Privacy Policy

Live or Die Here is operated by Cowboynauts LLC ("we," "us," or "our") at liveordiehere.com. We provide a state comparison tool covering taxes, cost of living, laws, and lifestyle data for all 50 US states and territories.

Contact: [email protected]

Information you provide directly:

• Account email address — collected when you create an account. We use magic link authentication; we never store a password.
• Saved preferences — your slider configurations, stored when you save your priorities.
• Email subscriptions — your email and selected states, if you subscribe to law change alerts.
• Feedback and contact forms — any information you voluntarily submit.

Information collected automatically:

• Log data — IP address, browser type, referring URL, pages visited, timestamps.
• Cookies and similar technologies — see the Cookies section below.
• Usage data — how you interact with the tool (aggregated, not linked to individuals unless you are signed in).

AI search queries: When you use the AI search feature (Compass or the search bar AI fallback), your query text is transmitted to Anthropic's Claude API for processing. Queries are not stored long-term on Anthropic's servers under standard API usage. We log queries internally for 90 days for quality improvement. See the AI Features section below for important guidance on what not to enter.

Important: Do not enter personally identifiable information into AI features. The Compass assistant and AI search are designed to answer general questions about states, taxes, and relocation. They are not designed to process your personal financial data.

Do not enter into any AI feature on this site:

• Your full name, address, Social Security number, or government ID
• Your exact income, net worth, account balances, or specific financial details
• Health or medical information
• Information about other individuals
• Any information you would not want processed by a third-party AI service

Use general or hypothetical figures when asking questions (e.g., “for someone earning around $300k” rather than your exact income). The tool produces the same quality answers with hypothetical inputs.

How AI queries are processed: Text you enter is transmitted to Anthropic, Inc. under their API terms. Anthropic does not use API inputs to train their models and does not retain query data beyond the processing of your request under their standard enterprise API agreement. However, any information you choose to enter is transmitted to and processed by Anthropic's systems. Review Anthropic's Privacy Policy for their data practices.

We log your query text internally for 90 days for quality improvement and debugging. These logs are not shared with third parties and are deleted after 90 days.

You enter information into AI features at your own discretion. We are not responsible for any PII you voluntarily submit through AI query features. If you have submitted PII you wish to have deleted from our internal logs, email [email protected].

We use the following categories of cookies and tracking technologies:

Essential cookies (required for the site to function):

• Authentication session cookie — set when you sign in, expires after 30 days. Removing this cookie logs you out.

Analytics cookies (help us understand how the site is used):

• Google Analytics 4 — _ga, _gid, _ga_* cookies. Collects anonymized usage data. Opt out here.

Advertising cookies (serve relevant ads):

• Google AdSense — may set cookies to serve interest-based ads. Manage Google ad preferences.
• Impact.com — affiliate attribution tracking for partner links you click.
• CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) — affiliate tracking for Ravin Crossbows and other partner links.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling all cookies will break sign-in functionality. You can opt out of interest-based advertising at aboutads.info or networkadvertising.org.

We honor browser-level Do Not Track (DNT) signals where technically feasible, though we cannot guarantee all third-party services respect DNT.

We process your information for the following purposes and legal bases:

• Provide account functionality (contract) — authenticate your session, store and restore saved preferences.
• Send transactional emails (contract) — magic link sign-in emails sent only when you initiate a login.
• Send law change alerts (consent) — only to subscribers who opted in; unsubscribe any time.
• Operate and improve the site (legitimate interest) — analyze usage, fix bugs, improve features.
• Serve advertising (legitimate interest / consent where required) — display ads through Google AdSense.
• Affiliate commission tracking (legitimate interest) — attribute clicks to affiliate partners when you use affiliate links.
• Respond to inquiries (legitimate interest) — process feedback and contact form submissions.
• Legal compliance (legal obligation) — comply with applicable laws and respond to lawful requests.

We do not sell your personal information to third parties. We do not use your data for automated profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.

