Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy for Shannon Effler Campaign
Effective date: March 4, 2026
This policy explains what information the Shannon Effler for County Commissioner District 7 campaign collects, how we protect and use it, and the choices you have about your information.
Contributions
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Secure processing — Online contributions are processed through an encrypted, secure donation service on a dedicated server.
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Information requested — The personal details requested for online donations match those we would request for mailed contributions.
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Card data — We do not retain contributors’ full credit card numbers; payment card processing is handled by our payment processor.
Personal Information Collected
We collect information you voluntarily provide and certain technical data automatically when you visit the site.
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Information you provide — name; mailing address; email address; phone number; donation details; volunteer sign-ups; event RSVPs; messages or comments.
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Automatically collected information — domain name of your internet provider (for example, yahoo.com), date and time of access, referring website or IP address, pages visited, and other analytics used for site management and performance monitoring.
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Email and forms — if you send an email or complete a web form, we store the personal information you include (for example, your mailing address, email address, and message content).
How We Use Information
We use personal information to operate the campaign, communicate with supporters, and meet legal obligations.
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Campaign operations — process donations, manage volunteers, organize events, and maintain supporter records.
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Communications — send campaign updates, fundraising appeals, event invitations, and responses to requests.
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Analytics and improvement — analyze site usage to improve content and user experience.
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Legal and compliance — comply with campaign finance reporting and other legal requirements.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
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What is a cookie — a small data file stored by your browser that helps the site remember preferences and usage patterns; cookies do not contain personal information unless you provide it.
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Why we use cookies — to understand how visitors interact with our content and to improve the website experience.
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Types we use — first-party cookies (from our domain) and third-party cookies (from services such as Google and Facebook).
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Session cookies — temporary cookies that expire when you close your browser.
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Advertising and pixels — cookies, pixels, web beacons, and similar technologies help deliver and measure the effectiveness of ads and allow us to serve more relevant advertising.
Third-Party Services
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We use third-party service providers (for example, payment processors, email and text messaging platforms, hosting and analytics vendors) that process data on our behalf. These providers are contractually limited to using personal information only to perform services for the campaign.
Data Retention and Transfers
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Retention — we retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described above or to meet legal obligations.
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Transfers — in the event of a merger, sale, or transfer of assets, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will require any successor to honor this policy.
Your Choices
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Opt-out — you may opt out of marketing communications from us by following the unsubscribe instructions in those messages.
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Cookies — you can manage or delete cookies through your browser settings; note that disabling cookies may affect site functionality.
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Access and correction — contact us to request access to or correction of personal information we hold about you.
Contact
For questions about this policy or to exercise your rights, contact the campaign at shannon.effler@outlook.com.