At Moran for Kansas, we are putting forth every effort to ensure the privacy and security of information that you share with us online. We urge you to take steps to protect the privacy of your personal information, such as safeguarding your passwords and logging off the Web site after submitting personal information. If you have broadband access to the Internet, we strongly advise you to use a firewall.
How do we protect your information?
Our Web site has a number of security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our computer systems have restricted access limited only to those persons and organizations necessary to its proper functioning. This access applies to all electronic and physical security measures. Highly sensitive data including credit card information is additionally secured through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol. Our servers are located in a locked, secure environment.
How do we use the information you provide?
On registration, sign-up and contribution forms on Moran for Kansas, we may ask for your name, address, telephone number, and email address. We may also ask who, if anyone, referred you to the site so that we can credit those who are organizing volunteer support or fund raising for Moran for Kansas.
We will use your email address to provide you news and information about Moran for Kansas. We may also use your zip code and state to send you email messages about upcoming campaign events or activities in your area.
On occasion, we may also use the information that you provide online to contact you for other purposes or to solicit you for contributions. When you register or sign up online, we may share your contact information with successor organizations and other like-minded candidates and organizations, and they may contact you. When you make a contribution to us, we may also exchange your contributor information with successor organizations and other like-minded candidates and organizations, and they may solicit you. However, we will not sell or exchange your credit card information to any other third party under any circumstances.
When you contribute money online
The Federal Election Commission requires the name, mailing address, occupation and employer of individuals who contribute to political organizations. These records are available to the public. However, they cannot be used by other organizations for fund raising. 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. For additional information, visit the FEC Web site. Contributions may also be subject to state and local disclosure campaign laws any information necessary to comply with such requirements may also be given. Please visit your local governing body for such information.
When you sign one of our petitions or schedule events
When you sign one of our petitions, we treat your name, city, state, and any comments as public information. We may, for example, provide compilations of petitions, with your comments, to national leaders, without disclosing email addresses. We may also make comments available to the press and public online, identifying only your city and state. If you schedule public events, your name and the address of the event will be visible to any visitor browsing the system; those users will be able to RSVP online. Semi-public events will display your name and the general area that you define (e.g., “Elm & Main”, or “downtown”), but will not display the specific address. Visitors can requests invitations, but will not see any address until after you approve the invitation.
Cookies
A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer by our Web site. We use cookies to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. When you visit our Web site, we access only the cookie file that we have stored on your computer. We cannot and do not access any information stored in a cookie by other Web sites. Our cookies do not contain any personal identifiable information.
IP Addresses and Log File Data
We log your 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, without express and verifiable parental consent. 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.
Unsubscribing from Email Communications
If you wish to unsubscribe from our communications, please email us at info@moranforkansas.com. We will regularly process these requests. To comply with federal election law, however, our contributor records will be continuously maintained in a separate secure database.
Contacting us about privacy
If you have any questions about our privacy policy, corrections to the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this Web site, use our contact information to email us.
Our site may link to a limited number of other Web sites. Moran for Kansas is not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these Web sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements for each Web site you visit. Moran for Kansas will occasionally update this privacy policy as changes to the site necessitate it. We encourage you to periodically review this policy to be informed of how we are protecting your information. Additional privacy information can be found at Election Mall.
