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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: December 06, 2025
Version: 1.0

1. Overview

This experimental chatbot is developed by the Parliamentary Institute and POPVOX Foundation to help users understand the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information.

2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide
  • Your questions: Text you type into the chatbot to receive answers about parliamentary procedures

  • Language preferences: Whether you choose Albanian or English

2.2 Automatically Collected Information
  • Session cookies: To maintain your active conversation

  • Timestamps: When you ask questions

  • Technical information: Browser type, IP address (anonymized)

  • Usage statistics: Number of questions, session length

3. How We Use Information
  • To provide service: Answer your questions and maintain conversation history

  • To improve quality: Analyze questions to identify common topics

  • For research purposes: Study how the chatbot is used (anonymously)

  • To resolve technical issues: Identify and fix errors

4. Data Sharing with Third Parties
4.1 External Services
  • OpenAI: Your questions are sent to OpenAI for processing (subject to their privacy policy)

  • Pinecone: For vector search of relevant articles

4.2 Our Partners

Parliamentary Institute and POPVOX Foundation may share anonymized statistics for reporting and research purposes.

5. Data Retention
  • Conversations: Stored for maximum 60 minutes per session

  • Cache: Responses cached for 7 days for better performance

  • Logs: Technical information stored for 30 days

  • Statistics: Anonymized data retained for research purposes

6. Your Rights
  • Deletion: You can delete your conversation by typing "/reset"

  • Access: You can request a copy of your data

  • Correction: You can request correction of inaccurate information

  • Objection: You can object to processing for specific purposes

7. Security

We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data, including encryption and access controls.

8. Contact

For questions about this privacy policy, contact:

  • Parliamentary Institute: [email placeholder]

  • POPVOX Foundation: [email placeholder]