Terms of Service

Last Updated: October 8, 2021

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY. BY ACCESSING OR USING THIS SITE, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN AND ALL TERMS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to your access to and use of the websites, mobile applications and other online offerings (collectively, the “Sites”) provided by DCCC d/b/a the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (“DCCC,” “we,” or “us”). By accessing or using our Site, you agree to these Terms, and any terms incorporated by reference. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use our Site.

We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will provide you with notice of such changes, such as by sending an email, providing a notice through our Site or updating the date at the top of these Terms. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Site after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Terms, you must stop using our Site.

If you have any questions about these Terms or our Site, please contact us at info@dccc.org.

1. Privacy

For information about how we collect, use, share and otherwise process information about you, please see our Privacy Policy.

2. Consent to Use of Data and Mobile Communication; SMS Program Terms

You consent to our communicating with you about the Site and the DCCC by SMS, text message, email or other electronic means. Your carrier’s normal, messaging, data, and other rates and fees will apply to these communications.

If you subscribe to any text programs that the DCCC makes available, the following terms apply:

(a) By subscribing to DCCC updates or alerts, you consent to receive recurring updates or alerts by automatic text message. Text STOP to stop. For Help, text HELP or contact us at info@dccc.org. Message and data rates may apply. See our Privacy Policy.

(b) Neither the DCCC nor the participating carriers guarantee that messages will be delivered. The DCCC may discontinue the program at any time without notice.

(c)  You represent and warrant that you are supplying your own phone number, and not someone else’s, and that you agree to provide us with notice if you are no longer the primary user of that number.

(d) You acknowledge and agree that you may opt-out of receiving further mobile messages via any opt-out keywords that are universally recognized, including, but not limited to, STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, or QUIT.  You acknowledge that any opt-out method not expressly provided in this opt-out provision is unreasonable.

(e) You may not receive mobile messages if you are under thirteen (13) years of age and if you are between the ages of thirteen (13) and eighteen (18) years of age, you must have your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to register to receive mobile messages.

3. User Content

Our Site may allow you and other users to create, post, store, submit, and share content, including messages, comments, stories, text, photos, graphics, videos, music, and other materials (collectively, “User Content”).Except for the license you grant below, you retain all rights in and to your User Content, as between you and the DCCC.

You grant the DCCC and its independent contractors, service providers, consultants and joint committee members  a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform, and publicly display your User Content, and any name, username or likeness provided in connection with your User Content, in all media formats and channels now known or later developed, and for any purpose, without compensation to you. When you post or otherwise share User Content on or through our Site, you understand that your User Content and any associated information (such as your username or profile photo) may be visible to others.

You may not create, post, store, or share any User Content that violates these Terms or for which you do not have all the rights necessary to grant us the license described above. You represent and warrant that your User Content, and our use of such User Content as permitted by these Terms, will not violate any rights of or cause injury to any person or entity. Although we have no obligation to screen, edit or monitor User Content, we may delete or remove User Content at any time and for any reason with or without notice.

4. Prohibited Conduct and Content

You will not violate any applicable law, contract, intellectual property right or other third-party right or commit a tort in connection with any User Content you post to the Site, and you are solely responsible for your conduct while using our Site. You will not:

• Engage in any harassing, threatening, intimidating, predatory or stalking conduct;
• Use or attempt to use another user’s account without authorization from that user and the DCCC;
• Impersonate or post on behalf of any person or entity or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity;
• Sell, resell or commercially use our Site;
• Copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform or publicly display all or portions of our Site, except as expressly permitted by us or our licensors;
• Modify our Site, remove any proprietary rights notices or markings, or otherwise make any derivative works based upon our Site;
• Use our Site other than for its intended purpose and in any manner that could interfere with, disrupt, negatively affect or inhibit other users from fully enjoying our Site or that could damage, disable, overburden or impair the functioning of our Site in any manner;
• Reverse engineer any aspect of our Site or do anything that might discover source code or bypass or circumvent measures employed to prevent or limit access to any part of our Site;
• Use any data mining, robots or similar data gathering or extraction methods designed to scrape or extract data from our Site;
• Develop or use any applications that interact with our Site without our prior written consent;
• Send, distribute or post spam, unsolicited or bulk commercial electronic communications, chain letters, or pyramid schemes;
• Bypass or ignore instructions contained in our robots.txt file; or
• Use our Site for any illegal or unauthorized purpose or engage in, encourage, or promote any activity that violates these Terms.

