Most Recent Update: February 3, 2026. This Privacy Policy explains how GERRY FRIEDEL FOR MAYOR collects, stores, and distributes user data of visitors to its website at https://danforfountainhills.com/.
What information and how we collect it
Personal information
We may collect personal information directly from you, through one of our web forms which may include name, address, email address, and phone number.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year. If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed. If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day. Our website may use tracking technologies such as cookies, web beacons, pixels, and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information from your device, including for example your IP address, browser and operating system information, geographic location, referring website address, and other information about how you interact with the website. You may disable cookies in your web browser however parts of our website may not function properly. Our email campaigns may also use tracking technologies such as web beacons, pixels and other similar technologies to automatically collect certain information such as your IP address, browser type and version, and email engagement statistics.
Links to and 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 the visitor has visited the other website. We may also provide links to other websites such as donate pages or references on the internet. 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.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. We may also share your personal information if necessary to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights. We may offer social sharing feature that help you share content or your activity on our site with other media. Your use of these features enables the sharing of certain information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the third party that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the third parties that provide these social sharing features (e.g., Tumblr, Facebook, and X).
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request a copy of your data, account deletion, or information about our policies. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Any data we collect is used primarily to provide site features intended to inform and communicate with site visitors. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. We don’t sell your personal data to third parties, and we never work with data brokers.
SMS Privacy
Who we share your data with
SMS opt-in consent and data will not be shared with third parties.
When and what type of messages users will receive
We use information collected directly from you to contact you by email, telephone calls, SMS, to provide you with news, information about events, to promote our campaign subject to your consent.
Email and Text Message Communications
If you wish to unsubscribe from our email campaigns, please click on the Unsubscribe link at the bottom of any marketing email sent from us. If you wish to stop receiving text messages from us, reply STOP, QUIT, CANCEL, OPT-OUT, or UNSUBSCRIBE to any text message sent from us.
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy at any time. You are encourage to review the Privacy Policy regularly to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us: https://gerryfriedel.com/contact/