Effective Date: July 23, 2026
Last Updated: July 23, 2026
KJ for SC, including its authorized committee, campaign staff, volunteers, and representatives (collectively, the "Campaign," "we," "us," or "our"), respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you visit KJAtwood.com, communicate with the Campaign, sign up to receive campaign communications, make a contribution, attend an event, volunteer, complete a survey or form, or otherwise interact with us.
By using our website or providing information to the Campaign, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We May Collect
Depending on how you interact with the Campaign, we may collect the following categories of information.
Information You Provide Directly
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
● Your name
● Email address
● Telephone or mobile phone number
● Mailing or residential address
● Employer and occupation information
● Contribution and transaction information
● Volunteer interests and availability
● Event registration information
● Survey, petition, or questionnaire responses
● Communications that you send to the Campaign
● Social media usernames or profile information
● Information submitted when applying for employment, an internship, or a volunteer position
● Any other information you choose to provide
Contribution Information
When you make a contribution, the Campaign or its fundraising and payment processors, including ActBlue and Oath.Vote, may collect information required to process the transaction and comply with campaign-finance laws, including your name, address, occupation, employer, contribution amount, and payment information.
Payment-card information is generally processed directly by our third-party payment processors. The Campaign may not receive or store your complete payment-card number. If you contribute by check, we collect the information provided on and with the check as necessary to process and report the contribution.Campaign-finance laws may require the Campaign to collect, retain, and publicly disclose certain contributor information. Information required to be reported may become publicly available through government campaign-finance databases, including the South Carolina State Ethics Commission.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we and our service providers may automatically collect information such as:
● Internet Protocol address
● Browser type
● Device type
● Operating system
● Referring website
● Pages visited
● Links selected
● Dates and times of visits
● Approximate geographic location
● Advertising or device identifiers
● Information collected through cookies, pixels, tags, logs, and similar technologiesThe Campaign website uses analytics and advertising technologies, which may include tools such as Google Analytics, the Meta Pixel, Google Ads tracking, and ActBlue tracking, to help us understand website traffic and measure the effectiveness of our outreach and advertising.
Information From Other Sources
The Campaign may receive information from lawful third-party sources, including:
● Public voter-registration records and voter files
● Government records
● Political parties and political organizations
● Campaign partners or affiliated committees
● Publicly available sources
● Social media platforms
● Event hosts
● Data vendors and list providers
● Fundraising, communications, and campaign-technology vendors
● Supporters who provide contact information for friends, family members, or other individualsInformation obtained from voter files or other sources may include a person's name, contact information, voting history, district or precinct, demographic information, modeled interests, and other information used for lawful political and civic-engagement purposes.
2. How We Use Information
The Campaign may use collected information to:
● Communicate with voters, supporters, volunteers, donors, and members of the public
● Send campaign updates, political messages, fundraising appeals, surveys, event invitations, voting information, and volunteer opportunities
● Respond to questions, comments, and requests
● Process contributions and maintain contribution records
● Comply with campaign-finance, election, tax, accounting, and other legal obligations
● Recruit, organize, and manage volunteers
● Plan and administer campaign events
● Conduct voter outreach, polling, research, canvassing, and persuasion activities
● Personalize and improve campaign communications
● Maintain and improve our website and digital services
● Measure the effectiveness of advertisements and outreach efforts
● Prevent fraud, abuse, security incidents, or unlawful activity
● Protect the rights, safety, and property of the Campaign and others
● Enforce applicable agreements and policies
● Carry out other lawful political, electoral, administrative, and operational activities
3. Text-Message Communications
When you provide your mobile number and affirmatively sign up to receive text messages, you authorize the Campaign and its service providers to send you campaign-related text messages at the number provided. Messages may include campaign updates, event information, donation requests, volunteer opportunities, surveys, voting reminders, and other political communications.
Messages may be sent using an automated telephone dialing system or other automated technology when permitted by applicable law. Consent to receive text messages is not a condition of making a contribution, purchasing anything, volunteering, or receiving campaign services.
Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.You may opt out of campaign text messages at any time by replying STOP. You may receive one final message confirming your opt-out. For assistance, reply HELP or contact us using the information in the "Contact Us" section below.
We will use reasonable measures to honor text-message opt-out requests. An opt-out from text messages may not automatically unsubscribe you from emails or other forms of communication.
No mobile opt-in information will be shared with third parties.
Mobile information, including mobile telephone numbers and text-message consent records, will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties for their independent marketing or promotional purposes. We may provide mobile information to vendors and service providers solely as necessary to operate the Campaign's messaging program, deliver messages, maintain records, process opt-outs, prevent fraud, and comply with applicable law. Those providers are permitted to use the information only to perform services for the Campaign or as legally required.
By opting in, you agree to receive campaign updates, donation asks, event information, volunteer opportunities, surveys, voting reminders, and other informational or political messages from KJ for SC. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. For help, reply HELP or email Hello@KJAtwood.com. You may opt out at any time by replying STOP.
4. Email Communications
When you provide your email address, the Campaign may send you campaign updates, fundraising appeals, event notices, volunteer opportunities, voting information, surveys, and other political communications.
