Privacy Policy, Methodology, and Terms

Politraders is a read-only research interface built on public disclosure sources. The pipeline ingests filings, normalizes issuer names and tickers where possible, tags data quality markers, and publishes structured outputs for the extension and website.

Public posting timing and transaction timing are different signals. Where available, we preserve both so users can see when a trade happened and when a filing became publicly visible.

The platform does not execute trades, hold custody, route orders, or provide brokerage functions.

Politraders is for research and monitoring only. Nothing on Politraders is investment, legal, tax, or accounting advice, and no fiduciary relationship is created by using the product.

You are responsible for your own decisions. If a decision is material, verify against primary filings and qualified professional advice.

Public filings can be delayed, amended, redacted, corrected, duplicated, or inconsistently formatted. Amount fields are often ranges instead of precise values. Some instruments may not map cleanly to a ticker symbol.

Because source systems can change records after initial publication, derived aggregates may update over time. Source records remain authoritative if there is any conflict with normalized display output.

The service is provided "as is" and "as available" without guarantees of uninterrupted availability, completeness, or timeliness.

Use filing links shown in the product to confirm details directly at the source when links are available. For high-impact use cases, treat Politraders as a discovery layer and validate records independently before action.

If you find a suspected mapping error or missing attribution, contact support with the filing URL and ticker symbol so the issue can be reviewed.

This privacy policy describes what information the Politraders Chrome extension and website collect, how that information is used, who it is shared with, and your rights regarding that information. We keep data collection minimal. We do not sell personal information and we do not run third-party advertising trackers.

Chrome Extension — Stored Locally on Your Device

The Politraders Chrome extension stores the following data locally on your device using Chrome's storage API. This data never leaves your browser unless stated otherwise:

• Page URLs from supported trading sites (TradingView, Robinhood, Webull, Schwab), used solely for automatic ticker detection when the extension sidebar is opened. These URLs are stored locally and are never transmitted to any server.
• Extension settings and preferences such as display mode (Congress or Lobbying) and last-searched ticker symbol.
• Pro subscription state, including credit balance and unlocked feature identifiers, used to manage free-tier preview access.
• Cached API responses to reduce network requests and improve performance.

Chrome Extension — Sent to Our Backend

The extension makes read-only API requests to our Supabase-hosted backend to retrieve publicly sourced Congressional trade filings. These requests include:

• Ticker symbols you search for or that are auto-detected from the current page.
• Query filters such as chamber (House or Senate), data mode (Congress or Lobbying), and pagination parameters.

Requests are authenticated with a public anonymous API key. No personal identifiers, account credentials, or browsing history are sent. Standard server infrastructure logs (IP address, timestamp, request path, user agent) may be retained by our hosting provider for reliability and security purposes.

Payment Information

Pro subscription billing is processed by ExtensionPay, which uses Stripe Checkout. Payment details (card number, billing address) are collected and processed entirely by Stripe. We do not receive or store your full payment card details. We receive only confirmation of payment status and the email address associated with your ExtensionPay account.

What We Do Not Collect

• We do not collect your name, phone number, or physical address.
• We do not collect your browsing history outside of supported trading sites.
• We do not collect your account information on trading platforms.
• We do not use cookies for tracking or advertising.
• We do not run third-party analytics services (no Google Analytics, no advertising pixels).
• We do not collect health information, personal communications, or location data.

We use collected information only for the following purposes:

• Ticker detection: Page URLs stored locally are used to auto-detect which stock you are viewing so the sidebar can display relevant trade data without manual input.
• Trade data retrieval: Ticker symbols sent to our backend are used to query public Congressional disclosure filings and return matching results.
• Subscription management: Payment status and account email from ExtensionPay are used to determine whether Pro features should be unlocked.
• Service reliability: Server infrastructure logs may be used to diagnose errors, prevent abuse, and maintain uptime.

We do not use any collected data for advertising, profiling, analytics, or any purpose unrelated to the extension's core function of displaying Congressional trade disclosures.

We share user data only with the following third parties, and only as described:

• Supabase (database and API hosting): receives ticker search queries and standard HTTP request metadata. Supabase acts as our data processor.
• Stripe / ExtensionPay (payment processing): receives payment details and email address for Pro subscription billing. Stripe's own privacy policy governs their handling of payment data.

We do not sell, rent, or transfer user data to data brokers, advertising networks, or any other third parties. We do not transfer data for purposes unrelated to the extension's single purpose. We may disclose information if required by law or to protect against fraud or security threats.

• Local extension data (URLs, settings, cache): retained on your device until you clear Chrome storage, uninstall the extension, or reset extension data. You can clear this at any time through your browser settings.
• Server infrastructure logs (IP, timestamp, request path): retained by our hosting provider per their standard retention policies, typically no longer than 30 days.
• Payment records (subscription status, email): retained by ExtensionPay and Stripe per their respective retention policies for as long as needed to manage your subscription and comply with financial record-keeping requirements.

All data transmitted between the extension and our backend is encrypted in transit using HTTPS (TLS). API requests are authenticated using a scoped anonymous key with row-level security policies that restrict access to read-only operations on public filing data.

Locally stored data uses Chrome's built-in storage API, which is sandboxed per-extension by the browser. We do not store sensitive personal data on our servers.

You have the right to:

• Access your data: All extension data stored locally is accessible through Chrome's developer tools (Application > Storage).
• Delete your data: Uninstalling the extension removes all locally stored data. You can also clear extension storage through Chrome settings at any time.
• Cancel your subscription: Pro subscriptions can be canceled at any time through the extension's Billing / Manage Subscription interface.
• Request information: Contact us at kakramko@gmail.com to ask what data, if any, we hold associated with your account.

Politraders' use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Chrome Web Store User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

By using Politraders, you agree not to misuse the service, interfere with normal operation, attempt unauthorized access, or misrepresent product output as personalized professional advice.

You may not reproduce or redistribute paid product outputs in a way that bypasses access controls or subscription requirements.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Politraders and its operators are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or market-trading losses arising from use of the service.

A Politraders Pro subscription is a license to access the Politraders platform and its features - including the aggregation pipeline, parsing engine, normalized database, real-time search interface, and Pro analytical tools. It is not a purchase of, and does not grant exclusive rights over, any underlying government disclosure data.

All congressional stock trade disclosures presented within Politraders are public records filed pursuant to the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act of 2012, 5 U.S.C. App. § 102. These records are freely and independently accessible through the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk's office (disclosures.house.gov) and the U.S. Senate eFD system (efdsearch.senate.gov).

Subscription fees compensate Politraders for the proprietary software infrastructure used to collect, parse, normalize, and present those records - including PDF and HTML ingestion pipelines, issuer-to-ticker mapping, and the extension interface - not for the government records themselves.

Nothing in this subscription confers any right to resell, redistribute, or sublicense Politraders' platform, tools, or structured outputs.

Politraders Pro billing is processed through ExtensionPay with Stripe Checkout and unlocks inside the extension after successful payment confirmation.

Subscription renewals can be managed or canceled in the extension through Billing / Manage Subscription. Cancellations stop future renewals and do not retroactively reverse previously active billing periods.

Refund requests are reviewed case-by-case. Include purchase email and approximate charge date when contacting support.

For privacy inquiries, data requests, or general support:

Email: kakramko@gmail.com

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. Continued use of the extension or website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.