This Privacy Policy explains how the Susana Mendoza political committee collects, uses, and discloses information about you. It applies to information we collect when you use the Susana Mendoza (“SM”) website.
By using SM’s website or continuing to use SM’s website, you agree that this Privacy Policy governs your use of SM’s website. The terms of this Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, and you consent to these updates by continuing to use SM’s website. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access SM’s website to stay informed about our information practices and how you can help protect your privacy.
Collection of Information
Information You Provide Voluntarily to Us
We collect the information you provide voluntarily to us. For example, we collect information when you fill out a form, email us, sign up to receive email updates, request information, sign up as a volunteer, donate, communicate via third-party social media sites, or otherwise communicate with us. The types of information we collect include but not limited to are your name, email address, social media handles, postal address, phone number, cell phone number, location, and other contact or identifying the information you choose to provide.
SM’s website does not collect personally identifiable information from your computer when you browse SM’s website. This means that unless you voluntarily provide us with personally identifiable information, we will not know your name, email address, or any other personally identifiable information.
In addition, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) may require us to collect certain personal information from donors. 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 SM’s Website
When you access or use SM’s website, we automatically collect information about you, including:
- Log Information: We log information about your use of SM’s website, including the type of browser you use, access times, pages viewed, your Internet Protocol (IP) address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you browse the Internet) and the page you visited before navigating to SM’s website.
- Device Information: We may collect information about the computer or mobile device you use to access SM’s website, including the hardware model, operating system and version, device identifiers, and mobile network information.
- Information Collected by Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies: We use various technologies to collect information, including sending cookies to your computer or mobile device. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive or in device memory that help us to improve SM’s website and your experience, see which areas and features of SM’s website are popular, and count visits. Cookies do not corrupt or damage your computer or computer files. In addition, we do not use cookies to gather information concerning your visits to other websites.
- We may also collect information using web beacons (also known as “tracking pixels”, “pixel tags”, “beacon tags”, and “clear GIFs”). Web beacons are electronic images that may be used in SM’s website or emails to 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 “Opting Out; Disabling Cookies” below.
Use of Information
We may use information about you for various purposes, including the following:
- Provide, maintain, and improve SM’s website and send you confirmations, receipts, technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages;
- Provide and deliver the information you request, process donations, and send you related information, including confirmations and invoices;
- Respond to your emails, submissions, comments, questions, and requests, request feedback, and otherwise contact you about your use of SM’s website;
- 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 campaigns, candidates, issues, events, or resources;
- Help connect you with other supporters and to solicit volunteers, donations, and support for SM and for candidates, issues, and organizations that we support;
- Contact you if other information is necessary under Federal election laws;
- Remind you to vote and register to vote and assist you in finding your registration information, polling location, and campaign events near you;
- Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities in connection with SM’s website;
- Personalize and improve SM’s website and provide content or features that match interests or that are based on the information you provide or the actions you take; and
- Carry out any other purpose for which the information was collected.
Sharing of Information
We may share information about you as follows or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:
- With vendors, consultants, and other service providers or volunteers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf;
- With candidates, organizations, campaigns, groups, or causes that we believe have similar political viewpoints, principles, or objectives or share similar goals and with organizations that facilitate communications and information sharing among such groups;
- With other participants in a joint fundraising committee;
- To report required information to the Federal Elections Commission for individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in an election cycle;
- When we believe in good faith that we are lawfully authorized or required to do so or that doing so is reasonably necessary or appropriate to comply with the law or legal processes or respond to lawful requests, claims, or legal authorities, including responding to lawful subpoenas, warrants, or court orders;
- If we believe your actions are inconsistent with the spirit or language of our user agreements or policies or to protect the rights, property, and safety of SM, its employees, volunteers, constituents, or others;
- In connection with, or during negotiations of, any reorganization, formation of a new committee or successor organization, asset sale or transfer, financing or lending transaction, or in any other situation where personal information may be disclosed or transferred as one of the assets of SM; and
- With your consent or at your direction, including if we notify you through SM’s website that the information you provide will be shared in a particular manner and you provide such information.
- We may also share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you.
- The above Sharing of Information policy excludes text messaging originator opt-in data and consent, which information will not be shared with any third parties, provided that the preceding does not apply to the following:
- Sharing with vendors, consultants, and other service providers who need access to such information to carry out work on our behalf (and who will not use such information for their purposes).
- We believe disclosure is required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation or to comply with law enforcement or legal process.
- User consents to our sharing of such information.
Social Sharing Features
SM’s website may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button) that let you share your actions on SM’s website with different media and vice versa. Depending on the settings you establish with the entity that provides the social sharing feature, using such features enables sharing information with your friends or the public. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the entities’ privacy policies.
Advertising and Analytics Services Provided by Third Parties
We may allow third parties to use cookies, web beacons, or other technologies or otherwise collect information about you to provide analytics and advertising services, including serving ads on SM’s website or other sites based on your visits to SM’s website and other sites across the Internet and various mobile applications. These entities may collect or receive information about your use of SM’s website 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 SM and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver content targeted to your interests, and better understand your online activity.
Security
SM takes reasonable measures to help protect information about you from loss, theft, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
Opting Out; Disabling Cookies
Cookies—Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can usually set your browser to remove or reject cookies.
Promotional Communications – Every time you receive an e-mail, you will be provided the choice to opt out of future e-mails by following the instructions provided in the e-mail.
Questions?
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please get in touch with us at info@susanamendoza.com.