Last verified: April 2026
Our Approach to Privacy
ValleyCannabis.org is an educational site about cannabis in the Phoenix metropolitan area. We believe cannabis-curious visitors deserve the same privacy protections as any other website visitor — arguably more, given the federal-employer footprint at Luke AFB, Sky Harbor, the federal courts, and the East Valley defense-tech corridor (Honeywell, Boeing Mesa, Lockheed Martin, Northrop, Raytheon, Microchip, Intel under CHIPS Act).
What We Collect
Cookies (One)
We set a single cookie (valleycannabis_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 (valleycannabis_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
ValleyCannabis.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 Phoenix-metro visitors and residents: substantial federal-employer presence in the Valley (Luke AFB, Sky Harbor, the U.S. District Court, Phoenix VA Health Care, federal contractors at Honeywell, Boeing Mesa, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 program, Northrop Grumman in Chandler/Gilbert, Raytheon, Microchip’s defense work, Intel under the CHIPS Act) 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
ASU, Maricopa Community College, Grand Canyon University, and other Valley student users 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.
Arizona Privacy Law
Arizona has not enacted comprehensive consumer-privacy legislation comparable to California’s CCPA or Virginia’s VCDPA. Arizona’s data-breach notification law (A.R.S. §18-552) 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. 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.