Privacy Policy
Effective date: June 2, 2026
Who We Are
Save Tarpon Woods is a neighborhood-led preservation and advocacy effort focused on preserving the existing Tarpon Woods Golf Course and documenting wildlife, habitat, community, public-record, and land-use concerns related to that effort.
Information We Collect
We may collect information you voluntarily provide, including your name, email address, phone number, mailing or neighborhood address, supporter status, volunteer interests, wildlife observations, photos, document leads, event leads, tips, source URLs or references, location notes, and files you upload.
Our website may also collect technical information through Firebase, hosting logs, security logs, analytics or operational tools, including browser type, device information, IP address, timestamps, pages visited, and error information.
How We Use Information
- To review, verify, moderate, and organize resident submissions.
- To contact supporters who asked for alerts or volunteered to help.
- To publish approved public updates, wildlife evidence, documents, calendar items, and gallery content.
- To protect the website from spam, abuse, fraud, security threats, or unlawful conduct.
- To maintain a factual public record related to preservation, wildlife, habitat, public process, and neighborhood concerns.
Publication of Submitted Content
Nothing submitted by residents is intended to appear publicly without review. If a submission is approved, we may publish the title, description, date, general location notes, species information, source URL, uploaded image or file, and other relevant details. We will publish a submitter’s name only when the submitter has consented or when legally appropriate.
Service Providers
We use third-party service providers to operate the site, including Firebase/Google services for hosting, authentication, database, file storage, and Cloud Functions. We may use SendGrid or another email service provider for newsletters and alerts. Search-bot features may use SerpApi or similar search providers. These providers process information as needed to operate the website and related services.
Email Updates and Opt-Out
If you sign up for alerts, we may send advocacy updates, meeting notices, hearing notices, volunteer requests, newsletters, or related communications. You may opt out at any time through our unsubscribe page or by replying with an unsubscribe request. We will make reasonable efforts to honor opt-out requests promptly.
Data Sharing
We do not sell supporter lists. We may share information when you ask us to, when needed to operate the website, when publishing approved evidence or submissions, when responding to lawful requests, when protecting legal rights and safety, or when working with advisors, volunteers, experts, public agencies, or counsel in connection with the preservation effort.
Children
This website is not directed to children under 13. Children should not submit personal information without a parent or guardian.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures, including Firebase security rules and admin-only moderation workflows. No website can guarantee absolute security. Please do not submit Social Security numbers, financial information, medical information, or other highly sensitive information through this site.
Your Choices
You may request correction, deletion, or opt-out assistance by contacting the site administrator. Some information may be retained when needed for legal, security, moderation, public-record, or advocacy documentation purposes.
Contact
Privacy questions, correction requests, and opt-out requests may be sent through the contact page.