Privacy Policy

Gallup Today respects your privacy. You can read the news, alerts, obituaries, and directory without an account, on the website and in our app. This policy explains what we collect when you sign in, submit something, or make a purchase.

Accounts

Creating an account takes an email address and, if you choose to add one, your name. You can sign in with a one-time email code, an email and password, or Sign in with Google. However you sign in, authentication is handled by our provider, Supabase; we never see or store your password, and signing in with Google never shares your Google password with us.

What you submit

• Obituaries: the notice itself, service details, and a portrait photo if you add one. Every submission is reviewed by our staff before it publishes, unless it comes from a verified funeral home or government account.
• Guest-book condolences: signed in only, and held for review before anyone else can see them.
• Business claims: if you claim a business listing as its owner, we collect the phone number you provide so a staff member can call and confirm before the listing changes hands.
• Listing reports: anyone can flag a directory listing as closed, wrong, or a duplicate, with an optional note and optional contact information if you would like us to follow up. No account is required.

Push notifications

Turning on safety alerts registers this device for push notifications through Expo, our notification provider. This is anonymous: no account is needed, and the registration belongs to the device, not to you. We use it only to deliver safety alerts. Turning safety alerts off, in the app's account screen, deletes that device's registration from our server right away.

On your device

Your language and light-or-dark appearance choice are saved on your phone, not on our servers. So is an offline copy of recently viewed news, alerts, and obituaries, so the app still opens to something useful without a connection. Neither ever reaches us.

Payments

If you buy an obituary keepsake, a directory listing, or advertising, Stripe processes the payment. We never receive or store your full card number. We do keep a record that the purchase happened; see Deleting your account below for what happens to that record if you delete your account.

What we don't do

We do not sell your personal information. We do not use analytics or advertising software that tracks you, in the app or on the website. Sponsored content on Gallup Today is sold directly to local businesses, clearly labeled, and never appears in obituaries or safety alerts.

Cookies

The website uses one essential cookie to keep you signed in and to remember your language choice. We do not use advertising cookies or cross-site trackers.

Where our news, weather, and listings come from

Some of what we show is public information from other sources, not information about you. Weather comes from the National Weather Service. Most of our business directory comes from OpenStreetMap contributors, credited on the directory page under the Open Database License. Showing this public data never involves sharing anything about you with those sources.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account at any time, from the account screen in the app or on the website. Type DELETE to confirm; it cannot be undone. Here is what that does:

• Your email, name, and login are removed.
• Obituaries you filed stay published, since the notice belongs to the family, but they are no longer linked to your account.
• Your guest-book messages are deleted.
• Business claims you filed are deleted.
• Listing reports you filed are kept, so staff can still act on them, but are no longer linked to your account.
• Receipts for anything you bought are kept, unlinked from you, because tax law requires it.

Questions about your data are welcome at privacy@galluptoday.com.

This describes what Gallup Today actually collects, in plain language. It is not legal advice; if you need it reviewed for a specific legal question, talk to your own counsel.