You may also post or otherwise share only User Content that is nonconfidential and that you have all necessary rights to disclose. You may not create, post, store or share any User Content that:

• Is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory, or fraudulent;
• Would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offense, violate the rights of any party or otherwise create liability or violate any local, state, national or international law;
• May infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party;
• Contains or depicts any statements, remarks or claims that do not reflect your honest views and experiences;
• Impersonates, or misrepresents your affiliation with, any person or entity;
• Contains any unsolicited promotions, advertising or solicitations;
• Contains any private or personal information of a third party without such third party’s consent;
• Contains any viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files or content; or
• In our sole judgment, is objectionable, restricts or inhibits any other person from using or enjoying our Site, or may expose the DCCC or others to any harm or liability of any type.

Enforcement of this Section 4 is solely at the DCCC’s discretion, and failure to enforce this section in some instances does not constitute a waiver of our right to enforce it in other instances. In addition, this Section 4 does not create any private right of action on the part of any third party or any reasonable expectation that the Site will not contain any content that is prohibited by such rules.

5. Ownership; Limited License

The Site, including the text, graphics, images, photographs, videos, illustrations and other content contained therein, are owned by the DCCC or our licensors and are protected under both United States and foreign laws. Except as explicitly stated in these Terms, all rights in and to the Site are reserved by us or our licensors. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, you are hereby granted a limited, nonexclusive, nontransferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to access and use our Site for your own personal, noncommercial use. Any use of the Site other than as specifically authorized herein, without our prior written permission, is strictly prohibited, will terminate the license granted herein and violate our intellectual property rights.

6. Trademarks

DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, DCCC, and our logos, our product or service names, our slogans and the look and feel of the Site are trademarks of the DCCC and may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, without our prior written permission. All other trademarks, registered trademarks, product names and DCCC names or logos mentioned on the Site are the property of their respective owners. Reference to any products, services, processes or other information by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation by us.

7. Feedback

You may voluntarily post, submit or otherwise communicate to us any questions, comments, suggestions, ideas, original or creative materials or other information about the DCCC or our Site (collectively, “Feedback”). You understand that we may use such Feedback for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, without acknowledgment or compensation to you, including, without limitation, to develop, copy, publish, or improve the Feedback in the DCCC’s sole discretion. You understand that the DCCC may treat Feedback as nonconfidential.

8. Repeat Infringer Policy; Copyright Complaints

In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and other applicable law, we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that anything on our Site infringes any copyright that you own or control, you may notify the DCCC’s designated agent as follows:

Designated Agent: Copyright Agent

Address: 430 South Capitol Street SE, Washington, DC 20003

Telephone Number: 202.863.1500

E-Mail Address: copyright@dccc.org

Please see 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) for the requirements of a proper notification. Also, please note that if you knowingly misrepresent that any activity or material on our Site is infringing, you may be liable to the DCCC for certain costs and damages.

9. Third-Party Content, Products, and Sites

We may provide information about third-party organizations, events, campaigns, products, services, or activities, or we may allow third parties to make their content and information available on or through the Site (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). We provide Third-Party Content as a service to those interested in such content. Your dealings or correspondence with third parties and your use of or interaction with any Third-Party Content are solely between you and the third party. The DCCC does not control or endorse, and makes no representations or warranties regarding, any Third-Party Content, and your access to and use of such Third-Party Content is at your own risk.

10. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend and hold harmless the DCCC and its independent contractors, service providers, and consultants, successor organizations, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, partners and employees (individually and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, demands, damages, expenses or costs (“Claims”) arising out of or related to (a) your User Content or Feedback; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) your violation, misappropriation or infringement of any rights of another (including intellectual property rights or privacy rights); or (d) your misconduct in connection with the Site. You agree to promptly notify Indemnified Parties of any third-party Claims, cooperate with Indemnified Parties in defending such Claims and pay all fees, costs and expenses associated with defending such Claims (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees). You also agree that the Indemnified Parties will have control of the defense or settlement, at the Indemnified Party’s sole option, of any third-party Claims.

