Privacy
Last updated November 2026.
What we collect
If you create an account, we store your email, display name and any social handles you add. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name and email from Google.
When you vote, we store your choice with an anonymous device identifier (or your account, if signed in) so you can change your vote and so each device votes once. We keep a one-way hash of your IP address to prevent spam. We never show who voted for what.
If you create a poll without an account, we make a temporary guest account in your browser so you can manage it. It has no email or name. If you later save your polls to a real account, the guest account is merged into it and deleted.
If you subscribe to Pro, Stripe processes your payment. We never see or store your card number; we keep your Stripe customer ID, plan and billing status so we know you have Pro.
If you vote in a Discord poll, we store your Discord user ID with your vote so you can only vote once. Votes on embedded polls use an anonymous identifier saved in your browser.
About you (optional demographics)
If you choose to, you can add details like your age range, region, interests or views on the About you page. Every question is optional and nothing is required to vote or create polls.
These answers are stored separately from your profile and only you can read them. They are hidden from the public unless you mark an answer “Show on profile.” Poll creators and visitors never see your answers or who you are. They only see grouped totals, and any group with fewer than 5 voters is folded into “Other” so no one can be singled out. Guests' votes are never included.
Politics, religion and income are sensitive, so we only save them after you tick a consent box. You can turn off “Include me in poll stats,” edit, or delete your answers at any time, and the change applies to every poll immediately. We never sell these answers or share them with advertisers.
How we use it
To run polls, show results, and make share graphics. We count basic product events (like graphics downloaded) to improve PollPal. We don't sell personal data.
Age and content safety
If you open or post an 18+ poll, we ask once for your birth month and year. We only use it to decide whether you can see adult polls, and it's never shown to anyone. Your age range in About you, if you add one, is used the same way.
To keep PollPal safe, the text and image of each poll are sent to OpenAI's moderation service when the poll is posted or edited. OpenAI says it doesn't use this data to train its models. Reports you send are only seen by PollPal.
Your choices
You can edit your profile or delete your polls at any time. You can also permanently delete your account yourself from Account → Delete account. This removes your profile, polls, images and “About you” answers. Votes you cast on other people's polls stay in their totals but are no longer linked to you. Questions: pollpalhelp1@gmail.com.