Privacy Policy

We only collect information you choose to give us, and only for the feature you’re using:

• Email subscriptions. If you sign up for meeting or weekly-digest emails, we store your email address and the towns or boards you asked to follow, so we can send what you subscribed to. Every email includes an unsubscribe link, and you can manage or remove your subscription at any time.
• Accounts. If you create an account, you sign in through Google, Apple, or a one-time email code. We receive a basic identifier and the email address associated with that sign-in — we never see or store your Google or Apple password. This lets you save preferences and manage what you follow.
• Contributions. If you choose to financially support the site, payment is processed by our payment provider (Stripe). We never receive or store your full card number — Stripe handles that. We retain a record that a contribution was made (amount, date, and any name or email you provide) so we can acknowledge it.
• Messages you send us. If you use the feedback form to report an error or reach out, we keep what you send so we can respond and improve the site.
• Basic technical data. Like most websites, our hosting and content-delivery providers automatically process standard request information (such as IP address and browser type) to serve pages and protect against abuse.

We use the information above only to run the service you asked for: to send the emails you subscribed to, to keep you signed in and remember your preferences, to process and acknowledge contributions, to respond to messages, and to keep the site secure and working. We do not sell your personal information, and we don’t use it to build advertising profiles.

We keep cookies to a minimum and use them for three purposes:

• Essential. When you sign in, we set a small number of cookies to keep you logged in and to protect the sign-in process (for example, a session cookie and a security token). The site’s account features don’t work without these.
• Preferences. We store simple settings in your browser — such as your saved location, whether you’ve dismissed a prompt, and your preferred map/list view — so the site remembers your choices. These stay on your device.
• Analytics. Where enabled, we use Google Analytics to understand aggregate, anonymous usage — which pages are read and how people find the site — so we can improve it. This sets analytics cookies. We use this only to measure the site in aggregate, never to identify individual readers.

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. If you block essential cookies, the account and sign-in features won’t function, but the rest of the site remains readable.

We use a small set of established providers to operate the site. They process only the data needed for their function, under their own privacy terms:

• Amazon Web Services — hosting, storage, email delivery, and account sign-in infrastructure.
• Cloudflare — content delivery and protection against abuse.
• Stripe — payment processing for contributions (card details go directly to Stripe).
• Google and Apple — optional sign-in providers, used only if you choose to sign in with them.
• Google Analytics — aggregate usage measurement, where enabled.

We keep your information only as long as it’s needed for the purpose you gave it — for as long as you’re subscribed or hold an account, and as reasonably needed for contribution records and security. You can unsubscribe from emails at any time using the link in any message. To delete your account or ask us to remove information we hold about you, reach out through the feedback form (below) and we’ll take care of it.

MeetingWatch is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We don’t knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we’ll remove it.

We may update this policy as the site evolves; the effective date above reflects the current version. Material changes will be noted here. Questions about your privacy, or a request to access or delete your information? Reach out through our feedback form — we read every message.