Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 11, 2026

Thank you for visiting the website of Mike Wiener, Minnesota State Representative for District 5B (Website “mikewienerforhouse.com”). Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, and protected.

Information We Collect

We collect limited personal information when you voluntarily provide it to us, including:

Email address (for newsletters, updates, and informational communications)
Any information you choose to include when contacting us through the Website

We do not collect sensitive personal information.

How We Use Your Information

Information collected through this Website is used solely to:

Send news, updates, and information related to legislative activities
Respond to inquiries or messages you submit
Improve communication with constituents

Information Sharing

We do not sell, rent, trade, or share your personal information with any third parties for marketing or other purposes.

Your information will only be accessed by authorized individuals for official and administrative purposes related to this Website.

Data Security

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect the information you provide against unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure.

Email Communications

If you subscribe to receive emails, you may unsubscribe at any time by following the instructions included in our emails or by contacting us directly.

Links to Other Websites

This Website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites.

Children’s Privacy

This Website is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Compliance with Minnesota Law

This Website is operated in accordance with applicable Minnesota and federal laws, including the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA), as applicable.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is used, please contact:

Mike Wiener
Minnesota House of Representatives
Email: rep.mike.wiener@house.mn.gov
Website: https://www.mikewienerforhouse.com