Privacy Policy

1. WHO WE ARE
Jackie Beck for Park Township (“us”, “we”, or “our”) is a candidate committee organized for the purpose of campaigning to elect Jackie Beck to public office. We are committed to respecting your privacy and abiding by United States privacy laws.

2. WHO THIS PRIVACY POLICY APPLIES TO
This privacy policy applies to you as a visitor to https://beckforpark.com/ (“the site”, “this site”, “our site”, or “Website”).

3. PURPOSE OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY
The purpose of this privacy policy is to tell you what personally identifiable information we may collect and how that personally identifiable information may be used.

We have tried to be very thorough and to use easy-to-understand words in this privacy policy that are also clear. That’s why this privacy policy is long, even though we use ordinary and normal practices that are similar to many others.

If you do not understand this privacy policy and its possible impact, either speak with a lawyer to be sure you understand first, or do not visit or read the contents of beckforpark.com.

Note that bold text and all caps are for readability purposes only within this privacy policy.

4. HOW THIS PRIVACY POLICY CAN BE CHANGED
This privacy policy can be changed at any time without notice, and will be updated at least annually. The last update to this privacy policy was June 23, 2024 at 11:00am EST.

5. IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If you agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please review the terms regularly to be sure that you continue to agree and understand.

6. IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THIS PRIVACY POLICY
If you do NOT agree with the terms of this privacy policy after reading it, do not further visit or read the contents of beckforpark.com.

7. INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES THAT WE LINK TO
We may provide links on this site to some third party websites. This is for your convenience or to point out additional information. Linked sites have their own separate privacy policies, which we recommend you read carefully. We have no responsibility or liability for the actions or inactions of these linked sites. While we strive to include valid links, we can’t guarantee they will always continue to work.

8. INFORMATION WE AUTOMATICALLY COLLECT AND HOW WE USE IT

a. Categories.
The categories of information we automatically collect if you visit the site are: identifiers, internet or other electronic network activity information, and geolocation data. Descriptions of how we use the information we automatically collect are in sections 8b through 8d.

b. Site visits.
Data is automatically collected by us and Bluehost (“our host”) and saved to log files when you visit this site. The information collected in the log files includes the IP address you visited the site from, the dates and times you visited the site, the page(s) you visited, browser type, and operating systems you used to visit the site, the hostname you used to visit the site, the likely city and country your site traffic came from, and any username you try to or successfully access this site with. While this is not the case for most people, if you use a dedicated IP address from your internet service provider, and you are the only person that uses that IP address, and you also visit the site from that IP address, then your IP address could be used to identify you personally. We use these log files if we are trying to resolve a problem or update this privacy policy, and they are automatically used to help block spam visits.

c. Cookies.
We log information using cookies, which are small data files stored on your browser by the site. We may use both session cookies, which expire when you close your browser, and persistent cookies, which stay on your browser until they are either deleted or automatically expire at future date. You can disable cookies or clear recent cookies in your browser if desired. We use cookies in order to monitor and allow or block access to the site in order to prevent spam, unauthorized logins, malware, and denial-of-service attacks.

d. Do not track signals.
We do not respond to or honor “do not track” signals sent by web browsers or other third party sources.

9. INFORMATION YOU VOLUNTARILY SUBMIT TO THE SITE AND HOW WE USE IT

a. Categories.
In some cases we may collect additional categories of information relevant to those instances. The categories of information we may collect in those cases include: identifiers, internet or other electronic network activity information, and geolocation data. Descriptions of those cases and how we use the information you may voluntarily submit are in sections 9b and 9c.

b. If you email us.
If you email us, we will have any information you choose to share in that email, including your email address and any information generated by email service providers along the way. Email is not secure, and that information will also be visible in plain text to anyone who is able to access that email. We may reply to your email, we may just read it, or it may automatically be sent to spam. In rare circumstances, we may forward your email to the authorities if we feel the situation is warranted.

c. Sensitive personal information.
At no time should you submit sensitive personal information to us via any method. Sensitive personal information includes your social security number, information regarding race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, health information, criminal background, or trade union memberships.

10. THIRD-PARTY SERVICE PROVIDERS SUMMARY
We currently use the following third-party service providers to service various aspects of the site. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies, which you can view on their sites.

Wordfence – to monitor and allow or block access to the site in order to prevent spam, unauthorized logins, malware, and denial-of-service attacks
Bluehost – to host our site and site email addresses

11. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION
We may disclose personally identifiable information under the following circumstances:

a. When required by law.
We will disclose personally identifiable information about you if we have it and if we have a good faith belief that we are required to do so by law.

b. In cases of a life-threatening nature.
We may disclose personally identifiable information about you to law enforcement if we have it and if we have a reasonable belief that an emergency situation exists that we believe could potentially be of a threatening nature to others or yourself. For example, if you say something of a potentially threatening nature to others or yourself in an email to us, we might believe it is an emergency situation and contact law enforcement.

12. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
We do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information from children under the age of 16. If a parent or guardian believes that we have personally identifiable information of a child under the age of 16, please contact us immediately at [email protected] and we will use our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.

13. RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
a. Opt-out.
You may opt out, at any time, of the sale of your personal information. Since we do not sell your personal information there is nothing to opt out of. However, you may still notify us via email at [email protected].

b. Access/Request Disclosure.
You may access and request disclosure of the personal information we have about you by submitting a verifiable request to [email protected]. You have the right to request, up to twice in a 12-month period:

i. The categories of personal information that we collected about you

ii. the categories of sources from which the personal information was collected

iii. the business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling personal information

iv. the categories of third parties with whom we shares personal information

v. the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you

vi. The categories of personal information we sold about you and the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, by category or categories of personal information for each third party to whom the personal information was sold. Since we do not sell your personal information, we will disclose that fact again if we receive this request from you.

vii. The categories of personal information that the business disclosed about you for a business purpose.

c. Amend.
You may contact us at [email protected] to amend or update your personal information.

d. Erase/Forget/Delete.
You may request that we erase, forget, or delete your personal information. To do so, please submit a request to [email protected].

Please note that we may need to retain certain information for record-keeping purposes, to complete transactions, or when required by law. Backups of any personal information are kept for no longer than five years and are stored on encrypted hard drives in locked locations.

14. CONTACT INFORMATION
You may contact us via email at [email protected] if you have questions about this privacy policy.