INDEPENDENT CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES LLC

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 22, 2026

1. Introduction

Independent Campaign Strategies LLC ("ICS," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect personal information when you visit independentcampaigns.com (the "Site") or interact with our forms, communications, and services.

By using the Site, providing your information through any form, or otherwise engaging with ICS, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide Directly

•   Newsletter and contact forms: first name, email address, state, and phone number.

•   Campaign Audit intake form: first name, email, phone, state, district, office sought, party or ballot line, brief description of your race, and payment information processed by our payment processor.

•   Other communications: information you share with us by email, phone, SMS, or other direct channels.

Information submitted to ICS may include campaign-related, political, strategic, or organizational information. We use that information only to provide services, operate our business, communicate with you, improve our offerings, comply with legal obligations, and for other purposes described in this Policy.

Information Collected Automatically

When you visit the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

•   IP address, browser type, operating system, and device identifiers.

•   Pages visited, time spent, click activity, and referring source.

•   Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 5).

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

•   Respond to inquiries and provide the information, services, or resources you request.

•   Deliver the Campaign Audit and any other services you purchase.

•   Send newsletters, insights, campaign content, marketing emails, and SMS messages, where you have consented to receive them.

•   Operate, maintain, secure, and improve the Site.

•   Analyze website traffic, marketing performance, and user engagement.

•   Comply with legal obligations and enforce our agreements.

•   Detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, abuse, or security incidents.

4. How We Share Your Information

We may share your personal information with the following categories of recipients:

Service Providers

Companies that help us operate the Site, process payments, send communications, and deliver services. These include, without limitation:

•   GoHighLevel and LeadConnector, which provide our website hosting, CRM, form processing, email, and SMS delivery.

•   Payment processors that handle Campaign Audit purchases.

•   Analytics and advertising providers (see Section 5).

•   Email and SMS vendors that deliver our communications.

Affiliated Organizations and Coalition Partners

Where you have clearly consented, intentionally submitted information for that purpose, or directed us to make a connection, we may share limited contact or engagement information with affiliated organizations, coalition partners, candidate campaigns, advocacy organizations, political committees, or other entities aligned with ICS's work. We do not share Campaign Audit intake materials, paid-engagement deliverables, or confidential strategic information with coalition partners unless you authorize us to do so. You may withdraw any consent at any time by contacting us.

Legal and Safety

We may disclose information when required by law, court order, subpoena, or government request, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of ICS, our users, or others.

Business Transfers

In connection with a merger, acquisition, sale, financing, reorganization, or transfer of all or part of our business, information may be transferred to the relevant successor or affiliate.

5. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We and our service providers use cookies, pixels, tags, and similar tracking technologies to recognize your browser, remember your preferences, analyze how you use the Site, and deliver and measure marketing.

Types of Cookies and Tracking We May Use

•   Strictly necessary: required for the Site and its forms to function.

•   Performance and analytics: help us understand how visitors use the Site (for example, GoHighLevel and LeadConnector platform analytics, Google Analytics, and similar tools).

•   Marketing and advertising: used to deliver and measure marketing campaigns (for example, Meta Pixel, LinkedIn Insight Tag, TikTok Pixel, and similar advertising trackers).

•   Functional: remember choices and personalize your experience.

You can control cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through the Site's cookie banner or consent tool. Disabling cookies may affect some Site functionality. Where applicable law requires consent for non-essential cookies, we will request that consent before setting them.

6. SMS and Text Message Communications

If you opt in to receive text messages from ICS (for example, by checking the SMS consent box on a website form), you consent to receive recurring automated text messages from ICS at the phone number you provide. The following terms apply:

•   Message frequency varies. You may receive multiple messages per month based on your activity and interactions with ICS.

•   Message and data rates may apply. Standard rates from your carrier apply to messages we send.

•   Consent is not a condition of purchase. You can use the Site and purchase services without opting in to SMS.

•   Opt out at any time. Reply STOP to any text message from ICS to stop receiving texts. Reply HELP for help. After you reply STOP, you may receive one confirmation message and will not receive further marketing texts unless you opt in again.

•   Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

7. Email Marketing and Unsubscribe

If you provide your email address and opt in to receive marketing emails (newsletters, insights, campaign content, product updates, or similar), we may send you periodic emails. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any marketing email or by emailing [email protected]. Transactional emails relating to a service you have purchased (for example, audit delivery and receipts) are not marketing and are not covered by the unsubscribe.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to:

•   Provide the services or information you requested.

•   Maintain business and accounting records.

•   Comply with legal, regulatory, and tax obligations.

•   Resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

Campaign Audit purchase and engagement records are retained for at least three years from the date of purchase. Marketing contact information is retained until you unsubscribe or request deletion. General form submissions are retained for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, unless you request deletion and no legal, business, accounting, security, or dispute-resolution reason requires continued retention.

9. Data Security

ICS uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is one hundred percent secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Your Rights and Choices

Subject to applicable law, you may:

•   Access: request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.

•   Correct: request correction or updating of inaccurate or incomplete information.

•   Delete: request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal and operational retention requirements.

•   Opt out of marketing: use the unsubscribe link in any marketing email or reply STOP to any SMS.

•   Withdraw consent: withdraw any consent you previously gave, without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

Send requests to [email protected]. We will respond within a reasonable time and in accordance with applicable law. We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling a request.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under applicable state privacy laws. Where such laws apply to ICS, we will honor legally required requests to access, correct, delete, or opt out of certain uses of personal information.

11. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed to individuals under the age of sixteen (16). ICS does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child under 16 has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete the information.

12. Visitors From Outside the United States

The Site is operated from the United States. If you access the Site from outside the United States, your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States or other jurisdictions where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Effective Date" at the top of this Policy reflects the most recent revision. Material changes will be communicated through the Site or by email where appropriate. Your continued use of the Site after the Effective Date constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.

14. Contact Us

Questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices:

Independent Campaign Strategies LLC

3020 Prosperity Church Road, Suite 271

Charlotte, North Carolina 28269

Email: [email protected]