Last updated: 2 November 2026
Ayes is run by Ayes App Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 15137694). Our registered office is Unit A, 82 James Carter Road, Mildenhall, IP28 7DE. Ayes App Ltd is the "data controller", which means it is responsible for your information. We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office (registration number ZC278986).
You can contact us about anything in this policy at privacy@ayesapp.com.
Some features mentioned on our website, such as phone and bank verification, are not live yet. We'll update this policy before they launch.
| What | Why | Legal basis |
|---|---|---|
| Account email address and an account ID, when you sign in | To send your sign-in link and make sure each person votes only once | Providing the service you asked for |
| A record that you voted on a question (not what you chose) | To stop anyone voting twice on the same question | Providing the service you asked for |
| Vote totals for each answer | To show results. These are counts only and contain no personal information | Not personal data |
| A record that you nominated in a nomination round (not what you nominated) | To allow one nomination per person | Providing the service you asked for |
| Nominated names and suggested questions you type in | To run nomination rounds and find new questions. These are stored without your name or email. Approved nominated names (for example a business) may be shown publicly | Providing the service you asked for |
| A daily count of the questions you've suggested | To stop spam (up to 3 suggestions a day) | Our legitimate interest in keeping Ayes free of spam |
| Email address for our weekly email, if you sign up for it | To send you the question of the week and its result | Your consent (you can unsubscribe at any time) |
| Robot check data, such as your IP address and browser signals, when you sign in | To check you're a real person and keep bots out | Our legitimate interest in running a fair, secure service |
| Basic technical logs, such as IP addresses and browser type, kept by our hosting providers | To keep the service secure and working | Our legitimate interest in running a secure service |
Please don't type personal information about yourself or anyone else into nominations or suggestions.
When you vote, two separate things happen. We record that you voted on that question, so you can't vote twice. Separately, we add one to the total for your chosen answer. We never store a link between you and the answer you chose, so nobody, including us, can look up how you voted. Nominations work the same way.
So that the app can show which answer you picked, your own choice is remembered only on your device, in your browser's storage. It is never sent to us. Clearing your browser data removes it.
Some questions ask about politics or other sensitive topics. Under UK law, political opinions are a "special category" of personal data that needs extra protection. Ayes is designed so that we never hold a record of your opinions:
We use a small number of trusted service providers to run Ayes. They process data only on our instructions:
| Provider | What they do | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Database, sign-in and the weekly email list | European Union (Ireland) |
| Netlify | Hosts the website | Global network, company based in the USA |
| Cloudflare (Turnstile) | The "I'm not a robot" check at sign-in | Global network, company based in the USA |
| Resend | Sends sign-in emails and our weekly email | European Union (Ireland), company based in the USA |
| ImprovMX | Forwards emails sent to our @ayesapp.com addresses | Company based in the USA |
| Google (Gmail) | Our email inbox, where messages to privacy@ and hello@ arrive | Global, company based in the USA |
Where data leaves the UK, it is protected by safeguards recognised under UK law, such as the UK–US Data Bridge or standard contractual clauses. We never sell your data, and we don't share it with advertisers or sponsors. Sponsors only ever see overall results, never who voted or how.
When you use a Share button, the app opens your phone's own share menu (or copies a link). We don't see who you share with.
We don't use advertising or tracking cookies. The app uses your browser's storage to keep you signed in, to remember your own answers on your device, and to remember small preferences (such as hiding the "add to home screen" tip). These are needed for the app to work. The robot check at sign-in may also use your browser's storage to work.
Under UK data protection law, you can ask us to:
Email privacy@ayesapp.com and we'll respond within one month. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113. We'd appreciate the chance to sort it out first.
Ayes is for people aged 16 and over. If you're under 16, please don't sign up.
Your data is encrypted in transit (https), the database only lets people see their own records, and votes can only be cast through a secure function that keeps choices separate from people. No system is perfectly secure, but we take care to collect as little as possible in the first place.
If we make important changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page and, where appropriate, let you know by email.