Last updated: July 2, 2026
At Ohio Common Ground, we are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a secure, transparent experience on our platform. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and participate in our civic research and voting initiatives.
We collect information that you provide directly to us when you register for an account, participate in our voting platform, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact us with inquiries. This may include:
Personal Identifiers: Name, email address, postal address, and phone number.
Civic Participation Data: Your votes, survey responses, and feedback on common ground issues (all aggregated and anonymized to protect your individual stance).
Technical Data: IP address, browser type, operating system, and usage data collected automatically through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
We use the information we collect to operate, maintain, and improve our platform, and to foster constructive civic dialogue. Specifically, we use your data to:
Provide and personalize our research and voting services.
Analyze participation trends to identify consensus and common ground among Ohioans.
Send updates, newsletters, and administrative communications regarding your account or platform changes.
Detect, prevent, and address technical issues, security vulnerabilities, or fraudulent activity.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties. To maintain our commitment to non-partisan independence, we only share information under the following strict conditions:
Aggregated & Anonymized Data: We publish reports and research findings showing broad consensus trends. Individual identities are never linked to these public reports.
Service Providers: We may share data with trusted third-party vendors who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, provided they agree to keep this information confidential.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
You have control over your personal information. Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
Access, update, or delete the personal information we hold about you.
Opt-out of receiving promotional communications or newsletters by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in our emails.
Restrict or object to the processing of your data under certain circumstances.
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact our privacy team at:
Email: info@ohiocommonground.org
Phone: (614) 499-0599
Address: Ohio Common Ground, 4240 Hobbs Landing Drive West, Dublin, OH 43017