Rail Politics
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: September 18th, 2025
We understand that Rail is a platform where people will be sharing their political views. We know that in the current climate, it's hard to trust one another, let alone a platform, to be transparent and honest. We strive to do that with Rail by ensuring our Privacy Policy is as simple and easy to understand as possible. That being said, we must meet our legal obligations by describing our policies in as much detail as we can.
So to highlight our stance, understand this about Rail:
Controlling Interest | Political Influence | Your Privacy |
Rail is made by two guys in Raleigh, NC. We are not controlled by any large corporation or any special interest investors. We strive to make Rail a platform that is free from outside influence and want to let the community decide where it goes. | We don't care about political parties or agendas. Rail is maintained by a strict and clear set of community guidelines and the good spirit of the community. We do not and will not take actions on behalf of political parties, policy makers, donors or anyone else. | We are just as spooked as most people by applications that ask for invasive permissions or do questionable things with our data. With Rail, we strive to be very clear and deliberate about what we ask of you and what we are doing with it. |
To use Rail you need to have an account, and to create an account, we need to obtain some information about you:
Most of this we will request from you when you log in with a third-party provider such as Apple or Google. We will request your Voting Area shortly after. Your Voting Area is likely either a US state or territory. We do not ask for your address or geolocation data at this time.
Our legal basis for processing your information includes your consent, fulfillment of a service contract, legal compliance, and our legitimate interest in maintaining platform integrity.
We use information we collect to provide for the safety and security of our users, our products, services, and your account. This includes verifying your identity, authenticating your account, and defending against fraud, unauthorized use, and illegal activity. We also use the information to evaluate and affect the safety and quality of content on Rail - this includes investigating and enforcing our policies and terms, as well as applicable law.
We use the information we collect to measure and analyze the effectiveness of our products and services and to better understand how you use them in order to make them better.
We use information you share with us, or that we collect to conduct research, surveys, product testing, and troubleshooting to help us operate and improve our products and services.
Rail does not use third-party tracking cookies. We may store session or preference data locally to improve performance and user experience.
When creating an account, your name, photo, and voting area, as well as other information will be available and accessible on Rail.
When publishing a proposal, you are directing us to disclose that information as broadly as possible across Rail and outside the platform if the proposal is shared.
Rail does not share your information with any third parties outside of Petitioning (see below).
Rail does not share information with any advertisers.
Our proposals are drafted like formal legislative bills, following the same structure as a proposed law. They can be refined and voted on by the community. With enough support, a proposal may be submitted to elected officials as a community petition.
If you choose to add a signature to your Rail profile, it may be included in petitions submitted to public officials when you vote in favor of a proposal. We do not share any other identifiable user data with government representatives. This data is only shared to show how the community has backed a Proposal and is framed in a way similar to any other petition.
You may remove your signature at any time via your account settings, and your name will no longer appear in future petitions.
When required by law, to prevent harm, or in the public interest we may preserve, use, share, or disclose your information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to:
We keep different types of information for different periods of time:
Your privacy is in your hands, at any time on Rail, you can:
Our services are not directed to children, and you may not use our services if you are under the age of 13. You must also be old enough to consent to the processing of your personal data within the United States.
Our application should only be used by those who are US citizens, legal or undocumented residents. Tourists, visitors, exchange students, or any other group that is not a long-term resident of the United States are not permitted to use Rail.
Our application is also not directed towards businesses, foreign governments or special interest groups of any kind.
Rail is a private application and is not affiliated with any government entity. Political data is provided by Vote Smart, which aggregates information from official sources including congress.gov, clerk.house.gov, senate.gov, fec.gov, and various state-level government sites, as well as official candidate and elected official websites and social media.
The most current version of this Privacy Policy governs our processing of your personal data and we may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time as needed.
If we do revise this Privacy Policy and make changes that are determined by us to be material, we will provide you notice and an opportunity to review the revised Privacy Policy before you continue to use Rail.
We want to hear from you if you have thoughts or questions about this Privacy Policy. You can contact us about privacy at privacy@railpolitics.com.
You can also reach us by mail:
Sunami, LLC
3201 Edwards Mill Rd Ste 141-612
Raleigh, NC 27612