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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW. NOT APPROVED. DO NOT PUBLISH AS FINAL.

Prepared 2026-11-06 by engineering to describe intended product behaviour. It is not legal advice. Bracketed items need the owner or counsel. Each statement must match the shipped controls in `docs/COMPLIANCE.md` before publication.

1. What we collect

  • You give us: name, email, optional phone, towns and relationships, posts, résumés, messages, verification details.
  • Automatically: device and usage data, IP address, and these first-party cookies and only these: `uth_session` (your sign-in), `uth_csrf` (protects forms from other sites), `uth_adf` (how many times this browser saw an advertisement today, so the daily cap holds; it names no person and is not set when you have opted out) and `uth_privacy` (your "do not sell or share" choice). No third-party cookies or scripts load. [COUNSEL TO CONFIRM THE LIST BEFORE PUBLICATION]
  • From others: sign-in providers; public records about public officials; business information from public sources.

2. What we do not do

We do not publish home addresses or personal phone numbers. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13, and accounts are for adults 18 and older.

3. How we use it

To run the service, show local content, send messages you chose, prevent abuse, process payments and meet legal duties. [LEGAL BASES AND STATE NOTICES FOR COUNSEL]

4. AI processing

Public records and your questions may be sent to AI model providers to generate answers and to screen content. [VENDOR LIST AND TERMS] Questions are stored without your user ID by default.

5. Sharing

With service providers under contract; with a business when you send it a lead or an employer when you apply; when the law requires. [DOES ANY ACTIVITY COUNT AS SALE OR SHARING? ADVERTISING COOKIES ARE THE KEY QUESTION]

6. Your choices and rights

Download your data, delete your account, use the "Do not sell or share my information" link in the footer of every page (it works without an account; at /privacy/choices), set notification choices, and hide your profile from search engines and non-members. A browser that sends the Global Privacy Control signal is treated as having made the "do not sell or share" choice. [RIGHTS AND DEADLINES BY STATE]

7. Retention

[TABLE FROM docs/SECURITY.md SECTION 7 AFTER COUNSEL REVIEW]

8. Security

We use encryption, access controls and audit logs. No system is perfectly secure. [BREACH NOTICE STATEMENT]

9. Contact

[LEGAL ENTITY], [ADDRESS], [PRIVACY EMAIL].

Version privacy-2026-11-draft. This draft is what your consent records name until counsel approves a final text; the final text will replace it under a new version.