Legal & policies

Privacy Policy

Lake County Pulse collects only the information needed to deliver the newsletter, review community submissions, respond to advertising inquiries, understand site use, and keep the service working.

Information you provide

Newsletter subscriptions are processed by Kit and may include your email address and edition preferences. Event submissions include event details and private organizer contact information used for verification. Advertising inquiries include business and contact information, campaign goals, and service areas.

How we use information

We use submitted information to provide requested services, verify local information, respond to inquiries, operate sponsorships, prevent abuse, and improve Lake County Pulse. Private contact details are not added to public event pages unless they are already public and appropriate to share.

Email, analytics, and advertising providers

Kit provides newsletter delivery and email analytics. With your permission, Google Analytics may provide website analytics and Meta may measure advertising conversions. Google Tag Manager controls optional browser tags. Stripe may process sponsorship payments under its own privacy terms.

Cookies and local storage

Essential storage supports security and site operation. Optional analytics storage helps us understand site use. Optional marketing storage measures whether advertisements lead to confirmed subscriptions. Campaign parameters may be stored for first-touch attribution and do not contain your email address.

Your choices

You may unsubscribe using the link in any newsletter, reject optional website tracking, reopen Cookie settings from the footer, or request access, correction, or deletion of information you submitted by emailing hello@lakecountypulse.com.

Security and retention

We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards and retain information only as long as it is needed for publication operations, recordkeeping, dispute handling, fraud prevention, or legal obligations.

Updates

We may update this policy as the service and its providers change. The effective date above identifies the current version.