Privacy Policy — CannabisSouthCarolina.org

Last verified: May 2026

Our Approach to Privacy

CannabisSouthCarolina.org is an educational site about cannabis policy in South Carolina. We believe South Carolina residents researching cannabis policy deserve robust privacy protections — arguably more, given SC’s PWID felony cliff over 1 oz, the trafficking 25-year mandatory minimum, AG Wilson’s Operation Ganjapreneur enforcement, and federal-installation density at Fort Jackson, Parris Island, Charleston Naval Base, Shaw AFB, and Joint Base Charleston.

What We Collect

Cookies (One)

We set a single cookie (cannabissouthcarolina_age_verified) when you confirm you are 21 or older. Lasts 30 days. We also set a cookie consent acknowledgment cookie (cannabissouthcarolina_cookie_consent) when you dismiss the cookie notice.

Server Logs

Standard server-log entries (IP, page, browser, timestamp) for security monitoring. Not shared with third parties.

What We Don’t Do

No Google Analytics or third-party analytics.
No tracking pixels or retargeting.
No data sales.
No personal-information collection.
No advertisements.
No social-media tracking widgets.

Federal-Employee & Felony-Cliff Privacy Note

Two particular privacy considerations for SC visitors:

Federal-employer exposure. SC residents working at Fort Jackson (~50,000 trainees/year), Parris Island MCRD (Marine Corps recruit training), Naval Base Charleston, Shaw AFB (20th Fighter Wing), or Joint Base Charleston (437th + 315th Airlift Wings) face career-risk decisions where cannabis-related browsing history can theoretically surface in clearance-investigation contexts.
PWID felony exposure. SC’s PWID prima facie threshold at over 1 oz makes possession felony exposure substantially lower than peer states. The 25-year mandatory minimum at 100 lbs trafficking is among the harshest in the U.S. Visitors with cannabis-consumption considerations should be aware.

Third-Party Services

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Google Fonts from fonts.googleapis.com.

Data Retention

No user database. Server logs retained for limited security purposes then deleted. Age-verification cookie expires after 30 days. Cookie consent cookie expires after one year.

Children’s Privacy

Intended exclusively for adults aged 21+. Age-verification gate prevents access by minors.

South Carolina Privacy Law

South Carolina has not enacted comprehensive consumer-privacy legislation comparable to California’s CCPA or Virginia’s VCDPA. The SC Financial Identity Fraud and Identity Theft Protection Act (S.C. Code § 37-20-110 et seq.) governs identity-protection obligations. Because we collect no personal information beyond basic server logs, this law does not impose specific affirmative obligations on us.

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.