Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Effective 7/1/2025. Changes will be published at this page.

Who we are

This is the primary website of the Michael Gainer for Mayor campaign.

Our website address is: https://www.michaelgainerformayor.com.

Our physical and mailing address is 162 Glenwood Avenue, Buffalo NY 14208.

You can find contact information at https://www.michaelgainerformayor.com/contact.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

General Statement of Privacy Policy

This privacy policy covers this website and our use of personal information.

We’re currently gathering personal information via forms to perform requested services. At some point soon we’ll be sending emails to our supporters.

Our use of your personal information is

Private: You can unsubscribe from lists at any time. We retain enough information to make sure you remain unsubscribed. We’ll remove all trace of your information if you ask us to do that.

Spam-free: We don’t share your information with anyone else.

If you sign up for our mailing list, we require you to opt in twice – first on requesting to sign up, then confirming your registration via a link we send to your email.

Comments

We’re not permitting comments on the website at this time.

Media

We’re not permitting image uploads by website users at this time.

Contact forms

When you fill out a contact form, we retain the information you’ve given us so we can perform the service you’re requesting. See “General Statement of Privacy Policy” for how we handle that information.

Cookies

We’re not using comments on the website at this time.

We’re not providing website accounts to the public at this time.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you’ve visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We’re using Fathom Analytics software to track visits to the website. This software does not collect any personally identifying information. All data collected is used by the campaign to learn about visitors to the website, in aggregate.

Who we share your data with

We’re not sharing your data with anyone at this time, and we have no plans to do that in the future.

How long we retain your data

We retain data long enough to perform the service you’ve requested when you fill out forms on the website. This includes retaining your preference for unsubscribing from our email list.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, or have filled out a form, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

We don’t send your data anywhere.

Your contact information

This is part of your personal information, protected by this policy.

Additional information

How we protect your data

We protect your data in a number of ways. We only allow a small number of trusted staffers to access supporter data. We enforce high-quality login, password and physical security. In the rare case where we would print or write out any supporter data, we dispose if it when we’re done using it with a secure shredder. Our website uses the current industry standard SSL encryption, that’s the “https://” you see when you visit our site. This protects all data leaving or entering the website.

What data breach procedures we have in place

The website and our campaign’s local computers use a full suite of anti-virus, anti-malware and anti-intrusion software. Our server is protected by similar software and hardware. When and if we detect a data breach, we would immediately lock down the website, allowing no data except the pages themselves to flow in or out. We’d inform any website users about the breach and what we’re doing about it. We have a consultant on call who would help us recover from any breach.

What third parties we receive data from

None.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

None.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

None.