11. Disclaimers

Your use of our Site is at your sole risk. Except as otherwise provided in a writing by us, our Site and any content therein are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. In addition, the DCCC does not represent or warrant that our Site is accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. While the DCCC attempts to make your use of our Site safe, we cannot and do not represent or warrant that our Site or servers are free of viruses or other harmful components. You assume the entire risk as to the quality and performance of the Site.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the DCCC and its contractors, service providers, consultants, and successor organizations, and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, and employees (collectively the “DCCC Parties”),  will not be liable to you under any theory of liability—whether based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, warranty, or otherwise—for any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, punitive or special damages or lost profits, even if such parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

The total liability of the DCCC and the DCCC Parties for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Sites, regardless of the form of the action, is limited to $5.

13. Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration

Please read the following section carefully because it requires you to arbitrate certain disputes and claims with the DCCC and limits the manner in which you can seek relief from us, unless you opt out of arbitration by following the instructions set forth below. No class or representative actions or arbitrations are allowed under this arbitration provision. In addition, arbitration precludes you from suing in court or having a jury trial.

No Representative Actions. You and the DCCC agree that any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or our Site is personal to you and the DCCC and that any dispute will be resolved solely through individual action, and will not be brought as, and you hereby waive the right to bring, a class arbitration, class action or any other type of representative proceeding.

Arbitration of Disputes. Except for small claims disputes in which you or the DCCC seeks to bring an individual action in small claims court located in the county of your billing address, you and the DCCC waive your rights to a jury trial and to have any other dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or our Site, including claims related to privacy and data security, (collectively, “Disputes”) resolved in court. Instead, for any Dispute that you have against the DCCC you agree to first contact the DCCC and attempt to resolve the claim informally by sending a written notice of your claim (“Notice”) to the DCCC by email at info@dccc.org. The Notice must (a) include your name, residence address, email address, and telephone number; (b) describe the nature and basis of the Dispute; and (c) set forth the specific relief sought. Our notice to you will be similar in form to that described above. If you and the DCCC cannot reach an agreement to resolve the Dispute within thirty (30) days after such Notice is received, then either party may submit the Dispute to binding arbitration administered by JAMS or, under the limited circumstances set forth above, in court. All Disputes submitted to JAMS will be resolved through confidential, binding arbitration before one arbitrator. Arbitration proceedings will be held in Washington, DC unless you are a consumer, in which case you may elect to hold the arbitration in your county of residence. For purposes of this Section 13, a “consumer” means a person using the Site for personal, family or household purposes. You and the DCCC agree that Disputes will be held in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (“JAMS Rules”). The most recent version of the JAMS Rules are available on the JAMS website and are hereby incorporated by reference. You either acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand the JAMS Rules or waive your opportunity to read the JAMS Rules and waive any claim that the JAMS Rules are unfair or should not apply for any reason.

You and the DCCC agree that these Terms affect interstate commerce and that the enforceability of this Section 13 will be substantively and procedurally governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. (the “FAA”), to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. As limited by the FAA, these Terms and the JAMS Rules, the arbitrator will have exclusive authority to make all procedural and substantive decisions regarding any Dispute and to grant any remedy that would otherwise be available in court, including the power to determine the question of arbitrability. The arbitrator may conduct only an individual arbitration and may not consolidate more than one individual’s claims, preside over any type of class or representative proceeding or preside over any proceeding involving more than one individual.

The arbitration will allow for the discovery or exchange of non-privileged information relevant to the Dispute.  The arbitrator, the DCCC, and you will maintain the confidentiality of any arbitration proceedings, judgments and awards, including information gathered, prepared and presented for purposes of the arbitration or related to the Dispute(s) therein. The arbitrator will have the authority to make appropriate rulings to safeguard confidentiality, unless the law provides to the contrary. The duty of confidentiality does not apply to the extent that disclosure is necessary to prepare for or conduct the arbitration hearing on the merits, in connection with a court application for a preliminary remedy or in connection with a judicial challenge to an arbitration award or its enforcement, or to the extent that disclosure is otherwise required by law or judicial decision.

