Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Statement
At the Alabama Democratic Party (ADP), we are committed to protecting your privacy online. While using our website, you do not have to identify yourself or divulge personal information. If you should choose to give us your personal information, you decide the amount of information you provide.
We are continually trying to expand online activism and to give voters the information they need in a timely manner. As a result, we may periodically ask you to provide information such as your name, address, phone number and email address in an effort to enhance our ability to work with you as an online activist. If you choose not to give us any information, we may not be able to provide you with timely information regarding events and issues important to you as a politically interested and active citizen.
We may maintain several interconnected websites at any given time. The principal website, aladems.org, is permanent. Other issue-specific websites are created and removed as needed to highlight important issues and events. All websites owned and operated by the ADP are identified by the text "Paid for by the Alabama Democratic Party".
Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at aladems.org and other Democratic Party websites related to:
How we protect your information
How we use your information
How to correct information you provided
How to contact us about privacy
Our site links to a limited number of other websites. The ADP is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these websites.
This privacy policy may be amended by the ADP at any time without notice other than posting of such amendments on this site.
How do we protect your information?
Our website has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our servers are located in a locked, secure environment.
When you contribute online, the ADP uses state-of-the-art security protocols to protect sensitive data, such as personal information and credit card numbers. The privacy of this data is ensured with a keyed symmetric encryption algorithm. While this data is being transferred, it is protected by the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) using a 128-bit signed certificate.
How do we use the information you provide the ADP?
When you volunteer online:
Our volunteer forms ask you to give us contact information (such as your name and email address) and geographic information (such as your zip code and state). We use this information to send you customized content about campaigns and to help match your interests to campaign activities. If you provide your phone number, we may call you. If you choose to subscribe to an email newsletter, we use your email address to send you that newsletter. We do not share our email lists with other candidates or organizations.
When you contribute money online:
We are required by federal law to collect and report to the Federal Election Commission the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employers of individuals whose contributions exceed $200 in a calendar year. These records are available to the public. However, they cannot be used by other organizations for fund raising. For additional information, visit the FEC website at http://www.fec.gov. We also make a note of your telephone number and email address, which helps us to contact you quickly if follow-up on your contribution is necessary under Federal election law.
When you sign up for one of our mailing lists:
We collect your name, contact information, and email address, and certain other information. We use your email address to send you the email newsletter to which you subscribed. The ADP respects your privacy. We will not give, sell or rent your email address to any other organization unless you specifically authorize us.
When you sign one of our petitions:
We treat your name, city, state, and any comments as public information. We may, for example, provide compilations of petitions, with your comments, to elected leaders, without disclosing email addresses. We may also make comments along with your city and state available to the press and public online.
When you fill out one of our surveys:
Your opinion matters to the ADP and we want your input. As a result, we may use surveys to help us understand which issues you are interested in. These aggregate survey results are used to help inform lawmakers, while individual survey results help us deliver to you customized web content.
Cookies:
A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer by aladems.org. We use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. When you visit aladems.org and other ADP websites, we only access the cookie file that we have stored on your computer. We cannot and do not access any information stored in a cookie by other, non-ADP websites. Our cookies do not contain any personal identifiable information.
IP Addresses and Log File Data:
We log IP address, which is the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We also use page hits in the aggregate to track the popularity of pages that people visit in order to improve the quality of the site. There is no personal identifiable information collected in our log files.
Information on Children:
Because we care about the safety and privacy of children online, we comply with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA). COPPA and its accompanying FTC regulations establish United States federal law that protects the privacy of children using the Internet. We do not knowingly contact or collect personal information from children under 13. Our site is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13, and we have designed our sites to block our knowing acceptance of information from children under 13 whenever age-related information is requested.
How can you correct the information you provided?
In order to modify the information you have provided to us, you need to register on the website. The ADP encourages all website users to register and take personal responsibility for the quality of the information they provide. Website registration also allows users to take advantage of the full range of online services we offer. At any point, should you like to remove your information from our database, please email us at the address below, or call 334-262-2221.
How do you contact us about our privacy policy?
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site, or your interaction with this website, send email to: info@aladems.org.
For more contact information visit: http://www.aladems.org/about/contact_us/
