Website, newsletter, and editorial submissions
When you join the newsletter, contact us, apply for editorial placement, nominate a business, or submit an event, we collect only the information shown in that form. This may include your name, email address, business or event details, and the message you choose to send.
We use that information to provide the newsletter, review the submission, prevent abuse, and respond when appropriate. Publication is never automatic. Newsletter consent is separate and you may unsubscribe using the link in any newsletter email.
Our form automation and email providers process these submissions on our behalf. We do not sell submission or subscriber information. We retain it only for as long as needed to provide the requested service, maintain ordinary business records, resolve abuse, or meet legal obligations, then delete or de-identify it when it is no longer needed.
Site measurement
We use Google Analytics, Vercel Web Analytics, and Vercel Speed Insights to understand which pages are useful and whether the site performs well. Depending on the service and your browser settings, this measurement may include page and interaction data, referrers, device and browser details, approximate location, and performance measurements such as loading and responsiveness.
Vercel describes its Web Analytics data as anonymized and cookie-free. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies and provides privacy controls, including a browser opt-out add-on. These services process measurement data on our behalf under their own terms. We use this information to improve the guide, not to sell reader profiles.
We do not intentionally send names, email addresses, phone numbers, messages, or other form contents as analytics event properties. Our conversion measurement identifies only the completed action and the form surface.
You can limit this measurement through browser privacy or blocking settings, and you can use the Google Analytics opt-out add-on. See the provider information from Vercel and Google Analytics for current details and controls.
To ask about, correct, or request deletion of information you sent, email hello@ouriowacity.com. We may retain limited information where law or legitimate security and recordkeeping needs require it.
Hunt entry data and consent handling
This Privacy Notice applies to Summer Scavenger Hunt entries submitted through www.ouriowacity.com/hunt and www.ouriowacity.com/enter. It is specific to Promotion administration and should be read together with the Official Rules.
1. Information we collect
- Full name
- Email address
- State of residence for AMOE submissions
- Optional social handle
- Uploaded mission evidence or social post URL evidence
- Business, mission, and bonus-code references connected to the entry
- Rules acceptance, privacy acknowledgment, version metadata, and acceptance timestamps
- Newsletter opt-in status when separately selected
2. How we use that information
We use entry information only to administer the Promotion, verify compliance with the Official Rules, contact entrants and winners, maintain required records, review duplicate-limit issues, and support internal audit and verification needs.
If you separately opt in to the Our Iowa City newsletter, we may also use your email address to send newsletter communications. Newsletter enrollment is optional and is never bundled with sweepstakes consent.
3. Uploaded evidence and social evidence
Uploaded mission photos and social post links are stored so Sponsor can verify mission completion, resolve disputes, and maintain an auditable record of Promotion compliance. We do not sell uploaded content or entry information.
If you submit social-media-based evidence, you are responsible for ensuring that the post visibly includes either #OurIowaCitySweepstakes or Entered in @OurIowaCity sweepstakes on the post itself.
4. Sharing
We may share entry information only with service providers, prize providers, legal counsel, or governmental authorities when reasonably necessary to administer the Promotion, verify compliance, fulfill prizes, or comply with law.
5. Record retention
We retain Promotion records for as long as reasonably necessary to administer the Promotion, resolve verification questions, comply with legal obligations, and maintain the winner records required by Iowa law for qualifying prizes.
6. Newsletter choice
Newsletter consent is separate and optional. If you opt in, you may unsubscribe at any time using the unsubscribe link provided in newsletter emails.
7. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Notice or Promotion data handling may be sent to hello@ouriowacity.com.