Privacy Policy

1. Overview

KM Trends respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, why we collect it, and how we use it when you visit or participate in polls on kmtrends.org.

2. Information We Receive From X

If you choose to sign in using X, KM Trends may receive basic account information made available through X's authentication service. Depending on the permissions granted, this may include your X account identifier, username, display name, and profile image.

KM Trends does not require your X password and does not receive or store your X password.

3. Information We Store

We may store information necessary to operate the polling service, including:

• Your KM Trends internal user identifier.
• Your X account identifier.
• Your X username, display name, and profile image.
• The polls in which you have participated.
• The poll option you selected.
• The date and time a vote was submitted.

4. How We Use Information

We use information primarily to authenticate users, prevent duplicate voting, calculate poll results, operate and secure KM Trends, detect abuse, and improve the service.

5. One Vote Per Poll

Your authenticated account identifier allows KM Trends to determine whether your account has already participated in a particular poll.

6. Public Poll Results

Aggregate poll results may be displayed publicly. KM Trends does not intend to publicly display which individual X account voted for a particular option.

7. Cookies and Sessions

KM Trends may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary to maintain authentication sessions, provide security, and remember that you are signed in.

8. Service Providers

KM Trends may use third-party infrastructure and service providers to operate the website, database, authentication, hosting, and related functionality.

These providers may process information only as necessary to provide their services to KM Trends.

9. Advertising and Analytics

KM Trends may introduce analytics or advertising services in the future. If those services involve additional collection or use of personal information, this Privacy Policy will be updated to describe those practices.

10. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect account information and authentication credentials from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or misuse.

11. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to operate KM Trends, maintain poll integrity, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and protect the service from abuse.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as KM Trends develops. The effective date shown at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are made.

13. Contact

Questions regarding privacy or personal information may be submitted through the contact information published on kmtrends.org.

14. Terms of Service

Please also review our Terms of Service.