Deadline Sweep Privacy Policy
Effective date: October 30, 2026
Deadline Sweep is a grant-alert newsletter for small Illinois towns, townships and fire districts. It is run by Dustin Mansfield ("we," "us"). This policy explains, in plain English, what information we collect, why, and what you can do about it.
What we collect
- Subscriber details. When you sign up, we collect your name, email address and, if you give it, your organization (for example, your village, township or fire district). This is stored by our newsletter platform, beehiiv.
- Payment details. If you buy Deadline Sweep Pro, Stripe processes your payment. Stripe collects your card details and billing information. We never see or store your full card number. We do see your name, email, billing country or address (if collected), what you bought, and whether the payment went through.
- Email activity. Like most newsletters, our email tools (beehiiv and Resend) may record whether an email was delivered, opened or clicked. We use this to see which issues are useful and to keep our sending healthy.
- Messages you send us. If you email us or reply to an issue, we keep that conversation in our Gmail inbox so we can answer you.
- Public contact information. To tell local governments about Deadline Sweep, we may send a short introductory email to a public official's contact address listed in the Illinois Comptroller's public local government listing. We only use information that is already public, and we stop emailing anyone who asks us to.
How we use it
- To send you the newsletter, grant alerts and any Pro materials you paid for.
- To process payments, manage your subscription and handle refunds.
- To answer your questions and support requests.
- To understand which content is useful and improve the newsletter.
- To send occasional outreach emails to public contacts, as described above.
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for other companies' advertising.
Who we share it with
We share information only with the services that help us run Deadline Sweep:
- beehiiv (newsletter hosting, subscriber list, and email delivery)
- Stripe (payment processing and subscription billing)
- Resend (sending some emails from deadlinesweep.com)
- Google / Gmail (our support inbox and outreach email)
Each of these companies handles data under its own privacy policy. We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect our rights or someone's safety.
How long we keep it
We keep your subscriber information while you are subscribed. If you unsubscribe, we may keep your email address on a "do not email" list so we don't contact you again. Payment records are kept as long as needed for tax and accounting purposes. You can ask us to delete your information at any time (see below).
Your choices
- Unsubscribe any time using the link at the bottom of every email.
- Stop outreach emails by replying "unsubscribe" or "stop," or emailing us. We will add you to our suppression list.
- See, correct or delete your information by emailing us at mansfielddustin1@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.
Security
We rely on established providers (beehiiv, Stripe, Resend and Google) that use industry-standard security. No system is perfectly secure, but we limit what we collect and who can access it.
Children
Deadline Sweep is meant for adults working with local governments. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will update the effective date above. For significant changes, we will let subscribers know by email.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email mansfielddustin1@gmail.com.
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