Your information, handled carefully.

What we collect

Submission forms store the details you send privately, along with a submission identifier and timestamp. Newsletter interest records store your email, selected towns and optional emergency-alert preference. If you enable push notifications, we store a private device subscription endpoint and delivery status. You can turn push off from the Install the app page; expired subscriptions are removed after the push service reports expiry. Your preferred town may be saved on your device. If you choose Use my location, your browser asks permission and matches your coordinates to a town on your device. We do not save those coordinates. To limit spam, submissions use a salted, temporary network identifier and request count; the raw IP address is not stored by the application. These counters expire within two hours.

How we use it

We use submissions to verify tips, corrections, events, scores, business listings and memorial notices. Newsletter delivery is not yet enabled. We do not publish private contact information in stories.

Contact and removal requests

Use the correction form to request removal of your interest-list record or ask about information you submitted. Do not submit sensitive personal documents.

Launch status

This is an owner-private first edition. Public launch, email delivery, payment processing are not enabled. Business image uploads are stored privately until the listing is approved.

Newsroom email: easternctnewsdesk@gmail.com