CongrUS Privacy Policy

This is a website for CongrUS. The following privacy policy describes information and dissemination practices collected by CongrUS on the web, describing what personally identifiable information is collected from you through the web site, how it is used and with whom it may be shared; what choices are available to you regarding the use of your data; the security in place to protect your information from misuse; and how you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use and Sharing

CongrUS is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We only access and collect information that you voluntarily communicate to us through forms on our site or direct communication. We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.

We will use your information the following ways:

  1. To respond to questions and requests for support better.
  2. To understand our user base to improve our outreach efforts and services.
  3. To release anonymized metrics to select entities such as donors and media outlets to report on our own level of reach and progress.
  4. To publish the results of any voluntary surveys primarily to show the political attitudes and positions of users who opt to participate in the surveys.

Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email to let you know about any major developments related to our mission, changes to your account or any modifications of our terms of service and privacy policy.

Your Control of Your Information

You may opt out of future contact with us at any time. By contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website, you may at any time:

  1. Request to know what data, if any, we have on you.
  2. Change or correct any data we have on you.
  3. Have us delete any data we have on you.
  4. Express any concerns about our privacy policy and use of your data.

Security

When you submit information to us via the website, we take steps to protect your information on and off-line. Wherever we collect sensitive information, like credit card data, that information is encrypted and transmitted to us securely. You can verify this by looking for an icon (usually a closed lock) either in the status bar or address bar of your browser or for looking for an “https” at the beginning of this page’s web address. Off-line, we limit employees’ access to your personal data unless they need specific information for a specific job, such as responding to a question or complaint or processing a donation. The physical servers hosting your information are kept in a secure environment.

Updates

Our privacy policy may change from time to time to reflect evolving practices. All updates will be posted on this page and we will notify all registered users who have not opted out of receiving communication from us.