Last verified: April 2026
Our Approach to Privacy
CannabisNewYorkCity.org is an educational site about cannabis in NYC. We believe cannabis-curious visitors deserve the same privacy protections as any other website visitor — arguably more, given the federal-employer footprint at Wall Street, the MTA, the Port Authority, the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, the FBI/DEA New York Field Division, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, NYC Health + Hospitals, and the federal-workplace drug-testing reality that affects so much of the local workforce.
What We Collect
Cookies (One)
We set a single cookie (cannabisnyc_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 (cannabisnyc_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
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. We chose CDN-hosted assets for performance; no user data is sent to these services beyond standard HTTP requests.
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
CannabisNewYorkCity.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.
Federal-Workplace Considerations
A particular privacy consideration for NYC visitors and residents: substantial federal-employer presence in the city (Wall Street under FINRA, MTA and Port Authority under DOT 49 CFR Part 40, the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, the FBI and DEA New York Field Divisions, federal courts SDNY and EDNY, federal contractors at multiple sites) means cannabis-related browsing history can theoretically surface in clearance-investigation contexts. We collect no personally-identifiable browsing data on this site, but visitors with security-clearance considerations should be aware of their broader internet-browsing privacy practices independently.
Student Considerations
Columbia, NYU, CUNY, Fordham, The New School, and Pace students should be aware that their university Wi-Fi and managed-device traffic may be logged by the university for security and DFSCA-compliance purposes. Browsing this site on a personal device on a non-university network avoids that consideration. We collect nothing on our end that identifies an individual student or links a session to a university enrollment record.
New York Privacy Law
New York has not enacted comprehensive consumer-privacy legislation comparable to California’s CCPA or Virginia’s VCDPA, though the SHIELD Act (effective March 2020) governs notice obligations for breaches involving NY residents’ private 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. If this changes, we will update this policy accordingly.
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.