What anonymous means here
Pinions do not show a name, username, email address or public profile. Public feed responses do not include the author’s private account ID. Urpinion privately links pinions and votes to an account to enforce daily allowances and protect the service from abuse. This is anonymity to other users, not an inability for the service to connect your activity to your account.
A city is optional and appears only on the pinion where you add it. Free text can identify you even without a name; do not post personal information you want to keep private.
What we collect
- Your email address, an irreversible password hash, email verification status and private account records.
- Your pinions, optional cities, agree/disagree choices, timestamps, daily usage and plan status.
- Essential session cookies and security information, such as network addresses used by our hosting/authentication systems. Our registration controls store a keyed network hash to limit repeated signups.
- Verification and password-reset records, and delivery information for the necessary account emails we send.
- Messages you choose to send to our support address.
How we use it
We use this information to authenticate accounts, verify ownership of email addresses, recover access, publish anonymous pinions, calculate vote results, enforce daily limits, prevent abuse and respond to support requests. We do not add followers, public profiles, engagement notifications or advertising profiles.
Emails and browser storage
Resend delivers account verification and password recovery emails. Your email address is not added to a marketing list. Essential session cookies keep you signed in. If you leave a draft to create an account, your browser may temporarily keep that draft in session storage for up to one hour; it is removed after a successful post. The verification flow may also keep the email you entered in session storage so you can resend a link. Clearing session storage removes those local copies.
Service providers and disclosures
Vercel hosts the application, Neon stores application data, and Resend delivers account emails. These providers process information needed to perform those services. The interface uses Google Fonts; requesting those font files may disclose normal connection information to Google. We do not sell your personal information. We may disclose information when required by law or necessary to protect the service or people from abuse.
Abuse prevention and reports
Vercel BotID checks signup and recovery requests to help distinguish normal browsers from automated abuse. We keep short-lived, keyed network request counters, account report records and moderator decisions. Reporters are not identified to post authors. Moderators can review reported content and suspend accounts. Removing your pinion hides it from public view while retaining its record and votes to enforce daily limits; contact support for account deletion requests.
Retention and account requests
We keep account and activity records while operating your account and as necessary for security, support and legal obligations. Verification and reset links expire after one hour; expired security records and provider logs may remain until cleanup or provider retention processes remove them. This early-access release does not yet have a self-service deletion/export screen. Contact help@urpinion.com from your account email to request access, correction, export or deletion; we may need to verify ownership. Limited records may need to be retained to prevent abuse or meet legal obligations.
Security and your choices
Passwords are hashed by our authentication system, and the deployed service uses HTTPS. Verification is required before posting or voting. No system can promise absolute security or anonymity. Use a unique password, avoid identifying text, and leave the city blank if you prefer.
Early-access data and changes
Clearly labeled sample pinions have illustrative initial vote totals. They are not evidence of real user participation. Policies and operational controls may change as the product develops; material changes will be reflected here. If a proposed change requires additional consent, it will be requested before that use. Read our Terms for the rules of using the service.