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Privacy & Data Policy

We believe you deserve to know exactly what happens with your responses. This page explains — in plain language — what we collect, what we don't, and how your information is handled.

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No Identity Collected
We never ask for your name, email, phone, or any identifying information.
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Encrypted in Transit
All responses are sent over HTTPS, encrypted end-to-end during submission.
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Aggregate Use Only
Results are reviewed in summary totals only — never at the individual level.

What We Collect

This poll collects only your answers to the 10 multiple-choice questions. Nothing more. Specifically, we record:

We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, home address, IP address, device type, or any other personally identifiable information.

Who Can See Your Responses

Only authorized internal researchers reviewing aggregate community data have access to poll results. Results are analyzed as totals and percentages — for example, "42% of respondents travel more than 25 miles for care" — never as individual records.

Your individual responses are never reviewed, singled out, or linked back to you in any way.

How Your Data Is Used

Poll responses are used solely to better understand healthcare needs, preferences, and access challenges across Southern Ohio communities, including Ross, Pickaway, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pike, Jackson, and Vinton counties.

Results may be summarized in internal reports or presentations to inform community health planning and outreach decisions.

About the One-Response Cookie

To ensure fair and accurate results, this poll uses a browser cookie to prevent the same device from submitting multiple responses. Here's what that means:

🍪 What the cookie does

When you complete the poll, a small, anonymous tag is saved in your browser. If you visit the page again, the site recognizes that your browser has already participated and shows a "You've already responded" message instead of the poll. The cookie contains no personal information — only a flag indicating participation. It expires after 365 days.

This cookie is strictly functional. It is not used for tracking, analytics, advertising, or any purpose other than preventing duplicate submissions. You can clear it at any time through your browser settings.

Third-Party Services

This poll uses Google Forms as its data collection backend. By submitting the poll, your responses are processed by Google's servers in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy. Google does not receive any information about who you are — only the anonymous answer values you selected.

No other third-party analytics, tracking pixels, ad networks, or data brokers are used on this site.

Changes to This Policy

If this privacy policy is updated in a meaningful way, the revision date at the bottom of this page will be updated accordingly. We encourage you to review this page if you have questions about how your data is handled.