Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 8, 2025

Introduction

Joe Gedeon for House District 18 ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website joegedeon.com.

Friends of Joe Gedeon (hereafter referred to as the "Company") is committed to maintaining robust privacy protections for its users. Our Privacy Policy ("Privacy Policy") is designed to help you understand how we collect, use and safeguard the information you provide to us and to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Service.

For purposes of this Agreement, "Service" refers to the Company's service which can be accessed via our website at www.joegedeon.com in which users can sign up for newsletters, volunteer, register for events, make contributions, and access campaign information. The terms "we," "us," and "our" refer to the Company. "You" refers to you, as a user of Service. By accepting our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, you consent to our collection, storage, use and disclosure of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

Information We Collect

We collect "Non-Personal Information" and "Personal Information." Non-Personal Information includes information that cannot be used to personally identify you, such as anonymous usage data, general demographic information we may collect, referring/exit pages and URLs, platform types, preferences you submit and preferences that are generated based on the data you submit and number of clicks. Personal Information includes your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and any other information you submit to us through various forms and registration processes on the Site.

Information Collected via Technology

To use the Service, you may submit Personal Information such as your email address, name, phone number, and mailing address. However, in an effort to improve the quality of the Service, we track information provided to us by your browser or by our software application when you view or use the Service, such as the website you came from (known as the "referring URL"), the type of browser you use, the device from which you connected to the Service, the time and date of access, and other information that does not personally identify you. We track this information using cookies, or small text files which include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to a user's browser from our servers and are stored on the user's computer hard drive.

The Company may use both persistent and session cookies; persistent cookies remain on your computer after you close your session and until you delete them, while session cookies expire when you close your browser.

Information We Collect When You Make a Contribution or Register for Events

The information you supply for contributions or event registrations will include your personal information (Name, Address, Credit Card info, etc.), however, the Company never sells, trades, rents or otherwise shares for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. Said information is supplied by you to verify the validity of your credit card, designed to keep fraud from ever occurring. Additionally, Company does not store credit card information at any time.

How We Use and Share Information

Personal Information

Except as otherwise stated in this Privacy Policy, we do not sell, trade, rent or otherwise share for marketing purposes your Personal Information with third parties without your consent. We do share Personal Information with vendors who are performing services for the Company, such as the servers for our email communications who are provided access to user's email address for purposes of sending emails from us. Those vendors use your Personal Information only at our direction and in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

In general, the Personal Information you provide to us is used to help us communicate with you. For example, we use Personal Information to contact users in response to questions, solicit feedback from users, provide technical support, and inform users about promotional offers, campaign updates, newsletters, and event information.

Non-Personal Information

In general, we use Non-Personal Information to help us improve the Service and customize the user experience. We also aggregate Non-Personal Information in order to track trends and analyze use patterns on the Site. This Privacy Policy does not limit in any way our use or disclosure of Non-Personal Information and we reserve the right to use and disclose such Non-Personal Information to our partners, advertisers and other third parties at our discretion.

Political Contributions

Campaign contributions are subject to federal and state election laws. By making a contribution, you certify that:

• You are a U.S. citizen or lawfully admitted permanent resident
• The contribution is made from your own funds, not from funds provided by another person
• You are at least 18 years of age

Contributor information may be disclosed to election authorities as required by law.

How We Protect Information

We implement security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access. We protect your information from potential security breaches by implementing certain technological security measures including encryption, firewalls and secure socket layer technology. However, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of such firewalls and secure server software. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks.

Links to Other Websites

As part of the Service, we may provide links to or compatibility with other websites or applications. However, we are not responsible for the privacy practices employed by those websites or the information or content they contain. This Privacy Policy applies solely to information collected by us through this Site and this Service. To the extent that you access or use the Service through or on another website or application, then the privacy policy of that other website or application will apply to your access or use of that site or application.

Email Communications

If you sign up for our email list, we will send you campaign updates, event invitations, and other relevant information. You may unsubscribe at any time by clicking the "unsubscribe" link in any email or by contacting us at socialmedia@vote4joegedeon.com.

Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we become aware that we have collected information from a child, we will take steps to delete such information.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal information we have about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information (subject to legal retention requirements)
• Opt-out of marketing communications
• Object to certain processing of your information

To exercise these rights, please contact us at socialmedia@vote4joegedeon.com.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

The Company reserves the right to change this policy and our Terms & Conditions at any time. We will notify you of significant changes to our Privacy Policy by placing a prominent notice on our site. Significant changes will go into effect 30 days following such notification. Non-material changes or clarifications will take effect immediately.

Contact Information

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us by sending an email to socialmedia@vote4joegedeon.com.

Friends of Joe Gedeon
PO Box 25247
Honolulu, HI 96825