You and the DCCC agree that for any arbitration you initiate, you will pay the filing fee (up to a maximum of $250 if you are a consumer), and the DCCC will pay the remaining JAMS fees and costs. For any arbitration initiated by the DCCC, the DCCC will pay all JAMS fees and costs. You and the DCCC agree that the courts of the District of Columbia and of the United States sitting in the District of Columbia have exclusive jurisdiction over any appeals and the enforcement of an arbitration award.

Any Dispute must be filed within one year after the relevant claim arose; otherwise, the Dispute is permanently barred, which means that you and the DCCC will not have the right to assert the claim.

You have the right to opt out of binding arbitration within 30 days of the date you first accepted the terms of this Section 13 by emailing us at info@dccc.org. In order to be effective, the opt-out notice must include your full name and address and clearly indicate your intent to opt out of binding arbitration. By opting out of binding arbitration, you are agreeing to resolve Disputes in accordance with Section 14.

If any portion of this Section 13 is found to be unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, (a) the unenforceable or unlawful provision shall be severed from these Terms; (b) severance of the unenforceable or unlawful provision shall have no impact whatsoever on the remainder of this Section 13 or the parties’ ability to compel arbitration of any remaining claims on an individual basis pursuant to this Section 13; and (c) to the extent that any claims must therefore proceed on a class, collective, consolidated, or representative basis, such claims must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration, and the parties agree that litigation of those claims shall be stayed pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration. Further, if any part of this Section 13 is found to prohibit an individual claim seeking public injunctive relief, that provision will have no effect to the extent such relief is allowed to be sought out of arbitration, and the remainder of this Section 13 will be enforceable.

With respect to any text programs offered by the DCCC, the DCCC’s platform provider is a third-party beneficiary of the foregoing arbitration, class action, and jury waiver provisions.

14. Governing Law and Venue

Any dispute arising from these Terms and your use of the Site will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia, except to the extent preempted by U.S. federal law, without regard to conflict of law rules or principles (whether of the District of Columbia or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. Any dispute between the parties will be resolved in the courts of the District of Columbia and the United States, respectively, sitting in the District of Columbia.

15. Modifying and Terminating our Site

We reserve the right to modify our Site or to suspend or stop providing all or portions of our Site at any time. You also have the right to stop using our Site at any time. We are not responsible for any loss or harm related to your inability to access or use our Site.

16. Severability

If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.

17. Miscellaneous

The failure of the DCCC to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Except as otherwise provided herein, these Terms are intended solely for the benefit of the parties and are not intended to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person or entity. You agree that communications and transactions between us may be conducted electronically.

PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: October 7, 2025

At Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, we work to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives. This Privacy Policy is designed to help you understand how Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (“DCCC”, “we”, “our”, “us”) collects, uses, and shares your personal information.

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2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT
3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
4. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION
5. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS
6. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION
7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION
9. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION
10. OTHER PROVISIONS
11. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS
12. STATE PRIVACY LAWS
13. CONTACT US

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This Privacy Policy applies to personal information processed by us, including on our website and other online or offline offerings. To make this Privacy Policy easier to read, our website and other offerings are collectively called the “Services.” By using our Services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

The categories of personal information we collect depend on how you interact with us, our Services, and the requirements of applicable law. We collect information that you provide to us, information we obtain automatically when you use our Services, and information from other sources such as third-party services and organizations, as described below.

A. Information You Provide to Us Directly

We may collect the following personal information that you provide to us.

• Your Communications with Us. We may collect personal information, such as name, email address, phone number, mailing address, employer, occupation, citizenship, credit card type, and political affiliation when you contact us through the Services, make a donation, apply for a job, or otherwise communicate with us.
• Donations You Make. We may collect personal information when you make donations, including name, email address, and cell phone. Federal law also requires us to use our best efforts to collect certain employment information, including your occupation and name of employer if your contributions exceed $200 in a calendar year. Your donations are processed by a third-party payment processor through our online fundraising platforms, including Act Blue. We do not directly collect or store any payment card information entered through our Services, but we will receive information associated with your payment card information, as described above.
• Social Sharing Features. We and others who use our Services may collect personal information that you submit or make available through our interactive features (e.g., social media pages). Any information you provide using the public sharing features of the Services will be considered “public,” unless otherwise required by applicable law, and is not subject to the privacy protections referenced herein. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy policies of the entities that provide these features.
• Job Applications. We may post job openings and opportunities on our Services. If you reply to one of these postings by submitting your application, CV and/or cover letter to us, we will collect and use your information to assess your qualifications.

