Last Updated: August 14, 2026
Cape Crazy respects your privacy.
We also understand that nobody visits a website about Florida nonsense hoping to accidentally enroll in a surveillance program of their own.
This Privacy Policy explains what information Cape Crazy may collect, how we use it, and the choices available to you when visiting CapeCrazy.com.
Information You Give Us
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- submit a contact form;
- submit a story tip;
- request a correction or removal;
- send us an email;
- participate in certain site features; or
- otherwise communicate with Cape Crazy.
Information you provide may include your:
- name;
- email address;
- message;
- story tip or submission;
- uploaded images or files; and
- any other information you choose to include.
Please do not send confidential, sensitive, medical, financial, or other highly personal information through the website unless specifically requested.
Contact Forms and Email
Cape Crazy uses website forms to allow visitors to contact us and submit information.
When you submit a form, the information you enter may be transmitted through our website, web-hosting provider, email provider, and related services necessary to deliver and process the message.
We may keep correspondence for recordkeeping, follow-up, legal, security, editorial, or administrative purposes.
For privacy-related questions, contact:
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, Cape Crazy may automatically receive certain technical information when you visit.
This may include:
- IP address;
- browser type;
- device type;
- operating system;
- referring website;
- pages viewed;
- approximate geographic region;
- date and time of visits; and
- other standard web-server or analytics information.
This information may be used to operate the website, understand traffic, improve content, detect abuse, troubleshoot problems, and maintain security.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cape Crazy may use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your browser or device that may help websites remember preferences, measure traffic, operate features, prevent duplicate activity, or support advertising.
For example, cookies may be used to:
- remember voting activity;
- prevent repeat votes;
- maintain website functionality;
- understand how visitors use the site;
- measure advertising performance; or
- remember certain preferences.
Third-party services used on the site may also set their own cookies. The FTC notes that third-party services and embedded technologies may operate under their own privacy practices.
You can usually control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may cause some features of Cape Crazy to stop working correctly.
Including voting.
Which would be tragic, because then how would Cape Coral determine scientifically whether something is crazy?
Crazy or Not Voting
Cape Crazy allows visitors to vote on stories.
The voting system may use cookies, IP-related information, browser information, or other technical identifiers to:
- record votes;
- reduce duplicate voting;
- maintain vote totals; and
- protect the voting feature from abuse.
Voting information is generally used to calculate aggregate results such as the Crazy Index and is not intended to publicly identify individual voters.
Analytics
Cape Crazy may use analytics services to understand how people use the website.
Analytics providers may collect information such as page views, device information, referring websites, approximate location, and interaction data.
We use this information primarily to understand:
“What are people actually reading?”
and occasionally:
“Why are 4,000 people suddenly looking at the alligator story?”
Analytics providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.
Advertising
Cape Crazy may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising networks or individual advertisers.
Advertising providers may use cookies, pixels, device identifiers, or similar technologies to:
- display advertisements;
- measure advertising performance;
- limit repeated advertisements;
- understand audience activity; or
- personalize advertising where permitted.
Cape Crazy does not necessarily control the information collected directly by third-party advertising providers.
If personalized advertising or other technologies requiring additional consent are added to the site, we may provide additional notices or consent controls where required.
Affiliate Links
Cape Crazy may participate in affiliate programs.
If you click certain links and make a purchase, Cape Crazy may receive a commission.
Affiliate partners may collect information about your visit or purchase in order to determine whether Cape Crazy should receive credit for a referral.
For more information, see our Affiliate & Advertising Disclosure.
Embedded Content and Third-Party Websites
Articles may include or link to content from third parties, including:
- news organizations;
- government agencies;
- Facebook;
- YouTube;
- social-media platforms;
- maps;
- videos;
- advertisers; or
- other websites.
Embedded content may behave as though you visited the third-party website directly.
Those services may collect data, use cookies, or track interactions according to their own privacy policies.
Cape Crazy does not control those third-party privacy practices.
Story Submissions
If you submit a story, photo, screenshot, document, video, or other material to Cape Crazy, we may review it for possible editorial use.
Submitting information does not automatically mean it will be published.
If you provide contact information with a submission, we may use it to contact you for clarification or verification.
Do not submit material that you do not have permission to provide.
If confidentiality is important, contact us before sending material and do not assume ordinary website forms or email provide anonymous or legally privileged communication.
Public Comments
If Cape Crazy enables public comments or other public submissions in the future, information you voluntarily post publicly may be visible to anyone.
Do not post information publicly that you want to keep private.
The Internet has an excellent memory.
Frequently better than ours.
How We Use Information
Cape Crazy may use collected information to:
- operate and maintain the website;
- respond to questions and submissions;
- review story tips;
- process correction requests;
- administer voting;
- analyze site traffic;
- prevent spam, fraud, or abuse;
- improve the website;
- comply with legal obligations;
- protect the site and its users; and
- support advertising or affiliate programs.
We do not sell your personal information simply because you contacted us.
Sharing Information
We may share information with service providers that help operate Cape Crazy, such as:
- web-hosting providers;
- email services;
- security services;
- analytics providers;
- advertising services;
- WordPress plugins and service providers; or
- other technical vendors.
These services may process information as necessary to provide their services.
We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to:
- comply with a court order, subpoena, or legal process;
- comply with applicable law;
- investigate fraud or abuse;
- protect Cape Crazy, its users, or others; or
- enforce our rights.
Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
For example, correspondence regarding a correction or legal complaint may be retained longer than an ordinary contact message because maintaining a record of what was submitted and how it was handled may be important.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information.
Security
We take reasonable steps intended to protect information handled through the website.
However, no website, server, email system, or Internet transmission is completely secure.
Therefore, Cape Crazy cannot guarantee absolute security.
If someone tells you the Internet is 100% secure, that may itself qualify for the Crazy Index.
Children’s Privacy
Cape Crazy is a general-audience website and is not directed toward children under 13.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13.
Federal COPPA rules impose special requirements when websites knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, including information collected through certain cookies and persistent identifiers.
If you believe a child has submitted personal information to Cape Crazy, contact:
and we will review the request.
Your Privacy Requests
You may contact Cape Crazy to request information about personal information you have directly provided to us or to request correction or deletion when appropriate.
Send requests to:
Please include enough information for us to identify the relevant communication or submission.
We may need to verify a request before acting on it.
Certain information may be retained when reasonably necessary for legal, security, recordkeeping, or other legitimate purposes.
Florida Privacy Rights
Certain Florida residents may have privacy rights under applicable state law depending on the type of business involved, the information processed, and statutory applicability requirements.
Florida’s Digital Bill of Rights requires covered controllers to provide a reasonably accessible privacy notice and describes rights relating to personal data, including certain access, correction, deletion, and opt-out rights.
Requests concerning privacy can be sent to:
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Cape Crazy may update this Privacy Policy as the website changes.
For example, we may update it when we add:
- new advertising services;
- analytics tools;
- newsletters;
- additional submission features;
- new plugins; or
- some future technology that promises to make everything easier and somehow creates six additional settings pages.
The Last Updated date at the top will indicate when the policy was most recently revised.
Contact
Questions or requests concerning this Privacy Policy may be sent to:
Cape Crazy
Email: admin@capecrazy.com