Last updated: September 14, 2026
The American Threshold is an independent civic research website focused on constitutional government, national security, public policy, source documentation, and related public-interest issues.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected when you visit this website or contact the project.
Information you provide
At this time, this website does not use a public contact form, newsletter signup, payment system, or public user-registration system.
If you contact The American Threshold by email, you may choose to provide your name, email address, message content, source links, documents, corrections, research leads, or other information relevant to your inquiry.
That information may be used to read, evaluate, respond to, document, or follow up on your message.
Website and technical information
Like most websites, this site and its hosting provider may automatically process basic technical information, such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages, pages visited, date and time of access, and security/performance logs.
This information may be used to maintain the website, troubleshoot errors, protect against spam or abuse, improve performance, and understand basic site activity.
Cookies
This website may use cookies or similar technologies for normal WordPress functionality, administrator login sessions, security, performance, and basic site operation.
At this time, this site does not knowingly use advertising cookies or sell visitor data.
Embedded content from other websites
Pages on this site may include or link to embedded content from other websites, such as videos, images, posts, maps, documents, social-media posts, or articles.
Embedded content from other websites behaves as though the visitor has visited the other website directly. Those third-party websites may collect data, use cookies, track interactions, or apply their own privacy policies.
External links
This website may link to third-party websites, public records, source documents, government pages, news articles, reports, social-media posts, or other external resources.
The American Threshold is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of external websites.
Comments, accounts, and public submissions
At this time, public comments, public user accounts, community discussion features, and contributor-credit systems are not active on this site.
If those features are added later, this Privacy Policy should be updated to explain what information is collected, how it is used, how moderation works, and what choices users have.
How information is used
Information may be used to:
- Respond to messages or inquiries.
- Review corrections, source updates, research leads, or civic questions.
- Maintain and secure the website.
- Improve site organization, clarity, and usability.
- Preserve source trails or project records when relevant.
How information is shared
The American Threshold does not sell visitor information.
Information may be shared only when necessary to operate the website, comply with legal obligations, protect the site from abuse, respond to a user’s request, or use service providers such as hosting, email, security, analytics, or WordPress-related tools.
Data retention
Messages, corrections, research leads, source submissions, and related correspondence may be retained as long as reasonably useful for project records, accuracy review, source-trail preservation, security, legal compliance, or follow-up.
Technical logs may be retained by the website host, security tools, or related service providers according to their own retention practices.
Security
Reasonable steps are taken to maintain the security and integrity of the website. However, no website, email system, hosting provider, or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure.
Children’s privacy
This website is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Changes to this policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated as the website develops, especially if new features are added, such as comments, user registration, newsletter signup, analytics, embedded tools, community discussion, contributor credit, or submission forms.
Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy may be sent to:
TATsite[at]outlook[dot]com
Please replace [at] with @ and [dot] with . when sending.