Introduction
George Morgan for North Miami Mayor (“Campaign,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects the privacy of visitors, supporters, volunteers, donors, and other individuals who interact with our campaign and official website.
This Privacy Policy explains how we may collect, use, maintain, disclose, and protect information obtained through www.VoteGeorgeForMayor.com, campaign forms, email and text-message programs, volunteer activities, events, donations, merchandise purchases, and other campaign-related communications.
By accessing or using this website, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We May Collect
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide to the Campaign, including:
- First and last name
- Email address
- Telephone or mobile phone number
- Mailing address
- City, state, and ZIP code
- Volunteer interests and availability
- Event registration information
- Comments, questions, or messages submitted to the Campaign
- Email and text-message communication preferences
- Donation and contribution information
- Merchandise order information
- Survey or questionnaire responses
- Other information you voluntarily provide
You are not required to provide personal information simply to browse the public portions of our website.
Campaign Contributions
When you make a political contribution, the Campaign may be required by applicable campaign-finance laws to collect and maintain certain information.
Depending on applicable requirements, this may include your:
- Name
- Address
- Contribution amount
- Date of contribution
- Occupation
- Employer
- Other information required for campaign-finance reporting
Certain contribution information may be required to be reported to governmental agencies and may become part of the public record.
Information required by law to be maintained or disclosed cannot necessarily be deleted upon request.
Payment Information
If you make a campaign contribution or purchase merchandise online, your payment may be processed through an independent third-party payment processor.
The Campaign may receive information concerning the transaction, such as your name, contribution or purchase amount, date, and transaction status.
The Campaign may not directly receive or store your complete credit-card or debit-card number when payment information is processed by an independent payment provider.
Third-party payment processors maintain their own privacy and security policies. You should review those policies when completing a transaction.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically by the website or our service providers. This information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate geographic information derived from an IP address
- Pages viewed
- Referring website
- Date and time of access
- Website interactions
- General traffic and usage information
- Security and server logs
We may use this information to operate, secure, maintain, analyze, and improve the website and our digital communications.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our website may use cookies, pixels, analytics technologies, and similar tools. These technologies may be used to:
- Maintain website functionality
- Remember visitor preferences
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Measure website traffic
- Evaluate campaign communications
- Improve website performance
- Measure advertising effectiveness
- Detect suspicious or fraudulent activity
Visitors may be able to control certain cookies through their browser or device settings.
Please review our separate Cookie Policy for additional information.
How We May Use Your Information
Information collected by the Campaign may be used to:
- Respond to questions and requests
- Provide campaign information and election updates
- Communicate with supporters
- Register and coordinate volunteers
- Organize canvassing and phone-banking activities
- Coordinate campaign events
- Process campaign contributions
- Process merchandise purchases
- Maintain campaign records
- Send newsletters and campaign announcements
- Send email communications
- Send text-message communications when authorized
- Provide election reminders
- Conduct surveys or request feedback
- Improve our website and campaign operations
- Prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized website activity
- Comply with campaign-finance, election, tax, accounting, or other legal obligations
- Protect the rights, safety, and security of the Campaign, its supporters, and others
Email Communications
If you provide your email address or subscribe to Campaign communications, we may send you campaign announcements, election information, volunteer opportunities, fundraising communications, event information, and other campaign-related messages.
You may unsubscribe from promotional campaign emails by using the unsubscribe instructions included in applicable email communications.
Certain administrative, transactional, contribution-related, or legally required communications may still be sent when appropriate.
Text Messages
If you voluntarily provide your mobile telephone number and consent to receive text messages, the Campaign may send campaign-related SMS or other mobile messages. Messages may include:
- Campaign updates
- Election reminders
- Volunteer opportunities
- Event information
- Fundraising communications
- Get-Out-the-Vote information
- Other campaign-related communications
Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.
Where applicable, reply STOP to opt out of future campaign text messages and HELP for assistance.
Consent to receive campaign text messages is not a condition of making a contribution, purchasing merchandise, volunteering, or otherwise supporting the Campaign.
Mobile information obtained for text-message communications will be handled in accordance with applicable law and our service providers’ requirements.
