Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the website yesforccs.org and yesforccs.com (the “Site”) owned and operated by Yes for CCS, a political action committee registered with the Hamilton County Election Office.

Yes for CCS has created this privacy policy to explain how we use information that you may provide while visiting this Site and to demonstrate our firm commitment to Internet privacy.   Yes for CCS may modify this policy from time to time so we encourage you to check this page when revisiting this Site.  By using this Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Password Resets

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How We Use Your Information

When you contribute, sign up to volunteer, or take any other action on our Site, we may ask you to give us contact information, including your name, address, telephone number, mobile telephone number and/or e-mail address.  We may obtain information about you from outside sources and add it to or combine it with the information we collect through this Site.

We use this information to operate this Site, send you news and information about Yes for CCS’ activities, solicit your participation in Yes for CCS’ activities, and related uses.  We use your e-mail address to send such information by e-mail and may use your telephone number to call you or send you a text message or phone call for these purposes if we have received the proper consents.

Additionally, we may share your information as follows, or as otherwise described in this Privacy Policy:

• To companies that assist us in maintaining this Site or with the Yes for CCS activities, but only for purposes of providing services to Yes for CCS and with the strict requirement that any such company will never itself have the right to contact you for any reason;
• To comply with applicable law or legal requirements (for example, a lawful subpoena), to protect our rights or property, or to protect our supporters from fraudulent, abusive, or unlawful conduct, or if we reasonably believe that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of communications or justifies disclosure of records;
• With candidates, organizations, committees, or groups that we believe share the same political or social viewpoints or objectives as Yes for CCS; or
• To other groups with your consent.

Submitting your personal information (including e-mail address) on this page will sign you up to receive e-mails from Yes for CCS.  We may also use your first name to indicate the latest actions taken on this site.

How We Retain Your Data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

Children

Yes for CCS complies with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.  Yes for CCS does not solicit and does not accept personally identifying information from any person under 13 years of age.

Visitors to this Site who are under 13 years of age should not use this Site except under the supervision and with the assistance of their parent or legal guardian and should never submit any personally identifying information to the Site.

Credit Card Information; Protection of Personal Information

When you purchase services or submit donations through this Site, we collect credit card information from you.  That information is used solely for processing your contribution; is not maintained by Yes for CCS; and is never disclosed to anyone, for any other purpose other than for processing your contribution, under any circumstances.

Yes for CCS uses PayPal to process all donations and payments. Clicking any of the Donate links on this Site will open a page outside of the Site from which PayPal will collect your payment information and process your donation or payment. Use of the PayPal site constitutes your agreement with all terms and conditions of PayPal including, but not limited to the PayPal privacy policy which can be found at: https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full. PayPal is solely responsible for the information obtained during transactions. You agree to hold Yes for CCS harmless from any security or privacy breach related to the use of PayPal’s service.

Contributions to Yes for CCS – Public Information

Yes for CCS is required to file regular reports with the Hamilton County Election Office that publicly disclose the name, address, occupation and employer of persons who contribute over $200 during an election cycle, along with the amount and date of the contribution.  Federal, state, and local election laws may also require us to disclose this information at a lower itemization threshold, depending on the committee’s activity.

Cookies and Data Tracking

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user’s hard drive containing information about the user.  Some parts of this Site may be password-protected.  We may use a cookie (cookies reside on your computer and are under the control of your browser) to help us remember and process items that you purchase through this Site; and/or to compile aggregate data about visitors to the Site and their interaction with the Site for the purposes of improving the operation of the Site and/or offering better Site experiences and tools in the future.

We may also use cookies to enable you to return to password-protected areas of the Site without having to re-enter your password.  If you wish to disable these cookies, the help portion of the tool bar on most browsers can assist.  If you set your browser to disable cookies, however, you may not be able to access certain parts of this Site.

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

We may also use third-party services such as Google Analytics.  This helps us understand traffic patterns and know if there are problems with our Site. We may also use embedded images in emails to track open rates for our mailings, so that we can tell which mailings appeal most to Yes for CCS supporters.

Please note that third party vendors, including Google, may show Yes for CCS-sponsored ads on the Internet.  Those third party vendors (including Google) use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website.  Users may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/

Advertising

We may place online advertising with third-party vendors, including Google, which will be shown on other Sites on the internet. In some cases, those third-party vendors may decide which ads to show you based on your prior visits to the Site. At no time will you be personally identified to those third-party vendors, nor will any of the information you share with us be shared with those third-party vendors.  If you prefer to opt out of the use of these third-party cookies on the Site, you can do so by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt out page.

Yes for CCS does not use cookies to track what specific pages an individual site visitor views.  Please note, however, that third party vendors, including Google, may show Yes for CCS-sponsored ads on the Internet.  Those third party vendors (including Google) use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to our website.  Users may opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting http://www.google.com/privacy/ads/ .

Links to Other Sites

The privacy policies and practices contained in this Privacy Policy do not apply to ANY external links. This Privacy Policy only applies to our Site or any future Sites that we may develop. It does not cover Sites that are linked to by this Site or Sites for which we are not responsible (“linked-Sites”). These linked-Sites will have their own policies and practices that may be different from ours.  We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the policies and practices of the linked-Sites, especially if you provide personal information to them.

Amendments and Consent to This Privacy Policy

We retain the right to amend or otherwise update this Privacy Policy at any time. By using our Site, you consent to the collection and use of the information as we have described. If we change our policies and practices, we will post the changes in our Privacy Policy so that you are always aware of them. With this knowledge, you can make an informed decision about whether you wish to provide personal information to us.

How to Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us by sending an e-mail to yesforccs@gmail.com.