Last updated: August 1st, 2023
Overview
Welcome to the official website (the “Site”) of Joshua Gale for City Council.
This Privacy Policy outlines our practices for the collection, use, and disclosure of your information that you provide to us when you use our Site and see or engage with our advertisements. By using this Site, you agree that your use of the Site is governed by this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. From time to time, we may update this Privacy Policy. We encourage you to periodically check this Site for updates. Your continued use of the Site affirms your agreement to any changes we make to this Privacy Policy.
Please note the distinction between our privacy practices in connection with your visit to the Site, and our Terms of Service.
Information Collected and How It is Collected
Voluntary Information: We may collect personal information you voluntarily provide to us, including your name, e-mail address, postal address, phone number, mobile number, and geographic location. You may provide this information when you request information, register, make a purchase, or for other purposes. We may also collect demographic information such as gender, date of birth, occupation, employer name, and zip code. In limited circumstances, we may collect payment information such as credit card numbers where needed to complete a requested service or transaction.
By requesting information about your mobile phone, we may obtain the following information from you in connection with our SMS service: your cell phone number, your carrier’s name, and the date, time, and content of your messages, as well as other information that you provide. We will use such information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Text messaging opt-in consent will not be shared with or sold to any third parties.
Automatically Generated Information: We may also collect non-personally identifiable information that is generated automatically while you are visiting the Site or elsewhere on the Internet when our advertisements are served, also known as log files. This data includes, but is not limited to, information such as IP address, web pages visited before and after visiting the Site, date and time, domain type, type of mobile device you use, your device’s unique ID, web pages you view and links you click on within the Site and interactions with our advertisements delivered by us or advertisements delivered by a third party advertising technology vendor. This type of information may be collected using different types of technologies, such as cookies and pixels. An IP address, for example, is a unique identifier that certain electronic devices use to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet. When you visit our Site, we may view the IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet. We use this information to determine the general physical location of the device and understand from what regions of the world our Site visitors come. We also may use your non-personally identifiable information to enhance our Site.
All Site users remain anonymous unless they choose to give us their personal information. You may elect not to allow us to collect and use this non-personally identifiable data as part of our Service by following the Opt Out procedures described below.
Cookies and Other Technologies
Overview: The Site may use cookies and other technology to speed navigation and keep track of items and to gather anonymous traffic data that we may use to enhance the Site, our Services, marketing, and other internal purposes.
Information Use and Sharing
The below chart summarizes our collection, use, and disclosure of your information:
| Types of Information Collected | Source of the Information | Purpose for Collection | Information Disclosed for a Business or Commercial Purpose? (Yes/No) | Categories of Third Parties (Which Does Not Include Service Providers) with whom the Your Information is Shared. |
| Identifiers (e.g., name, e-mail, postal address, and phone number) | Information directly submitted by a consumer online or offline; information collected pursuant to a transaction; information collected through communications with our customer service department; information automatically collected online (on our Site and elsewhere on the internet). | To administer and manage the Site; to deliver our services to our customers; security and fraud prevention; to develop our businesses and services; internal business operations; to process, evaluate and respond to requests and inquiries;to conduct marketing activities, including generating leads determining and managing the effectiveness of our own and our customers’ advertising and marketing campaigns; to monitor and enforce compliance with our terms; and/or any other purposes for which you provided the information. | Yes | Business partners, customers, third-party web tracking providers, and marketing channels. |
| Demographic Information | Information directly submitted by a consumer online or offline; information collected pursuant to a transaction; information collected through communications with our customer service department; information automatically collected online (on our Site and elsewhere on the internet). | To administer and manage the Site; to deliver our services to our customers; security and fraud prevention; to develop our businesses and services; internal business operations; to process, evaluate and respond to requests and inquiries;to conduct marketing activities, including generating leads determining and managing the effectiveness of our own and our customers’ advertising and marketing campaigns; to monitor and enforce compliance with our terms; and/or any other purposes for which you provided the information. | Yes | Business partners, customers, third-party web tracking providers, and marketing channels. |
| Financial Account Information | Provided by users. | To complete a transaction requested by the consumer. | Yes | N/A |
