Privacy Policy

01About Election Watch

Forward Marketing LLC (“Election Watch,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) operates the newsletter and determines how information covered by this notice is used. This notice applies to electionwatchtoday.com, our Election Watch signup pages, our beehiiv publication and messages sent to our team. It describes the practices associated with this revision; earlier signup forms, notices and permissions are assessed against the versions actually in use at the time.

Independent third-party websites, including websites run by sponsors or advertising providers, maintain their own notices. We do not control how those third-party websites collect information after you choose to visit them.

02Information we collect

We do not ask for voter registration, voting history, political-party membership or political opinions to subscribe. We do not treat subscribing to election reporting as proof of a person’s political views. A free subscription does not require payment information.

03Registration, review, confirmation and first delivery

Readers may arrive through Meta advertisements, direct visits or other Election Watch links. Submitting the signup form creates a registration record; it does not automatically create an active beehiiv subscription.

Our subscriber workflow is:

1. Meta advertisement or direct visit
2. →
3. Election Watch signup page
4. →
5. internal registration review
6. →
7. beehiiv API import.

We check registrations for obvious errors, duplicates and abusive entries before activating a subscription. Internal attribution labels used in our reporting may differ from the campaign and ad set names in Meta Ads Manager.

Registration, review, beehiiv import and first delivery may occur on different dates. For registrations handled under this revised procedure, if no first issue has been sent within 30 days of signup, we request a fresh confirmation before regular delivery. The link remains valid for seven days, during which regular delivery is paused. If no confirmation is received, the registration expires and temporary staging data is deleted within the following seven days, apart from minimal information needed for security or lawful recordkeeping. Earlier registrations are examined against their own records; this revision does not claim that every historical import followed the current confirmation procedure.

We use signup and confirmation records, rather than advertising event counts, to determine whether someone requested the newsletter. A Meta Lead event is not proof of an approved subscription or valid permission to send email. If a delayed or disputed historical registration cannot be substantiated, we stop sending until the individual confirms a wish to subscribe.

A registration requests the free Election Watch newsletter, which may contain labeled sponsored messages. It does not subscribe a reader to separate emails from advertisers. We provide a working unsubscribe option in emails as required.

04Why we use information

05Advertising, tracking and audience choices

Meta advertising and event reporting

Election Watch promotes the newsletter through Meta advertising and sends registration-related events through Meta’s Conversions API. The described reporting uses event type, event ID and time, IP address, browser user-agent and a hashed email address for matching. We do not send subscribers’ names, consent history or internal review status in Lead events. A Lead event may occur before approval or import to beehiiv and does not prove permission to receive email.

The registration tracking described in this notice is server-to-server; it does not depend on a browser-installed Meta Pixel on the current signup page. The Meta dataset can contain historical Pixel or PageView activity from previous tracking configurations. This notice does not treat those older events as evidence that a browser Pixel remains installed today.

Advertising audiences

Election Watch uses lookalike audience groups for Meta advertising. Hashed email addresses from eligible subscribers may be used as seed information for Meta audience matching; names, consent records and internal review notes are not uploaded. This is separate from delivering the newsletter and is subject to applicable sale/sharing opt-outs. We do not use voting history or inferred political opinions to select newsletter audiences.

Tracking controls and opt-outs

Essential site functions support signup and security. Some newsletter emails use open-tracking images and redirected links. Disabling browser cookies does not itself stop server-side event reporting. California and other eligible US residents can request an applicable advertising opt-out using contact@electionwatchtoday.com. We honor qualifying browser preference signals, including Global Privacy Control where required, and apply the resulting restrictions to server-side advertising transfers and custom-audience updates for the identifiable consumer. An unsubscribe from the newsletter also stops future marketing emails.

06Sponsored content and editorial independence

Election Watch is free to subscribe to. Some issues contain paid placements identified as advertising or sponsorship. They can promote financial publications, investment research or other commercial products. Sponsored content is separated from independent editorial coverage and does not constitute personalized investment advice.

