Effective Date: 2026-06-17
Website: carrieformayor.ca
Campaign: Carrie McEachran for Mayor
This Privacy Policy explains how the Carrie McEachran for Mayor campaign collects, uses, protects, and discloses personal information submitted through carrieformayor.ca and related campaign activities.
By using this website or submitting information through our forms, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
- Information We Collect
We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:
- Name
- Mailing address
- Email address
- Phone number
- Municipality, ward, or neighbourhood
- Volunteer interests, availability, and related details
- Lawn sign request details, including delivery address and sign placement information
- Donation-related information, such as donor name, contact information, donation amount, transaction confirmation details, and any information required for campaign finance compliance
- Messages, questions, or comments submitted through website forms
We may also collect limited technical information when you visit the website, such as IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, referral source, and general website usage data. This information may be collected through cookies, analytics tools, website logs, or security tools.
- How We Use Personal Information
We use personal information for campaign-related purposes, including to:
- Respond to questions, messages, and requests
- Process volunteer sign-ups and coordinate campaign activities
- Deliver or arrange lawn signs
- Communicate campaign updates, event information, and voter outreach messages
- Process, record, and reconcile campaign donations
- Meet legal, accounting, audit, election, and campaign finance obligations
- Maintain website security and prevent misuse
- Improve the website and campaign communications
- Manage campaign records and internal administration
We do not sell or rent personal information.
- Donations and Payment Processing
Campaign donations made through the website may be processed by Stripe or another third-party payment processor.
The campaign does not store full credit card numbers or complete payment card details on its website servers. Payment information is handled by the payment processor according to its own privacy policy, security practices, and terms.
The campaign may receive and retain donation-related information, such as donor name, address, email address, phone number, donation amount, transaction date, and payment confirmation details. This information may be used for campaign finance records, compliance, accounting, audit, reporting, and any other legally required purposes.
Donation information may be disclosed where required by applicable election laws, campaign finance rules, municipal requirements, auditors, accountants, the campaign’s official agent/treasurer, or other authorized parties involved in campaign compliance.
- Volunteers and Lawn Sign Requests
If you sign up to volunteer, we may use your information to contact you about campaign opportunities, scheduling, canvassing, phone banking, events, training, or other campaign activities.
If you request a lawn sign, we may use your name, address, phone number, email address, and sign placement details to deliver, install, service, or remove the sign. Lawn sign request information is shared only with authorized campaign team members, volunteers, or service providers who need it to fulfill the request.
- Communications and Consent
If you provide your email address or phone number, we may contact you about campaign news, volunteer opportunities, donation follow-ups, events, lawn sign logistics, voter outreach, or other campaign-related matters.
You may unsubscribe from campaign email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link, if available, or by contacting us directly at info@carrieformayor.ca.
Certain administrative or legal communications may still be sent where necessary, such as donation confirmations, compliance-related messages, or responses to direct inquiries.
- Sharing of Personal Information
We may share personal information only as reasonably necessary for campaign-related purposes, including with:
- Authorized campaign staff, volunteers, agents, and representatives
- Website hosting providers, form providers, email platforms, CRM tools, analytics tools, and security providers
- Stripe or other payment processors for donation processing
- Accountants, auditors, legal advisors, compliance advisors, or campaign finance personnel
- Municipal election officials, regulators, or government authorities where required by law
- Service providers assisting with lawn sign delivery, campaign communications, or campaign administration
We require service providers to use personal information only for the services they provide to the campaign and to protect that information appropriately.
- Cookies and Analytics
The website may use cookies, analytics tools, or similar technologies to understand website traffic, improve website performance, remember preferences, prevent spam, and help secure the website.
We may use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use the website. Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, browser and device information, approximate location, referring websites, and other usage data. This information helps us improve the website and campaign communications.
Google may process this information in accordance with its own privacy practices. Visitors can adjust browser settings to refuse or delete cookies, and some browsers or extensions may provide additional controls for analytics tracking.
Some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
- Security Safeguards
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical steps to protect personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use, or modification.
These safeguards may include limiting access to authorized campaign personnel, using secure website connections, protecting administrative accounts, using reputable third-party service providers, and maintaining reasonable internal controls.
No website, email system, or online service can guarantee absolute security. Please avoid submitting highly sensitive information through website forms unless necessary.
- Retention of Personal Information
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as required for legal, election, accounting, audit, reporting, or campaign finance obligations.
When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to securely delete, destroy, anonymize, or archive it in accordance with applicable requirements.
- Accuracy, Access, and Correction
We make reasonable efforts to keep personal information accurate and up to date for the purposes for which it is used.
You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you, subject to legal, election, campaign finance, audit, security, and recordkeeping requirements.
- Links to Third-Party Websites
The website may contain links to third-party websites, including payment processors, social media platforms, video platforms, maps, or other external services.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. Please review the privacy policies of those third parties before providing personal information to them.
- Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this website with a revised effective date.
- Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact:
Katherine Walker
Carrie McEachran for Mayor
Email: info@carrieformayor.ca
Phone: 519-491-9148