Privacy policy.

What we collect

When you sign the petition, we collect the name, email, connection to Denman, optional address (used only to verify residency), and optional one-line comment that you submit through the form. We also record the timestamp, your IP address (for rate-limiting and spam-prevention), and your browser’s user-agent string. We retain a private, time-limited management token so you can update or withdraw your submission.

When you write to us through the contact form, we collect the same three transport-level signals (timestamp, IP, user-agent), plus your name, email, the reason you selected, and the message you wrote.

What we display

On the public signature wall, we display the name (in your chosen format — full or first-initial), your connection to Denman, and your optional one-line comment. We never display your email, your address, your IP, or your timestamp.

What we do with your email

We email you a private link to manage your signature. Campaign updates are sent only if you separately check the optional email-consent box, and only at the frequency you choose — weekly, daily, every two weeks, or monthly. Every one of those emails carries a one-click unsubscribe link, and your private link lets you change the frequency or stop the email entirely at any time. You can also simply write to us.

Unsubscribing never removes your name from the petition. Consent to be counted and consent to be emailed are separate, and we keep them separate. Turning off email also does not stop you signing again later or receiving the private link you need to manage what you have already signed.

We do not sell or rent your email address. Our hosting, database, security, and email-delivery providers may process limited information as needed to operate the service. Mailgun receives your email address to deliver messages and operates under its own terms and safeguards.

How long we keep things

Active signatures are retained while the petition is operating and while reasonably needed to document the public request. If the project winds down, we will publish a retention and deletion date.

Withdrawn submissions, contact messages, and technical logs are kept only as long as reasonably needed for consent records, security, dispute handling, aggregate integrity, or legal obligations. Backups may take additional time to expire.

How to remove your data

Use the private management link emailed after signing to withdraw the signature from the public petition, or use the contact form with the “Withdraw my signature” reason. You may also ask what information is held, request a correction, withdraw optional email consent, or request deletion, subject to information that must reasonably be retained for legal or security purposes.

Cookies and analytics

The public petition does not require a social-media account. Ordinary server logs and strictly necessary site storage may be used to operate and secure the service. Any material analytics or advertising tracker added later will be disclosed here before use.

Contact

Questions, corrections, or requests: use the contact form or email privacy@denmantown.org.

Last updated August 18, 2026.