Privacy policy
Effective 1 October 2026
VIOLOMETER is an experimental scorecard of violent political speech and public mood. It is not a company product with user accounts. This page describes what little information the site uses when you visit.
What we collect
We do not ask you to register, and we do not sell or rent personal data.
- Usage analytics. Google Analytics 4 (property
G-Q2KV985JFK) records approximate page views, country/city derived from IP, browser and device type, and referring site. IP addresses are anonymized in the tag configuration. Google processes this under its own terms. - Server logs. The host and reverse proxy (for example Traefik) may log IP address, time, URL, and user-agent for operations and abuse prevention. Those logs are not used to build a marketing profile.
- Scores and charts. Country scores, events, and charts are our published dataset, not information about you. They are AI-assisted estimates and can be wrong. See Accuracy and no liability.
What we do not collect
- Names, emails, or account credentials — there is no login.
- Payment details.
- Precise location beyond what a public IP typically implies to analytics.
Cookies
The site uses a small number of cookies for security and analytics. See the cookie policy.
Legal bases and your choices
Analytics helps us understand whether anyone uses the experiment. You can block analytics with a browser add-on or tracking protection. Essential cookies (antiforgery) are needed for the pages to work. If you are in a region with access or deletion rights and believe we hold personal data about you, we will honour a reasonable request; in practice we do not keep identifiable visitor files beyond short-lived logs and GA.
Third parties
- Google Analytics and Google Tag (gtag.js)
- CDN scripts for charts (ECharts, html2canvas)
- Hosting and TLS termination in front of the app
Children
The site is not directed at children. Do not use it if you are under 16.
Accuracy and no liability
Country scores, event notes, and charts are AI-assisted. They are produced with automated models (including Grok) and editorial judgement. They are experimental estimates of public discourse, not official statistics, polls, or advice. They can be late, incomplete, biased, or simply wrong.
The operators of VIOLOMETER accept no liability for your use of the site or for reliance on any score, chart, event, or other content. You use the site entirely at your own risk. Nothing on this page is a warranty that the data is accurate. The full no-warranty and no-liability terms are in the terms and conditions.
Changes
We may update this policy. The date above will change when we do.