Privacy & security

What we store

Your name, sign-in email, optional phone, the seat you claim, the documents you upload to confirm it, your certification and insurance dates, and your portal activity. We don't store Social Security numbers or Criminal Justice Information. If you use the Office section, it also holds the court paperwork assigned to you (warrants, complaints, orders, dockets) and your own fieldwork records; those belong to your office, and portal staff can't open them except through a logged emergency access process.

How it's protected

• Two-step verification is required for every account. Passwords are hashed with Argon2id.
• Uploaded documents, authenticator secrets, and Election Day notes are encrypted with AES-256-GCM before storage.
• Connections to the portal use HTTPS. You're signed out after a period of inactivity.
• Sign-ins, document views and review decisions are written to an audit log.
• We match your certification to PCCD's public list, and a reviewer checks your seat against the official record. Reviewers can't review their own records.

What's public

Only what your credential's public page shows: name, office, seat, county, term, and whether you are PCCD certified. Never your documents, insurance details or contact details.