Privacy Policy

Effective November 11, 2026

Make the Playbook (maketheplaybook.com) is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Democratic National Committee or the Democratic Party. This page explains what we collect when you use the site, what we do with it, and the choices you have.

The short version

• You can make and share a playbook without giving us your name, email or phone number.
• If you choose to save your playbook and make it count, we ask for your email, mobile number and congressional district. We use them to make sure each person counts once, to let you log back in, and to count results by state and district.
• We store your email and mobile number encrypted. We do not sell them, and we do not share them with campaigns, parties or advertisers.
• We text you only the verification code you ask for. We email you log-in codes, and occasional updates only if you leave that box ticked.
• You can ask us to delete your information at any time.

What we collect

When you make a playbook

• Your playbook: the order you ranked the priorities in, what you marked as low priority, opposed or saved for 2029, any priorities you wrote in yourself, and any input you sent us on a priority.
• A share link: a random code that opens a page showing your rankings. It is not tied to your name or contact details.

When you save your playbook and make it count

• Your email address and mobile number.
• Your state and congressional district. If you type your address to look up your district, the address is passed to the U.S. Census Bureau's address service to find the district. We do not keep the address.
• Whether you want occasional email updates.

Automatically

• A scrambled form of your network (IP) address. We keep a one-way keyed code made from it, not the address itself, to limit how many playbooks, codes and suggestions can come from one network.
• Server logs. Our hosting provider keeps standard logs of requests to the site, which include network addresses.
• We do not use advertising trackers or analytics services.

How we use it

• To show you your playbook and let you share it.
• To confirm you are a real person, and that each mobile number and email saves only one playbook.
• To add verified playbooks together into results for the country, each state and each congressional district.
• To email you a log-in code when you come back, and occasional updates if you asked for them.
• To read the priorities and input people send us, which may shape the list and any report we publish.
• To prevent abuse of the site.

Your rankings reflect your political opinions. We treat them with care: a saved playbook is linked to your contact details only so that you can log in and update it, and so that it counts once.

What is public

• Your shared playbook page. Anyone with your link can see your rankings and the priorities you wrote in. It never shows your email, mobile number or district.
• Results. We publish totals only, and only once a minimum number of verified playbooks is reached for the country, a state or a district.
• Write-ins and input. We may publish or quote priorities and input people send us, without saying who sent them. Please do not include personal information in them.

Who helps us run the site

We use a small number of companies to operate the site. Each receives only what it needs to do its job:

• Vercel hosts the site.
• Supabase stores the database. Emails and mobile numbers in it are encrypted with a key Supabase does not hold.
• Twilio sends the verification text, so it receives your mobile number.
• Resend sends our emails, so it receives your email address.
• Cloudflare provides the "I'm human" check, which looks at technical information about your browser and connection.
• The U.S. Census Bureau address service receives an address you type in to find its congressional district.

We do not sell personal information, and we do not give emails or mobile numbers to campaigns, parties, advertisers or anyone else. We would disclose information if the law required it.

Texts and emails

• Texts. When you tap "Text me a code" we send one text message with a verification code. We send no other texts. Message and data rates may apply.
• Emails. We email a log-in code when you ask for one. If you left the updates box ticked, we may also send occasional updates about results and future chances to weigh in. Every update email includes a way to unsubscribe.

Cookies and storage on your device

• If you log in, we set one cookie that keeps you logged in. It holds an account reference and an expiry time, not your email or mobile number. With "Remember me" it lasts up to 180 days; otherwise up to 12 hours.
• Your browser also stores your playbook in progress, your language and light or dark mode, and the key that lets this browser update your share link.
• We do not use cookies for advertising or tracking.

How we protect it

Emails and mobile numbers are encrypted before they are stored, with a key kept separately from the database. The database can be reached only by the site's server, never directly from a browser. No system is perfectly secure, but we have worked to keep what we hold to a minimum.

How long we keep it

We keep your information while the project is running. When the project ends, we will delete the emails and mobile numbers we hold. Published results and shared playbook pages, which contain no contact details, may remain available.

Your choices

• Update your playbook: log in and save it again.
• Stop update emails: use the unsubscribe link in any update, or untick the box when you save your playbook.
• Delete your information: email us from the address you signed up with and we will delete your account, your playbook and its share link.

Who the site is for

The site is intended for adults in the United States. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.

Changes

If we change this policy we will post the new version here and update the date at the top.

Contact

Questions or requests: maketheplaybook@protonmail.com