Who we are
Our website address is: https://grey4house45sc.com.
We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy explains how we and any affiliates (“Grey4House45SC,” “Grey,” “we,” or “us”) collect, use, and disclose information about you when you use the websites, mobile sites, and other online services that link to this Privacy Policy (collectively, the “Sites”).
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time; 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).
Information You Provide to Us
We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you fill out a form, send us an email, use our services, sign up to receive updates, request information, submit survey responses, make a donation, share a story, submit content, communicate with us via third-party social media sites, or otherwise communicate with us (via the Sites or otherwise). The types of information we collect may include your name, contact information (e.g., email, phone number, and address), payment information, and other contact or identifying information about yourself or others that you choose to provide or authorize to collect.
Information We Collect Automatically When You Use the Sites
When you access or use our Sites, we automatically collect information about you, including:
Log and Device Information: The Sites automatically collects certain information about you and the device with which you access the Sites. For example, when you use the Sites, the Sites will log your IP address, operating system type, browser type, referring website, pages you viewed, and the dates/times when you accessed the Sites. We also collect information from your device that you authorize us to collect, such as your contacts for purposes of providing you functionality that allows you to share messages with your contacts.
Transactional Information: If you make a donation, we may collect information about the transaction, such as donation amount, and date and location of the transaction.
Information Collected by Cookies: We use various technologies to collect information automatically. This may include placing on your computer or mobile device cookies that uniquely identify your browser or device. Cookies are small data files used to store information on your device, including to help us to improve our Sites and your experience, see which areas and features of our Sites are popular and count visits.
Information We Collect from Other Sources
We may also obtain information from other sources and combine it with information that you provide and that we collect through our Sites. For example, we may receive voter file data from other Democratic organizations, from publicly available sources, and from private organizations. We may also receive information from a social media site if you connect to us or our Sites through that site.
How We Use the Information We Collect
We may use your personal information for various purposes, including to:
To operate and maintain the Sites;
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters; each email promotion will provide information on how to opt-out of future mailings;
To send you administrative communications, such as administrative emails, confirmation emails, technical notices, updates on policies, or security alerts;
To respond to your comments or inquiries;
To process transactions and donations;
To help connect you with other supporters, and solicit volunteers, donations and support for our campaign and for other candidates, issues and organizations that we support;
To provide you with user support;
To track and measure advertising on the Sites;
To remind you to vote and register to vote and assist you in finding your registration information, polling location and campaign events near you; and
To protect, investigate, and deter against unauthorized or illegal activity.
Our Information Sharing
The Sites may share your information with third parties when you explicitly authorize us to share your information. Additionally, the Sites may use third-party service providers to service various aspects of the Sites. Each third-party service provider’s use of your personal information is dictated by their respective privacy policies.
We may also share your information:
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, or lawful requests by public authorities to meet national security or law enforcement requirements;
When we believe in good faith that disclosure is necessary to protect or defend our rights, protect the safety and security of Grey, users of our Sites or others, or to investigate suspected fraud, abuse, security issues, and other illegal activities;
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 Grey, its employees, volunteers, constituents or others; and
In connection with, or during negotiations of, any reorganization, formation of 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 Grey.
We may also share aggregated or anonymized information that does not directly identify you.
Links to Third-Party Sites
Links to other websites are provided solely for your convenience and no guarantee of any nature is given in relation to those websites or their contents and any responsibility in relation to those websites is expressly denied.
The Sites may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button), which let you share actions you take on our Sites with other media, and vice versa. 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.
Social Sharing Features
The Sites may offer social sharing features and other integrated tools (such as the Facebook “Like” button), which let you share actions you take on our Sites with other media, and vice versa. 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.
We and third parties that provide content or functionality on the Sites or provide us analytics and advertising services may collect or receive information about your use of the Sites and other websites or mobile applications, including through the use of cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies. This information may include, for example, your IP address, browser, device information, pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked and conversion information. This information may be combined with information collected across different websites, online services, and linked or associated devices 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. For example, this information may be used to allow us to advertise on other websites you visit and other applications you use.
Promotional Communications
You may opt out of receiving promotional emails or text messages by following the instructions in those emails or text messages. If you opt out, we may still send you other types of emails, such as those about your use of the Sites or any donations or transactions. Please note that opt-out requests may not take effect immediately and may take a reasonable amount of time to receive, process, and apply, during which time your information shall remain subject to your prior privacy settings. Further, please note that (unless required by applicable law) we may not be able to retrieve or rescind any information provided to third parties prior to your election to opt out.
Mobile Push Notifications and Alerts
With your consent, we may send push notifications or alerts to your mobile device. You can deactivate these messages at any time by changing the notification settings on your mobile device. Recipients of text messages may opt-out of receiving them by replying “STOP” or “OPT OUT” to the mobile message sent by Grey.
Security
No data transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be 100 percent secure. As a result, although we take reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that we collect and maintain.
Children’s Privacy
Grey does not knowingly contact or collect personal information via the Sites from children under the age of 13 without appropriate parental notice and consent. Further, the Sites are not directed to, or intended to solicit information of any kind from, children under the age of 13. If we are informed and confirm that we have unintentionally received personal information from a child under the age of 13, we will delete that information.
Location of Usage of the Sites
Grey is based in the United States and the Sites are operated and administered entirely within the United States. The Sites are directed to users who are U.S. residents and this Privacy Policy is intended for them. The information we collect is processed and stored in the United States and is therefore governed by U.S. law. By accessing or using the Sites or otherwise providing information to us, you consent to the processing, transfer and disclosure of information in the United States and other countries as described herein.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at privacy@grey4house45SC.com.
Website Accessibility Statement
Grey is committed to providing a fully accessible website experience on the Grey website portal located at https://grey4house45SC.com for all users of assistive technologies such as screen reading software, screen enlargement software and alternative keyboard input devices. This is an on-going process and the campaign is currently reviewing all website areas and is implementing the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.0/2.1, level AA standard on all page content and elements of the Grey4House45SC web portal. The campaign consults with an assistive technology vendor to periodically conduct testing of the website portal using assistive technologies in order to ensure full compliance to WCAG 2.0/2.1 Level AA.