Last verified: May 2026
Our Approach to Privacy
CannabisMississippi.org is an educational site about medical cannabis in Mississippi. We believe cannabis patients deserve the same privacy protections as any other website visitor — arguably more, given Mississippi’s federal-employer drug-testing reality (Keesler AFB, NAS Meridian, Camp Shelby, NCBC Gulfport, Ingalls Shipbuilding, federal contractors) and the SF-86 continuous-evaluation environment that affects so much of the state’s federal-clearance workforce.
What We Collect
Cookies (One)
We set a single cookie (cannabismississippi_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 (cannabismississippi_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
Federal-Employee Privacy Note
A particular privacy consideration for Mississippi visitors: many Mississippians work for federal employers (Keesler AFB, Columbus AFB, NAS Meridian, Camp Shelby, NCBC Gulfport, Ingalls Shipbuilding as a defense contractor, and the broader federal-contractor base) where 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. Consider using a privacy-respecting browser configuration when researching cannabis policy.
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
CannabisMississippi.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.
Mississippi Privacy Law
Mississippi has not enacted comprehensive consumer-privacy legislation comparable to California’s CCPA or Virginia’s VCDPA. Mississippi’s data-breach notification statute 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.