Privacy Policy

Effective Date: September 16, 2026

Wayne Forward PAC respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, when we may share it, and the choices available to you when you interact with our website, forms, emails, text messages, volunteer activities, donations, and other Wayne Forward PAC communications.

1. About Wayne Forward PAC

“Wayne Forward PAC,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Wayne Forward PAC.

2. Information We Collect

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

Contact information
This may include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, or other contact information you provide when you request a yard sign, volunteer, subscribe for updates, ask a question, make a donation, or otherwise interact with us.

Volunteer and supporter information
If you volunteer or express interest in supporting Wayne Forward PAC, we may collect information about your interests, availability, preferred activities, school area or geographic area of interest, and other information you choose to provide.

Communications
We may retain information you provide when you contact us through a form, email, text message, social media message, or other communication.

Donation information
If you make a contribution, we may collect information necessary to process and document that contribution and comply with applicable campaign-finance laws and reporting requirements.

Payment card and banking information may be collected directly by our third-party payment processor. Wayne Forward PAC does not necessarily receive or store your complete payment card or banking information.

Website and technical information
Our website and third-party service providers may automatically collect limited technical information, such as browser type, device type, IP address, pages visited, referring website, and general website usage information.

Cookies and similar technologies may also be used to operate the website, understand website traffic, and improve our communications.

3. How We Use Information

We may use information we collect to:

  • Respond to questions and requests.

  • Fulfill requests for yard signs or other campaign materials.

  • Coordinate volunteers and community outreach.

  • Send campaign updates, event information, voter information, fundraising messages, and other Wayne Forward PAC communications.

  • Send emails or text messages when you have provided appropriate contact information and consent.

  • Process donations and maintain records required by law.

  • Improve our website, outreach, and communications.

  • Understand how supporters interact with our website and communications.

  • Protect our website, forms, systems, volunteers, and supporters from fraud, abuse, or security threats.

  • Comply with campaign-finance, election, tax, recordkeeping, and other legal obligations.

We may also use information for another purpose disclosed to you when the information is collected.

4. Email and Text Message Communications

If you provide your email address or mobile phone number and agree to receive communications from Wayne Forward PAC, we may use that information to send you campaign updates, volunteer opportunities, event information, voter information, fundraising messages, or other PAC communications.

Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of making a donation, volunteering, or otherwise supporting Wayne Forward PAC.

Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.

You may unsubscribe from email communications by using the unsubscribe link included in our emails.

You may opt out of text messages by replying STOP to a message. You may also contact us directly to request removal from our communications list.

We do not sell or rent mobile phone numbers or SMS consent information to third parties for their own marketing purposes.

5. Donations and Campaign-Finance Records

Campaign-finance laws may require Wayne Forward PAC to collect, maintain, and report certain information about contributors.

Information that we are legally required to report may become part of publicly available campaign-finance records.

We will retain contribution records for as long as necessary to comply with applicable campaign-finance, financial, tax, audit, and recordkeeping requirements.

6. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information with organizations or service providers that help Wayne Forward PAC operate, such as providers of:

  • Website hosting and website forms.

  • Email and text-message communications.

  • Volunteer management.

  • Data storage and analytics.

  • Payment and donation processing.

  • Printing, mailing, or sign distribution.

  • Accounting, compliance, or professional services.

These providers may receive information only as necessary to perform services for Wayne Forward PAC and are subject to their own privacy and security practices.

We may also disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, campaign-finance requirements, subpoenas, court orders, government requests, or other legal obligations.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to protect Wayne Forward PAC, our volunteers, supporters, systems, or the public from fraud, misuse, security threats, or unlawful activity.

7. Information We Do Not Sell

Wayne Forward PAC does not sell supporter contact information to commercial marketers.

We also do not sell or rent mobile phone numbers, email addresses, or consent records for use by third parties for their own marketing campaigns.

8. Your Choices

You may choose not to provide certain personal information. However, some information may be necessary for us to fulfill a request, process a contribution, coordinate volunteer activities, or comply with legal requirements.

You may:

  • Unsubscribe from emails using the unsubscribe link provided in the message.

  • Opt out of text messages by replying STOP.

  • Ask us to update or correct your contact information.

  • Ask us to remove information that we are not legally required to retain.

Some information, particularly campaign-finance or financial records, may need to be retained even after you request deletion.

9. Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, to operate Wayne Forward PAC, or to comply with applicable legal and recordkeeping requirements.

Different types of information may be retained for different periods.

Information required for campaign-finance reporting, accounting, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or similar purposes may be retained longer than ordinary supporter contact information.

10. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, email system, text-message platform, payment processor, or method of electronic storage can guarantee absolute security.

11. Third-Party Services and Links

Our website and communications may contain links to third-party websites or services, including social media platforms, payment processors, email providers, text-message providers, and other services.

Those third parties operate under their own privacy policies and practices. Wayne Forward PAC is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or services.

12. Children's Privacy

Wayne Forward PAC's website and supporter communications are intended for a general audience and are not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we learn that we have unintentionally collected personal information from a child under 13 in circumstances where we should not have done so, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

13. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on where you live and the laws that apply to your information, you may have certain rights concerning your personal information.

These may include the ability to request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal information.

Some information may be exempt from these requests or may need to be retained to comply with campaign-finance, tax, accounting, legal, or other requirements.

To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the information below.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our services, communications, technology, or legal obligations change.

When we make changes, we will update the effective date shown at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the information Wayne Forward PAC maintains, or your communications preferences, please contact:

Wayne Forward PAC
8058 Winterset Cir
Indianapolis, IN 46214-2272
info@msdwayneforward.org