| Commercial Information (e.g., purchase histories) | Information directly submitted by a consumer online or offline; information collected pursuant to a transaction; information collected through communications with our customer service department; information automatically collected online (on our Site and elsewhere on the internet). | To administer and manage the Site; to deliver our services to our customers; security and fraud prevention; to develop our businesses and services; internal business operations; to process, evaluate and respond to requests and inquiries;to conduct marketing activities, including generating leads determining and managing the effectiveness of our own and our customers’ advertising and marketing campaigns; to monitor and enforce compliance with our terms; and/or any other purposes for which you provided the information. | Yes | Business partners, customers, third-party web tracking providers, and marketing channels. |
| Website Browsing Activity | Information directly submitted by a consumer online or offline; information collected pursuant to a transaction; information collected through communications with our customer service department; information automatically collected online (on our Site and elsewhere on the internet). | To administer and manage the Site; to deliver our services to our customers; security and fraud prevention; to develop our businesses and services; internal business operations; to process, evaluate and respond to requests and inquiries;to conduct marketing activities, including generating leads determining and managing the effectiveness of our own and our customers’ advertising and marketing campaigns; to monitor and enforce compliance with our terms; and/or any other purposes for which you provided the information. | Yes | Business partners, customers, third-party web tracking providers, and marketing channels. |
Use of Personal Information: If we do receive your personal information, we will only use it for the purposes described where it is collected or otherwise described in this Privacy Policy. We will not share your information with third-party organizations.
We use various website analytics tools and technologies regarding activities on our Site that require storage of web session data. The overall aim of these tools is to aid in making our Site easy to use, to proactively identify and correct error conditions and to provide more relevant advertising and content to you. These tools and technologies are also used to assist Site visitors who report problems in the use of our Site. Stored web session data is used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Social Media Platforms and Websites: Any information, communications, or material of any type or nature that you submit to our Site (including, but not limited to any of our pages contained on a social media platform or web site such as Facebook or Instagram) by e-mail, posting, messaging, uploading, downloading, or otherwise (collectively, a “Submission”), is done at your own risk and without any expectation of privacy. We cannot control the actions of other users of any social media platform or website and we are therefore not responsible for any content or Submissions contained on such sites and platforms. By visiting any of our pages or websites that are contained on a social media platform or website, you are representing and warranting to us that you have reviewed the applicable privacy policy and terms of use of such platform or website and that you will abide by all such provisions contained therein.
Additionally, in the event that we offer a message board or any other interactive or social-type feature on a website administered directly by us, please be aware that these areas may allow you to publicly post, and share with other users, certain messages, content, or other information (e.g., stories, pictures, ingredients, tips, etc.). Although we may take certain precautions to protect those who use these areas of one of our websites, we encourage you to be wary of giving out any personal information in such public forums. The information you post can be collected and used by people you don’t know. We cannot guarantee the privacy and safety of these areas and are, therefore not responsible for any information you choose to post. Your use of these features is fully at your own risk.
Email Signups
E-mail: We appreciate your questions and comments about our Site and services and welcome your e-mails and questions submitted to our Site. We will share your messages with those within our organization who are most capable of addressing the issues contained in your message. We may archive your message for a certain period of time or discard it, but your e-mail address and message will only be used in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
Submitting your e-mail: Submitting your address anywhere on the Site may result in your e-mail address being added to the Joshua Gale for City Council e-mail list, in addition to the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy. You may unsubscribe to Joshua Gale for City Council e-mails at any time by opting out of e-mail subscriptions with the “unsubscribe” link included in each e-mail. Your e-mail address will be removed from our marketing list. Please allow us a reasonable period of time in order to satisfy your request, as some promotions may already be in process.
Security
We employ and maintain technology and security measures designed to protect your personal information. However, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed as 100% secure. As a result, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us or receive from us.
Access
You may request to receive details about how we collect, use, and share your personal data. Specifically, you may request to receive the specific pieces of personal data that we have collected about you.
Children
We strongly encourage parents and guardians to regularly monitor and supervise their children’s online activities. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Donations
When you make a contribution to Joshua Gale for City Council, federal law requires us to obtain the following information: name, mailing address, employer, occupation, and amount of contribution. Any credit card information provided is only used to immediately process your donation. All contributions made to the Site are considered final unless the donation is not in compliance with federal election law and/or Federal Election Commission regulations.
Contact Us
Please contact us if you have questions about our Privacy Policy at: info@gale4.com