Privacy Policy

If you accept analytics cookies, we use Google Analytics 4 and Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use VotePulse.

These services may collect:

• Anonymised IP address (last octet removed)
• Pages visited and time spent
• Browser type and device information
• Referring website
• Microsoft Clarity additionally records session replays and heatmaps (no passwords or sensitive form data)

Data is processed by Google LLC and Microsoft Corporation under their respective privacy policies. IP anonymisation is enabled for Google Analytics.

When you vote on the Public Pulse page, we set a cookie named vp_voted in your browser.

• Purpose: To prevent duplicate votes (one vote per person per 24 hours)
• Duration: 24 hours
• Data stored: A fingerprint hash only — no name, email or identifiable information

This cookie is technically necessary to prevent abuse of the voting system. It does not track you across websites.

VotePulse collects and processes publicly available information about Jersey election candidates, including:

• Names, districts, party affiliations
• Manifesto text — collected from public sources (flow.je, vote.je, candidate websites)
• AI-generated summaries derived from manifesto text
• Social media profile URLs (publicly listed)

Lawful basis: Legitimate interest — providing the public with neutral, factual election information in the public interest.

Candidates’ right of correction or removal: Any candidate who believes information about them is inaccurate or wishes to have information removed may contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 4 weeks as required by law.