Privacy policy.

Who this covers

This notice describes information handled through findcary.com, the Find Cary community publication. Use our contact form to reach the publisher about privacy.

Information you provide

Story submissions include your name, email, title, story text, category, location, source links and any uploaded photo or video. Sponsorship inquiries include your business name, contact name, email and message. Contact requests include your name, email, topic and message. Please avoid sending sensitive personal information or information you do not have permission to share.

Editor accounts include a name, email, password hash and sign-in records. Passwords are stored as salted hashes rather than readable passwords.

Technical information

Our hosting service may process IP addresses, requested pages, browser information and request times in operational logs. The application uses a hashed IP address to limit abusive submissions and stores it with story submissions. A hash is not a guarantee of anonymity.

How we use information

We use submitted information to review and verify stories, respond to inquiries, manage sponsorships, maintain the site and prevent abuse. Approved stories, bylines, locations and selected media become public. Contact email addresses are not automatically included in published stories. Anything you include in story text or media may become public if published; remove private details before submitting.

Services and disclosures

Hosting providers process information needed to operate the website. Google Fonts supplies our typography and receives connection information, including your IP address and browser request details, when fonts load. See Google’s privacy policy. Photos on our published pages are served from Find Cary’s own uploads. External source and sponsor links take you to websites with their own policies.

Local sponsorships measure aggregate views and clicks without tracking cookies or personalized advertising. A view is counted when at least half of an ad is visible for one second. The ad measurement system stores daily totals by campaign and placement, plus temporary event hashes to prevent duplicate counts; it does not store visitor identifiers or IP addresses. The site does not sell reader information. Information may also be disclosed when required by law or necessary to address fraud, security incidents or rights claims.

Storage and your requests

Submissions, inquiries and editorial records are stored in the publisher’s database and are not automatically deleted on a fixed schedule. Published stories remain available until an editor changes or removes them. Hosting logs and backups may have separate retention periods.

You can ask to access, correct or delete information you submitted through our contact form. Include enough detail to locate it, but do not send identity documents. We may need to verify that the request concerns your information. Applicable rights, editorial records, legal obligations and backup limitations may affect what can be removed; submitting a request does not guarantee removal of published reporting.

Cookies and browser storage

See the Cookie policy for the editor session cookie and the local preference used to remember your cookie choice.

Children

Our submission and contact forms are intended for adults. Do not submit a child’s private contact details. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact the publisher so it can be reviewed.

Changes

We will update this page when these practices change. The date above identifies this version.