Galveston County Democratic Party
The Galveston County Democratic Party (GCDP), is 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.
The Democratic Party is 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.
The Galveston County Democratic Party may maintain several interconnected
websites at any given time. The principal website, galvestoncountydemocraticparty.com,
is permanent. Other issue-specific websites are created and removed as needed
to highlight important national issues and events. All websites owned and
operated by the Galveston County Democratic Party are identified by the
text "Paid for by the Galveston County Democratic Party".
Note: Additional domain names for the Galveston County Democratic Party
permanent website include galvestondemocrats.com and galvestondemocrats.org.
Our privacy policy explains the information practices we use at democrats.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 GCDP is not responsible
for the content or the privacy policies of these websites.
This privacy policy may be amended by the GCDP 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 GCDP 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. Encryption
keys are secured by Verisign. For more information on SSL and web security,
see http://www.verisign.com. This may be me accomplished through the use
of one or more third party security providers.
How do we use the information you provide the GCDP?
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).
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. You may remove your
email address from that subscriber list by visiting the unsubscribe page
for that list.
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. You may remove your email address from that subscriber
list by visiting the unsubscribe page for that list.
The GCDP respects your privacy. We will not give, sell or rent your email
address to any other organization unless you specifically authorize us.
The GCDP will not sell, rent, or disclose email addresses or other information
about persons obtained solely from members of the online team program when
creating their teams.
When you fill out one of our surveys:
Your opinion matters to the Galveston County Democratic Party and we want
your input. As a result, we 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 democrats.org.
We use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences
you have specified. When you visit democrats.org and other Democratic Party
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-GCDP, 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.
Correcting Your Information:
In order to modify the information you have provided to us, you need to
register on the website and be issued a password. With your password to
verify your identity, you may access your account securely and add or change
your personal information. The GCDP 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.
Contacting us about privacy:
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: webmaster@democrats.org.
You can also reach us via US Mail at:
Galveston County Democratic Party
Attn: Webmaster
P.O. Box 519
La Marque, TX 77568
