What we collect when you join
Your full name, your email address and a password. We store the password only as a one-way hash, so nobody at Rostrum can read it.
Your confirmation that you are 18 or older and that you agree to this notice, with the date and the version of the notice you agreed to.
What you can choose to tell us
After joining you can add your city, age bracket, what you do, your college or organisation, the topics you care about and how you heard about us. Every one of these is optional, and you can change or clear them at any time from your account.
We ask for an age bracket instead of your date of birth, and a city instead of your address.
What you do on Rostrum
Your forecasts and upvotes, anything you submit to the Journal, and a public alias if you choose one for the forecast leaderboard.
Email addresses left on our waitlists, and Fellow applications with the name, email and note you send.
Why we use it
To sign you in, address you properly and run the features you use.
To send you briefs and invitations to sessions and events.
To plan content, formats and city meetups around the people who are actually here.
To understand who our audience is. We may share anonymous totals with partners and sponsors, such as the share of members in each age bracket. We never share details about you as an individual.
What we never ask for
Your political party, religion or caste.
Aadhaar, PAN, your full street address or your income.
Who sees it
Rostrum editors, to run the forum. Our hosting provider stores the data on our behalf.
We do not sell your details. We do not share them with sponsors, media or any political organisation.
Poll results are published only as totals. Your individual forecasts appear publicly only under an alias you choose.
Cookies and security
We use one cookie to keep you signed in. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.
We count public page requests by date and site section. These totals do not store a name, account ID, cookie identifier or network address.
We also count broad traffic sources, such as search and social media. We save only daily totals by category, without keeping referrer URLs or campaign values.
To limit abuse we keep a short-lived, scrambled fingerprint of the network address behind sign-in and sign-up attempts. It cannot be turned back into your address.
Under 18
Rostrum is for adults. If you are under 18, please do not create an account.
Changes
If we change this notice in a way that affects you, we will tell you and ask for your agreement again where the law requires it.
Your choices
You can see and change your optional answers from your account at any time.
To correct your details, withdraw your consent, delete your account or raise a concern, write to contact@rostrumforum.com. We will reply and act on your request.