Privacy

Privacy Policy

APR stands for Accurate Parish Reporting.

APR•St TAMMANY uses submitted information to review tips, verify details, respond to messages, and publish community updates when appropriate.

Information You Submit

When you send a tip, photo, video, audio file, document, event detail, or message, APR may receive your name, contact details, message content, location details, and any files you choose to provide.

Tip submissions may include many common image, video, audio, and document formats. Submitted files and related details are stored for private APR review and may be used to verify local coverage.

How Information Is Used

Submitted information may be used to verify reports, contact you for follow-up, prepare local updates, improve community coverage, and review material for possible posting.

Automated screening may reject advertising, repeated submissions, excessive links, rapid submissions, and unsafe file types.

Public Posts

Information, images, or video submitted to APR may be published if it is relevant to community events, local highlights, public submissions, or parishwide interest. Personal contact information is not intentionally published unless you clearly request it or it is already public.

By submitting tips, photos, videos, audio, documents, or other materials to APR, you understand that APR may review, verify, edit, archive, publish, broadcast, distribute, and otherwise use those submitted materials for APR reporting and community coverage without payment or compensation to the sender.

Site Analytics

APR uses first-party analytics to count pageviews, estimate daily visitors, measure article readership and Share Article button use, and understand general traffic sources and device types. The analytics dashboard does not store raw IP addresses, names, email addresses, or precise locations.

A random browser identifier is stored on your device and converted to a one-way hash for visitor estimates. APR does not sell analytics information.

APR may also let readers mark articles with a thumbs up or thumbs down. Reaction counts are public. APR stores a one-way hashed browser identifier with the vote so the same browser can update its reaction without repeatedly increasing the count.

Meta Pixel and Social Advertising

APR may use Meta Pixel or similar tools from Meta/Facebook to understand visits from Facebook and Instagram, measure article traffic, measure ad or boosted-post performance, and improve future outreach. Meta may use cookies, device identifiers, browser details, page URLs, referral information, and similar data under Meta's own privacy policies.

APR may receive aggregated reporting from Meta, but APR does not receive your private Facebook password, payment-card information, or private messages through the pixel.

Affiliate Links

APR may publish affiliate links to products or services that may be useful for storm preparation, road safety, home security, power outages, local events, and everyday community needs. APR may earn a commission from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.

When you click an affiliate link, the retailer or affiliate network may use cookies, referral identifiers, device information, or similar technology to recognize that the visit came from APR and to calculate commissions. Those companies process information under their own privacy policies. APR may receive aggregate referral, order, or commission reports, but APR does not process or store your payment-card information for purchases made on third-party websites.

Product information, prices, availability, promotions, and external privacy practices are controlled by third parties and may change without notice. Review the retailer's current product details, terms, and privacy policy before providing information or completing a purchase.

Security and Spam Protection

APR may use security tools such as Cloudflare Turnstile, Google reCAPTCHA, rate limits, and automated checks to reduce spam, unsafe uploads, and advertising submissions.

Email Updates

When you join the APR email list, Brevo receives the email address you provide and processes subscriptions on APR's behalf. APR uses this information only to deliver requested updates, manage subscriptions, and maintain opt-out records.

APR emails include an unsubscribe option. APR does not sell subscriber email addresses.

Weather Information

APR weather pages and weather-related posts may use public information from official sources such as the National Weather Service, NOAA, the National Hurricane Center, and the Weather Prediction Center. APR is not a meteorologist.

Third-Party Platforms

This site links to retailers, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, email providers, and other external services. Opening or using those services may allow the third party to collect information according to its own privacy policy and technology. APR does not control third-party websites, accounts, cookies, data practices, security, purchases, or content.

Contact

Questions about privacy can be sent to apr@aprsttammany.com.