Last updated: July 10, 2026
This USA Cookie Policy describes how marileavitt.com uses cookies and similar technologies for visitors in the United States, with emphasis on California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) disclosures. It complements our Privacy Policy and EU Cookie Policy.
1. Overview
marileavitt.com is a Washington State political campaign website for Elect Mari Leavitt (28th Legislative District). Like many publishers, we may use cookies for essential site functions, audience measurement, and advertising (including Google AdSense). This page explains categories of information collected via cookies, whether that activity can be considered a “sale” or “share” under California law, and how to opt out.
2. Categories of Data Collected via Cookies
Depending on your browser settings and choices, cookies and related technologies may collect:
- Identifiers: cookie IDs, online identifiers, IP address, device/browser type.
- Internet / network activity: pages viewed on marileavitt.com (for example, recent news about legislation, endorsements, volunteer pages), referring URLs, timestamps, and interaction events.
- Approximate geolocation: coarse location derived from IP address.
- Inferences: interest categories used by advertising partners to select ads (when personalized advertising is enabled).
We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information via cookies for the purpose of inferring sensitive characteristics. Do not submit sensitive data through general forms unless necessary.
3. Business Purposes
Cookie data may be used to operate the Site securely, remember consent and preference choices, understand which campaign and legislative topics attract readers, debug performance issues, and—when allowed—serve, personalize, and measure advertisements that help support Site operations.
4. “Sale” or “Share” of Personal Information (CCPA/CPRA)
Under the CCPA/CPRA, “sale” and “sharing” are defined broadly. Sharing personal information with third-party advertising partners through cookies for cross-context behavioral advertising can constitute a “share,” and in some cases a “sale,” even when no money is paid.
If we use Google AdSense or similar ad networks that allow personalized or cross-context advertising, certain cookie-based disclosures of identifiers and browsing activity to ad partners may be treated as a sale/share under California law. You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information.
5. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information
California residents may opt out of sale/sharing as follows:
- Click Reject on our cookie banner, or open Cookie settings and disable Advertising cookies.
- Use the footer link Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information (this section) and set advertising preferences to off; our consent script will store an opt-out flag and block non-essential ad cookies.
- Enable a recognized opt-out preference signal such as the Global Privacy Control (GPC). Where detected, our Site treats GPC as an opt-out of sale/sharing for cookie-based advertising and will not enable advertising cookies for that browser.
We aim to make opting out require the same number of steps or fewer than opting in, consistent with CPPA dark-pattern rules. Opting out of sale/sharing does not opt you out of all ads; you may still see non-personalized or contextual ads where permitted.
6. Categories of Third Parties
Cookie data may be disclosed to: website hosts and security providers; analytics providers (if enabled); advertising networks and demand-side partners (including Google); and social platforms if you load embeds or share buttons. We do not disclose cookie data to data brokers as a primary business model.
7. Retention
Essential preference cookies/localStorage entries are generally kept until you clear them or up to about 12 months before we re-prompt. Advertising and analytics cookies follow third-party retention schedules (often session-based up to approximately 13–24 months). We retain server logs for security and operations for a limited period unless a longer period is required by law.
8. Your California Privacy Rights
Subject to verification and exceptions, California residents may request to know/access, delete, and correct personal information, and to opt out of sale/sharing. You also have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment for exercising CCPA rights. To submit a request, email ElectMariLeavitt@gmail.com with “California Privacy Request” in the subject line. Describe the request type and provide enough information for us to reasonably verify you are the person about whom we collected information.
Authorized agents may submit requests as permitted by law; we may require proof of authorization and verification.
9. Other U.S. State Laws
Residents of states with consumer privacy laws (for example, Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and others) may have similar rights to access, delete, or opt out of targeted advertising. Contact us to exercise applicable rights. Our cookie banner controls are available to all visitors as a practical opt-out mechanism for advertising cookies.
10. Children
The Site is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly “sell” or “share” personal information of consumers under 16 without required consent/authorization under California law.
11. How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser
You can block or delete cookies through browser settings. Blocking essential cookies may affect Site functionality (including remembering that you already opted out). Industry opt-out pages and Google Ads Settings provide additional advertising controls described in our Privacy Policy.
12. Changes
We will revise this Policy when our advertising or analytics tools change—such as when a Google AdSense publisher ID is added to ads.txt—or when CCPA regulations are updated. Check the date at the top of this page.
13. Contact
Friends of Mari Leavitt (D)
PO Box 65195, Tacoma, WA 98466
ElectMariLeavitt@gmail.com · 253-651-5583
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