Privacy &
Public Records

Information this website collects

Budget submissions. We save your selected service cuts, revenue choices, millage increase, calculated amounts, budget catalog version, submission identifier, and date and time. Staff may also mark a response as reviewed.

Feedback. We save your helpfulness rating, optional comment, submission identifier, date and time, and review status. Neither form asks for your name or email address. Any personal information you choose to include in a comment becomes part of that response.

Property searches. Address or parcel searches are sent through this website to the Volusia County Property Appraiser to retrieve public property records. The application does not save those searches in its database. Your property address and household calculator values are not included in budget submissions.

How responses are used and stored

Authorized City staff can review responses, analyze community budget priorities, improve this resource, and export responses and reports. The website and response database are hosted by Cloudflare, which processes information to provide those services.

Hosting and security services may process technical request information, such as IP addresses, browser information, requested pages, and request times, to deliver and protect the website. Not asking for a name does not guarantee anonymity.

This resource is for civic information and community input. Responses are not collected for sale or commercial marketing. See the City of DeLand privacy policy for the City’s broader practices.

Browser storage and sign-in

We use Google Analytics to measure website activity and help improve this resource. Google Analytics receives website usage information and uses cookies to distinguish visits and sessions. Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.

The website stores a feedback completion marker in your browser so it can show that you have already responded. Clearing browser storage removes that marker; it does not delete a response already sent to the City.

Staff and invited reviewers use session cookies to stay signed in. Staff accounts also store a name, email address, role, and protected password information. Sign-in protection temporarily uses IP addresses to limit repeated attempts.

Sharing your plan and visiting other sites

A plan link contains your budget selections so others can view them. Anyone with that link can view and share those choices. Downloaded postcards also show your plan. Social platforms and other linked websites have their own privacy practices.

Public records and retention

Submissions and feedback received in connection with City business may be public records, subject to applicable exemptions. They should not be treated as confidential. Retention and disposal are subject to applicable Florida public-records retention schedules and legal holds; deletion on request cannot be guaranteed.

For access to records, questions about retention, or privacy concerns, contact the City Clerk’s Office through the City’s public records page or call 386-626-7130. You may also write to the City Clerk’s Office, 120 S Florida Avenue, DeLand, FL 32720.

Email addresses sent to the City may themselves be public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, contact the City by phone or postal mail.

Changes to this notice

Updates will be posted on this page with a revised date so you can review the practices that apply to this website.