Privacy
What we collect, and what we don't.
Last updated November 2026. Written to be read.
The short version
We collect your email address and whatever you choose to post. We never sell it, never share it with advertisers, and never send you marketing you did not ask for. You can delete your account at any time.
What we collect
- Your email address. Required, because it is how you sign in. We do not use passwords.
- Your name, if you give us one. Displayed as a first name and last initial.
- What you post. Ideas, stories, questions, updates, listings, events and photos.
- What you tap. Which ideas you said Count me in on, and what you follow.
- Idea lists you make. The list, its name and the ideas on it. A list you publish is public.
- Memories you add. When you tap I remember this too and write something, a person reads it before it goes up, and it then shows on that page.
- Private suggestions. When you send a business an idea, only its owner and the people who check messages for safety see it, unless the owner chooses to share it. If you leave your email so they can reply, it stays in the owner’s inbox and never shows publicly.
- Your interests, if you pick any. Used only to order what you see.
- Public business details. Names and public contact details of local businesses and groups, so they can be listed and asked to tell their story. They can ask to come off at any time.
- Basic technical data. IP address and request time, used for rate limiting and abuse prevention.
What we do not collect
- No advertising or third party tracking cookies.
- No location tracking. Nothing reads your device location.
- No payment card details. If you pay us, Stripe handles the card and we never see it.
- No data brokers, no ad networks, no pixel from a company you have never heard of.
Cookies
One cookie, for your sign in session. It is httpOnly, same site, and does nothing else. If you sign in with another account, a second short lived cookie checks that the sign in is yours, then goes away. That is why there is no cookie banner on this site. There is nothing to consent to.
What is public
Ideas, stories, questions, updates, listings and events you post are public. That is the point. So are lists you publish, and memories once a person has read them. When you tap Count me in, your first name and last initial can show beside the idea. Private suggestions are not public. Your email address is never shown publicly.
AI processing
When you share an idea, tell a story or write a listing, we send the text to Google’s Gemini to help turn it into clear writing, and to check it against our community guidelines. You can edit or replace anything it writes before you send it.
We email you a sign in link when you ask for one, and we let you know when something happens with an idea you shared or tapped, capped at real milestones so we do not become the app you mute. You can turn notifications off in your settings at any time.
Your rights
You can see, correct, export or delete anything of yours from your dashboard settings, or by emailing hello@findlayideas.com. Deleting your account removes your account and personal data. Where an idea has attracted public discussion we may keep the idea itself with the author removed, so other people’s contributions stay. Tell us if you would rather it went entirely, and it will.
Children
This site is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has signed up, email us and we will remove it.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will say so on the site.
Findlay Ideas is an independent community project and is not affiliated with the City of Findlay or Hancock County government.