Last Updated May 22, 2024
This page outlines how we collect and use your data.
Data Collection and Usage
- When you volunteer to post a comment or reply to a comment, you volunteer your email and zip code.
- Providing your email allows us to communicate with you in manners you specify (e.g., notifications when others post on your comment. etc.) and to communicate with you in other circumstances.
- Providing your zip code allows us to determine the number of visitors from a locality. We might use this information (the number of visitors from a locality) to inform policymakers of the level of interest in an issue among their constituents.
Sharing of User Data
- We use personal information for internal purposes only. We do not sell or rent information about you. We will not disclose personal information to third parties without your consent, except as explained in this Privacy Policy.
- We cooperate with governments and law enforcement officials to enforce and comply with the law. We may therefore disclose personal information, usage data, message data, and any other information about you, if we deem that it is reasonably necessary to: (a) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process (such as a subpoena or court order), or enforceable governmental request; (b) enforce the Terms of Use, including the investigation of potential violations thereof; (c) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues; or (d) protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of the site owner, its users or the public, as required or permitted by law.”
- Because we are based in the United States of America, your information will be subject to its laws regardless of the country from which your data originates.
- In the unlikely event the company is succeeded by another entity it may be required to share your information with the successor entity.
Other
- The company will use measures to protect the security of your information, however, it is impossible for the company to completely guarantee that user data will be immune from malicious attack or compromise.
- The company reserves the right to revise this policy from time-to-time and you should periodically revisit the policy for any updates. Users who continue to interact with the site following a revision of the company’s privacy policy will automatically be subject to the new terms.