Privacy policy
Tulip & Tide is a community guide to Anacortes, Burlington, Mount Vernon, Sedro-Woolley, Bow & Edison, Camano Island and Oak Harbor, Washington. This page explains what information we collect, why, and the choices you have. The short version: we collect only what we need to run the guide, we never sell your information, and you can ask us to delete it at any time.
What we collect
Information you give us
- Newsletter sign-up: your email address and, if you choose one, your town. We use them to send The Weekly Tide.
- Yard sale and bulletin posts: the headline, date, details and town you enter are published on the site after review. Your email address, if you give one, is never shown publicly. We use it only to contact you about your post.
- Business listing requests: your business name, town, category, website, description and email address. We use them to create and manage your listing and to contact you about it.
- Business owner sign-in: the email address on your listing, which we use to send your one-time sign-in link and to confirm you can edit that listing.
Information collected automatically
- Basic technical data: like any website, our hosting provider records your IP address, browser type and the pages you request, to keep the site running and secure.
- Sign-in cookies: if you sign in as a business owner or administrator, we store a cookie that keeps you signed in. It isn't used for advertising.
- Analytics and advertising tools: we may use Google Analytics and the Meta Pixel to understand how people find and use the site. They use cookies and similar technology to record pages visited and actions such as signing up for the newsletter or requesting a listing. Meta may use this information to show you ads for Tulip & Tide on Facebook and Instagram, and to measure how well those ads work. These tools never run on the business owner or admin pages.
How we use it
- To run the guide: publishing listings, events and approved posts
- To send The Weekly Tide to people who signed up
- To reply to you about your post, listing or question
- To understand which parts of the site are useful and to promote the guide to our community
- To prevent spam and abuse
We do not sell your personal information, and we don't share it with anyone except the service providers below, who help us run the site.
Who helps us run the site
- Supabase stores our database, sign-ins and uploaded photos.
- Vercel hosts the website.
- Our email provider sends sign-in links and the newsletter.
- Telegram carries a private notice to us when someone fills out a form on this site, including the email address they gave.
- Google (Analytics) and Meta (Pixel) provide the tools described above, under their own privacy policies: Google and Meta.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety of our community.
Your choices
- Newsletter: every issue has an unsubscribe link, or you can email us and we'll remove you.
- Your posts and listings: email us to change or remove them. Business owners can also update their listing at /owner.
- See, correct or delete your information: email us and we'll respond within 30 days.
- Ads and analytics: you can opt out of personalized ads in your Facebook ad preferences, install the Google Analytics opt-out add-on, block cookies in your browser, or turn on Global Privacy Control in your browser. When it's on, this site doesn't load Google Analytics or the Meta Pixel at all.
How long we keep it
Yard sale and bulletin posts come down automatically 30 days after approval. Newsletter addresses are kept until you unsubscribe. Business listing information is kept while the listing is active. Posts and requests we reject are never published, and we'll delete them on request.
Security
Your information is stored with access controls: only our administrators can see email addresses and unpublished submissions, and business owners can only edit their own listing. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect what you share with us.
Children
The guide is meant for adults. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you think a child has sent us information, email us and we'll delete it.
Links to other sites
Listings link to businesses' own websites and social pages. Their privacy practices are their own, so check their policies.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page. For big changes, we'll also mention it in The Weekly Tide.
Contact us
Questions or requests: DiAnn@sagersells.com