Privacy Policy for Our Hand Count Website

Who We Are

Our website address is: https://ReturntoHandCounting.com. We are dedicated to promoting transparent elections through hand counting, providing resources and advocacy to ensure every vote is properly counting.

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 detect spam.

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.

Contact and Signup Forms

We collect personal information (name, email address, phone, title, jurisdiction/organization, and zip code) through signup forms, such as our “Join Our Hand Counting Mission” form, available on the Mission page and other site pages. This data is used to send you updates, guides, and videos about hand counting and election integrity, aligning with our mission to prepare communities for transparent elections.

  • Consent: By submitting a form, you consent to us collecting and using your data for these purposes. You may opt out at any time via the unsubscribe link in our emails.

  • Data Sharing: We may share your name, email, phone, title, jurisdiction/organization, and zip code with organizations affiliated with Mike Lindell to support election integrity efforts. We do not sell your personal data to any parties.

  • Retention: Form data is retained until you request deletion or unsubscribe, except where required for legal, administrative, or security purposes.

  • Security: We use secure methods to store and protect your data, though no system is 100% secure.

Media

If you upload images to the website, avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website may be able to download and extract location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience, lasting one year.

Visiting our login page sets a temporary cookie to check browser compatibility, discarded when you close your browser.

Logging in sets cookies for login information (two days) and screen options (one year), or two weeks if “Remember Me” is selected.

Editing or publishing an article saves a cookie with the post ID, expiring in one day. These cookies contain no personal data beyond their purpose.

Embedded Content from Other Websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos from YouTube or Rumble, such as The Moment of Truth Summit clips). These sites may collect data, use cookies, or track interactions, including if you’re logged into their platforms. Review their privacy policies (e.g., YouTube, Rumble) for details.

Who We Share Your Data With

If you request a password reset, your IP address is included in the reset email. We may share signup form data (name, email, phone, title, jurisdiction/organization, and zip code) with Mike Lindell’s election integrity organizations to support our shared mission. We do not sell your data. Third-party services (e.g., spam detection, CDN) may process data as noted below.

How Long We Retain Your Data

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.

Signup form data (name, email, phone, title, jurisdiction/organization, zip code) is retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion, except for data required for legal or security purposes. Registered users’ profile data is stored indefinitely but can be edited or deleted by you or administrators.

What Rights You Have Over Your Data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, 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 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.

If you have an account, left comments, or submitted a signup form, you can request an exported file of your personal data or ask us to erase it. This does not include data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. Contact us at ContactUs@ReturntoHandCounting.com to exercise these rights.

Where Your Data Is Sent

Comments may be checked by an automated spam detection service. Signup form data may be shared with Mike Lindell’s organizations in the U.S. for election integrity purposes. Third-party services like Stackpath CDN and QUIC.cloud may process data as noted below.

Third Parties

  • Stackpath CDN: Stores web log information (IPs, user agent, referrer, location, ISP) for 7 days, possibly in countries outside your own. See Stackpath’s privacy policy: https://www.stackpath.com/legal/privacy-statement/.

  • QUIC.cloud: Processes and caches data temporarily for faster site performance. See https://quic.cloud/privacy-policy/.

  • Caching: We use caching to improve site speed, storing temporary duplicates of pages. Cache files are not accessed by third parties except for technical support from the cache plugin vendor and expire per the site administrator’s schedule.

Contact Us

For privacy concerns or to exercise your data rights, contact us at ContactUs@ReturntoHandCounting.com. We are committed to protecting your information and supporting transparent elections.