Volunteers
Individuals who volunteer with the Campaign may provide additional information concerning their interests, skills, schedules, preferred campaign activities, or availability.
Volunteer information may be used to coordinate activities such as:
- Canvassing
- Phone banking
- Campaign events
- Voter outreach
- Texting
- Email outreach
- Election alerts
- Early voting activities
- Election Day activities
- Other campaign operations
How Information May Be Shared
We may share information when reasonably necessary with organizations or individuals assisting the Campaign, including service providers that perform functions such as:
- Website hosting
- Website maintenance
- Email delivery
- Text-message delivery
- Payment processing
- Contribution processing
- Merchandise fulfillment
- Data management
- Analytics
- Advertising
- Campaign communications
- Event management
- Professional, accounting, legal, or compliance services
These parties may receive information necessary to perform services on behalf of the Campaign.
We may also disclose information when required by law, regulation, subpoena, court order, campaign-finance requirement, governmental request, or other lawful process.
We Do Not Sell Personal Information for Commercial Purposes
The Campaign does not sell personal information to unrelated third parties for their independent commercial marketing purposes.
This does not prevent the Campaign from using vendors, consultants, technology providers, or campaign service providers that process information on the Campaign’s behalf.
It also does not limit disclosures required by campaign-finance or other applicable laws.
Social Media and Third-Party Platforms
Our website may contain links to or integrations with social-media platforms and other third-party services.
When you interact with a third-party platform, that company’s own privacy policy and terms govern its collection and use of your information.
The Campaign does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party platforms. Visitors should review the privacy policies of those services before providing information.
Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to external websites.
The Campaign is not responsible for the privacy, security, availability, accuracy, or content practices of websites that we do not own or control.
A link from our website to another website does not necessarily mean that the Campaign endorses that website’s privacy or security practices.
Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information under our control.
Our website is designed to use SSL/TLS encryption to help protect information transmitted between your browser and our website.
However, no internet transmission, website, computer network, electronic storage system, or security technology can guarantee absolute security. Visitors should therefore exercise reasonable caution when transmitting information electronically.
Please review our separate SSL Security & Website Protection Notice for additional information.
Data Retention
The Campaign may retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Conduct campaign operations
- Maintain contribution records
- Maintain financial and accounting records
- Satisfy reporting obligations
- Resolve disputes
- Enforce agreements
- Prevent fraud or abuse
- Comply with applicable laws and governmental requirements
Some campaign-finance records may be subject to legally required retention periods.
Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for general campaign and civic-engagement purposes and is not designed to intentionally collect sensitive personal information from young children.
If a parent or legal guardian believes that a child has provided personal information through the website inappropriately, the parent or guardian may contact the Campaign.
When appropriate and legally permissible, we will take reasonable steps to review the request and remove the information.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on the nature of the information and applicable law, you may contact us to:
- Request information about personal information you previously submitted
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Update your contact information
- Change certain communication preferences
- Unsubscribe from campaign emails
- Opt out of campaign text messages
- Request deletion of certain information when legally permissible
We may need to retain information when required by campaign-finance laws, accounting requirements, election laws, legal obligations, fraud-prevention requirements, or other legitimate recordkeeping obligations.
Do Not Track and Browser Controls
Some browsers and devices provide privacy controls or “Do Not Track” signals.
Because standards concerning these signals may vary, our website may not respond uniformly to every browser-based privacy signal.
Visitors may use their browser, device, or cookie settings to control certain tracking technologies where available.
Security Incidents
If the Campaign becomes aware of a security incident affecting information under its control, we may investigate the matter, take reasonable corrective measures, work with relevant technology providers, and provide notifications when required by applicable law.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
The Campaign may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our campaign operations, website functionality, technology, legal obligations, or privacy practices.
When material changes are made, the revised policy may be posted on this website with an updated “Last Updated” date.
Visitors are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy.
Related Website Policies
This Privacy Policy should be read together with the Campaign’s other website policies, including:
Contact Us
Questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or information submitted through the Campaign website may be directed to:
George Morgan for North Miami MayorWebsite: www.VoteGeorgeForMayor.comEmail: votegeorgemorgan@gmail.comP.O. Box 510956North Miami, Florida 33161