We start by saying that we are a service provider and you as creator determine which data must be indicated in your PollUnits. This can be anything from absolutely anonymous to any personal data. If the latter applies in your case, we now make it even easier for you to create GDPR-compliant photo competitions, brainstorming sessions, tables and votings.

If you collect or process personal data, the person concerned must be informed. Data is personal if it can be clearly assigned to a specific natural person. This includes information such as name, address, e-mail, telephone number, etc. .

You should also determine the legal scope for your event. This is important, for example, when it comes to the rights of use of uploaded photos.

You can now enter your own terms and conditions and privacy policies. This information can be accessed directly in your PollUnit via link. It is also possible to have the terms as well as the privacy policies explicitly confirmed by Opt-In before participation. If the participant does not check the checkbox, he cannot continue.

Depending on the collected personal data, opt-in may not be sufficient. For such a case we have implemented a Double-Opt-In procedure. Here the participant must additionally agree in a subsequent confirmation e-mail.

This is useful, for example, if consent to the use of the e-mail address is requested - as in the case of a newsletter registration. Without the consent in the confirmation e-mail, it cannot be proven whether a third person has registered with the e-mail address. So in case of a dispute you are always on the safe side with a Double-Opt-In!

Published at: 2020-02-19 10:30 AM

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We look back on an eventful year 2019. With almost 600 updates, we have not only released numerous improvements and functions, but also fulfilled user requests. We released three new PollUnit types, integrated Slack, created private and group ICS feeds, translated PollUnit into French and enabled the administration of organizations and their members.

The biggest innovations are the new PollUnit types.

With Free Tables you can create online lists and tables in which your members can register themselves in rows.

With our idea collections you can do brainstormings and collecting feature requests. The suggestions or ideas can be posted and discussed online.

Host your own online photo contest and let users rate existing photos or allow your participants to submit their own photos.

The main points of our Roadmap 2019 are almost completely fulfilled. The extremely high demand for photo competitions has prompted us to postpone the questionnaires until next year and bring the competition forward. And so we have already reached the most important question:

What will happen in 2020?

Surveys will allow you to ask several consecutive questions. For this purpose, various answer types will be offered for selection.

In a submission approval dashboard, user-generated options, images and photos can be approved or rejected. Only after an administrator has reviewed the content, it will be visible for the participants of your PollUnit.

We will improve our photo contests published at the end of 2019 and add new features like image export.

And of course we are still looking forward to your feedback and feature requests. Feel free to write us at support@pollunit.com. Until then we wish you a good start into the new year!

Published at: 2020-01-08 12:43 PM

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Today's update allows you to disable voting in your PollUnits. This feature is primarily intended for our idea collections and photo contests. So you can start your PollUnit and collect only the content of your participants.

This allows you, for example, to organize your online photo contest in two phases. In the first phase, the photographers upload their pictures. As an administrator, you can start the competition's second phase at any time. This activates the voting process. You can decide whether you want to deactivate the upload of photos or whether you want to continue.

You can also deactivate the upvoting function when collecting ideas.

You will find the necessary functions when creating and editing your PollUnit in the Advanced Settings. Here you can change the configuration at any time. An admin can also start voting directly from the PollUnit.

Published at: 2019-12-12 05:30 PM

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When we released our voting software a few years ago, it was about the creation of prioritizations, elections, or scheduling in which users and their identity played a very important role. Therefore, the indication of a user name was obligatory until today.

Recently a few new PollUnit types have been added, where the focus is no longer on the voters, but on the participants adding options or pictures. This includes our photo contest and our idea collections and feedback lists.

In the advanced settings, you can decide for yourself if your voting participants have to enter a name. If you deselect the option »Voters must enter names«, the user can immediately vote and we automatically create a UUID for the voter. With this UUID the voters can be identified in the evaluation.

This makes it as easy as possible for your participants to cast their votes; without opt-in hurdle or any input - just click and go!

Published at: 2019-11-22 04:31 PM

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With our sharing dialog, admins and participants can publish your polls in several ways.

These include the social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest as well as e-mail and WhatsApp. You can also generate a QR code to print it on flyers or to present it at a live event on the big screen.

The sharing function can be found in the context menu of the PollUnit - either directly in the PollUnit or in the overview of all PollUnits.

Today we have a little update for you. In the step "Invite" of the poll maker you can now decide whether the Share dialog for participants should be hidden or shown.

Published at: 2019-11-19 10:51 PM

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