Last Updated: January 15, 2026

Reader,

As a candidate for U.S. Senate I personally ,nor my campaign actively track , follow or try to mine your data. I thank you for visiting and reading about the campaign. I am a strong Privacy advocate–that said the website uses services that I cannot have complete understanding of or control of their practices. Any information you enter in the fields is processed through a service such as WinRed. Since the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act is now in effect (as of Jan 1, 2026), the law requires us to tell people how they can appeal if we deny your request to delete or see your data.

Forge Ahead KY – James D. Duncan for U.S. Senate

Privacy policy

This document outlines the practices of Forge Ahead KY – James D. Duncan for U.S. Senate and its partners (referred to as the “Campaign”) regarding the collection, use, and sharing of your data when you visit forgeaheadky.com, or use our linked mobile sites, or communicate with us. Periodic updates to this Privacy Policy may occur. If we make changes, we will notify you by revising the date at the top of the policy and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you an email notification). We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Site to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy.

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Us: Any data you share with us personally is gathered for our records. For example, we collect information if you fill out a form, make a donation, send us an email, sign up for an event, sign up to receive updates or SMS alerts, request information, sign a petition, sign up as a volunteer or otherwise communicate with us or through our platform. The types of information we collect may include your name, contact information (including email address, social media handles, user names, postal address, phone number), payment information, and other information you choose to provide.

Furthermore, we are obligated by the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) to obtain specific personal details from individuals who contribute to the campaign. For example, the FEC requires us to collect (and disclose) the name, mailing address, occupation, and employer of all individuals whose donations exceed $200 per election cycle.

Information We Collect Automatically When You Use the Site: We use automated tools—including services provided by Cloudflare—to gather certain details about you whenever you interact with our Site, such as:

• Log Information: Our systems record data regarding your Site activity, such as your IP address, browser type, specific pages accessed, and your previous web location. As our traffic is routed through Cloudflare’s network, they may also process basic metadata to optimize connection speeds and identify potential security threats.
• Device Information: Details regarding the specific device used to visit our Site—including its operating system, hardware model, and unique identifiers—may be recorded by us.
• Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: These small data files, known as cookies, are saved on your device to help us understand site traffic, refine our features, and enhance your overall user experience. We may use Cloudflare Turnstile to confirm that visitors are real people rather than automated bots; this tool evaluates browser signals without using intrusive tracking cookies or harvesting data for advertising. We may also collect information using web beacons (also known as “tracking pixels” or “clear GIFs”). Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in our Site or emails and help deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and determine whether an email has been opened and acted upon. For more information about cookies, and how to disable them, please see “Your Choices” below.

Information We Collect From Other Sources: Data acquired from external parties may be integrated with the information we gather directly through our online platforms. For example, if you create or log into your account through a social media site, we will have access to certain information from that site, such as your name, account information and friends lists, in accordance with the authorization procedures determined by such social media site. In addition, if you make a donation to Forge Ahead KY – James D. Duncan for U.S. Senate via WinRed (such as via the link on the Site), we will obtain certain information about you from WinRed.

Use of Information

The data we collect serves several functions, which include:

• Provide, maintain, and improve our Site
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages
• Provide and deliver the information you request, process donations and transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and invoices
• Respond to your emails, submissions, comments, questions, and requests, provide customer service, request feedback, and otherwise contact you about your use of the Site
• Send you newsletters and otherwise provide you with information or services you request or that we think will be of interest to you, such as sending you information to keep you informed about various issues, events, resources, promotions, contests, products and services
• Help connect you with other supporters, and to solicit volunteers for issues and organizations we support
• Contact you if other information is necessary under Federal or state laws
• Monitor and analyze trends, usage and activities in connection with our Site
• Link or combine with information we get from others to help understand your needs and interests and match you with opportunities
• Personalize and improve the Site and provide advertisements, content or features that match user profiles or interests or that are based on the information you provide or the actions you take
• Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected

By utilizing this Site or sharing your data, you agree to have your information processed and moved within the United States or other global jurisdictions.

Sharing of Information

Your information may be distributed in the manners specified below or as previously noted in this policy:

• We provide access to your data to contractors, advisors, and volunteers who require it to perform necessary tasks for the Campaign.
• We are legally bound to submit details like names, addresses, and employment info to the FEC for donors contributing more than $200 in an election cycle.
• Disclosure of your data may occur if we sincerely believe it is legally mandatory or essential to satisfy judicial requests, such as warrants or subpoenas.
• If we determine that your conduct violates our policies or threatens the security of the Campaign and its personnel, we may share your information.
• Should the Campaign undergo a restructuring, merger, or asset transfer, your personal data could be included as part of those transferred assets.
• We will share your data whenever you explicitly authorize us to do so or if we have informed you of a specific sharing practice prior to your submission.
• Note that opt-in records for text messaging are strictly protected and will not be disclosed to third parties except for our specific service providers, legal requirements, or with your direct permission.
• Statistical or de-identified data that cannot be traced back to you may be shared by the Campaign. Except as provided in this paragraph, text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties.

