This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) tells you about the information that the Haverhill Democratic City Committee (hereto referred to as HDCC) collects in connection with the operation of its Website (hereto referred to as the “Site”), how the information is used and how you can access and correct certain information that we may collect.

Please note that this Privacy Policy applies only to information collected from you by HDCC via the Site and does not apply to information obtained or disclosed through offline correspondence or personal contacts with HDCC representatives. In addition, to the extent that you disclose, or you authorize HDCC to disclose, your information to other parties (users of the Site), different rules may apply to their use or disclosure of the information disclosed to them. Additionally, the Site contains links to other entities’ Websites that are not controlled or operated by HDCC. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites, and HDCC is not responsible for the content of such third-party websites or the privacy practices of such third parties. Therefore, we encourage you to request and review the privacy policies of any third parties upon disclosing your information to such parties or visiting such third-party websites.

This Privacy Policy is effective as of August 1, 2024.

You can access some areas of the Site without submitting any personally identifiable information. HDCC collects personally identifiable information only if you choose to: (a) sign up for specific pages, polling panels, participate in surveys, report issues, or request information or assistance through the Site or (b) post any information on discussion groups, bulletin boards or forums on the Site including, without limitation, the Blog area of the Site. The personally identifiable information that HDCC collects through these portions of the Site includes your name, E-mail address, and URL (if any). Under some circumstances, we may also request and collect additional necessary or appropriate information for the completion of a transaction you requested, such as credit card or banking information and billing address.

HDCC maintains all of the information you provide on the Site. HDCC may also collect non-personally identifiable information in connection with the Site’s operation, including IP addresses, browser or operating system information, and data on purchases. Such information is maintained by HDCC or service providers acting on behalf of HDCC.

In light of the NSA Domestic Surveillance scandal, we want to bring to your attention that we use cloud services from Google, including Apps (for e-mail and file storage), Analytics, Page Speed, Fonts, and Google-hosted JavaScript libraries.

To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, maintain data accuracy, and facilitate the appropriate use of information, HDCC uses physical, technological, and administrative procedures to attempt to protect the personally identifiable information we collect through the Site. Nevertheless, Internet transmissions are never completely private or secure. You understand that any messages or information you send to the Site may be read or intercepted by others.

HDCC uses the personally identifiable information we collect about you to provide any products or services you request. Upon our collection of your personally identifiable information, HDCC may use such personally identifiable information internally, separately, or in combination with pre-existing information for the following purposes:

• To provide any requested products or services, including, without limitation tutorials, classes or other training services, technology services, or polls;
• To troubleshoot problems with the Site or services, as requested;
• To bill you for and collect fees owed;
• To enforce our Terms of Use;
• To detect and protect against error, fraud, and any other unauthorized or illegal activities, ensuring the safety and security of your information;
• To proactively contact you with more information about HDCC and its services, keeping you informed and engaged; ,
• To alert you to updated information and other new services.

Personally identifiable information collected on the Site may be stored and processed in the United States or abroad.

We will not disclose your personally identifiable information to third parties without your explicit instructions to do so.

In addition, your name, e-mail address, username, user ID, or URL (if any) will be displayed when you use certain portions of the Site, including, without limitation, in connection with the Blog and any other discussion groups, bulletin boards or forums in which you participate. Other users may be able to view your name, E-mail address, username, user ID, or URL (if any) and the contents of any posts by you (collectively, your “User Posts”). Therefore, when you include any personally identifiable information in any of your User Posts, any other person or entity who accesses this Site may be able to identify you and your activities on this Site.

HDCC reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable information if required to do so by law or legal process, or otherwise requested by any law enforcement officer or agency acting under color of law. In addition, HDCC reserves the right to disclose your personally identifiable information based on the good faith belief that such action is necessary or appropriate to: (a) protect and defend the rights or property of HDCC, or (b) act in urgent circumstances to protect the safety or security of the public or of users of the HDCC’s services and/or the Site.

Although the Site may not be of interest to children, the forms on the Site can collect online contact information from children who furnish it without prior parental consent or parental notification. HDCC does not intend to collect the personally identifiable information of children under the age of 16. Upon discovery that children have supplied any such information, HDCC will disregard and delete such information.

In connection with any HDCC services, you may choose, or we may issue you a username, password, or other similar access code. Certain vendors may also issue to you and/or include usernames, passwords, and similar access codes in their communications with you. In order to protect the privacy of your personally identifiable information and to comply with the Terms of Use, you must keep any such username, password, or access code secret. You may not disclose your username, password, or access code to any third party or allow any third party to access your account.

You acknowledge and agree that you are responsible for all actions taken using any username, user ID, login, or other identifier (each, an “Identifier”) or password selected by, or issued to, you in connection with the Site, including, without limitation, any fees charged to your account. You agree to notify HDCC immediately of any unauthorized use of any Identifier or password or any other breach of security of which you are aware by contacting us through our Contact Form (Make sure you add “Breach of Security” in the subject line.), and you should immediately change your password. You may not use any Identifier or password that is not issued directly to you by HDCC or its authorized vendors.

To protect the privacy of the personally identifiable information of others, you may not collect, use, disclose, publish, display, link to, or otherwise provide access to the personally identifiable information of any other person in connection with the Site without the express written permission of HDCC or through certain areas of the Site, including those titled “Tell A Friend” or “Send To A Friend.”

Once registered with the Site, the personally identifiable information that you provide will be stored and maintained by HDCC until you instruct us otherwise, or, in HDCC’s sole discretion, for the longer of: (a) for so long as is necessary or appropriate to carry out the purpose(s) for which such information was collected, and (b) for so long as we are required to maintain such information by law.

HDCC aims to keep your personally identifiable information as accurate as possible. You will have the opportunity to update and correct any of your personally identifiable information collected and maintained by HDCC by logging into the Site and entering any new information about yourself. You must promptly update your personally identifiable information if it changes or it is not accurate. You may change your password, E-mail address and other contact information, financial and shipping information and user preferences by logging into the Site and selecting the appropriate options from our menus. As a general policy, HDCC will not modify your personally identifiable information upon request, although HDCC reserves the right to access, remove, or modify such information in its sole discretion. HDCC further reserves the right to deny access to your personally identifiable information: (a) when such denial of access is required by law, (b) when granting you access is reasonably likely to negatively impact other people’s privacy, (c) to protect HDCC’s rights and property, and (d) when such requests are frivolous or made in bad faith.

By using the Site and giving us your information, you agree to this Privacy Policy. You may not use the Site if you do not agree to this Privacy Policy. HDCC reserves the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove portions of this Privacy Policy at any time and from time to time without prior notice to you. All revisions will be posted to the Site. We urge you to review this Privacy Policy frequently for changes. Your continued use of the Site means that you accept those changes.

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