ImpactLine Privacy Policy

ImpactLine generally does not require a user account. When you use the website or API, the service may process the jurisdiction, fiscal year, endpoint, query parameters, and dashboard context needed to return the requested public data.

If you contact us by email or submit a support request, we process the contact information and message content you choose to send so we can respond.

ImpactLine displays and summarizes public-sector data from government APIs, fiscal reports, open-data portals, and official budget sources. Those source datasets may include public names of agencies, contractors, recipients, vendors, or public officials.

ImpactLine does not control the content of third-party public datasets. If a government source corrects, removes, or revises a record, ImpactLine may update its displayed data when its data pipeline refreshes.

ImpactLine and its hosting, database, monitoring, and API infrastructure providers may process routine technical information such as IP address, request time, URL, endpoint, response status, browser metadata, and rate-limit signals for security, reliability, abuse prevention, and diagnostics.

The website may use browser local storage to remember dashboard preferences, selected fiscal years, cached public API responses, and other performance-related state. You can clear this data through your browser settings.

Some ImpactLine features generate or retrieve analysis about public fiscal data. The public dashboard context, selected jurisdiction, fiscal year, and a user-entered question may be sent to server-side AI or analysis providers to return a summary or recommendation.

Do not submit private personal information, confidential government information, secrets, credentials, or non-public procurement data into any analysis or chat feature.

ImpactLine does not sell personal information. We may share technical and request data with service providers that host, secure, monitor, analyze, cache, or deliver the website and API, and when required by law or necessary to protect the service.

ImpactLine is intended for civic research, journalism, policy analysis, and public transparency work. It is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

For privacy or support questions, contact support@impactline.org.