Privacy Policy
At Clarkstown Democrats, accessible at https://www.clarkstowndems.com, protecting the privacy of our website visitors, supporters, subscribers, volunteers, and other individuals who communicate with us is a priority.
This Privacy Policy describes the types of information Clarkstown Democrats may collect, how we use that information, and how we protect information provided through our website, email communications, SMS messaging program, forms, and related activities.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please contact Clarkstown Democrats through the contact information provided on our website.
Information We Collect
Clarkstown Democrats may collect information that you voluntarily provide to us, including your name, email address, mobile telephone number, mailing address, ZIP code, and other information you choose to submit through our website, signup forms, event registrations, volunteer forms, petitions, surveys, donation-related forms, or other communications with us.
We may use this information to communicate with you about Clarkstown Democrats, elections, candidates, events, volunteer opportunities, civic or political activities, fundraising, organizational updates, and other committee-related matters.
Providing an email address or mobile telephone number does not automatically enroll you in communications for which separate consent is required. Where applicable, we obtain consent before sending recurring SMS communications.
Email Communications
If you provide your email address and subscribe to communications from Clarkstown Democrats, we may send you emails concerning committee news, elections, events, volunteer opportunities, fundraising, civic engagement, and other organizational activities.
You may unsubscribe from marketing or informational email communications at any time by using the unsubscribe link contained in our emails or by contacting us.
We may use third-party service providers to help distribute and manage our email communications. These providers may process subscriber information solely as necessary to provide services on our behalf.
SMS Messaging and Mobile Information
If you provide Clarkstown Democrats with your mobile telephone number and consent to receive text messages, we may use your number to send you committee updates, election information, event information, volunteer opportunities, fundraising communications, civic engagement information, and other messages related to Clarkstown Democrats.
Consent to receive SMS messages is voluntary and is not a condition of making a donation, participating in an event, volunteering, or otherwise interacting with Clarkstown Democrats.
Message frequency may vary. Message and data rates may apply.
You may opt out of receiving SMS messages at any time by replying STOP to a message from us. You may reply HELP for assistance.
Clarkstown Democrats will not sell, rent, or share mobile information with third parties or affiliates for promotional or marketing purposes.
Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be sold, rented, or shared with third parties for promotional or marketing purposes.
We may share mobile information, SMS opt-in information, or consent status with service providers solely as necessary to operate and deliver our messaging program. These service providers may include messaging platform providers, telecommunications carriers, telephone companies, and other vendors involved in the delivery, administration, or support of our SMS communications.
All categories of information described in this Privacy Policy exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent from sharing with third parties for marketing or promotional purposes.
How We Use Personal Information
Clarkstown Democrats may use information we collect to:
Provide information that you request from us;
Send email or SMS communications to individuals who have subscribed or otherwise consented to receive them;
Communicate about elections, candidates, events, meetings, volunteer opportunities, civic engagement activities, fundraising, and committee news;
Respond to inquiries or requests;
Maintain and manage our supporter, volunteer, subscriber, and contact lists;
Improve our website and communications;
Understand how visitors use our website;
Protect the security and integrity of our website and communications systems; and
Comply with applicable legal, regulatory, reporting, or recordkeeping requirements.
Service Providers and Third Parties
Clarkstown Democrats may use third-party companies or service providers to assist with website hosting, email distribution, SMS messaging, analytics, event management, payment processing, data management, and similar operational functions.
These service providers may receive access to information only as reasonably necessary to perform services on our behalf and are expected to handle information in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements.
Clarkstown Democrats does not sell personal information collected through its website, email program, or SMS messaging program for commercial marketing purposes.
As stated above, mobile telephone information and SMS opt-in data and consent will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for their own promotional or marketing purposes.
Log Files
Clarkstown Democrats follows standard procedures involving website server log files. These files may record visitors when they access our website.
Information collected through log files may include Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamps, referring or exit pages, and information about interactions with the website.
This information is generally used for purposes such as analyzing trends, administering the website, monitoring site performance and security, understanding how visitors use the website, and gathering aggregate demographic or technical information.
Information collected through standard website logs is not ordinarily used by Clarkstown Democrats to identify individual visitors.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
Like many websites, Clarkstown Democrats may use cookies or similar technologies.
Cookies may store information about visitors' preferences, website activity, browser settings, or pages that visitors access. This information may be used to improve website functionality, analyze traffic, understand how visitors interact with our website, and customize the user experience.
You may choose to disable or restrict cookies through your individual browser settings. Certain features of the website may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
Analytics and Third-Party Website Services
Clarkstown Democrats may use third-party analytics, hosting, embedded-content, social-media, payment-processing, or other website services.
These third parties may use cookies, JavaScript, web beacons, or similar technologies when you interact with features they provide. They may automatically receive information such as your IP address or browser information as part of delivering those services.
Third-party services maintain their own privacy policies, and Clarkstown Democrats does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites or services.
The provisions of this section do not alter our commitment regarding SMS information: mobile telephone information and SMS opt-in data and consent will not be shared with third parties or affiliates for their own promotional or marketing purposes.
Links to Other Websites
Our website or communications may contain links to websites operated by third parties.
Clarkstown Democrats is not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices of websites that we do not operate. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of third-party websites before providing personal information to them.
Data Security
Clarkstown Democrats takes reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, misuse, or destruction.
However, no website, electronic communication, database, or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Data Retention
Clarkstown Democrats may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, maintain organizational records, comply with legal or regulatory requirements, resolve disputes, or enforce applicable agreements.
Individuals who unsubscribe from email or SMS communications may have limited information retained as necessary to honor and document their opt-out request.
Children's Information
Protecting children's privacy is important to Clarkstown Democrats.
Clarkstown Democrats does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 through our website or communications programs.
If you believe that a child under the age of 13 has provided personal information to Clarkstown Democrats, please contact us so that we can take appropriate steps to remove the information from our records.
Your Communications Choices
You may choose to stop receiving certain communications from Clarkstown Democrats at any time.
For email communications, use the unsubscribe link included in the email or contact us directly.
For SMS communications, reply STOP to any text message from Clarkstown Democrats. Reply HELP for assistance.
Opting out of one type of communication does not necessarily opt you out of another. For example, unsubscribing from email communications does not automatically unsubscribe you from SMS communications, and replying STOP to an SMS message does not necessarily unsubscribe you from email communications.
Scope of This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to information collected through the Clarkstown Democrats website and through our email, SMS, forms, and other communications programs.
It applies to information voluntarily provided to Clarkstown Democrats as well as certain technical information collected when individuals use our website.
This Privacy Policy does not govern the independent privacy practices of third-party websites or organizations that Clarkstown Democrats does not control.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
Clarkstown Democrats may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, services, legal requirements, or communications programs.
Any revised Privacy Policy will be posted on our website. Continued use of our website or voluntary participation in our communications programs after an updated policy is posted will be subject to the revised policy.
Consent
By using our website, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy.
Consent to receive email or SMS communications is governed by the applicable signup, subscription, or opt-in process and is not established merely by visiting or using our website.
Where consent is required for SMS messaging, Clarkstown Democrats will use the mobile telephone number provided in accordance with the consent given by the subscriber.