Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 3, 2026

Vigo County Democratic Party Privacy Policy

The Vigo County Democratic Party ("Vigo Dems," "we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit our website, submit a form, sign up for email or text message communications, volunteer, attend an event, or otherwise interact with us.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us, including:

• Contact Information: Name, email address, mailing address, and telephone or mobile phone number.

• Communication Preferences: Your preferences regarding email, SMS/text messages, volunteer opportunities, events, and other communications.

• User Content: Comments, feedback, survey responses, form submissions, or other information you voluntarily provide.

• Usage Data: Information such as your IP address, browser type, device information, referring or exit pages, and interactions with our Website.

• Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate our Website, understand Website usage, improve our services, and measure the effectiveness of communications and advertising.

2. How We Use Your Information

We may use personal information to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve our Website.

• Respond to questions, requests, and inquiries.

• Provide information about Vigo Dems, Democratic candidates, elections, voting, events, volunteer opportunities, and other political or civic activities.

• Send email or SMS/text message communications when you have provided the appropriate consent.

• Manage volunteers, events, surveys, and other organizational activities.

• Analyze Website usage and improve our communications and outreach.

• Personalize content and communications.

• Comply with applicable laws and protect our legal rights, property, security, and the safety of others.

3. Sharing of Your Information

We may share personal information with third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf or help us operate our organization and communications. These services may include website hosting, email delivery, SMS/text messaging, data processing, analytics, payment processing, event management, and other technology or communications services.

These service providers may receive personal information only as reasonably necessary to perform services on our behalf.

We may also disclose information when required by law, regulation, court order, subpoena, or other legal process, or when reasonably necessary to protect our rights, property, security, or the safety of others.

We do not sell or rent your personal information.

Mobile information, including mobile phone numbers and SMS consent or opt-in data, will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. SMS consent is not shared with third parties for marketing purposes.

This restriction does not prevent us from sharing information with vendors and service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as providers that facilitate the delivery of text messages, provided that such information is used only to provide those services.

4. SMS/Text Message Communications

If you provide your mobile phone number and consent to receive text messages from Vigo Dems, we may send you messages regarding elections, voting information, events, volunteer opportunities, Democratic candidates, organizational updates, and other political or civic communications.

Message frequency may vary.

Message and data rates may apply.

You may opt out of text messages at any time by replying STOP. You may reply HELP for assistance.

Consent to receive SMS/text messages is not a condition of making a donation, volunteering, purchasing anything, or receiving services from Vigo Dems.

Your mobile number and SMS consent information will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes.

5. Email Communications

If you provide your email address and consent to receive email communications, we may send you information about Vigo Dems, Democratic candidates, elections, voting, events, volunteer opportunities, fundraising, and other political or civic activities.

We may share information with third-party service providers that perform email, website, analytics, data processing, or other services on our behalf. These providers may use the information only as necessary to provide those services to us.

You may unsubscribe from marketing or promotional email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails or by contacting us.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, comply with applicable legal requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and policies.

7. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse. However, no website, electronic communication, or data storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

8. Your Rights and Choices

You may request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information we maintain about you, subject to applicable law and legitimate organizational or legal requirements.

You may also withdraw your consent to certain communications at any time.

For assistance, contact us at contact@vigodems.com.

9. Third-Party Websites

Our Website may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties. Vigo Dems is not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those websites before providing personal information.

10. Updates to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, services, or legal and regulatory requirements.

When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date displayed at the top of this page.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or your personal information, please contact:

Vigo County Democratic Party
Email: contact@vigodems.com