YourWinnetka.org Terms of Use and Privacy Policy

YourWinnetka.org is a website maintained by YourWinnetka, a non-partisan, resident-based, volunteer information-services organization based in Winnetka, IL. YourWinnetka.org does not capture or store any personal information. Communications to YourWinnetka through YourWinnetka.org  or Spot Checks are routed immediately to a linked gmail account, and are subject to the privacy policies found there.

Data captured by YourWinnetka.org include IP addresses and any traffic information associated with these addresses (page views, time on site, referrer, etc.) and is solely to enable YourWinnetka to better understand what readers expect from the site.

Because YourWinnetka.org does not capture or store personal information, it cannot share, sell, or otherwise transfer personal information to a third party. However, in order to allow you to "drill down," or validate content on YourWinnetka.org, we frequently link to other sites. Please be aware that while YourWinnetka.org and YourWinnetka make every effort to protect your personal information, that protection does not extend to these other sites, and urge you to read carefully their privacy and terms of use statements.

In Other Words

When you visit our site:

  • We do not know who you are, where you're from or anything else about you. You are merely a number. And that's the good news.

  • YourWinnetka.org is a SquareSpace website. You are bound by and protected by Squarespace's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

  • When you leave our site via a link or otherwise, you are no longer protected by YourWinnetka.org.

When you contact us through our YourWinnetka.org or from a Spot Check:

  • No information is captured by or stored on YourWinnetka.org.

  • All of your messages go to our gmail, and we and you are bound by the terms of use and privacy found there.

  • If you identfy yourself, we will not publicize nor have we ever publicized your name or the content of your message without your written permission.

If you have any questions about our Terms of Use, this privacy statement or privacy concerns in general, please contact us.