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Who we are

Our website address is: https://politicallyyours.com.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

At politically Yours, we believe in transparency when it comes to your personal information. We collect certain personal data to ensure we can provide you with the best possible service and experience. Below is an overview of the data we collect and the reasons why:

1. Contact Information (e.g., name, email address, phone number):

Why We Collect It: We collect this information when you interact with us—whether you contact us directly, register on our site, or subscribe to our newsletter. It helps us respond to your inquiries, offer customer support, and send you important updates, promotions, or other communications (if you’ve opted in).

How We Use It: This data allows us to communicate effectively with you, ensuring we can assist with any questions or requests you may have. It also helps us tailor our responses to meet your needs.

2. Usage Data (e.g., IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and time spent on site):

Why We Collect It: This data helps us understand how visitors use our website, which pages are most frequently visited, and how we can improve the overall user experience.

How We Use It: We use this information to analyze website performance and user behavior, allowing us to enhance functionality, optimize content, and offer a more personalized experience when you visit our site.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms

When you submit a contact form on our website, we collect the personal data you provide, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any additional details you include in your message. This data is used to respond to your inquiries or requests.

Why We Collect It: The personal data provided in the contact form helps us respond to your questions or provide the support you’re seeking.
How We Use It: Your data is used solely for communication purposes and to address the specific inquiry or request you’ve made. If you’ve opted in for further communication, we may send you updates or newsletters based on your preferences.
How We Protect It: We ensure that your data is stored securely using encryption and appropriate access controls to protect your privacy.

For more information on the types of personal data we collect and how we handle it, please refer to the relevant sections below in this Privacy Policy.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

We use analytics tools to better understand how visitors interact with our website. This data helps us improve the user experience, make informed decisions, and optimize content. The data we collect for analytics includes information like your IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, and how long you stay on certain pages.

Why We Collect It: Analytics help us monitor and improve the performance of our website. By understanding how users navigate the site, we can enhance functionality and ensure that our content is relevant to your interests.
How We Use It: We use this data to identify trends, analyze site usage, and troubleshoot issues that may arise, ensuring a seamless experience for all visitors.

We use trusted third-party analytics services like Google Analytics to help us gather this information. These services may set cookies to track user behavior on the site, and the data collected is anonymized and aggregated.

Who We Share Your Data With

Your privacy and trust are important to us. We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information with third parties except as described below:

Service Providers: We may share your personal data with trusted third-party service providers who help us operate our website, conduct business, or provide services to you. These providers may include payment processors, hosting services, or customer support tools. They are required to use your data solely for the services they provide and are obligated to protect your data.
Analytics Providers: As mentioned above, we use third-party analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to gather information about how users interact with our site. These services help us improve the user experience by analyzing website traffic and behavior patterns.
Legal and Compliance: In some cases, we may be required to share your data in response to legal obligations, court orders, or other legal processes. This may include sharing data to protect our rights, comply with a legal investigation, or cooperate with law enforcement agencies.
Business Transfers: If we merge with, acquire, or are acquired by another company, your data may be transferred as part of that transaction. In such cases, we will notify you before your data is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

We will not share your personal information for any other reason without your explicit consent.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

We may collect personal information, including but not limited to your name, email address, phone number, and mailing address when you contact us directly, register on our site, or sign up for newsletters and marketing communications.

How we use your contact information:

To respond to your inquiries or customer support requests.
To send newsletters, promotional content, or important updates, if you’ve opted into these communications.

You can always update your contact preferences or unsubscribe from marketing communications by following the instructions in the emails we send or by contacting us directly.

Additional information

In addition to your contact information, we may collect additional data, such as:

Usage Data: This includes information about how you interact with our website, such as your IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
Cookies: We use cookies to enhance user experience, track activity on our site, and personalize content.
Third-Party Integrations: Information you provide to third-party services (e.g., social media logins, payment processors) that may be integrated with our platform.

How we protect your data

We take your privacy and security seriously and implement a variety of security measures to safeguard your personal information. These measures include:

Encryption: We use SSL encryption to ensure that any data transmitted between you and our website is secure.
Access Control: We restrict access to your personal data to only those employees, contractors, or partners who need it to provide our services.
Regular Security Audits: We conduct routine security audits and vulnerability assessments to ensure that our data protection measures remain effective.

While we make every effort to protect your data, no system is entirely infallible, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

What data breach procedures we have in place

In the unlikely event of a data breach, we have procedures in place to ensure that we respond quickly and effectively. These include:

Immediate Notification: We will notify affected individuals as soon as possible and provide clear instructions on what steps to take.
Investigation and Remediation: We will conduct a thorough investigation to understand the cause of the breach and take immediate action to prevent further incidents.
Reporting: We will report the breach to relevant authorities as required by applicable laws and regulations, including GDPR if relevant.

What third parties we receive data from

We may receive data about you from third parties, including:

Payment Processors: We use third-party payment services (e.g., PayPal, Stripe) to process transactions, and they may collect personal information such as payment details.
Social Media Platforms: If you interact with us through third-party platforms like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, those platforms may share information about your interactions with us.
Analytics Providers: We may use third-party analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics) to track usage patterns on our website. These services may collect information such as your IP address, location, and browsing behavior.

We ensure that third parties comply with strict privacy and security standards and will only use your data for the purposes specified in this policy.

What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data

We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that would have a legal or significant impact on you. However, we may use automated tools for:

Personalization: We may use automated systems to personalize your user experience, such as recommending content or products based on your browsing behavior.
Analytics: We may use automated systems to track and analyze how users interact with our website for the purpose of improving our services.

If we decide to implement any form of automated decision-making in the future, we will provide users with the ability to opt-out and explain how those decisions are made.

Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

We comply with the applicable data protection and privacy laws, including:

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to request access to, correction, or deletion of your personal data.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA): If you are a California resident, you have specific rights regarding the collection and use of your personal information.
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA): We do not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13, in compliance with COPPA.

If you believe your data rights have been violated, please contact us using the information provided below.

Politically Yours
sue.politicallyyours.com
+1 (302) 281-2750