This notice is not finished: the name of who runs VoteProof and a contact email still need to be added.
Who runs VoteProof
VoteProof is run by [name not set]. It is an independent citizen project. It is not run by, or connected to, INEC or any political party. Only INEC declares official results.
Questions or requests about your data: [email not set].
What we collect
| Photo of the result sheet | The photo you take of the result posted at your polling unit. |
| Figures and serial number | What you type from the sheet. |
| Polling unit and election | The ones you choose. If you add a missing polling unit, its number and name. |
| Your location | One reading from your phone at the moment you upload, if you allow it. We do not track you over time. |
| Photo details | When the photo was taken and whether it came from the app's camera or your gallery. |
| An anonymous ID | A random ID stored on your phone so we can stop one person uploading twice for the same polling unit. It is not linked to your name, phone number or email. |
| Technical data | Like any website, our hosting providers see your IP address and browser type when you use VoteProof. |
We never ask for your name, phone number, voter card number or email to upload.
Who can see it
- Everyone: the photo, the figures, the serial number, the polling unit, the upload time, any warning signs on the upload, and reviewers' notes. This is the point of VoteProof: anyone can check where every number came from.
- Only our reviewers: your location, how far you were from the polling unit, and the anonymous ID. We do not publish these.
- Nobody else. We do not sell or share your data for advertising. We only hand data to authorities if the law requires it.
Please photograph only the result sheet. Avoid getting people's faces in the picture: photos are public.
Why we use it
To build a public, checkable record of the results posted at polling units, and to protect that record from fake uploads (for example by checking that an upload came from near the polling unit and that two people's uploads match). We rely on your consent when you choose to upload, and on the public interest in transparent elections.
Services that process data for us
- Supabase: stores uploads and photos.
- Netlify: hosts the website.
- Cloudflare Turnstile: the security check that stops automated fake uploads. It looks at signals from your browser.
- Google Fonts: provides the typeface the site uses.
Some of these services may store or process data outside Nigeria.
How long we keep it
We keep uploads until all election petitions and appeals about the 2027 elections are finished, because the photos may be needed as evidence. After that we delete location data and anonymous IDs. Photos and figures may stay public as a historical record. Practice-run uploads are deleted before election day.
Your rights
Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 you can ask us to show you, correct or delete data about you, or object to how we use it. Because uploads are anonymous, tell us which upload you mean: the polling unit, election and roughly when you sent it. You can also complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
If a photo shows your face or anything else that identifies you, write to us and we will remove or blur it.
Changes
If we change this notice, we will update this page. Last updated: November 2026.