Last updated November 11, 2026
This policy explains what information Denver Buzz collects through this website, why, and the choices you have. It describes how the site actually works today.
Information you send us
The "send a tip" form collects what you type: the kind of message, your name, your email address, and optionally a neighborhood or area, a link and your message. We use it to read and verify your tip, to fix our guides, and to reply to you if we need more detail.
Submissions are stored in a database on our web host and sent by email to the editors. We do not add you to a mailing list because you sent a message, and we do not sell the information you send.
Google Analytics
This site uses Google Analytics 4, a service from Google, to understand which pages are read and how visitors move through the site. Google Analytics uses cookies and similar technology and receives information such as your IP address, device and browser details, the pages you view and the site that referred you. We use the reports to decide what to write and improve, not to identify individual visitors.
Google describes how it handles this data at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. You can block Google Analytics with the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, a content blocker, or your browser's tracking protection settings.
Google Translate
If you open the language menu, the site loads Google's website translation tool, which sends the page text to Google for translation and may set a cookie that remembers your chosen language. It does not load until you open the menu.
Cookies and browser storage
- A session cookie protects the tip form against forged submissions. It expires when you close your browser.
- Google Analytics cookies, described above.
- A Google Translate cookie, only if you use the language menu.
- Checklists on some guides remember which boxes you ticked in your own browser's local storage. That information stays on your device.
Spam protection
To limit spam, each submission records a one-way hash of your IP address combined with the month, and the form limits how many messages can be sent from one connection in an hour. The hash cannot be turned back into your address.
How long we keep it
We keep tip submissions only as long as they are useful for verifying and maintaining our guides, then delete them. You can ask us to delete yours sooner.
Your choices
You can ask what we hold about you, ask for a correction, or ask for deletion by sending a message through the contact form with the email address you used. Depending on where you live, privacy laws may give you additional rights.
Children
This site is written for adults. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes
If this policy changes, the date at the top of the page changes with it.