Privacy Policy — CannabisWisconsin.org

Last verified: May 2026

Our Approach to Privacy

CannabisWisconsin.org is an educational site about cannabis policy in Wisconsin. We believe Wisconsin residents researching cannabis policy deserve robust privacy protections — arguably more, given Wisconsin’s "felony cliff" possession statute (any prior controlled-substance conviction triggers Class I felony for any subsequent cannabis offense), the OWI per se zero-tolerance threshold, and federal-employer reality at Fort McCoy, the 128th Air Refueling Wing, the 115th Fighter Wing, and federally-grant-funded healthcare systems.

What We Collect

Cookies (One)

We set a single cookie (cannabiswisconsin_age_verified) when you confirm you are 21 or older. This cookie lasts 30 days and prevents the age gate from appearing on every visit. That’s it.

We also set a cookie consent acknowledgment cookie (cannabiswisconsin_cookie_consent) when you dismiss the cookie notice. This lasts one year.

Server Logs

Like all websites, our web server automatically logs basic request information (IP address, page visited, browser type, timestamp). These logs are used solely for security monitoring and are not shared with third parties.

What We Don’t Do

We do not use Google Analytics or any third-party analytics
We do not use tracking pixels or retargeting
We do not sell, share, or trade any visitor data
We do not collect email addresses, names, or personal information
We do not serve advertisements
We do not use social media tracking widgets

Federal-Employee & Felony-Cliff Privacy Note

Two particular privacy considerations for Wisconsin visitors:

Federal-employer exposure. Wisconsin residents working for Fort McCoy (~60K transient troops/year), 128th Air Refueling Wing (Mitchell, Milwaukee), 115th Fighter Wing (Truax Field, Madison), Volk Field, Camp Williams, federal contractors with security clearances, or federally-funded research institutions face career-risk decisions where cannabis-related browsing history can theoretically surface in clearance-investigation contexts.
Felony-cliff exposure. Wisconsin’s Wis. Stat. § 961.41(3g)(e) makes 2nd-offense possession of any amount a Class I felony. Visitors with prior controlled-substance convictions face elevated state-law-charging exposure if stopped for cannabis.

We collect no personally-identifiable browsing data on this site, but visitors with security-clearance or felony-cliff considerations should be aware of their broader internet-browsing privacy practices independently. Consider using a privacy-respecting browser configuration when researching cannabis policy.

Third-Party Services

We load the following resources from third-party CDNs for site functionality:

Bootstrap CSS/JS from cdn.jsdelivr.net
Bootstrap Icons from cdn.jsdelivr.net
Google Fonts from fonts.googleapis.com

These services may log requests per their own privacy policies.

Data Retention

We do not maintain any user database. Server logs are retained for a limited period for security purposes and then deleted. The age-verification cookie expires after 30 days. The cookie consent cookie expires after one year.

Children’s Privacy

CannabisWisconsin.org is intended exclusively for adults aged 21 and older. We do not knowingly collect any information from minors. The age-verification gate is designed to prevent access by those under 21.

Wisconsin Privacy Law

Wisconsin has not enacted comprehensive consumer-privacy legislation comparable to California’s CCPA or Virginia’s VCDPA. WI’s data-breach notification statute governs notice obligations in the event of unauthorized access to personal information. Because we do not collect, store, or process personal information beyond basic server logs, this law does not impose specific affirmative obligations on us.

Changes to This Policy

If we ever change our privacy practices, we will update this page with a new "last verified" date. We have no plans to add tracking or analytics.