B. Information Collected Automatically

We may collect personal information automatically when you use our Services:

• Automatic Data Collection. We may collect certain information automatically when you use our Services, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, cookie identifiers, browser or device information, location information (including approximate location derived from IP address), and Internet service provider. We may also automatically collect information regarding your use of our Services, such as pages that you visit before, during and after using our Services, information about the links you click, the types of content you interact with, the frequency and duration of your activities, and other information about how you use our Services.
• Cookies, Pixel Tags/Web Beacons, and Other Technologies. We, as well as third parties that provide content, advertising, or other functionality on our Services, may use cookies, pixel tags, local storage, and other technologies (“Technologies”) to automatically collect information through your use of our Services.
  • Cookies. Cookies are small text files placed in device browsers that store preferences and facilitate and enhance your experience.
  • Pixel Tags/Web Beacons. A pixel tag (also known as a web beacon) is a piece of code embedded in our Services that collects information about engagement on our Services. The use of a pixel tag allows us to record, for example, that a user has visited a particular web page or clicked on a particular advertisement. We may also include web beacons in e-mails to understand whether messages have been opened, acted on, or forwarded.

Our uses of these Technologies fall into the following general categories:

• Operationally Necessary. This includes Technologies that allow you access to our Services, applications, and tools that are required to identify irregular website behavior, prevent fraudulent activity and improve security or that allow you to make use of our functionality.
• Performance-Related. We may use Technologies to assess the performance of our Services, including as part of our analytic practices to help us understand how individuals use our Services (see Analytics below).
• Functionality-Related. We may use Technologies that allow us to offer you enhanced functionality when accessing or using our Services. This may include identifying you when you sign into our Services or keeping track of your specified preferences, interests, or past items viewed.
• Advertising- or Targeting-Related. We may use first-party or third-party Technologies to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests, on our Services or on third-party websites.

See “Your Privacy Choices and Rights” below to understand your choices regarding these Technologies.

• Analytics. We may use Technologies and other third-party tools to process analytics information on our Services. Some of our analytics partners include:
  • Google Analytics. For more information, please visit Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy. To learn more about how to opt-out of Google Analytics’ use of your information, please click here.
  • Taboola. For more information about Taboola, please visit Taboola’s Privacy Policy.
  • Meta. For more information, please visit Meta’s Data Policy. You can object to the collection of your data by Facebook pixel, or to the use of your data for the purpose of displaying Facebook ads by navigating to the following address while logged into your Facebook account: Meta’s Privacy Policy.
  • Python. For more information about Python, please visit Python’s Privacy Policy.
  • Quickbase. For more information about Quickbase, please visit Quickbase’s Privacy Policy.

C. Information Collected from Other Sources

We may obtain information about you from other sources, including through third-party services and organizations that provide access to personal information.

• Political Affiliates and Strategic Partnerships. We may collect personal information from individuals and third parties to assess and pursue fundraising opportunities.
• Partner Organizations. We may collect personal information about you from third-party organizations that share our values and goals. This includes exchanges of personal information with such partner organizations.
• Unrelated Parties and Third-Party Services. We may collect personal information about you from third-party providers, such as data brokers, unrelated third parties, and privately owned voter databases. Any information collected from third-parties is used for the purpose of providing our Services, including soliciting donations.

3. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

In order to further our mission to elect Democratic representatives to the House of Representatives, we use your information for a variety of purposes, including to provide our Services and for administrative purposes, as described below.

A. Provide Our Services

We use your information in various ways to provide our Services, such as:

