Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 1, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to the campaign website of Debra Kahookele, or Deb for short, running for Long Beach City Council, District 1 (“we,” “us,” or “our”). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our practices with regard to your personal information, please contact us at info@debforlongbeach.com.

2. Information We Collect

We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our campaign, participate in activities on the website, or otherwise contact us.

2.1. Personal Information Provided by You

The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the website, the choices you make, and the features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

• Name and Contact Data: We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.

• Payment Data: If you make donations, we collect data necessary to process your payment, such as your payment instrument.  We do not have access to your credit card number, security codes or other private banking or financial information.  All payment data is stored by our payment processor and you should review its privacy policies and contact the payment processor directly to respond to your questions.

• Other Information: We may collect other personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including information you provide when you sign up for updates or our newsletter, fill out a form, or participate in a survey.

2.2. Information Automatically Collected

We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the website. This information does not reveal your specific identity but may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our website, and other technical information. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our website, and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes.

3. Use of Your Information

We use personal information collected via our website for a variety of campaign-related purposes described below. We process your personal information for these purposes in reliance on our legitimate campaign interests, to enter into or perform a contract with you, with your consent, and/or for compliance with our legal obligations. The purposes we use your information for include:

• To send you marketing and promotional communications.

• To manage user accounts.

• To deliver services to you.

• To respond to user inquiries and offer support to users.

• To send administrative information to you.

• To fulfill and manage your donations.

• To improve and optimize our website and your experience.

• To protect our website.

• To enforce our terms, conditions, and policies for business purposes, to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, or in connection with our contract.

• To respond to legal requests and prevent harm.

• For other campaign purposes.

4. Sharing of Your Information

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade any of your information with third parties for their promotional purposes. We may process or share your data that we hold based on the following legal bases:

• Consent: We may process your data if you have given us specific consent to use your personal information for a specific purpose.

• Legitimate Interests: We may process your data when it is reasonably necessary to achieve our legitimate campaign interests.

• Performance of a Contract: Where we have entered into a contract with you, we may process your personal information to fulfill the terms of our contract.

• Legal Obligations: We may disclose your information where we are legally required to do so in order to comply with applicable law, governmental requests, a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena (including in response to public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements).

5. Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information. Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Policy.

6. Data Retention

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy policy unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements).

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.

8. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right to:

• Request access to and obtain a copy of your personal information.

• Request rectification or erasure.

• Restrict the processing of your personal information.

• Object to the processing of your personal information.

• If applicable, data portability.

To exercise these rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

9. Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18 years of age. By using the website, you represent that you are at least 18 or that you are the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the website. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to promptly delete such data from our records.

10. Updates to this Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post the updated policy on this page and indicate the date of the latest revision. We encourage you to review this privacy policy frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this policy, you may contact us at:

Deb Kahookele for Long Beach City Council

Email: info@debforlongbeach.com