Online Petitions: By adding your name to an online petition, you acknowledge that your signature, location, and associated remarks become part of the public record. In addition, we may provide such petitions or compilations thereof, including your comments, name, city, and state to national, state or local leaders, or to the press.

Links to Other Websites: You may find links to external sites throughout our platform. For example, we link to WinRed to enable donations through WinRed for our benefit, or we may link to sites of other organizations with whom we partner. Any personal information you provide on such linked pages is provided directly to that third party and is subject to that third party’s privacy policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such linked sites, and we are not responsible for the content or privacy and security practices and policies of these websites or any other sites that are linked to from the Site. We encourage you to learn about their privacy and security practices and policies before providing them with personal information.

Social Sharing Features: Tools for social sharing, such as Facebook’s “Like” button, are available on the Site to help you broadcast your activities to other platforms. The use of such features enables the sharing of information with your friends or the public, depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.

Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Others: External partners may use tracking technologies to analyze site traffic or show you advertisements based on your browsing behavior across different websites. We use Cloudflare Web Analytics to gather high-level performance metrics in a way that prioritizes visitor privacy by avoiding tracking cookies and fingerprinting. These entities may collect or receive information about your use of the Site and other websites and mobile applications, including your IP address, browser, device information, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information. This information may be used by the Campaign and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests and better understand your online activity.

To assist with online marketing, we might employ tools like Google Analytics for remarketing purposes. This enables third-party vendors, including Google, to show our ads on sites across the Internet. Such third-party vendors, including Google, may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) together to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our Site. For information on how you can opt out of Google’s use of cookies for interest-based ads please visit Google’s Ads Settings.

To learn how to stop your data from being used for targeted advertising, you can visit the opt-out page at www.aboutads.info/choices.

Security: We implement appropriate security protocols to safeguard your data against unauthorized use, theft, or accidental loss. To protect our digital infrastructure from malicious traffic and DDoS attacks, we utilize Cloudflare’s security services, which act as a shield for our servers. The Campaign is based in the United States and is directed to U.S. residents, and we process and store information in the U.S. If you are located outside the U.S., we, and our service providers, may store, access, or transfer your information to jurisdictions that may not provide equivalent levels of data protection as your home jurisdiction.

Your Choices

Account Information: Should you wish to modify or remove your personal data from our files, please reach out to us at ForgeAheadKY@gmail.com. However, note that we may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes. We may also retain cached or archived copies of information about you for a certain period of time. If we decline to take action on your request to update or delete information, you may appeal our decision by contacting us at the same email address; if your appeal is denied, you may contact the Kentucky Attorney General.

Cookies: Typically, internet browsers are pre-configured to automatically allow cookies. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Site.

Our site might use standard cookies or “Flash cookies” (Local Shared Objects) to collect information automatically. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive by a Web site. Local Shared Objects are larger data files stored on your hard drive. Among other things, cookies and Local Shared Objects help us improve our site and your experience, count visits to our site and to tailor your experience on our site according to which areas you have visited on our site and the preferences you have specified, and to save you the effort of having to log in or provide information each time you visit our Web site. These cookies and Local Shared Objects may be linked to your personal information. Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our site. Browser settings will not affect Local Shared Objects.

Web Beacons: The use of Web beacons allows us to gather data regarding user interactions. Web beacons are electronic images that may be used on our sites or in our emails. We use Web beacons to deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and campaign effectiveness and to tell if an email has been opened and acted upon.

Third Party Advertisements: Advertisements for outside entities may be displayed on our platform through third-party services. We may also use third parties to show our ads on other organizations’ Web sites based on your prior visits to our site. To show these ads, these third parties may automatically collect information about your visits to our site and other Web sites, your IP address, your ISP, the browser you use to visit our site (but not your name, address, email address or telephone number). They do this using cookies, clear gifs or other technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to deliver advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visitation of our site and the other Web sites tracked by these third parties. This policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, cookies or clear gifs in third party ads or on third party Web sites, and we encourage you to check the privacy policies of advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of cookies and other technology. If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these third parties, click here.

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act: The Campaign does not intentionally gather personal details from individuals who are younger than 13 years old. To respect the privacy of children and to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, children under the age of 13 should not provide any Personal Information on this Site. We ask that parents supervise their children while online.

Links To Other Sites: We offer links to external resources, such as news outlets or related political committees, for the convenience of our users. We are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those sites. Please note that these sites’ privacy policies may differ from ours. We encourage you to review and understand their privacy practices before providing them with information.

Promotional Communications: You can unsubscribe from our email lists using the provided links or end text alerts by replying with the word “STOP”. If you opt out, we may still send you other types of emails, such as those about your use of the Site or any donations or transactions.

Mobile Push Notifications/Alerts: Mobile alerts and push notifications will only be sent to your device if you have given us permission to do so. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device.

Contact Us: Please direct any inquiries regarding these privacy practices to ForgeAheadKY@gmail.com.