Cookie Notice
Effective September 3, 2026
This Cookie Notice explains how this website may use cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with the site.
This website is an independently operated grassroots informational project concerning the Ralph Norman write-in option and related matters involving the South Carolina election. It is not authorized, sponsored, endorsed, coordinated with, maintained by, or operated on behalf of Ralph Norman, his campaign, any candidate committee, or any political party.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your computer, phone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website.
They can be used for a variety of purposes, including:
- Remembering basic website preferences
- Supporting website functionality
- Maintaining security
- Improving performance
- Understanding how visitors use a website
- Supporting embedded third-party content
Some cookies are temporary and disappear when you close your browser. Others may remain on your device for a longer period.
2. How This Website Uses Cookies
This website may use cookies or similar technologies that are necessary to operate, secure, and maintain the site.
These may include technologies used to:
- Deliver website pages correctly
- Support WordPress functionality
- Maintain website security
- Prevent spam, abuse, or malicious activity
- Remember limited site preferences
- Improve website performance
- Diagnose technical problems
These types of cookies are generally used to support the basic operation of the website.
3. Analytics Cookies
We may use website analytics services in the future to better understand general site traffic and how visitors interact with the website.
Analytics information may include:
- Pages visited
- Approximate visit duration
- General device type
- Browser type
- Referring page
- General geographic information
- Other technical usage information
If analytics tools are introduced, this Cookie Notice will be updated to identify those services where appropriate.
4. Advertising and Tracking Technologies
At this time, this website is not intended to use cookies for personalized advertising or commercial behavioral profiling.
If advertising pixels, remarketing technologies, behavioral tracking tools, or similar technologies are added in the future, this notice will be updated accordingly.
Where required by applicable law, appropriate notice or consent mechanisms will be provided.
5. Third-Party Content
Some pages may include links to or embedded content from third-party services, such as:
- Video platforms
- Social-media platforms
- Government websites
- News organizations
- Mapping services
- Document-hosting services
Those third parties may use their own cookies or tracking technologies.
Because those services are operated independently, their use of cookies is governed by their own privacy and cookie policies.
We do not control cookies placed directly by third-party websites or services.
6. WordPress and Website Functionality
This website is built using WordPress and may use themes, plugins, hosting services, or security technologies that rely on cookies or similar mechanisms for normal functionality.
These technologies may be used for:
- Website administration
- Login security
- Form functionality
- Spam prevention
- Caching
- Performance optimization
- Security monitoring
Administrative cookies used by WordPress are generally relevant only to authorized users who log into the website.
7. Managing Cookies
Most web browsers allow you to manage, restrict, or delete cookies through browser settings.
Depending on your browser, you may be able to:
- Block all cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Delete existing cookies
- Receive alerts before cookies are placed
- Allow cookies only for selected websites
Disabling certain cookies may affect the way some website features function.
For instructions, consult the privacy or cookie settings in your browser.
8. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers provide a "Do Not Track" or similar privacy signal.
Because there is not a single universally accepted technical standard governing all such signals, this website may not respond to every browser-based tracking preference in the same manner.
Where legally required, recognized privacy preference signals may be honored.
9. Personal Information and Cookies
Information collected through cookies or similar technologies may sometimes qualify as personal information under applicable privacy laws.
For more information about how personal information is handled, please review our Privacy Policy.
10. Changes to This Cookie Notice
We may update this Cookie Notice as website functionality, technology, analytics services, or legal requirements change.
Any updated version will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
We recommend reviewing this notice periodically if you would like to remain informed about how the website uses cookies and similar technologies.
11. Contact
Questions regarding this Cookie Notice may be submitted through the website's contact page or by email at: