This Privacy Policy describes how Heather McElwain for U.S. Senate (“the Campaign,” “we,” “our,” “us”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you visit mcelwainforalaska.com or contact us through this website.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide directly. When you submit a contact form on this site, we collect your name, email address, phone number (if you provide one), the topic you select, and any message you write. This information is used only to respond to you and to coordinate volunteers and supporters.

Information collected automatically. Our web host keeps standard server logs, which include your IP address, browser type, and the pages you request.

Analytics. We use Burst Statistics, a privacy-focused analytics tool that runs on our own server. It records aggregate information such as which pages are visited and how long people stay. It does not set tracking cookies, it does not follow you to other websites, and the data is not sent to Google, Automattic, or any other outside analytics company — it stays with us. We chose it deliberately: it would be strange to campaign against mass data collection and then hand your browsing habits to a third party.

We do not operate advertising trackers, retargeting pixels, or behavioral profiling on this site.

What we never collect. This Campaign does not accept contributions. There is no donation form, no payment processor, and no shopping cart on this website. We do not collect credit card numbers, bank information, employer information, or any of the contributor data that donation-accepting campaigns are required to gather.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your messages and questions
• Keep you informed about campaign activities, events, and ways to help
• Coordinate volunteers and supporters
• Improve the functionality and performance of this website
• Comply with applicable federal and state election laws

3. How We Share Your Information

Service providers. Contact form submissions are processed by Formspree, a third-party form service, which receives what you submit in order to deliver it to the Campaign. Website hosting is provided by EasyWP (Namecheap, Inc.).

Legal requirements. We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, legal process, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the Campaign or others.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it with advertising partners or unaffiliated third parties for their own marketing purposes. We do not trade or rent supporter lists.

4. Your Choices

Email. If you receive campaign email and want it to stop, reply with “unsubscribe” or use the unsubscribe link in the message. We will honor it.

Cookies. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when they are sent. Some features of the site may not work properly if you disable them.

Deletion. You may ask us to delete the information you submitted through this site. Email us at the address below and we will remove it.

5. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect your information, including serving this site over an encrypted HTTPS connection. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

6. Children

This website is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has submitted information to us, contact us and we will delete it.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected by the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page.

8. Contact Us

Questions about this Privacy Policy may be directed to:

Heather McElwain for U.S. Senate
mcelwainforak@yahoo.com