At Probsability, we take your privacy seriously. This privacy policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our platform.
1. Information We Collect
- Account Information: When you register, we collect your username and hashed password.
- Prediction Data: We record all forecasts, confidence intervals, and timestamps to calculate Brier scores.
- Survey Responses: Answers to psychological/psychometric surveys are stored and linked to your account to correlate with forecasting accuracy.
- Bluesky Integration: If you link a Bluesky account, we store your Handle, DID, and may poll your public posts to syndicate them to the algorithmic feed.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use your data exclusively to:
- Provide core services (tracking predictions, assessing calibration).
- Generate anonymized, aggregated insights on collective intelligence.
- Publish authorized posts to the Bluesky "Top Forecasters" algorithmic feed if opted-in.
3. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal data. We may share anonymized, aggregated prediction data for academic or research purposes. Your public profile (including prediction history and username) is visible to other users.
4. GDPR & Your Data Rights
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or United Kingdom, you have the following data protection rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):
- Right to Access: You can request a copy of your personal data.
- Right to Rectification: You can ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): You can request that we delete your personal data.
- Right to Restrict Processing: You can ask us to pause processing your data.
- Right to Data Portability: You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
5. Age Restriction (18+)
Probsability is strictly intended for individuals who are 18 years of age or older. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If we discover that a user is under 18, we will immediately terminate the account and delete all associated data.
6. Data Security
We employ industry-standard security measures (e.g., password hashing, HTTPS) to protect your data. However, no data transmission over the internet is completely secure.