, you can still use the Service by providing demographic information manually. Your account will be marked as unverified (verified: false), but you can participate in all Service features.
You agree to provide accurate demographic information including:
This demographic information is required to participate and can be collected either through Persona verification (if you opt-in) or manually (if you skip verification). It is used solely for verification purposes and anonymized demographic aggregation. It is stored in your user account document and is also included (without identifiers) in anonymous response records for aggregation purposes.
You agree not to:
Civie is designed to support anonymous participation. The Service uses a dual-storage architecture specifically engineered to prevent individual responses from being associated with user accounts or directly identifiable personal information.
When you answer a question, two separate data records are created:
These records are stored in separate Firestore collections with no technical mechanism to link them. This means that even with full database access, it is not possible to determine which specific answer any individual user selected.
Your account tracks only participation status (whether you engaged with a question), not your specific answers. Selecting an answer option and skipping are both recorded identically as "answered" - we do not distinguish between them in your account. This design ensures maximum anonymity while still allowing you to track your participation history.
No system can guarantee absolute anonymity. Theoretical risks include correlation attacks using demographic combinations, timing analysis, or future advances in re-identification techniques. However, Civie is intentionally designed to minimize these risks and prevent practical re-identification. By using the Service, you acknowledge these inherent limitations.
The Service and its original content are owned by Civie LLC and protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You retain ownership of content you submit. By submitting content, you grant Civie LLC a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use that content solely for operating, improving, and analyzing the Service, including in anonymized, aggregated form.
Civie may publish anonymized, aggregated data derived from user responses, including:
Once responses are aggregated, they become part of a dataset that cannot reasonably be associated with individual users. Aggregated data may be published on the Service, made available for download, shared with researchers, or provided through APIs.
By participating in the Service, you acknowledge that your responses (in anonymized, aggregated form) may be published and used for research, journalism, and public understanding purposes.
Some questions on Civie may be sponsored by external organizations. A Sponsored Question is a neutral, issue-based question funded by an external organization, written and moderated by Civie, and not explicitly branded in the question itself.
Editorial Control: Civie retains full editorial control over all questions, including sponsored questions. Sponsors support the inclusion of a topic in the lineup but do not control:
Transparency: Sponsored questions are clearly disclosed in the user interface. The disclosure indicates that a question was sponsored and may include the sponsor's name if provided. Sponsored questions appear identical to non-sponsored questions in layout and user experience.
Data and Results: Sponsors receive only anonymized, aggregated data (the same aggregated data that is publicly available). Sponsors do not receive individual responses, personal information, or any data that could identify users. All responses to sponsored questions contribute to Civie's public, aggregated data set and are handled identically to responses to non-sponsored questions.
By participating in the Service, you acknowledge that some questions may be sponsored and that aggregated results from sponsored questions may be shared with sponsoring organizations in anonymized, aggregated form.
Civie's mission includes making anonymized, aggregated civic data publicly accessible for research, journalism, and public understanding.
Aggregated datasets may be:
These datasets do not contain personally identifiable information and are designed to reduce re-identification risk.
The Service is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the Service at any time without liability.
We may suspend or terminate accounts for violations of these Terms, fraudulent activity, abuse of the Service, or any other reason we deem necessary to protect the integrity of the Service.
You may request account deletion at any time through the Service. Upon account deletion:
This design protects both anonymity and dataset integrity. Once your account is deleted, there is no way to link you to any specific responses in the anonymous collection.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CIVIE LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CIVIE LLC'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO US, IF ANY, IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100), WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so the above limitations may not apply to you.
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Civie LLC, its officers, directors, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to your use of the Service, violation of these Terms, or infringement of any rights of another.
Before initiating any formal dispute resolution, you agree to first contact us and attempt to resolve the dispute informally. We will make good faith efforts to resolve any disputes within 60 days.
If informal resolution is unsuccessful, any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in accordance with its Commercial Arbitration Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in the State of Washington, United States.
You agree that disputes will be resolved individually and not as part of a class, consolidated, or representative action. You waive any right to participate in class actions, class-wide arbitrations, or consolidated proceedings.
This arbitration agreement does not prevent you from: (1) bringing claims in small claims court if your claims qualify, (2) seeking injunctive relief in court for intellectual property violations, or (3) bringing claims that cannot be arbitrated under applicable law.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
The Service is currently in beta and may contain errors or limitations. Use is at your own risk.
The Service relies on third-party services to operate, including:
These third-party services have their own terms of service and privacy policies. Your use of these services is subject to their respective terms. Civie is not responsible for third-party content, practices, or service interruptions. However, we select service providers that align with our privacy commitments and require them to process data only as necessary to provide services to us.
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Material changes will be communicated to you through:
Your continued use of the Service after such modifications constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the modified Terms, you must stop using the Service and may delete your account.
We encourage you to review these Terms periodically to stay informed about how we operate the Service.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary so that these Terms will otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. The unenforceable or invalid provision will be replaced with a valid provision that comes closest to the intent underlying the invalid provision.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Civie LLC regarding the use of the Service and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, negotiations, and discussions, whether oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.
You may not assign, transfer, or delegate these Terms or your rights or obligations hereunder without our prior written consent. We may assign, transfer, or delegate these Terms and our rights and obligations hereunder without restriction, including in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
No waiver of any term or condition of these Terms shall be deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition, and any failure to assert a right or provision under these Terms shall not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.
We shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performance under these Terms which is due to causes beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to: acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, pandemics, network or infrastructure failures, or any other cause beyond our reasonable control.
Questions about these Terms may be directed to:
Notice of Disputes: If you have a dispute with Civie LLC, you agree to first contact us at the email address above and attempt to resolve the dispute informally before initiating any formal proceedings.
Governing Entity: These Terms are entered into between you and Civie LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Washington.