Anonymous by design
Political views are personal. Naija Compass is built so that your answers can never be shared with your name, because we never have your name.
What we never collect
- Your name, email address or phone number
- Your IP address or precise location
- Social media logins or any account
What we store
- Your answers to the 30 statements and the scores calculated from them
- The date you took the test
- Only if you choose to answer: your state of residence and origin, city or rural setting, age group, gender, religion, ethnic group, education, work status, and whether you have a PVC and voted in 2023
- A scrambled version of a random code that lets this device show your tracker
How your tracker works without knowing who you are
When you first save a result, your browser is given a random code. It stays on your device in a secure cookie. Our database only keeps a one-way scrambled (hashed) form of that code, so even someone with full access to the database cannot tell which device or person a result came from. Your recovery code lets you open your tracker on another device. Keep it private: anyone who has it can see your results.
How results are shared
Individual results are never published or shared, with or without a name. The Insights page, and any analysis or articles drawn from Naija Compass, only use anonymised figures combined across many people. Any group with fewer than 20 people is left out so nobody can be singled out.
For research and articles, Shedfactory may analyse an anonymised copy of the data. It contains no names, contacts or device codes, only answers, scores, dates and the optional profile answers above. We never ask which party you support or who you voted for.
Your control
- Skip any or all of the profile questions; your result is the same either way.
- Delete every result linked to your code at any time from My tracker. Deletion is permanent.
- Clearing your browser cookies unlinks this device. Your recovery code can link it again.
- When you share a result, the link and image contain only your label and five scores. No answers, profile details or codes.
Who runs this
Naija Compass is a project of Shedfactory Limited, Abuja. It is a discussion tool, not a scientific survey, and is not affiliated with any political party, candidate or government agency.