Privacy Policy
Last updated: March 24, 2026
Introduction
Illinois Community ("we," "our," or "us") operates the websiteillinoiscommunity.com and associated social media presences. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit our website or interact with our community.
Information We Collect
- Contact Requests: When you submit our contact page, you provide your name, email address, topic, and message. We use that information to route your request to our team inbox and respond to you.
- Server and Security Logs: Like most websites, our hosting and security providers may collect IP address data, browser information, referring pages, and page requests to keep the site secure and available.
- Preference Storage: We store limited browser preferences such as theme selection to keep the site usable.
- Analytics: We use Vercel Web Analytics for aggregated traffic measurement. Vercel describes this product as using anonymized data and not relying on cookies.
- Advertising readiness: We publish an ads.txt file at the root of the site to declare authorized sellers. That file does not place cookies, run scripts, or collect browser-level advertising data.
Cookies and Local Storage
We use limited browser storage needed for core site operation and optional measurement. We do not currently load on-page advertising scripts or consent-management overlays.
- Essential preferences: theme and basic interface preferences.
- Measurement: aggregated site usage measurement through Vercel Web Analytics.
- Advertising: We are not currently loading client-side display-ad code on this website. If that changes in the future, we will update this policy before rollout.
How We Use Information
- To respond to contact form submissions, emails, and outreach you send to our public inbox
- To improve our website content and user experience
- To analyze high-level website traffic and usage patterns
- To deliver and measure advertising where monetization is enabled
- To protect against spam and abuse
Third-Party Services
- Facebook: We link to our Facebook Group and Page. When you visit these pages, Facebook's privacy policy applies.
- Vercel: Our website is hosted on Vercel and uses Vercel Web Analytics for aggregated traffic reporting.
- Resend: Contact form submissions are delivered through Resend, our email delivery provider, so messages can reach our inbox.
- Google: Our ads.txt file may identify Google as an authorized seller account. This declaration is separate from loading ad scripts in the browser.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policies of any third-party services you interact with.
Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of data transmitted to our website.
Your Rights
You have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of any personal information we hold about you. To exercise these rights, please contact us at hello@illinoiscommunity.com.
Depending on where you live, you may also have rights related to analytics, browser storage, or future advertising disclosures. If we introduce live ad technology later, we will update this page with the relevant controls and notices first.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at hello@illinoiscommunity.com.