• Providing you with information on candidates, campaigns, organizations, or causes that share our goals.
• Pursuing our legitimate interests, including research to identify candidates and issues to support or future donors to engage.
• Reminding you to complete voter registration and vote.
• Helping you to find your registration information and polling location.
• Help connect you with other supporters, and to solicit volunteers, donations and support for the DCCC and for candidates, issues, and organizations that we support.
• Provide and deliver the information you request, process donations and transactions and send you related information, including confirmations and receipts.
• Personalize the Site and provide advertisements, content or features based on your preferences, interests, and browsing and online activities.
• Facilitate contests, sweepstakes, and promotions and process and deliver entries and rewards.
• Serve ads on this and other websites or media and to understand how users respond to our ads.
• Send you technical notices, updates, security alerts, and support and administrative messages.
• Contacting you if other information is necessary under federal election laws.
• Managing your information.
• Respond to your emails, submissions, questions and requests, request feedback or support, and otherwise contact you about your use of the Site.
• Monitoring and analyzing usage of Services and to personalize and improve Services.
• Communicating with you about policy changes.
• To solicit volunteers, donations and support for the DCCC and the candidates, issues and organizations that we support and to connect you with other volunteers.
• Processing your financial information and other payment methods for donations.
• Processing applications if you apply for a job we post on our Services.
• Carry out any other purpose described to you at the time the information was collected.

B. Administrative Purposes

We use your information for various administrative purposes, such as:

• Fraud prevention.
• Detecting security incidents, protecting against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent or illegal activity, and prosecuting those responsible for that activity.
• Measuring interest and engagement in our Services.
• Improving, upgrading or enhancing our Services.
• Ensuring internal quality control and safety.
• Authenticating and verifying individual identities, including requests to exercise your rights under this policy.
• Debugging to identify and repair errors with our Services.
• Auditing relating to interactions, transactions and other compliance activities.
• Enforcing our agreements and policies.
• Complying with our legal obligations.

C. Promoting our Services

We may use personal information to tailor and provide you with content or promotional material. We may provide you with these materials as permitted by applicable law.

Some of the ways we may market to you include email.

If you have any questions about our marketing practices, you may contact us at any time as set forth in Contact Us below.

D. Other Purposes

We also use your information for other purposes as requested by you or as permitted by applicable law.

• Consent. We may use personal information for other purposes that are clearly disclosed to you at the time you provide personal information or with your consent.
• De-identified and Aggregated Information. We may use personal information and other information about you to create de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as de-identified demographic information, de-identified location information, information about the device from which you access our Services, or other analyses we create.

4. HOW WE DISCLOSE YOUR INFORMATION

We may disclose your information to third parties for a variety of purposes, including: to provide our Services, to protect us or others, or in the event of a major business transaction such as a merger, sale, or asset transfer, as described below.

A. Disclosures to Provide our Services

The categories of third parties with whom we may share your information are described below.

• Service Providers. We may share your personal information with our third-party service providers who use that information to help us provide our Services. This includes service providers that provide us with research support, help us conduct our interviews (whether via phone, text messaging, or in person), IT support, hosting, payment processing, customer service, and related services.
• Campaigns or causes with similar viewpoints. We may share your personal information with organizations, candidates, campaigns, groups, or causes that we believe have similar political viewpoints, principles, or objectives or share similar goals and with organizations that facilitate communications and information sharing among such groups.
• Partners. We may share your personal information with partners with whom we have relationships, as well as organizations, groups, and causes that we believe have similar missions or goals.
• Affiliates. We may share your personal information with our organization’s affiliates.

B. Disclosures to Protect Us or Others

• Legal Compliance. We may access, preserve, and disclose any information we store associated with you to external parties if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to: comply with law enforcement or national security requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; protect your, our, or others’ rights, property, or safety; enforce our policies or contracts; collect amounts owed to us; or assist with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity.
• Regulatory Organizations. We are often required to disclose information to the Federal Elections Commission regarding our contributions to comply with campaign finance laws. For example, federal law requires us to use our best efforts to collect and disclose the name, mailing address, occupation and name of employer of individuals whose contributions aggregate in excess of $200 in a calendar year.

C. Disclosure in the Event of Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers

If we are involved in a merger, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, purchase or sale of assets, or transition of service to another provider, your information may be sold or transferred as part of such a transaction, as permitted by law and/or contract.

D. Disclosures to Advertising Partners

We do not share your data with advertising partners.

E. Sale of Personal Information

We do not sell personal information in exchange for monetary consideration in the traditional sense.

