Privacy Policy

Rockland Connected ("we," "us") is a community directory and newsletter for Rockland County, NY. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. The short version: we collect only what we need to run the site, we don't sell your information, and you can ask us to remove it at any time.

What we collect

• Newsletter signups — your email address and any interests or town preferences you choose during signup.
• Accounts — your email address and any profile details you add (display name, bio, avatar, town, links).
• Listings and submissions — business, event, class, club, and similar listings you submit are public by design, including the contact details you include in them.
• Groups activity — the groups you join and posts you publish are public by design, along with the public-facing parts of your profile such as display name, avatar, profile link, and town. We do not show your account email in group rosters or conversations.
• Contact messages — the name, email, and message you send through our contact form.
• Bucket List progress — if you submit the checklist, we store which fixed items you marked complete. This progress is private to your account.
• Basic usage data— standard analytics such as pages visited and approximate traffic sources, used in aggregate to understand what's useful.

Location for nearby results

We request your location only after you choose the "Near me" button and allow access in your browser. For the business directory, your coordinates are rounded to about 100-meter precision and sent to our server only long enough to rank the matching businesses by distance. We do not store or log those coordinates, add them to the page URL, or include them in analytics. The result sent back to your browser contains distances only for visible listings with a public physical location; listings without a location and service-area businesses receive no distance. It does not include the directory's full location data.

How we use it

• To send the newsletter you signed up for.
• To publish and maintain the listings you submit.
• To operate public local groups, membership rosters, and conversations.
• To save and restore your private Bucket List progress.
• To respond when you contact us.
• To keep the site working and improve what we publish.

We do not sell or rent your personal information, and we don't share it with third parties for their own marketing.

Service providers

We rely on a small set of providers to operate the site: hosting and analytics (Vercel), our database and authentication (Supabase), email delivery for the newsletter and contact messages, and embedded maps (Google Maps). Each receives only what it needs to do its job and handles it under its own privacy terms.

Cookies

We use cookies for signed-in sessions and basic site functionality. We don't use advertising cookies.

Your choices

• Every newsletter includes an unsubscribe link, and you can manage preferences from the newsletter settings page.
• You can edit or delete your profile and listings from your account.
• You can leave a local group at any time and delete your own group posts. Group owners can edit or remove groups they created.
• You can change or clear your Bucket List selections at any time by updating the checklist.
• You can ask us to access, correct, or delete information we hold about you by contacting us.

Children

The site is intended for adults. We don't knowingly collect personal information from children under 13; if you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we'll remove it.

Changes

If we make meaningful changes to this policy, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions or requests? Reach us through the contact page.