Last Updated: June 27th 2023 Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Terms of Use

Background

The goal of this prescreener is to help connect individuals to SNAP and other government benefits and to make eligibility data more accessible. However, this prescreener is not affiliated with any government organizations.

This privacy policy covers snapscreener.com, medicaidscreener.com, and eitcscreener.com. If you did not find the calculator on one of these websites, it is because another organization is hosting it, but this privacy policy still applies.

Accuracy Disclaimer

All estimates and data on this website are for educational purposes only and provide a basic estimate based on publicly available information. State test, benefit, and allowance amounts may be incomplete, incorrect, or outdated due to limitations in finding updated sources. Eligibility factors vary between states, and some deductions, eligibility criteria, and eligibility pathways will not be included on this website. The only way to find out your true eligibility and benefit amount is to apply.

If you find any information contained in the prescreener to be inaccurate, please send an email to ben@snapscreener.com.

Unofficial Disclaimer

This website is not affiliated with any government organizations. Please refer to your state's website for more information and to apply.

License

See the full license of this project.

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Privacy Policy

What This Policy Covers

This Privacy Policy applies to information that snapscreener.com, medicaidscreener.com, and eitcscreener.com ("this website", "we," "us" or "our") collects when you use our Services here on this website.

Background

This website uses third party technology to collect information about how our visitors use our website. We may collect some personal information about visitors (like IP address, email, or phone number) that could be used to identify an individual. We may collect screener information entered on our website to monitor and improve the quality of our services. We also collect screener use and pageview data.

Information We Collect

We may collect the screener data that you input into the calculator fields.

We use some third-party services to run, monitor, and improve our website. Below is a summary of the tools we use, why we use them, and a summary of the types of information they collect for us. Please refer to the complete privacy policy for each service to learn more.

Thid Party Services

GoatCounter

This website uses GoatCounter to measure the number of visitors to this website, what pages were visited, and some site events related to your use of this website.

The following attributes are collected by GoatCounter:

• Page URL (and parameters)
• Referer header
• User-Agent header
• Screen size
• Country name based on IP address
• A hash of the IP address, User-Agent, and random number
• Information related to site events (such as "screens," eligible and ineligible estimates, and clicks)

Please see the GoatCounter privacy policy for more details.

Sentry

This website uses Sentry to identity error messages that occur when using the screener, allowing us to identify what went wrong and fix it. Through Sentry we collect information including but not limited to eligibility information entered, pages viewed, and browser error messages. Through Sentry we also may collect basic device information, such as browser, device, and IP address.

Please see the Sentry privacy policy for more details.

Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics to collect data on what pages where accessed, how often, and by whom. We collect information about (including but not limited to) your browser, IP, operating system, location, browser settings, who referred you to our site, what pages you visited, how often you visited, and how long you spent on different pages.

Google Analytics uses "cookies" in order to track you between sessions on our website (and across the web).

Opting out of Google Analytics: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

IPInfo.io

This website uses IPInfo.io to determine what state you are in. Your browser sends a request to this website, and we are able to obtain your IP address, location, and ISP information from this service.

Please see the IPInfo.io privacy policy for more details.

Polyfill.io

This website uses Polyfill.io make the application work on Internet Explorer and other web browsers. They collect some technical information from your browser including your IP address.

Please see the Polyfill.io privacy policy for more details.

Cloudflare

This website uses Cloudflare Pages for web hosting and other Cloudflare services to make the website load faster, provide SSL, and provide basic traffic analytics. Cloudflare collects some browsing information, such as device type and IP address. Cloudflare does set a cookie to prevent malicious traffic.

Please see the Cloudflare privacy policy for more details.

Hotjar

This website uses Hotjar to better understand how users interact with our website. Hotjar may collect some information about you, including your IP address and how you navigate the website. Hotjar also collects data that you submit through website surveys, and we may share your feedback publicly in anonymized or aggregated format.

Please see the Hotjar privacy policy for more details.

Make.com

This website uses Make.com as a data processor to collect inputted screener data and transfer it to data storage products.

Google Advertisements

This website uses Google to display personalized advertisements to you. Google uses information about your previous visits to this and other websites as well as advertising cookies to determine which ads to display. You can opt out of personalized advertising from Google and its partners here.

Advertising.

This Site is affiliated with CMI Marketing, Inc., d/b/a Raptive (“Raptive”) for the purposes of placing advertising on the Site, and Raptive will collect and use certain data for advertising purposes. To learn more about Raptive's data usage, click here: https://www.cafemedia.com/publisher-advertising-privacy-policy

Affiliate Program

This website uses CJ Affiliate to offer affiliate links on our website. Affiliate links are links for products or services that if purchased or obtained using our unique link, may earn our website a commission at no additional cost to you. We use CJ Affiliate to manage our affiliate links, and CJ Affiliate collects some information in order to run the service. Visit CJ Affiliate's privacy policy for more information.

How We Share Information

We may make our website statistics public or share them with partners, for example but not limited to: how many times the screener was used by state, how many times different pages were viewed, and which websites are referring visitors to our site.

We may send all information entered into the calculator (including email, phone number, income, and deductions) as well as eligibility results to the website that is hosting the calculator (for example, a food bank). If you did not find the calculator on snapscreener.com, medicaidscreener.com, or eitcscreener.com, please refer to the privacy policy on the hosting organization's website in addition to this privacy policy to see how they work with your data.

We may use additional third party services not listed here to analyze collected data from the calculator, and we may share anonymized or aggregated analysis of this data publicly. Additionally, if you provide your email address, we may use a third party service to send you an email or survey, upon which we may share the results publicly in anonymized or aggregated format.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

As we alter our services we may update our privacy policy. Any changes to our privacy policy will be posted here. Please visit this privacy from time to time to check for updates.

Contact

Please send an email to ben@snapscreener.com if you have any questions. Or mail to

PO Box 96503 #79584
Washington, DC 20090