John Kerry is a national leader in the fight to protect your privacy on the Internet. JohnKerry.com's privacy policy reflects his strong commitment to protecting your online privacy and any information you choose to share with us when you log on, giving you the high quality information, service, and content you should expect from John Kerry and his campaign. Our privacy policy explains:
A) How we use the information you provide
B) How we protect your information
C) How to contact us, unsubscribe from mailing lists, opt out, or correct information
D) How we personalize your experience at JohnKerry.com
A) How we use the information you provide
When you volunteer on JohnKerry.com, we ask for your name, address, telephone number, email address and/or IM address, as well as who, if anyone, referred you to the site. We use the information you provide to send you news and information about John Kerry and his campaign, and to credit those who are organizing support for John Kerry. We will not sell this information to any third party, under any circumstances. We work closely with Democratic candidates, parties and allied organizations. If - and only if - you give your consent on our volunteer form, we may share some basic contact information with them, and they may contact you.
When you contribute money online:
Under Federal Election law, we are required to make periodic filings that provide the Federal Election Commission with information on each contributor: name, address, amount of contribution, date of contribution, employer and occupation. For more information on the FEC, visit their web site at http://www.fec.gov/. To make a contribution online, we also ask for your credit card number and its expiration date.
When you use our "Tell A Friend" Feature:
JohnKerry.com makes it easy for you to spread the word about John Kerry with its "Tell A Friend" Feature. When you use "Tell a Friend", we do not store email addresses or any information about the people you contact.
Though we make every effort to preserve user privacy, we may need to disclose personal information when required by law wherein we have a good-faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with an appropriate law enforcement investigation, current judicial proceeding, a court order or legal process served on our Web site.
Children's information:
We believe every precaution must be taken to protect children online. JohnKerry.com does not ask children 13 and under for any information, nor do we knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children 13 and under.
B) How we protect your information
JohnKerry.com has state of the art, extensive security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. Our server is located in a locked, secure environment, with a guard posted 24 hours a day. Access to your information is granted only to you and authorized Kerry Committee staff.
Your privacy is important to us. By participating in the Council of Better Business Bureau's BBBOnLine(R) Privacy Program we have made a commitment to meet the program's strict requirements regarding how we treat your information and have it verified by BBBOnLine(R). Further information about this program is available at BBBOnLine(R).
JohnKerry.com is also a licensee of the TRUSTe Privacy Program. TRUSTe is an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build users' trust and confidence in the Internet by promoting the use of fair information practices.
Questions regarding this statement should be e-mailed to privacy@johnkerry.com or sent via postal mail to John Kerry for President, Inc., attn: Privacy, 901 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005. If you feel we have not responded, or your inquiry has not been satisfactorily addressed, please contact TRUSTe at http://www.truste.org/.
If you want to contact us to unsubscribe from mailing lists at any time, or opt out, review, update and/or correct your information, you can do so quickly and easily by logging on to JohnKerry.com. The site uses a password that you set, and must be provided if you want to edit your information online. You can also contact the Kerry Committee via e-mail, fax, telephone or written letter. For legal and accounting purposes, contribution records will remain in our database.
To unsubscribe via email, send a message to unsubscribe@johnkerry.com. To contact us via email for general questions or comments, visit http://www.johnkerry.com/contact. To contact us or unsubscribe via US Mail: Send a letter with your full name and email address to: John Kerry for President, Inc., 901 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005 (for unsubscribe requests please include 'attn: unsubscribe JohnKerry.com' in the address. To contact us or unsubscribe via telephone, Please call the the committee 202.712-3000 between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM, Monday through Friday.
D) How we personalize your experience at JohnKerry.com
State of the art technology makes it possible for JohnKerry.Com to offer you a personalized visit to our online campaign once you've registered with us. To do so, we use a tiny text file stored on your computer by our website -- so, if you choose, you do not have to re-enter your password each time you log in to JohnKerry.com. This tiny text file does not -- and never will -- store passwords, credit card numbers or any type of personally identifiable information whatsoever. If you want to stop having a personalized experience at JohnKerry.Com, it's simple and easy -- just uncheck the "Remember Me" box when you are logged in.
IP Addresses and Log File Data:
IP addresses are the location of your computer or network on the Internet. We log them for troubleshooting purposes, and to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of the site. We do not use this information to develop individual profiles.
Links to other web sites:
This privacy policy covers Senator Kerry's campaign web site, johnkerry.com. The site links to a number of other web sites. Should you choose to visit those web sites, please remember that the the committee is not responsible for their content or privacy policies. We encourage you to read the privacy policies and review the practices of all websites you visit.
Changes to the JohnKerry.com Privacy Statement
The committee may modify or amend this statement in the future, to better protect your information. If there are material changes to this statement, we will prominently post such changes prior to implementing the change. Regardless of later updates, we will abide by the practices described in this statement at the time you provided us with your information.
Additional Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Privacy and Security:
JohnKerry.Com makes every effort to guarantee your privacy and the security of any information that you provide to us. But we urge you to remember that privacy and security begin with you - you can help avoid cyber crime and identity theft, by being vigilant in maintaining the secrecy of any passwords or password reminders and should always exercise caution when disclosing information online.
