What we collect

Account information: your name, your email address, an optional U-M ID, and your password. Your password is stored in a scrambled form, so nobody at The Daily Willager can read it.

Suggestions: the message you send, plus your name and email if you choose to include them.

Applications: your name, email, sample headline and caption, and any experience you list.

Visit statistics: we use Vercel Web Analytics to count visits and which pages are read. It is designed to be privacy-friendly and does not build profiles of individual visitors or follow you across other sites.

Cookies

When you log in, we save one cookie in your browser so the site knows who you are. It lasts about seven days or until you log out, and it is used only to keep you logged in.

How we use your information

To run your account, show you the stories and tools your role allows, read suggestions, review applications, and send account emails such as password resets.

We do not sell your personal information.

Who can see it

Stories and photos that our staff publish are public.

Suggestions can be read by our Writers and Editors. Applications and the full list of accounts, including names, emails, and U-M IDs, can be seen by our Editors only.

Services that help us run the site

We rely on Vercel for hosting and photo storage, Neon for our database, and Zoho for email. They handle data on our behalf to keep the site working.

Your choices

You can ask us to delete your account, a suggestion, or an application at any time by emailing contact@thedailywillager.com.

Changes and contact

If we change this page, we will update the date below. Questions are welcome at contact@thedailywillager.com.

Last updated: October 2026.