We do not provide sponsors with our complete email list merely because they purchase placement. We may report aggregate delivery and click results. When a reader voluntarily supplies information through a separate sponsor-operated form, that sponsor’s own notice governs the subsequent submission; newsletter signup alone does not authorize unrelated sponsor email. Financial promotions remain subject to any advertising rules applicable to the specific content and recipients.

07Service providers and disclosures

We do not sell or rent a subscriber list as a list product. Under some US state laws, data transfers for cross-context advertising can nevertheless be treated as a “sale” or “sharing,” even where no money is paid for an email list. Section 9 describes applicable California classifications and disclosures.

08Email marketing and privacy rights

Email practices

For email covered by the CAN-SPAM Act, we use accurate sender information and nondeceptive subject lines, identify commercial content as required, include a valid postal address and provide a clear unsubscribe method. That method remains operational for at least 30 days after each commercial message. We honor eligible opt-out requests within 10 business days without fees, account creation or a request for information beyond the address and preferences needed to honor the choice. We also monitor email services acting on our behalf.

US state privacy rights

Depending on whether the applicable state law covers Election Watch, residents may have rights to access, receive a copy, correct or delete personal information; opt out of covered sales, sharing or targeted advertising; or appeal certain denied requests. We do not discriminate for exercising applicable rights. Requests may be sent to contact@electionwatchtoday.com. We use proportionate identity verification and respond within the applicable legal deadline.

Eligible consumers and authorized agents may use the channels permitted by applicable law; no user account is required merely to make an advertising opt-out request. These controls apply to the relevant server-side events and audience processing, not only to browser cookies.

California rights where the CCPA applies

Where the CCPA applies, California residents may have rights to know, delete or correct personal information; opt out of covered sale or sharing; and limit certain uses of sensitive personal information where applicable. We honor qualifying opt-out preference signals such as Global Privacy Control as required. Section 9 provides the relevant lookback disclosures. We do not offer a financial incentive for supplying personal information.

09California disclosure of personal information

This section applies to California residents where Election Watch is covered by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). It describes categories of personal information collected, disclosed for business purposes, sold or shared during the preceding 12 months, or since operations began if that period is shorter. Election Watch does not sell or rent subscriber lists. However, identifying and online activity information used for Meta advertising may constitute “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising, even without payment.

Business-purpose disclosures (separate list): identifiers, online activity and subscription or permission records to beehiiv, our website/form host and internal signup-review or integration services. Approximate location inferred from IP may also be processed by hosting and security providers for service operation.

Cross-context advertising sharing (separate list): hashed email/IP identifiers, event and browser information, and approximate location Meta may infer from a transmitted IP address. The recipient is Meta. We have not sold these categories for money or other consideration that constitutes a CCPA sale under the business practices described here.

Retention periods appear in Section 10. This notice is intended to appear with the registration process at https://new.electionwatchtoday.com/privacy-policy. Whether an earlier form linked to a historical notice must be established from records of the form actually shown at that time.

10Data retention and deletion

We apply these limits to the systems we control and instruct relevant providers consistent with contractual arrangements. Data that has been deidentified or aggregated may be retained when it no longer identifies individuals.

11Security, children, policy changes

Access to subscriber information is limited to personnel and service providers who need it. We use appropriate access permissions, multifactor authentication where available and encryption in transit supported by our providers. We monitor suspicious activity and make notifications when required by law. No online system can be guaranteed risk-free.

Election Watch is intended for adults 18 and older. We do not knowingly request personal information from children under 18. If you believe a minor submitted information, contact contact@electionwatchtoday.com.

We update this notice when practices materially change and show the new revision date. This October 2026 revision does not retroactively establish consent, disclosures or procedures for subscriptions collected under the May 2026 policy. Earlier versions and available form/permission records are preserved separately where needed for accountability or legal reasons.

12Contact us and unexpected emails

If you receive an issue you do not recognize, unsubscribe or contact us. We review available signup and import records. If a basis for emailing cannot be substantiated, we stop regular delivery and retain only a minimal suppression record.