We may, however, exchange certain personal information we collect (as disclosed above) with partner organizations that share in our mission. Under some state privacy laws, such exchanges of personal information may be considered a “sale” of personal data, even if no money is exchanged. These exchanges of personal information may include name, address, donation history, phone number, and e-mail address. At times, campaign finance laws will require us to also receive a monetary payment when the exchange of information discussed above is for a disproportional amount of data; this too would be considered a sale under some state’s privacy laws. We also share your information with data brokers who share in our mission of electing Democrats to Congress in exchange for access to personal information on individuals who may share our goals. This exchange would also be considered a sale under some state privacy laws. You can opt out of the sale of your personal data by [instructions/link].

We do not sell your data for any targeted advertising purposes. We do not sell your sensitive personal data.

For more information on the rights provided under some state laws, see our State Specific Privacy Policy.

5. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS

Your Privacy Choices. The privacy choices you may have about your personal information are determined by applicable law and are described below.

• Email and Telephone Communications. If you receive an unwanted email from us, you can use the unsubscribe link found at the bottom of the email to opt out of receiving future emails. Note that you will continue to receive transaction-related emails and we may also send you certain non-promotional communications regarding us and our Services, and you will not be able to opt out of those communications (e.g., communications regarding our Services or updates to our Terms or this Privacy Policy). In addition, to comply with federal election law, our contributor records will be continuously maintained in a separate secure database. We process requests to be placed on do-not-mail, do-not-phone, and do-not-contact lists as required by applicable law.
• Text Messages. You may opt out of receiving text messages from us by following the instructions in the text message you have received from us or by otherwise contacting us.
• “Do Not Track.” Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Please note that we do not respond to or honor DNT signals or similar mechanisms transmitted by web browsers.
• Cookies and Interest-Based Advertising. You may stop or restrict the placement of Technologies on your device or remove them by adjusting your preferences as your browser or device permits. However, if you adjust your preferences, our Services may not work properly. Please note that cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on mobile applications. However, you may opt-out of personalized advertisements on some mobile applications by following the instructions for Android, iOS and others. The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from data partners and other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these and learn more about targeted advertising and consumer choice and privacy by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative and the Digital Advertising Alliance. Please note you must separately opt out in each browser and on each device.

6. SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. Unfortunately, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide to us. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we do not accept liability for unauthorized disclosure.

By using our Services or providing personal information to us, you agree that we may communicate with you electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to your use of our Services. If we learn of a security system’s breach, we may attempt to notify you electronically by posting a notice on our Services, by mail or by sending an email to you.

7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

All information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including, but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live. We endeavor to safeguard your information consistent with the requirements of applicable laws.

8. RETENTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

We store the personal information we collect indefinitely and as necessary to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected, provide our Services, resolve disputes, establish legal defenses, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce our agreements, and comply with applicable laws.

9. CHILDREN’S INFORMATION

The Services may, at times, may include the collection of information from children under thirteen (13) (or other age as required by local law); we only collect personal information from children after obtaining the appropriate parental or guardian consents.

If you are a parent or guardian believe your child has provided personal information to us without your consent, you may contact us as described in Contact Us below. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of applicable law, we will delete any personal information we have collected, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it.

10. OTHER PROVISIONS

Third-Party Services. Certain features and functionalities of the Services may link to or allow you to interface, interact, or share information with, access and/or use third-party websites, services, products, and technology (collectively, “Third-Party Services”) through the Services. DCCC does not provide or control any aspect of the Third-Party Services and is not responsible for any compatibility issues, errors or bugs in the Services or Third-Party Services caused in whole or in part by the Third-Party Services or any update or upgrade thereto. We encourage our users to read the privacy policies of each Third-Party Service with which they interact. We do not endorse, screen or approve, and are not responsible for, the privacy practices or content of such Third-Party Services. Providing personal information to Third-Party Services is at your own risk.

Changes to our Privacy Policy. We may revise this Privacy Policy from time to time in our sole discretion. If there are any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you as required by applicable law. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you access the Services to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy. You understand and agree that you will be deemed to have accepted the updated Privacy Policy if you continue to use our Services after the new Privacy Policy takes effect.

11. CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS

California’s “Shine the Light” law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) allows Company’s Website users that are California residents, to request certain information pertaining to Company’s disclosure of Personal Information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please contact the Company by emailing us at webmaster@hartresearch.com.

12. STATE PRIVACY LAWS

Some U.S. state privacy laws require specific disclosures. Those disclosures supplement our Privacy Policy. We also does not “share” your personal information as that term is defined in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) (that is, we do not share your personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising).

13. CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your rights as detailed in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@DCCC.org.

STATE SPECIFIC PRIVACY LAWS

Some state’s privacy laws require us to provide some additional information to residents of those states, which we provide below. This state-specific privacy policy supplements our main privacy policy.

This table below outlines the categories of personal information we may collect, the sources and recipients of personal information, and the purposes for which we may use personal information (depending on how and why you interact with the Services).

A. Disclosure of Personal Information

We may disclose the personal information identified in the table above to third parties as follows (depending on how and why you interact with the Services):

Service Providers

We may disclose personal information to our service providers in order to have them perform services that assist us in fulfilling the purposes listed above. Our service providers provide us with a range of services including: hosting our Services, processing payments, legal, auditing and accounting professional services, postal and email delivery, conducting analysis to improve our Services, fulfilling requests you make, managing payments, performing identity verification, and answering your questions. We may disclose personal information to our service providers in order to improve our Services, such as to identify bugs, repair errors, or ensure that services function as intended, or conduct internal research and analysis to improve our technology.

No Disclosure to Advertising Partners

We do not disclose any of your information for any third-party advertising purposes or targeted advertising purposes.

Other Disclosures

On an ad hoc basis as necessary, we may also disclose personal information to third parties (such as our partners, service providers, and law enforcement and government agencies) to secure our Services and rights and interests of DCCC and its partners, including to detect, prevent, and  investigate security incidents or violations of our Terms of Use or applicable laws, or in the context of legal proceedings. We may also disclose personal information to an acquirer, assignee or other successor entity in connection with a sale, merger, or reorganization of all or substantially all of the equity, business, or assets of DCCC.

Use of Sensitive Personal Information

Depending on how and why you interact with the Services, some of the personal information that DCCC may collect or infer and use about you may be considered “sensitive data” or “sensitive data inferences” under Colorado and Oregon law in certain circumstances:
– Demographic information (e.g. racial or ethnic origin);
– Sexual orientation; and
– Citizenship status.

We only collect your sensitive personal information when you voluntarily provide this information to us and provide clear, specific, opt-in consent. If you would like us to limit or stop our use of your sensitive personal information, you may contact us as indicated in the Contact Us section.  We will respond to your request as required by applicable laws.

B. Retention of Personal Information

We will delete your information upon your request. We otherwise retain your personal information indefinitely.

C. Privacy Rights

Residents of certain states have certain rights in respect of your personal information under applicable state law. You may not be discriminated against because you exercise your rights under state law. These rights include:

• The right to know what personal information we collect about you, including the categories of personal information, the categories of sources from which the personal information is collected, the purpose for collecting or sharing personal information, and the categories of third parties to whom we disclose personal information.
• The right to have us delete your personal information.
• The right to correct any inaccurate personal information we may have.
• The right to opt out of the sale of your personal data.
• The right not to have “sensitive personal data” processed unless we have your clear, specific, opt-in consent.

Certain state residents are also entitled to request and, once a year, obtain free of charge a copy of their personal data that we hold. We do not use any of your Personal Information to engage in targeted advertising online.

Exercising Your Rights

Consistent with applicable law, you may exercise the rights described in this section. Please note that the rights may vary depending on your state of residence. Please see the Region- Specific Terms section below. To exercise your data protection rights please contact us as listed below.

While it is our policy to respect the rights of individuals, please be aware that your exercise of these rights is subject to certain exemptions and exceptions, and some of these rights might be limited (for example the right to withdraw consent) where we are required or permitted by law to continue processing your personal data to deliver services to you, defend our rights or meet our legal and regulatory obligations.

If you contact us to exercise any of these rights, please note that we may only implement requests with respect to the personal data associated with you as an individual. We may also need to verify your identity before implementing your request and will try to comply with your request as soon as reasonably practicable and in accordance with the timelines required under applicable law. If we cannot verify your identity or your ownership rights to the data, we may not be able to service your request until you provide proper documentation.

Right to Appeal

If we deny your request to exercise any of your state privacy rights, you may appeal that decisions by contacting us at info@DCCC.org and providing your request and the reason behind your appeal.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, or to exercise your rights as detailed in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@DCCC.org.