You may unsubscribe from campaign marketing emails by using the unsubscribe link included in the email. Even after unsubscribing, we may send non-promotional messages when reasonably necessary, such as contribution receipts, event confirmations, responses to requests, or legally required notices.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
The Campaign and its service providers use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar tools, including Google Analytics, the Meta Pixel, Google Ads tracking, etc,., to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website traffic, measure campaign performance, prevent fraud, and improve our communications.
Some browsers allow you to reject or delete cookies. Blocking cookies may affect certain website functions.
Third-party analytics, advertising, social media, fundraising, and website-hosting providers may use their own technologies when you interact with campaign websites, advertisements, or embedded content. Their data practices are governed by their respective privacy policies.
6. How We May Disclose Information
The Campaign may disclose information in the following circumstances.
Campaign Service Providers
We may disclose information to vendors, consultants, contractors, and service providers that assist with:
● Website hosting and administration
● Email and text-message delivery
● Fundraising and contribution processing (including ActBlue and Oath.Vote)
● Voter-file management
● Canvassing and volunteer organization
● Data analysis and polling
● Digital advertising
● Event administration
● Accounting and legal compliance
● Information security
● Other campaign operations
These providers are authorized to use information only as necessary to provide services to the Campaign or comply with legal obligations.
Political and Organizational Partners
Where permitted by law, we may disclose information to political parties (including the South Carolina Democratic Party and county Democratic parties), coordinated campaigns, affiliated political committees, campaign organizations, consultants, or allied organizations for lawful political, electoral, compliance, or organizational purposes.
Mobile opt-in information will not be shared with these organizations for their independent marketing or promotional use.
Legal and Compliance Disclosures
We may disclose information:
● To comply with federal, state, or local law
● To satisfy campaign-finance reporting requirements
● In response to a subpoena, court order, governmental request, or other legal process
● To investigate or prevent fraud, security threats, or unlawful activity
● To protect the safety, rights, or property of the Campaign, our supporters, or others
● To obtain legal advice or establish, exercise, or defend legal claims
Organizational Changes
If the Campaign reorganizes, terminates operations, transfers records to a successor committee, or participates in another lawful organizational transition, information may be transferred as part of that process, subject to applicable law.
7. Sale of Personal Information
The Campaign does not sell personal information for money.
The use of certain analytics, advertising, or social media technologies, such as Google Analytics, the Meta Pixel, and Google Ads, may be considered "sharing," "targeted advertising," or a "sale" under the broad definitions used by some state privacy laws. Where applicable, individuals may contact us to request additional information or exercise legally available rights.
No mobile opt-in information will be sold, rented, or shared with third parties for their independent marketing or promotional purposes.
8. Data Retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to conduct campaign activities, fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, maintain campaign and contribution records, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect the Campaign.
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information, the reason it was collected, and applicable legal requirements. The Campaign may be required to retain certain contribution, expenditure, voter-contact, accounting, and compliance records after the election or after campaign operations conclude.
9. Data Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards intended to protect information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
No website, database, email system, text-messaging platform, or internet transmission is completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information.
10. Your Choices and Privacy Requests
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have the right to request that we:
● Confirm whether we maintain personal information about you
● Provide access to certain personal information
● Correct inaccurate information
● Delete certain information
● Limit or object to certain uses of information
● Provide information about categories of data collected and disclosed
These rights may be subject to legal exceptions. For example, we may retain information needed to comply with campaign-finance reporting, recordkeeping, fraud-prevention, or other legal obligations.
To make a privacy request, contact us at Hello@KJAtwood.com. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.
To stop text messages, reply STOP to the number that contacted you. To unsubscribe from marketing emails, use the unsubscribe link in the applicable email.
11. Do Not Track and Privacy-Preference Signals
Some browsers and devices offer "Do Not Track" or other privacy-preference signals. Because there is not a uniform industry standard applicable to every campaign website and service, our website may not respond to all such signals.
Where legally required and technically feasible, we will process recognized privacy-preference signals in accordance with applicable law.
12. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website and communications may contain links to websites or services operated by third parties, including fundraising processors (such as ActBlue and Oath.Vote), social media platforms, event services, voter-information resources, and news organizations.
The Campaign does not control the privacy, security, or content practices of those third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information collected directly by a third party. You should review the privacy policy of each third-party service before providing information.
13. Children's Privacy
The Campaign's website and services are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from children under 13.
Please contact us if you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to the Campaign so that we can evaluate and, where appropriate, delete it.
14. United States Operations
The Campaign is based in the United States. Information may be stored and processed in the United States or in other locations where our service providers operate.
By interacting with the Campaign, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions whose privacy laws may differ from those in your location.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our campaign activities, technology, legal obligations, or data practices.
When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Material changes may also be communicated through the campaign website or other appropriate means.
Your continued interaction with the Campaign after an updated Privacy Policy is posted constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy to the extent permitted by law.
16. Contact Us
Questions, concerns, and privacy requests may be directed to:
KJ for SC
Email: Hello@KJAtwood.comMailing
Address: 11 E Wall St, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Website: KJAtwood.com
For text-message assistance, reply HELP. To stop receiving campaign text messages, reply STOP.