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UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org recognizes that its visitors, value their privacy. We will never sell your email address to any third parties. We may, at our discretion, send emails to you with information provided by third parties, including sponsors, but we make it easy for you to stop receiving emails from us. We may provide a copy of your name and email address to philosophically aligned groups who share our philosophy that citizens must exercise political power for the common good.
The Information
UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org Collects
User Provided Information:
You may provide certain personally identifiable information (such as your name and email address) to UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org when choosing to participate in various activities on the UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org such as signing a petition or subscribing to mailing lists.
Cookies Information: When you visit UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org, we may send one or more cookies - a small text file of software code - to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser.
UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org reserves the right to use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser. Persistent cookies may be used by your browser on subsequent visits to the site. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser help file directions. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser. You can reset your web browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some features of the UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org may not function properly if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.
Log File Information: When you use UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org our servers automatically record certain information that your web browser sends whenever you visit any website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser language, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, domain names, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of those pages, the amount of time spent on particular pages, the date and time of your request, and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.
Clear GIFs Information: When you use UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org we may employ "clear GIFs" (also called Web Beacons) which are used to track the online usage patterns of our Users anonymously (i.e., in a non-personally-identifiable manner). In addition, we may also use clear GIFs in HTML-based emails sent to our users to track which emails are opened by recipients.
How UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org Uses Information.
If you sign the petition or sign up we will send you information from time to time.
Any personal information or video content that you voluntarily disclose online (on discussion boards, in messages and chat areas, etc.) becomes publicly available and can be collected and used by others. Any photos or videos that you submit to UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org, may be redistributed through the Internet and other media channels and may be viewed by the general public.
We may use your email address to send messages to you either embedded in other communications or by themselves. You will have the ability to unsubscribe and no longer receive these transmissions. We also may use your email address without further consent for non-marketing or administrative purposes.
We may use both your personally identifiable information and certain non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, cookies, IP addresses, browser type, clickstream data, etc.) to improve the quality and design of UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org and to create new features, promotions, functionality, and services by storing, tracking, and analyzing User preferences and trends.
We intend to use cookies, clear gifs, and log file information to: (a) remember information so that you will not have to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit the UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org; (b) provide custom, personalized content and information; (c) monitor the effectiveness of our promotions; (d) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, pages viewed, etc.; and (e) track your entries, submissions, and status in promotions.
When UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org Discloses Information
We may provide personally identifiable information and non-personally-identifiable information to our affiliated organizations, or others for the purpose of processing such information on our behalf. We require that these parties agree to process such information in compliance with our privacy policy, and we use reasonable efforts to limit their use of such information and to use other appropriate confidentiality and security measures.
We retain the right to share non-personally-identifiable information (such as anonymous User usage data, referring / exit pages and URLs, platform types, number of clicks, etc.) with interested third-parties to assist them in understanding the usage patterns for certain content, services, advertisements, promotions, and/or functionality on the UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org.
We may release personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information if required to do so by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with state and federal laws (such as U.S. Copyright Law) or respond to a court order, subpoena, or search warrant.
UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org also reserves the right to disclose personally identifiable information and/or non-personally-identifiable information that UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org believes, in good faith, is appropriate or necessary to enforce our Terms of Use, take precautions against liability, to investigate and defend itself against any third-party claims or allegations, to assist government enforcement agencies in legitimate investigation of suspected criminal or otherwise prohibited activities, to protect the security or integrity of our web site, and to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org, our Users, or others.
Your Choices
You may, of course, decline to submit personally identifiable information through UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org, in which case UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org may not be able to provide certain services to you.
To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you certain site access, such as within our social network. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
Please note that any video, image, or other content posted at the direction of Users on UnplugThePoliticalMachine.org becomes published content and is not considered personally identifiable information to be held private in any way.
Amendment
Finally, we reserve the right to change this privacy policy at any time in any way, even retroactively. Its up to you to keep track of any new policies even if less restrictive than this one.
November 9, 2009
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