Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Christians Debate ("we", "us", "our") operates the Christians Debate platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

• Account Information: When you sign in via Google, Apple, Facebook, or Microsoft, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture from the provider. We do not receive or store your password.
• User Content: Debate comments, votes, stance declarations, and other content you submit to the platform.
• Usage Data: Pages visited, features used, and general engagement patterns to improve the platform experience.
• Guest Data: If you interact with the platform before signing in, comments and votes are stored locally in your browser and submitted upon login.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To create and manage your account
• To display your contributions (comments, votes, stances) within debates
• To compute trust tiers, reputation scores, and engagement analytics
• To detect and prevent abuse, spam, and bad-faith participation
• To improve the platform and develop new features

4. Public Information

Your display name, stance declarations, comments, votes, and reputation data are publicly visible on the platform. Your email address is never publicly displayed.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We may share data in the following circumstances:

• With your consent or at your direction
• Federation (opt-in): If you link your account to the Agora Network, aggregated reputation data may be shared with other sites in the network, subject to your visibility settings
• To comply with legal obligations or enforce our Terms of Service

6. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored on secured servers. We use industry-standard measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), secure authentication via OAuth providers, and access controls on our database infrastructure.

7. Cookies and Local Storage

We use session cookies for authentication and local storage for theme preferences and guest mode caching. We do not use third-party tracking cookies.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your account and associated data
• Export your data in a portable format
• Withdraw consent for optional data processing (e.g., federation)

To exercise these rights, visit your account Settings page or contact us at the address below.

9. Data Retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. Upon account deletion, personal data is removed within 30 days. Anonymized content (comments, votes) may be retained for platform integrity.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of material changes via the platform. Continued use of the service after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

11. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at contact@christiansdebate.com.