What is Legislata?

Legislata is a platform for managing information in the political ecosystem. It can help everyone from elected officials to journalists to citizens participate in our democracy more efficiently.

Our hope is to create a product that help save time, avoid redundant work, and to keep track of what matters more easily.

How secure is Legislata?

As secure as possible. This is our highest priority.

Legislata is a cloud-based web application, hosted on a cloud platform provider owned by Salesforce, one of the largest software companies in the world. The physical infrastructure is hosted and managed within Amazon’s secure data centers and utilizes the Amazon Web Service (AWS) technology. Amazon continually manages risk and undergoes recurring assessments to ensure compliance with industry standards. 

Amazon’s data center operations have been accredited under:

• ISO 27001

• SOC 1 and SOC 2/SSAE 16/ISAE 3402 (Previously SAS 70 Type II)

• PCI Level 1

• FISMA Moderate

• Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

When users connect their email accounts to Legislata, all email calls will be handled by an infrastructure solutions provider that adheres to SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, and is regularly audited. 

When a user logs on, we will use bidirectional syncing, as with Outlook or Apple Mail, to call up the email and let users send email. When they log off, the connection is broken and email bodies are not saved. The subject lines and a preview snippet (which have to be stored so the inbox can work quickly) are encrypted to give them an added layer of protection.

We also will not be storing your email passwords; that will happen via a token authorization.

What is this magic link I have to use to log in?

To provide even greater security, we do not use passwords to log in to Legislata. Instead, when you log in, we email you a link which will keep you signed in on that device. Your Legislata account is therefore just as secure as your email account (which should be the most secure account you have). This prevents passwords being stolen and makes it easier for you to work with Legislata without another thing to remember.

Will you sell my data?

We do not sell your data. Our business model is to provide a service in exchange for subscription fees and to allow sponsorships of some public fees. It’s that simple.

Does Legislata donate to candidates/office-holders?

We don’t wish to appear biased and we also don’t want to spend any money we don’t have to. We therefore have a company policy against any political donations by the corporation.

Does Legislata offer campaigning tools?

Legislata is build for governing. It does not offer traditional campaigning like fundraising or canvassing support. However, if you need to know what is happening in government for the campaign, it can help.

Be sure to check in your own jurisdiction what restrictions you might face in using information acquired in governance for campaigning purposes. Generally speaking, you’ll need separate accounts for governing and campaigning.

What if I want to delete my data?

If user choose to delete it, it will be permanently deleted. We’ll be sorry to see you go, but want you to have the assurance that you can leave when you like.