This Privacy Policy applies to the website www.amymcgrath.com (the “Site”) owned and operated by Amy McGrath for Senate, a candidate committee for Amy McGrath, running for U.S. Senate in Kentucky.

Amy McGrath for Senate has created this privacy policy to explain how we use information that you may provide while visiting this Site and to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy. Amy McGrath for Senate may modify this policy from time to time so we encourage you to check this page when revisiting this Site.  By using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

How We Use Your Information

When you register, contribute, sign up to volunteer, or take any other action on our Site, we may ask you to give us contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, mobile telephone number and/or e-mail address.  We may obtain information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this Site.  

We use this information to operate this Site, send you news and information about Amy McGrath for Senate’s activities, solicit your participation in Amy McGrath for Senate’s activities, events, and programs, and for related uses.  We use your e-mail address to send such information by e-mail, and may use your telephone number to call you or send you a text message or phone call for these purposes.

Additionally, we may share your information as follows, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy: 

• With organizations, candidates, 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 companies that assist us in maintaining this Site or with Amy McGrath for Senate’s activities, but only for purposes of providing services to Amy McGrath for Senate and with the strict requirement that any such company will never itself have the right to contact you for any reason;
• To comply with applicable law or legal requirements (for example, a lawful subpoena), to protect our rights or property, or to protect our supporters from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful conduct, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records; or
• To other groups with your consent.

Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with any third parties, provided that the foregoing does not apply to sharing (1) 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 own purposes); (2) if we believe disclosure is required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation or to comply with law enforcement or legal process.

Mobile information will not be shared with third parties/affiliates for marketing/promotional purposes.

Submitting your personal information (including e-mail address) on this site will sign you up to receive e-mails from Amy McGrath for Senate.  We may also use your first name to indicate the latest actions taken on this site. 

Children

Amy McGrath for Senate complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.  Amy McGrath for Senate does not solicit and does not accept personally identifying information from any person under 13 years of age.  

Visitors to this Site who are under 13 years of age should not use this Site except under the supervision and with the assistance of their parent or legal guardian, and should never submit any personally identifying information to the Site.  For example, visitors under 13 years of age should not register, purchase or use services or take any actions on or through this Site.

Credit Card Information; Protection of Personal Information

When you purchase services through this Site, we collect credit card information from you.  That information is used solely for processing your contribution; is not maintained by Amy McGrath for Senate; and is never disclosed to anyone, for any other purpose other than for processing your contribution, under any circumstances.

Amy McGrath for Senate uses industry standard security measures to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of all of the personally identifiable information that you provide to us.  Our server is located in a locked, secure environment.  All supplied credit card information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our payment processing provider’s database. 

Permission to access your personally identifiable information is granted only to you and Amy McGrath for Senate employees or contractors who need to know that information to provide services to you and who are required to keep the information confidential.  Although we make good faith efforts to store information collected by this Site in a secure operating environment, we cannot guarantee complete security. 

Contributions to Amy McGrath for Senate – Public Information

Amy McGrath for Senate is required to file regular reports with the Federal Election Commission that publicly disclose the name, address, occupation and employer of persons who contribute to the campaign, along with the amount and date of the contribution. 

Cookies and Data Tracking

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user.  Some parts of this Site may be password-protected.  We may use a cookie (cookies reside on your computer and are under the control of your browser) to help us remember and process items that you purchase through this Site; and/or to compile aggregate data about visitors to the Site and their interaction with the Site for the purposes of improving the operation of the Site and/or offering better Site experiences and tools in the future. 

We may also use cookies to enable you to return to password-protected areas of the Site without having to re-enter your password.  If you wish to disable these cookies, the help portion of the tool bar on most browsers can assist.  If you set your browser to disable cookies, however, you may not be able to access certain parts of this Site.

We may also use third-party services such as Google Analytics.  This helps us understand traffic patterns and know if there are problems with our Site. We may also use embedded images in emails to track open rates for our mailings, so that we can tell which mailings appeal most to Amy McGrath for Senate supporters.

Please note that third party vendors, including Google, may show Amy McGrath for Senate-sponsored ads on the Internet.  Those third party vendors (including Google) use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website.  Users may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/.

Advertising

We may place online advertising with third-party vendors, including Google, which will be shown on other Sites on the internet. In some cases, those third-party vendors may decide which ads to show you based on your prior visits to the Site. At no time will you be personally identified to those third-party vendors, nor will any of the information you share with us be shared with those third-party vendors.  If you prefer to opt out of the use of these third-party cookies on the Site, you can do so by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page. 

Amy McGrath for Senate does not use cookies to track what specific pages an individual site visitor views.  Please note, however, that third party vendors, including Google, may show Amy McGrath for Senate-sponsored ads on the Internet.  Those third party vendors (including Google) use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website.  Users may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/.

Links to Other Sites 

The privacy policies and practices contained in this Privacy Policy do not apply to ANY external links. This Privacy Policy only applies to our Site or any future Sites that we may develop. It does not cover Sites that are linked to by this Site or Sites for which we are not responsible (“linked-Sites”). These linked-Sites will have their own policies and practices that may be different from ours.  We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the policies and practices of the linked-Sites, especially if you provide personal information to them. 

Amendments and Consent to This Privacy Policy 

We retain the right to amend or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. By using our Site, you consent to the collection and use of the information as we have described. If we change our policies and practices, we will post the changes in our Privacy Policy so that you are always aware of them. With this knowledge, you can make an informed decision about whether you wish to provide personal information to us. 

Accessing or Changing Your Personal Information

If you would like to review or update your personal information that has been previously provided to us, please contact us by sending an e-mail to info@amymcgrath.com.

In your request, please make it clear what information you would like to review or update. We will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable. We are not responsible for changing information from the databases of third parties with whom we have already shared your information.

How to Contact Us 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or would like to opt out of any future contacts from us, you may contact us by sending an e-mail to info@amymcgrath.com.