Your privacy

Your answers, progress, saved questions, and settings are kept in this browser’s storage on this device. They are not sent to us, unless you report a grading problem (see below). If analytics are on, Clarity’s session recordings can show what was on your screen, but not what you typed (see Analytics).

To remove them, use “Reset progress” in Settings, or clear this site’s data in your browser settings. On a shared or library computer, clear the site’s data when you finish.

You can log in with your email address and a password, with a link we email to you, or with Google or Apple.

We keep:

• your email address, to log you in and to send you emails about your account (like a sign-in link or a password reset);
• your password, if you make one. It is stored scrambled (hashed), so no one can read it, not even us;
• your practice history: the questions you answered, what you chose or typed, the results, and your practice exam scores;
• your settings: your test version; your answer about when USCIS received your N-400 (before October 20, 2025, on or after it, not filed yet, or not sure; we never store the date itself); your 65/20 choice; your state and district (for local answers); an interview date if you add one; how you like to study (choose or type); and light or dark mode;
• your saved questions and your practice streak;
• when you agreed to the Terms and read the disclaimer.

If you log in with Google or Apple, that company shares your email address and an account ID with us. It may also share your name and profile picture. They are stored with your account, but we use only your email address.

We use this data only to save your progress, sync it across your devices, and show your history. It is stored with Supabase, our database provider, on servers in the United States.

While you are logged in, a copy of your progress is also kept in this browser, so the site opens quickly and keeps working offline. Logging out removes it from this browser.

If you answer “How did it go?” after your interview date, that answer stays in this browser only. It is never sent to us.

We do not store your filing date, your age, your address, or your exact location. We keep your data until you delete it or your account.

When you send a report, we store the question, your answer, the result, and your message, so we can fix the grading. If you are logged in, the report is linked to your account, and deleting your account deletes it too. A report sent without an account is not linked to anyone.

To stop spam, our server counts the reports sent from each internet (IP) address. It keeps that count in its memory only. The address is never saved with your report or in our database.

To learn how people use the website and make it better, we use Microsoft Clarity, an analytics tool made by Microsoft. It runs only on the website, never in the iPhone app. The iPhone app has no analytics.

When Clarity is on, it collects:

• the pages you open, and where you click, tap, and scroll;
• your type of device and browser, your screen size, and your operating system;
• your approximate location (your country or region), which Microsoft works out from your IP address;
• session recordings: a replay of what you did on the page, such as moving between questions and pressing buttons.

We hide (mask) typed and personal information, so it is not sent to Clarity: the answers you type and your typed text when we show it back to you, your email address and the account part of Settings, your message when you report a grading problem, your interview date, and your state and district. The questions and the answer choices stay visible, because they are the same for everyone.

Clarity never runs on the pages where you log in or make an account, or on our admin pages. We never send Clarity your name, your email address, or your account ID. A session recording can show which answer choice you picked and the result on the screen, but not what you typed.

Clarity uses cookies to connect the pages of one visit and to recognize a browser that comes back: _clck (up to 1 year) and _clsk (1 day) on civics-quiz.com, and cookies on Microsoft’s own websites, such as CLID and MUID (up to about 1 year). We also set two small cookies of our own: dc_analytics remembers your choice for 6 months, and dc_region remembers for 1 day whether we need to ask you first.

We tell Clarity that ad storage is denied. We don’t use Clarity for ads.

If you visit from the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we ask first. Clarity loads only if you choose “Allow.” To know whether to ask, our server looks at the country that our web host (Vercel) finds from your IP address. We don’t save that country.

Microsoft provides Clarity and handles this data under the Microsoft Privacy Statement. Microsoft keeps session recordings for 30 days (a random sample, and recordings we mark as favorites, for up to 9 months) and other Clarity data, such as heatmaps, for up to 9 months. Read more in Clarity’s privacy disclosure.

Your answers, study plan, review schedule, streaks, mock interview results, and settings are saved in the app’s own storage on your iPhone. They are never sent to us. Like other app data, they are part of your iPhone backups (iCloud or a computer) if you use backups. Apple handles those backups under your settings.

To erase your progress, go to Settings in the app and choose “Reset progress” (your settings stay). Deleting the app deletes your progress and settings from your iPhone. Pictures you chose to save to Photos stay in Photos.

Older versions of the app, without an Account section in Settings, have no accounts and collect no data.

You can sign in with Apple, with Google, or with your email address and a password. It is the same account as on civics-quiz.com, so Part 1 applies to it too.

When you sign in, we keep:

• your email address and how you sign in (Apple, Google, or email);
• your study progress: which questions you practiced, whether each answer was right or wrong, when you answered, and how (out loud, typed, or picked from a list), but never the answer itself;
• for each question you practiced, the official correct answers for your state and district. If you typed your U.S. Representative’s name yourself in Settings, that name stays on your iPhone;
• your review schedule for each question, your streak, and your mock interview results;
• your saved questions;
• your settings: your test version, your answer about when USCIS received your N-400, your 65/20 choice, your state and district, and your interview date if you add one;
• when you agreed to the Terms.

The app never sends your voice or the answers you said or typed. The words of your mock interview answers stay on your iPhone.

If you sign in with Apple, the app asks Apple for your email address only, not your name. If you choose “Hide My Email,” Apple gives us a private address that forwards to your email. If you sign in with Google, Google shares your email address, name, and profile picture with us. They are stored with your account, but we use only your email address.

Your progress is still kept on your iPhone, so the app works offline. Changes are saved to your account when you are online. Some things stay on your iPhone only: your daily study time and weekly goal, reminders, sounds, Easy Mode, and how the app looks.

We use this data only to save your progress and let you use it on your other devices and on civics-quiz.com. It is stored with Supabase, our database provider, on servers in the United States.

The app asks to use the microphone and speech recognition only when you tap the microphone to say an answer out loud. The app works fully without them: you can type your answer or grade yourself.

Speech recognition runs on your iPhone. The app uses only Apple’s on-device speech recognition, and it turns this feature off on iPhones that don’t support it. Your voice is not recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. If you say an answer during a mock interview, the text of that answer may be kept with that interview’s results on your iPhone, so you can look back at it. It is never sent to your account.

When the app reads questions and answers aloud, it uses your iPhone’s built-in voices.

When you tap “Check for updates” in the app’s Settings, the app downloads a public file of current officeholder names (civics-quiz.com/content/officials.json). This never happens on its own. The request carries no account, device ID, progress, location, or anything you typed or said.

If you sign in, the app also connects to Supabase to sign you in and to save and load your progress, and to civics-quiz.com when you download your data or delete your account. If you don’t sign in, it makes no other requests to us.

Like any web request, these requests show your IP address and standard details (such as the app and iOS version). Our web host and Supabase may keep them in short technical logs.

If you share a result, your iPhone’s share sheet sends it only where you choose. If you choose “Save Image,” your iPhone asks to let the app add the picture to Photos. The app can’t see your photo library.

Links in the app (for example, to uscis.gov, senate.gov, or house.gov) open in your browser. Those sites have their own privacy practices. Links to civics-quiz.com open the website, which Part 1 covers.