Privacy Policy

1 · Who we are

This Privacy Policy describes how Friends of Shelly Frank ("the campaign," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit voteshellyfrank.com ("the site"), make a contribution, sign up for updates, volunteer, or otherwise interact with us.

The campaign is a Maryland campaign finance entity established to support Shelly Frank's candidacy for the Queen Anne's County Board of Education in the 2026 election cycle.

2 · Information we collect

We collect the following categories of information:

2.1 Information you give us directly

• Contact information: name, email address, postal address, phone number
• Contribution information: contribution amount, payment method, employer, occupation, and citizenship attestation (collected by our donation processor on our behalf to comply with Maryland Election Law)
• Volunteer information: the activities you're willing to help with, your availability, and any notes you share with us
• Communications: the content of messages you send us through the contact form, by email, by text, or through social media

2.2 Information collected automatically

When you visit the site, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

• Device and browser information: browser type, operating system, screen size, device type
• Usage information: pages visited, time spent on each page, links clicked, referring website, approximate geographic location based on IP address
• Cookies and similar technologies: small data files stored on your device (see Section 7)

2.3 Information from third parties

• From our donation processor: transaction confirmations and the donor information required by Maryland Election Law
• From email and SMS service providers: delivery, open, and click data so we can understand which messages are useful
• From public sources: voter registration records, which are public information in Maryland

We do not purchase consumer profiles, browsing histories, or social-media data from data brokers.

3 · How we use your information

We use the information we collect to:

• Process and acknowledge contributions
• Comply with Maryland Election Law and federal campaign-finance law, including filing donor disclosures with the Maryland State Board of Elections
• Send you updates about the campaign, events, and ways to help — when you've asked to receive them
• Coordinate volunteer activities
• Respond to questions, requests, or feedback you send us
• Improve the site and understand which content resonates with supporters
• Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or illegal activity
• Meet other legal obligations

4 · How we share your information

We share information in a small number of well-defined circumstances:

4.1 With service providers

We use vendors to operate the campaign — for example, our donation processor, email service provider, website host, analytics provider, and any volunteer-management tool. These vendors only receive the information they need to provide their service to us, and they are required to protect it.

4.2 With the Maryland State Board of Elections (public record)

4.3 When required by law

We will share information when we're legally required to (for example, in response to a subpoena, court order, or other lawful process), or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.

4.4 In a successor entity

If the campaign winds down, transitions to a different campaign committee, or merges with another committee, supporter information may be transferred to the successor entity. We will provide notice on this page or by email before any such transfer takes effect for ongoing supporters.

4.5 Aggregated or de-identified information

We may share aggregated or de-identified information — for example, "supporters from Queen Anne's County" — that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

4.6 We do not sell your personal information.

5 · Your choices

You have several ways to control how we use your information.

Email

Every campaign email contains an unsubscribe link. You can also CLICK HERE TO SEND AN EMAIL and ask to be removed.

Text messages

If you have opted in to text messages from the campaign, you can opt out at any time by replying STOP to any campaign text. Reply HELP for assistance.

Cookies and analytics

You can disable cookies in your browser settings. You can also install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on to prevent Google Analytics from collecting information about your visit.

Access, correction, and deletion

You can ask us what information we have about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. CLICK HERE TO SEND your request. We will respond within 30 days. Note: as described in Section 4.2, contribution data filed with the Maryland State Board of Elections is part of the public record and cannot be deleted.

Do Not Track

Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" signal. There is no industry standard for how to interpret this signal, so we do not currently respond to it. We do honor specific opt-out controls described above.

6 · Information about minors

The site and the campaign's communications are not directed to children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please CLICK HERE TO SEND NOTIFICATION EMAIL and we will delete it.

Maryland Election Law generally prohibits contributions made in another person's name. A contribution by a minor must be made knowingly and voluntarily by the minor and from the minor's own funds.

7 · Cookies and tracking technologies

The site uses cookies and similar technologies in three categories:

• Strictly necessary cookies keep the site working — for example, remembering whether you've already dismissed a notice. These cannot be disabled.
• Analytics cookies help us understand how the site is used. We use [ANALYTICS PROVIDER]. These cookies collect anonymized usage data.
• Third-party cookies may be set by services we embed — for example, our donation processor sets cookies during checkout to prevent fraud.

We do not use advertising cookies, retargeting pixels, or social-media tracking pixels at this time.

If we add any of those tools later, we will update this Privacy Policy and, where appropriate, request your consent.

8 · How we protect your information

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical measures to protect the information we collect:

• The site is served over HTTPS (encrypted connection)
• Donations are processed by a PCI-compliant donation platform; we do not store full credit-card numbers
• Access to supporter information is limited to staff and trusted volunteers who need it to do their work
• Service providers are vetted and bound by data-protection terms

No system is perfectly secure. If we ever experience a breach involving your personal information, we will notify affected supporters as required by Maryland and federal law.

9 · How long we keep your information

We keep different types of information for different periods:

• Contribution records: retained as long as required by Maryland Election Law (generally several years after the election cycle), and kept indefinitely as part of the public campaign-finance record once filed with the State Board
• Email subscriber lists: until you unsubscribe, after which we keep a record of your unsubscribe request to honor it
• Volunteer information: for the duration of the campaign and a reasonable period afterward, then deleted unless you ask us to keep you on the list
• Contact-form submissions: generally up to two years after the campaign concludes
• Website analytics: anonymized, retained for up to 14 months

10 · Your privacy rights by location

Maryland residents

Maryland does not currently have a comprehensive consumer privacy statute that creates additional individual rights beyond those described above. Donor data, however, is subject to Maryland's transparency requirements as described in Section 4.2.

California residents

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives you the right to know what personal information we collect, request deletion, and opt out of any sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information. To exercise your rights, contact

Email: CLICK HERE TO SEND PRIVACY EMAIL.

European Union and United Kingdom residents

Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, you have rights of access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, and objection. Our legal basis for processing is consent (when you opt in to communications) or legitimate interest (when we communicate with confirmed supporters about the campaign). To exercise these rights, contact <

Email: CLICK HERE TO SEND PRIVACY EMAIL.

Other jurisdictions

If your state or country offers additional privacy rights, contact us and we'll work with you in good faith to honor them.

11 · Third-party links

The site contains links to third-party websites — for example, the Maryland State Board of Elections voter lookup tool and the donation processor. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Read their privacy policies before submitting information to them.

12 · Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent change. If we make a material change, we will notify supporters by email and post a notice on the site at least 30 days before the change takes effect.

13 · Authority line

By Authority of Friends of Shelly Frank, Kira Frank, Treasurer.

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