Privacy Policy
The Terms and Conditions of Civil Democracy – Unusual and More Usual
Read the next paragraphs carefully. These are not the general terms and conditions of every web site (those follow further down below). Civil democracy aims for a cultural change towards shared responsibility. You will have time to learn and get accustomed to this new reality where you become part of shaping everything but with this power you’ll have to acknowledge the responsibility for everything.
The Responsibility Manifesto
• I respect in their experiences and desires all others who participate in Civil democracy and share the common commitment to a better future. I understand that there will not always be decision options available that do justice to all experiences and desires, but I will aim find such options and make them decisions.
• I will exert my responsibility to the best of coming generations and the world as a whole. I will work to overcome my individual and collective traumata in order to be able to make responsible decisions. I understand that I am responsible for my own cultures, for understanding where they stemmed and where they deviated from responsibility, and for integrating them into a sustainable world culture, cherishing their cultural wealth but relating them rationally into peaceful interaction with others and putting into perspective aspects built on former domination and dissociation.
• I promise to do my best to protect the institutions of Civil democracy and especially the secrecy and freedom of being influenced of others and my own decision-making and their and my own entering of trust. I may intensely argue with others on what are the best decisions, but I will never exert pressure on them that take away their responsibility for their own decision from them, and I will do all I can to prevent attempts to bias votes.
• I understand that open actors who act against these values may be restricted in their influence or completely excluded from the Civil-democratic process. I understand that collectives in which actions against these values have been found may be restricted in their influence. I understand that if I act against these values, I may be restricted in my influence within the Civil-democratic process.
Comments, media, cookies
From here on, you’ll find the more usual terms and conditions
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.