Signature Use and Privacy
Civic Independence collects signatures for one purpose: to create a peaceful Public Record of Civic Affirmation.
This record exists to show that individuals, acting freely and in their own names, have affirmed one or more of the declarations as a public civic expression of conscience.
It is not a donor list.
It is not a party list.
It is not a campaign list.
It is not a membership database.
It is not collected for commercial use.
What May Be Collected
The signature form may ask for:
your name;
your city, state, and country;
your email address;
which declaration or declarations you affirm;
your display preference;
an optional comment.
Some information may be optional.
How Your Name May Be Displayed
You may choose how your name is treated in the Public Record of Civic Affirmation.
You may choose to have your full name displayed publicly.
You may choose to have your name and general location displayed publicly.
You may choose to have your signature counted without publicly displaying your name.
No private contact information should be publicly displayed.
Email Addresses
Email addresses are collected only for communication, confirmation, correction, removal requests, or project-related updates if such updates are offered.
Email addresses will not be publicly displayed
Email addresses will not be sold, rented, or shared for party, campaign, donor, commercial, or unrelated organizational purposes.
Public Count
At first, the Public Record may show only the total number of civic affirmations received.
Public names may be displayed later only for those who have clearly chosen public display.
This allows the project to begin simply and responsibly.
Removal Requests
You may request that your name be removed from the public record or that your display preference be changed.
Removal requests should be sent through the contact form.
Because this is an independent citizen-initiated project, requests will be reviewed as time allows.
Comments
Optional comments may be reviewed before any public display.
Comments containing threats, harassment, personal attacks, dehumanizing language, unlawful encouragement, spam, or unrelated promotion may be declined or removed.
Purpose of the Public Record
A public record matters because silence can be misread.
Silence can be used by power.
Silence can be mistaken for consent.
When people speak clearly, peacefully, and together, they create a civic record that says:
We are here.
We see what is happening.
We do not consent to silence.
We stand peacefully together.
We affirm that public power must answer to the people.