We share data with the following processors who act on our behalf:

• Neon (neon.tech) — database hosting. Stores account, preference, and subscriber data.
• Railway (railway.app) — application hosting and deployment infrastructure.
• Resend (resend.com) — transactional email delivery (magic links, law alerts).
• Better Auth — authentication framework processing sign-in flows.
• Anthropic (anthropic.com) — AI processing for Compass and search AI features. Query text is transmitted to Anthropic's API.
• DataSpine (spine.artistsandrobots.com) — state profile data, county data, and knowledge base.
• Google (analytics and advertising) — Google Analytics 4, Google AdSense.
• SerpAPI — processes search queries for People Also Ask data and news results.
• Yelp — venue data retrieval based on city and state queries.
• Impact.com — affiliate tracking platform.
• CJ Affiliate (Commission Junction) — affiliate tracking for Ravin Crossbows and other partners.

This site also contains links to third-party affiliate partners including Ravin Crossbows, LendingTree, The Zebra, Policygenius, Moving.com, and H&R Block. These parties have their own privacy policies; we are not responsible for their practices.

We display advertisements through Google AdSense. Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other sites. This constitutes sharing of data with Google for advertising purposes under applicable law.

You may opt out of personalized advertising at Google Ads Settings. For more information on how Google uses data from sites that use its services, see Google's Privacy & Terms.

California residents have the following rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA):

• Right to Know — request disclosure of personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
• Right to Delete — request deletion of personal information we have collected.
• Right to Correct — request correction of inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Opt-Out of Sale/Sharing — see below.
• Right to Non-Discrimination — we will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights.

Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: We do not sell personal information for monetary consideration. However, sharing data with Google AdSense and analytics providers for advertising purposes may constitute "sharing" under the CPRA. To opt out of this sharing, use the cookie opt-out mechanisms described in the Cookies section above, or email [email protected].

To exercise any California privacy rights, email [email protected] with "California Privacy Request" in the subject line. We will respond within 45 days.

Residents of Virginia (CDPA), Colorado (CPA), Connecticut (CTDPA), Utah (UCPA), Nevada (SB 220), and other states with comprehensive privacy laws have rights similar to those described above, including rights to access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain processing. To exercise these rights, email [email protected].

If you are located in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you have the following rights under GDPR:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate data
• Request erasure ("right to be forgotten")
• Restrict processing
• Data portability
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority

Our lawful bases for processing are: contract (account services), consent (email subscriptions, non-essential cookies), and legitimate interest (site operation, analytics, advertising). You may withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

Data we collect is processed and stored in the United States. We rely on standard contractual clauses and processor agreements that include adequate data protection safeguards for international transfers.

To exercise GDPR rights or contact our data controller, email [email protected].

Accounts are identified by email address only. Authentication uses one-time magic links sent via Resend. Sessions last 30 days and are stored in a secure cookie.

Account deletion: Email [email protected] with "Delete my account" and we will delete your account, sessions, and saved preferences within 30 days.

Authentication emails are sent only when you initiate sign-in. They cannot be unsubscribed from as they are transactional.

Law change alerts are sent only to subscribers who opted in. Unsubscribe at any time via the link in any email or at liveordiehere.com/unsubscribe.

• Account data — retained until you request deletion
• Email subscriber records — retained until you unsubscribe
• AI query logs — 90 days
• Feedback and inquiry records — 12 months
• Server logs — 90 days
• Analytics data — per Google Analytics data retention settings (14 months by default)

We implement industry-standard security measures including TLS encryption for data in transit, encrypted database connections, and access controls. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure. In the event of a data breach that affects your rights, we will notify you and applicable regulators as required by law.

If Cowboynauts LLC is acquired, merged, or its assets transferred, personal information we hold may be among the transferred assets. We will provide notice before your information becomes subject to a materially different privacy policy.

This site is not directed to children under 13 (or 16 where required by local law). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child, contact [email protected] and we will delete it promptly.

We may update this policy. Material changes will be noted with a revised "Last updated" date. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy. For significant changes, we will provide more prominent notice.

Cowboynauts LLC
liveordiehere.com
[email protected]

For privacy-related requests, include "Privacy Request" in your subject line. We respond within 30 days (45 days for California requests).