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Democratic Rural Conference of New York State

The Voice of Rural New York State

Democratic Rural Conference of New York State Privacy Policy

The NYSDRC is continually trying to expand online activism and to give voters the information they need in a timely manner. As a result, we may 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 NYSDRC may maintain several interconnected websites at any given time. All websites owned and operated by the Democratic Party are identified by the text "Paid for by the Democratic Rural Conference of New York State".

Our site links to a limited number of other websites. The NYSDRC is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these websites.

This privacy policy may be amended by the NYSDRC 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 secure environment. When you contribute online, the NYSDRC 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.

How do we use the information you provide the NYSDRC?
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. 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 state law to collect and report to the New York State Board of Elections the name and mailing address of contributors. These records are available to the public. For additional information, visit the Board of Elections website at http://www.elections.state.ny.us/. 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.

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 emailing contact@nysdrc.org with unsubscribe and the email address in the message body, along with any other information.

When you sign one of our petitions: We treat your name, city, state, and any comments as public information. We may, or example, provide compilations of petitions, with your comments, to national 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 NYSDRC 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 may be stored on your computer by nysdrc.org. We may use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. The NYSDRC hosts some of its pages and features on other sites which have other policies; cookies not set by nysdrc.org are not covered by this policy. Consult your web browser's documentation for more information about controlling the use of cookies.

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.

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: contact@nysdrc.org

Pages and Features Hosted by outside providers:
The NYSDRC utilizes a number of low-cost tools to offer some of our features, like our blogs or mailing lists. Please ensure you fully read any policies, terms or conditions presented by any of these vendors as they may differ from the NYSDRC policy.