Privacy Policy

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Effective Date: September 2, 2026

1. Who We Are

This website is operated by Julie Testa, the campaign committee for Julie Testa, candidate for For Mayor of Pleasanton, Nov 3rd, 2026 election.

2. Information We Collect

When you interact with this website, we may collect:
  • Contact information you provide voluntarily: name, email address, phone number, and mailing address
  • Donation information: name, address, employer, and occupation (required by applicable campaign finance law for contributions of amounts that meet applicable campaign-finance reporting thresholds)
  • Volunteer information: name, email, and availability preferences
  • Usage data: pages visited, time spent on site, browser type, and device type, collected automatically through privacy-conscious analytics
We do not collect payment card information directly. Donations are processed through a third-party payment processor subject to its own privacy policy.

3. How We Use Your Information

Information you provide is used to:
  • Process your donation and comply with applicable campaign finance reporting requirements
  • Send you campaign updates, event invitations, and volunteer opportunities if you have opted in
  • Respond to your inquiries and messages
  • Improve the functionality and content of this website

4. Campaign Finance Disclosure

As required by applicable campaign finance law, donor information such as name, address, employer, and occupation may be reported to the appropriate campaign-finance authority and become part of the public record. These disclosures are legal requirements, not campaign choices.

5. We Do Not Sell Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party for commercial purposes, ever.

6. Information Sharing

We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
  • With our campaign service providers (email platform, payment processor, website host) who assist us in operating this site and conducting campaign activities, under confidentiality obligations
  • As required by applicable law, including campaign finance reporting
  • With your explicit consent

7. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:
  • Know what personal information we have collected about you
  • Delete personal information we hold about you, subject to legal retention requirements
  • Correct inaccurate personal information
  • Opt out of any sale or sharing of your personal information; we do not sell your data
  • Non-discrimination: we will not treat you differently for exercising your privacy rights
To exercise any of these rights, contact us through the campaign's published contact information. We will respond within the period required by applicable law.

8. Email Communications

If you sign up for campaign updates, you may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any email or by contacting us through the campaign's published contact information. We will honor all opt-out requests promptly.

9. Cookies and Analytics

This site uses privacy-conscious page, referral, and campaign tracking to understand how visitors engage with our content. We do not store your IP address, user-agent, browser fingerprint, or raw referrer URL. If you submit the Share Your Voice form, the campaign or referral source that brought you to the site may be saved with that submission so the campaign team can measure which outreach works. Published-site analytics use aggregate pageview and event measurement and do not receive your submission content. You may disable cookies in your browser settings. We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as required by applicable law.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the personal information you provide. However, no website or internet transmission is completely secure. We encourage you to use caution when submitting personal information online.

11. Children's Privacy

This website is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 13.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

13. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or to exercise your rights: Julie Testa Use the campaign's published contact information.