Privacy Policy

Introduction

Thank you for visiting paction.us (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy tells you how we use personal information collected at the Site. Please read this Privacy Policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By visiting or using the Site, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy. These practices may be changed, but any changes will be posted and changes will only apply to activities and information on a going forward, not retroactive basis. You are encouraged to review the Privacy Policy whenever you visit the Site to make sure that you understand how any personal information you provide will be used.

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Site. PACtion is not responsible for content, cookies, or other features on sites linked to or from our Site.

Information Collected

• Identifying Information. We may collect certain personal information from you when you visit or use our Site that can be used to identify you, such as your name, e-mail address, mailing address, telephone number, and any other information that may be voluntarily submitted by you. The information we collect from you, to the extent that it is private, is disclosed only in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
• Non-Identifying Information. Whenever you visit our Site, we may collect non-identifying information from you, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, referring URL, browser, operating system, cookie information, and Internet Service Provider. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, this information alone cannot usually be used to identify you. However, if we combine this information or link it to any of the identifying information mentioned above, we may treat it as personal information. Otherwise, it is used in the aggregate only.
• Cookies/ We may also automatically collect certain information through the use of “cookies”. Cookies are small data files stored on your hard drive at the request of a website. Among other things, cookies help us improve our Site and your experience. Information obtained from cookies and linked to personally identifying information is treated as personal information. If you wish to block, erase, or be warned of cookies, please refer to your browser manufacturer to learn about these functions.

Use of Your Information

We may use your information to:

• send you emails from PACtion
• 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 issues, events, etc.;
• respond to your emails, submissions, questions, comments, and requests and to provide customer service;
• monitor and analyze site usage and trends, and to personalize and improve the webpages and our users’ experiences on the Site, such as providing content, or features that match your profiles or interests, and to increase the website’s functionality and user friendliness;
• serve ads, on this or other websites or media, based on the information you provide and the actions you take;
• notify you of other related partner organizations, by selling or giving your email address to partner organization so they can contact you;
• target advertisements to you;
• deliver petitions to specific people, as specified in a given petition; and
• accomplish any other purpose for which the information was collected.

Unsubscribing, Accessing, Editing, and Removing Your Information

If you choose to provide your personal information by creating an account, sending us an email, or filling out a contact form, you may receive emails from PACtion. You can unsubscribe from our email list at any time.

Cookies

We may use cookies to create a session and remember a user as they use our Site, in order to distinguish them from other users. Cookie and tracking technology are useful for gathering information such as browser type and operating system, tracking the number of visitors to the Site, and understanding how visitors use the Site. Cookies can also help customize the Site for visitors. In addition, the use of cookies provides additional security and convenience beyond simply identifying users based on their IP address, since more than one user can share the same address. For this reason, it is necessary that you enable cookies in your browser, and you hereby acknowledge that we have informed you of our use of cookies and that you consent to our use of cookies in relation to your computer system.

Personal information cannot be collected via cookies and other tracking technology, however, if you previously provided personally identifiable information, cookies may be tied to such information. Aggregate cookie and tracking information may be shared with third parties. Under the Interest Based Advertising Program (the “Program”), we may serve advertisements to users (i) who are on our user lists and (ii) based on ad publisher and exchange-defined interest-categories.

Partner Organizations

If you participate in a joint action petition with a partner organization, you may receive email updates from the partner organization(s). PACtion is not responsible for the privacy practices of our partner organizations, so we encourage you to read their privacy policies.

In addition, partner organizations may use cookies or other technologies to serve ads on their respective partner pages on our websites. These third parties may automatically collect information about your visits to this and other websites, your IP address, your ISP, the browser you use to visit our Site. They do this using cookies, clear gifs or other technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to deliver advertising on other websites targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and visitation of our Sites and the other sites tracked by these third parties. This Privacy Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, cookies or clear gifs used by the third parties, and we encourage you to check the privacy policies of advertisers and/or ad services to learn about their use of cookies and other technology.

Third-Party Websites

PACtion may post links to third party websites on its Site. These third-party websites are not screened for privacy or security issues by us, and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third-party websites. Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to users of the Site. PACtion bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third-party website. Please review the Privacy Policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third-party links.

Third Party Access to Your Information

Although you are entering into an Agreement with PACtion to disclose your information to us, we do use third party individuals and organizations to assist us, including contractors, web hosts, and others.

Throughout the course of our provision of our Service to you, we may delegate our authority to collect, access, use, and disseminate your information. For example, our web host stores the information that you provide us, and we may hire outside contractors to perform maintenance or assist us in securing our Site.

It is therefore necessary that you grant the third parties we may use in the course of our business the same rights that you afford us under this Privacy Policy. For this reason, you hereby agree that for every authorization which you grant to us in this Privacy Policy, you also grant to any third party that we may hire, contract, or otherwise retain the services of for the purpose of operating, maintaining, repairing, or otherwise improving or preserving our Site or its underlying files or systems. You agree not to hold us liable for the actions of any of these third parties, even if we would normally be held vicariously liable for their actions, and that you must take legal action against them directly should they commit any tort or other actionable wrong against you.

Release of Your Information for Legal Purposes

At times it may become necessary or desirable, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in illegal or fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.

Commercial and Non-Commercial Communications

By providing information to the Site that forms the basis of communications with you, such as contact information, you waive all rights to file complaints concerning unsolicited e-mails from PACtion since, by providing such information, you agree to receive communications from us or anyone else covered under this Privacy Policy. However, you may unsubscribe from certain communications by notifying us that you no longer wish to receive solicitations or information and we will endeavor to remove you from the database.

Security Measures

We take certain measures to enhance the security of our Site, including using SSL certificates and vulnerability scanning. However, we make no representations as to the security or privacy of your information. It is in our interest to keep our Site secure, but we recommend that you use anti-virus software, firewalls, and other precautions to protect yourself from security threats.

Your California Privacy Rights

PACtion permits residents of the State of California to use its Site. Therefore, it is the intent of PACtion to comply with the California Business and Professions Code §§ 22575-22579. If you are a California resident you may request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to any third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Various provisions throughout this Privacy Policy address requirements of the Californian privacy statutes. In summary, you must presume that we collect electronic information from all visitors. You may contact us at the following address with any questions:

PACtion
Attn: Legal
1 Thomas Circle
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20009

Amendments

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we amend this Privacy Policy, we will update this page accordingly. A brief description of any material modification and the date it went into effect will be placed in the "Historical Modifications" section at the end of the Privacy Policy, as appropriate. You must read this page each time you visit or use our Site and your continued use of our Site shall constitute your acceptance of any such amendments. Under no circumstances shall you have the right or ability to amend, modify, supplement or alter in way this Privacy Policy.

International Transfer

Your information may be transferred to, and maintained on, computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the privacy laws may not be as protective as those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside the United States and choose to provide information to us, we transfer personal information to the United States and processes it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.